PBP: Toronto FC - San Jose Earthquakes (Saturday, 3/24) in-game thread [R]

32' Chavez with brilliant D, give and go, run, wins corner.

SO CLOSE Bernardez!

 

You legend. Thank you.

 

Moreno not as involved due to the 'bounce it here and there and run' style of this game, I think.

 

35' Wow, wind totally in the face of Quakes now.

Gotta close out the half.

 

He's not involved now cuz the Quakes don't have the ball anymore.

 

Bad control from Wondo....

 

38' Wondo with a whiff on a half-chance after some good work from Lenhart.

 

Nice save by Busch.....

 

Is it just me, or is Silviu favoring the home team? I've seen a few calls that should have gone our way go the other way. Just sayin'.....

 

40' Moreno with a studly steal and distribution.

 

that was a great move, keeping it along the touch, turning and distributing.

 

To be honest, I haven't noticed him much either way.

 

Anybody think Kocic could use some lessons from Mike McGee?

 

Annnnd we survive the half.

Hopefully the wind will be at our backs in the 2nd.

 

Stefan Frei is better....

 

I'd like to see Sercan come in for Lenhart in the second half, somewhere in the 60th. minute. I want to see if he's worth his salt.

 

Did Frank tell them to bunker early?...

 

This is another somewhat scrappy game. I was hoping that by playing more passing games, we could raise that type of play to the next level, which should help us in every way. I think the rain and our skill level is making that a bit too difficult.

Thank god Bernardez is ok. I'd also like to see Sercan, though I expect he's slower, perhaps he could wrestle smarter.

 

LOL Don Gerber talking about the Quakes......

 

We're no longer able to possess the ball on the ground, and the wind is randomizing every ball in the air.

The bottom line is we survived, though, and the 2nd half is a re-roll of the dice.

 

Good Don Garber interview.

 

No such animal.

 

Yeah, there was pretty much zero linkup from the defense to the midfield after that goal was scored. Busch is just bootin' the ball to wherever. With the wind I'm surprised they didn't just keep playing the ball on the ground to move it around. Maybe having it in your face wears you down after a while. Maybe there is some fear that the wet and wind will lead to giveaways at the back? Not sure. Obviously continuing like this isn't going to get the job done.

 

Anybody know why Garber was in the Bay Area this week? I haven't seen any reports that he was here for any event, but I'm sure he didn't come just to do a studio interview with Jim Kozimor.