San Jose Earthquakes - Colorado Rapids (Saturday, 8/25) postgame thread [R]

Goodsport · Aug 26, 2012

The final score is:

4 - 1

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

P.S. = Please don't post results of other soccer (including MLS) games and other sports' games in this thread until at least 24 hours after they've ended.

OWN(yewu)ED · Aug 26, 2012

clinical performance, great show from the back line missing two starters. near perfect effort, give it a 9 out of 10 you cant ask for much better. GREAT response from last week, thats the most important.

and that was probably the most important game of Ike's career and aside from gettng afterburned by Akpan he showed up and showed us he is worth keeping around

TyffaneeSue · Aug 26, 2012

Rams showed why he still gets a seat at the table. Best beita game in weeks, flash didn't get a card, simon is hoping for a ticket back to england. And the ref sucked

Airblair · Aug 26, 2012

TyffaneeSue said: ↑

Rams showed why he still gets a seat at the table. Best beita game in weeks, flash didn't get a card, simon is hoping for a ticket back to england. And the ref sucked
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I didn't think the ref was that bad.

QuietType · Aug 26, 2012

Great game, fantastic job by everyone!

I feel for Wondo though. Whatever is haunting him, he needs to start scoring again..

falvo · Aug 26, 2012

As was the case in Montreal, every good team has an off night but I think Lenny's red card changed and/or lost that game. Incredible display by the Quakes tonight. I'm surprised no one else (around the MLS) is talking about this team because they are simply amazing!

TyffaneeSue · Aug 26, 2012

Maybe the ref was better than he looked. I read that players respect him, but he was letting so much go by, and just making plain wrong calls, that the game could have gotten even chippier. He was overly focused on throw ins. Almost comical.

falvo · Aug 26, 2012

Recap: Gordon, Dawkins double up as SJ beat Rapids 4-1

http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-08-25-sj-v-col/recap
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – San Jose improved their unbeaten streak at Buck Shaw Stadium to 14 matches, thumping the Colorado Rapids 4-1 Saturday through doubles by both Simon Dawkins and Alan Gordon. The Earthquakes, owners of the league’s best record at 15-6-5, are 10-0-4 at Buck Shaw since Aug. 13, 2011. San Jose’s only home loss in MLS play this season occurred at AT&T Park, where Houston beat the Earthquakes 1-0 on March 17.
Gordon extended his career-best single-season scoring mark to 11 goals with strikes in the 43rd and 75th minutes. Dawkins put San Jose up in the 11th minute and tallied again in the 68th for his fifth and sixth goals of 2012.

1 Alan Gordon A career high in goals is nice, but if you want to see why he's forced his way into the US national team picture, check out the trap and assist on Dawkins' first
2 Simon Dawkins His cut-back and shoot isn't quite as predictable - or unstoppable - as Preki's was, but it's getting close. Gives SJ a much-needed different dimension
3 Ramiro Corrales Three assists, giving him eight on the season in part-time work. Not bad for the last remaining MLS original
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San Jose Earthquakes

4 - 1
Final

Colorado Rapids
http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-08-25-sj-v-col/stats
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staudio · Aug 26, 2012

listen to most of first half on the radio while driving home from work (wish the station had
a stronger signal....

Great game overall...

so next week who do o you start....Lenny or Gordon?

falvo · Aug 26, 2012

staudio said: ↑

listen to most of first half on the radio while driving home from work (wish the station had
a stronger signal....

Great game overall...

so next week who do o you start....Lenny or Gordon?
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Start Lenny & Gordon and bring Wondo to midfield.

leocal · Aug 26, 2012

i'd start Gordon, to make sure Lenny gets the message.

TyffaneeSue · Aug 26, 2012

With a different referee, Flash would have gotten at least one yellow. He was taken down a few times, but the calls almost always went against him. He's a big guy, and the big guys get the blame.

Speaking of big guys, we were worried about defense without Muma, but our backline stepped up to plug most of the holes. We got lucky a few times, and there was that one moment when Busch was way out of the box and someone (?) cleared it off the line (jumbotron did not show enough replays for me!)

I might start Lenny, Flash, and Wondo. Feels like we have to jumpstart Wondo -- the poor guy beats himself up with every wretched misplaced shot. He's not someone who can let it go -- bet he's lying awake tonight replaying all those missed opportunities.

With Chivas on the horizon, I'd like to see us put away the game early and then try some new tactics. Give Garza a few more minutes and give Ballouchy time to get fired up beyond room temperature. And how about one of the other relatively untested guys instead of Khari, who remains predictable and unmomentous.

JazzyJ · Aug 26, 2012

TyffaneeSue said: ↑

Speaking of big guys, we were worried about defense without Muma, but our backline stepped up to plug most of the holes.
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Speaking of big guys, it just my imagination, or has Ike bulked up a bit? He doesn't look like the scrawny tall guy anymore to me. Or maybe it's just the fat number he wears now (55). Maybe Muma's got him on his high protein / high fat baleadas and carne asada diet.

TyffaneeSue · Aug 26, 2012

From the referee board (after the Seattle/Vancouver game last weekend):

Petrescu doesn't call fouls and he doesn't give red cards. I don't think he even carries a red card to his games. I can't believe MLS likes the way this guy referees, he basically has his own rules. It's not good for the game. Some of the missed DOGSOs and SFPs this season by Petrescu has been shocking.

His games are entertaining as hell because there is a lot of flow, but it's not smart refereeing.
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If the Crapids hadn't folded sometime around the 40th minute, the game would have had a different feel to it. We still would have won, though. Win Pin 9.0 -- a dream come true.

KMJvet · Aug 26, 2012

Airblair said: ↑

I didn't think the ref was that bad.
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The ref was dire. If I'm pissed at a ref when we accomplished a blowout, then the ref is pretty much as bad as at gets. It's good that Petrescu lost weight, but it didn't help him much....just dire officiating. We're lucky Ike Opara doesn't have a broken leg. Peter Walton has big problems since he's in total denial about some of these guys. Petrescu is the Canadian answer to a psychopath.

mjlee22 · Aug 26, 2012

No, Petrescu is the Canadian answer to Jair Maruffo and Ricardo Salazar!

falvo · Aug 26, 2012

Courtesy of Facebook........

falvo · Aug 26, 2012

Goodsport · Aug 26, 2012

"Recap: Gordon, Dawkins double up as SJ beat Rapids 4-1" (SJEarthquakes.com - Saturday, 8/25/12)

(John Todd / ISIPhotos.net)

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

Goodsport · Aug 26, 2012

"Dawkins and Gordon lift Earthquakes over Rapids" (CSNBayArea.com - Saturday, 8/25/12)

Simon Dawkins' two goals Saturday helped the Quakes push their home unbeaten streak to 14 games.

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

Goodsport · Aug 26, 2012

"San Jose Earthquakes roll past Colorado Rapids" (San Jose Mercury News - Sunday, 8/26/12)

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

Goodsport · Aug 26, 2012

"Dawkins and Gordon lift Earthquakes over Rapids" (San Francisco Chronicle - Sunday, 8/26/12)

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

Goodsport · Aug 26, 2012

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

Goodsport · Aug 26, 2012

Photo galleries of the game can be viewed both here and here, and highlights of the game can be viewed here.

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G

Goodsport · Aug 26, 2012

"Highlights and context: Another big night for San Jose" (NBCSports.com - Sunday, 8/26/12)

(Getty Images)

GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!!

-G