New England Revolution - San Jose Earthquakes (Saturday, 5/17) pre/in/postgame thread [R]

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  1. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    #151 JazzyJ, May 17, 2025
    Last edited: May 17, 2025
    Well, that was actually much better than I thought. I think we were actually the better team on balance. Our defense played well, but man, NE's attack :smh. No wonder they went 5 games or whatever w/o scoring a goal. I think it was a bit of a trap game for them. They thought it would be easy. Credit to our B team for making it hard for them.

    Finally we got one of those "off by 3 micrometers" offside calls to go our way.

    The 3 CB's all played well. It's gonna be hard to take off Munie for Wilson. Maybe you do it and move Munie to the right, but he's playing really well in the center. There was that one play towards the end where a guy had a step on Floriani and Munie ran in and calmly chested his pass / shot to Edwards. Then there was that play where he got in Urruti's face. Urruti didn't know who the hell he was and was peaking at his jersey to get his name.

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    Fernandez did OK for his first start. Not great, not bad. I think he can do better. I felt like a few times he didn't anticipate a guy coming up on his back and lost the ball. Just a matter of getting used to the speed of play and physicality in MLS. Pellegrino continues to have the yips. He seemed afraid to shoot on that last breakaway. He did play some nice passes today.

    Marie did pretty well. Lima was fine. Kaye was solid.

    I guess Judd is like that NBA center who rarely scores but does "the dirty work" or something. One thing that frustrates me is that he somehow manages to rarely win headers despite almost always having a solid height advantage. Between not being able jump much and mis-timing his jump he's just not getting it done.

    All in all, it's gotta make Bruce feel good that he can rotate virtually the entire lineup and still get a result, on the road even.

    Jackson Yueill :( NE subbed in about 30 guys, and he couldn't get his name called.
     
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  2. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Daniel... let's hope he's back soon.

     
  3. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well Pellegrino was brought in specifically to score goals and certainly NOT to wear the captain's armband!
     
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  4. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Bruce will not hesitate to poke a little fun at your question if he thinks it's dumb in some way. I forgot after which game (I think the Sac game?), Robert Jonas said something like, "In the 1st half you looked like the team we've seen all year, which is disciplined and organized in the back...". Bruce: "Really? That's your assessment of the team so far? That's....interesting." :)

    Robert was trying to kiss a$$ a little bit and it backfired badly :).
     
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  5. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  6. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    #156 JazzyJ, May 18, 2025
    Last edited: May 18, 2025
    Caleb Porter: “I would say we did pretty well, against the best offense today,” Porter said. “Just one shot on goal I think, over the course of the match. They had some looks for sure that weren’t on goal that were probably good looks."

    “I thought we were excellent in terms of our mentality, in terms of our organization, in terms of our fight.”

    Really? The "best offense", but he's gonna just conveniently gloss over that it was our B team - i.e. minus all of our attacking weapons: Espinoza, Arango, Josef (except for a tiny cameo at the end), and relatively short appearances from Beau and Jones.
     
  7. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Chance for Nick Fernandez to get some minutes. He moves up into that 4th 6/8 spot.
     
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  8. markmcf8

    markmcf8 Member+

    Oct 18, 1999
    Vancouver, WA, USA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, he frustrates me too. He ought to have bagged at least four or five league goals by now.
     
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  9. markmcf8

    markmcf8 Member+

    Oct 18, 1999
    Vancouver, WA, USA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I would not have called their guy offside. We got a break from the ref there.
     
  10. vjle

    vjle Member

    Sep 17, 2001
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    In the first half, I thought Judd did a good job of receiving aerial balls and dishing to forward-facing teammates. Unfortunately, not much more than that. I keep thinking that Pellegrino's will turn some magical corner and start finishing chances. One of the Spanish-language announcers said he deserved a yellow card for his big miss. (The other announcer was full of praise for SJ all game long and kept emphasizing how a team of subs was generating more chances than NE. He also made the point that the back line was almost entirely recent draftees.)
     
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  11. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

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    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah which means one more guy in the rotation, which I'm sure Buck will be back in as well when he returns from injury.

