In the summer finale, our heroes fell behind. the normally impregnable defense was breached quickly and easily. A shock defeat looked certain. As the clock winded down, despite our Crew's best efforts, nothing was working. But then, the most fickle of mistresses, Lady Luck, came down and intervened, turning a defeat into a stalemate. Our heroes finished Phase 1 as the best team in the nation. Now, we are on to phase 2. more games. more teams. First up is one of the new teams, Nashville. These color scheme stealing minions of D.O.O.M. Can our Crew show them the true power of the black and gold?
Crew win by 2. Screw the cheap plantain knockoff kit stealing Nashville Titans... err SC team. Any note on which sides are wearing what colors? I'm secretly really hoping for an all yellow vs all yellow match.
Yeah, you'd like to think that 100% of the people associated with the organization - from the Haslam and Edwards families, down to the most junior intern - would know this. Guess we'll find out soon enough.
They even got a player named Makhtar. Nashville is like those guys selling Rolaxes from the back of a truck.
Often imitated, NEVER duplicated. Gold kits for #Crew96 this Saturday 😤— The Crew (@ColumbusCrew) September 17, 2020 Good work, y'all. Another world problem solved (probably) by Crew Big Soccer.
Genuinely excited for this game. I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe it's the opportunity to hate Dax McCarty again? Maybe it's seeing the legend David Accam again? I mean Nashville isn't great, but they have been better than I expected. I'm a bit nervous about facing another game possibly without Nagbe and Lucas. I think it will be a good challenge for the team and Porter. And I think we have to see a positive bounce back after that Chicago result. A hard fought win by 2. Closer than the scoreline with the 2nd or third goal coming late in the match.
To my recollection, it has happened twice. The first time, it was the F!re playing a USOC match against us in MAPFRE. I don't remember the year; I believe it was the mid- to late-2000's. They had a yellow third jersey that IIRC had suspender stripes or some such that kind of gave it the feel of a firefighter's garb. I'm sure we can all guess what the result of that match was... The second time was September of 2018 against the Colorado. The Crapids had an away (or second) kit that they referred to as the "flag kit," which had a yellow shirt and socks and blue shorts. (Not much resemblance to the Colorado flag, as the only yellow in it is the tiny circle within the red "C".) They wore that abomination in MAPFRE--and lost.
Projected lineup for the Cheap Knockoffs- 4-2–3-1 GK Tommy Wiseau DF Milton Bradley, Flya Kitea , Mensa Reject, Haile Awful MF Arthur, Ashe, Lany Mukhtar*, Santos Claus, Buenos Dias FW Sean “Connery” Zardoz
Can I just say—again—that I absolutely hate that these n00b Capital City wannabes have a gold and blue block O as their badge. Asshats.
Jordan is amazing as an analyst. Just pointed out that Lovitz (LOL) has four yellow cards, and insightfully pointed out that he’s either playing too aggressively or that he’s unable to keep pace so relies on fouling (obviously not verbatim but along those lines). And that Diaz has to be chomping at the bit to take him on on the wing, and that it will be interesting to see what unfolds. Struck me as a keen perception. She’s *good.*