I can't believe we replaced Saunders with Cudicini. Saunders may have been shaky at times, but Cudicini makes me nervous every time the ball goes into the box.
Not all his fault, but he should be the kind of player to take it over. The play I'm particularly thinking of is the one where he and Keane passed back and forth about 3 times in the box. He could have shot before the first pass even, and he should be more aggressive with his abilities. Keane showed the aggressiveness all night, Donovan played well but could have killed the game.
It was goose bump worthy watching the fans still cheering 5 minutes at full strength after the game had ended. A perfect bonding moment for a bunch of fans in that stadium.
As a newish fan, I lack perspective, But I think this seems like the best Match day in the past 2 years. How does it rank in the past 17?
Even when the guy has 2 assists (and frankly, should have had more with some poor finishing by his teammates), he gets called out for not being more aggressive. If Sarvas sank the free header he had, which he should have, LD would have had 3 assists on the night. That's called taking over a game. He had pretty much 1 clear opportunity to shoot, which is the one you mentioned, where Keane also didn't shoot because Busch closed them down. Other than that, LD running at the defense and providing assists should make everyone excited.
This was definitely up there. Even the 1-0 games had drama, which really sealed it as a great day...a little bit of everything. I've been watching since about 2003 and I can't remember a crazier day than this honestly, maybe someone can help me out.
Adam Serrano @LAGalaxyInsider Disgraceful, embarrassing, stupid are some of the words that Bruce Arena uses to describe the #lagalaxy performance. #mls