    One thing you have to hand it to Bruce for, despite bringing in a bunch of his favorite vets, he is playing a lot of young guys, 25 and under we have 12 with MLS minutes already: Leroux, Bouda, Munie, Ricketts, Judd (okay not credit there), Floriani, Tsakiris, Roberts, Lopez, Fernandez, Buck, Verhoeven (no credit there either as he shipped him out)... that leaves only Kikanovic just coming back from injury. Weirdly the homegrowns (Verhoeven, Tsakiris) seem to not do much for him, whereas he loves his college defenders...
     
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  12. naopon

    naopon Member+

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    United States
    All in all a really encouraging performance for squad building. The athleticism of the young back line really shone, and Edwards played a heads-up game behind them. Kaye had his best game for SJ so far and overall the team was smart and aggressive in their pressing against the ball. Judd and Marie worked hard and looked really hungry. Fernandez and Ricketts acquitted themselves well enough.
     
  13. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Yep, from what we've seen so far, Bruce loves the college guys and doesn't care much HG players.
     
  14. vamanoshasta

    vamanoshasta Member+

    Aug 12, 2006
    FINALLY!
     
  15. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Edwards will probably move up after this game but this rumor that Inter Miami is about to sign Yarbrough who was the worst GK in the league last year reminded me that so far this season Daniel in the top three and Edwards in the bottom three...

     
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  16. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Imagine being as lucky as Will Yarbrough. He goes from being retired (probably a year or two too late), thinking he'll never play again, to playing with Lionel Messi :ROFLMAO:.
     
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  17. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
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    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Meanwhile Oscar Verhoeven got his first start for San Diego and helped keep a clean sheet

     
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  18. markmcf8

    markmcf8 Member+

    Oct 18, 1999
    Vancouver, WA, USA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The back and sides are made of maple. The top is Carpathian spruce. It costs $7,310. It’s really pretty and sounds amazing! I’d buy it if I could afford it.

    And it’s definitely magical.

    :thumbsup:
     
  19. markmcf8

    markmcf8 Member+

    Oct 18, 1999
    Vancouver, WA, USA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I want credit for saying that was a bad call in our favor. BUT my view of offside, at variance with TLOTG, is if your feet are onside, you’re onside. Your knee offside is just bullshit in my view.

    I thought the ref was pretty decent.

    Go Quakesfans!!
     
  20. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  21. Beerking

    Beerking Member+

    Nov 14, 2000
    Humboldt County
    We got lucky. NE's goal was onside.
     
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  22. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    #172 falvo, May 18, 2025
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    Why are Lopez and Martinez still on the bench and for that matter, why was there such a high turnoever in the lineup from Wednesday's games?

    San Jose 3-3 Miami (May 14, 2025) Game Analysis

    [​IMG]3-4-2-1
    • 42
      Daniel
    • 12
      Romney
    • 5
      Munie
    • 26
      Rodrigues
    • 94
      Costa
    • 34
      Leroux
    • 6
      Harkes
    • 22
      Jones
    • 11
      Bouda
    • 10
      Espinoza
    • 9
      Arango

    SUBSTITUTES
    24Nick Lima

    36Earl Edwards

    18Reid Roberts

    19Preston Judd

    https://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups/_/gameId/726996

    NO.NAME

    42Daniel

    36Earl Edwards

    5Daniel Munie

    18Reid Roberts

    25Max Floriani

    14Mark-Anthony Kaye

    20Nick Fernandez

    34Beau Leroux

    2Jamar Ricketts

    22DeJuan Jones

    24Nick Lima

    19Preston Judd

    7Amahl Pellegrino

    11Ousseni Bouda

    3Paul Marie

    17Josef Martínez


    SUBSTITUTES
    23Hernan Lopez
    6Ian Harkes
    12Dave Romney
    28Benjamin Kikanovic
     
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  23. SoccerMan94043

    SoccerMan94043 Member+

    May 29, 2003
    San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You could have sold your Messi tickets to cover that.
     
  24. SJTillIDie

    SJTillIDie Member+

    Aug 23, 2009
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    his right knee is off. good call.
     
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  25. markmcf8

    markmcf8 Member+

    Oct 18, 1999
    Vancouver, WA, USA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I live in WA, near to Portland, OR. So I don’t have tickets. And I’d have needed a lot of tickets. ¿Maybe if I’d sold my ex-wife’s car? Nah, it wasn’t going to happen. (I could raid my savings, but …)
     

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