Galaxy Defeats S.D. Gauchos In A Rainy Scrimmage At The Rose Bowl Playing in the rain, the L.A. Galaxy scored six times, including a Chris Albright hat-trick, to defeat the San Diego Gauchos, 6-1, at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday afternoon.
As has been said before, Chris Albright is absolutely unstoppable!!!!! when playing A-league teams. Tim
yeah, if a team like Charleston or Seattle wanted to guarantee that they would win the A-league title, they'd just need to sign him.
The Albright Line Given his mediocre exploits, I think Chris Albright should be considered in a similar fashion as Mario Mendoza, the infamous Pirates short-stop who is credited with the phrase, "The Mendoza Line." http://members.tripod.com/~alpepper/mendozaline.html The rule is simple: If you can score buckets against A-league competition, but suck eggs in MLS, you have successfully passed the Albright Line, a sure sign of soccer playing mediocrity.
Re: The Albright Line An excellent idea. Anyone remember how many he scored against that New Jersey PDL team at the Maryland Soccerplex a couple of years ago?
Re: Re: The Albright Line http://www.soccergamenight.com/ussoccer/opencup2001/0627nj-dc.htm Just one goal and one assist. Conteh had 3, Pope, Marco, Chino and an OG rounded out the rest. Albright also scored against Leverkuesen. Does that make them an A-League team, too?
Re: Re: Re: The Albright Line Yeah, but wasn't that a pre-season game for Leverkuesen on American holiday. Besides I think the German goalie was still drunk from the night before...
Re: Re: Re: The Albright Line Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while. I think a goal agains Leverkusen means about as much as Pete Marino tapping in a gimmie against Newcastle back in the day. Tim
Re: Re: Re: The Albright Line Well, they are 1 point from relegation! Does that make Landon Donovan free from his contract?
Re: Re: Re: The Albright Line And don't forget the chip scoring from the center circle against the Wizards. IMHO, that was the goal of the year, but since it happened in the playoffs (I think) it wasn't even considered. Too bad, as that was a great goal. Who knows, he may put it all together eventually, and if he does, he could be scary. I wish Chris all the best. If he would quit trying to hit the upper corners and make sure all of his shots were below waist level (including heading the ball DOWN) and make sure to aim a good 3 feet inside the posts, he'd be just fine. But as it is, he's wide 60% of the time and over 30% of the time. Most of the rest of the time the goalie has an easy stop. -Tron
A possible future posting Playing in the rain, UVA scored six times, including a hat-trick from 10th year senior Chris Albright, to defeat the San Diego Gauchos, 6-1, at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday afternoon.
Just to clean up the thread (and the puns), the Gauchos are in the D3 league, not the A-League. Play on.
ALBRIGHT!!!!!! I coach a 12-under coed team, in a reac league. I can use Albright, as a sub. What is he doing still playing.....
Re: Re: Re: Re: The Albright Line Tron, you are always so reasonable and pleasant in your assessments. I really enjoy reading them.
Re: Re: Re: Re: The Albright Line my take is that albright just isn't smart enough to play the game beyond the lower division levels. in college he was a force because he has great physical tools--but in the top levels of football everyone is a great athlete (or at least was) and it becomes much more a game of understanding and guile. i don't think i have every seen a professional player with less awareness of his place on the pitch and those of his teamates than albright. he has no understanding where to be, when to be there and what his teamates will do as a reaction.
Re: The Albright Line Once, I think I caught him looking at a cheat sheet taped to the bottom of his boots... He tried to pretend he was tying the laces
Mod Note: I'm still trying to figure out why this thread is here on the DC United boards? I know that Albright used to play for DC but that was years ago and there has been very little constructive about commenting on his performance since leaving. Therefore, I'm closing this thread. Like David Hayes, if you want to talk Chris Albright, go elsewhere. Thanks.