U S Open vs NE-Tues.@6:30

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  1. Jiggly_333

    Jiggly_333 Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 8, 2015
    Corner of Bedlam and Squalor (It's that way ->)
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    Alright, I got a bit of time before I gotta actually start teaching (my first class of the day was 3rd period today, so I got to watch the whole thing).
    You gotta go back to June/July of 2017 for our last 4 game win-streak.
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    And before that was literally only separated by a single draw to Orlando at the start of June.
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    But we all know 2017 was an anomaly, so I gotta head back all the way to 2013
    2-1 USOC W vs Columbus on June 13, then:
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  2. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    Z I N C K 9.0
     
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  3. harrylee773

    harrylee773 Member+

    Jul 28, 2004
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As I said, these are official© and not up for debate. Also, Zinck 9.0 - great sub
     
  4. My starting midfield ranking:
    Kouamè, Acosta, D'Avila

    Not a whole lot to choose between the 3.
     
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  5. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #155 schroncar, May 20, 2025
    Last edited: May 20, 2025
    Off the subject question- The team star is not necessarily the most liked/ most admired player on teams.
    Which three players are highest regarded by teammates on the Fire?
    Update-please do not use this question as an excuse to start another”feud”.
     
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  6. plezercruz

    plezercruz Member

    Sep 20, 2004
    You make me feel smart for saying that 2017 team was the last time the fire were good earlier in the thread!

    Pete (doesn't think he said so, but that was the 2017 roster)
     
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  7. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    I think Pete may have (subliminally) mentioned Barlow made a really helpful run on Zinck's goal...cleared the space for Zinck to do what he did.
    Nice to see the awareness and the action...
     
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  8. Pennsylvania Dave

    Jul 31, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    FYP according to recent metrics.
     
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  9. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    Brady’s IG
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  10. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    You missed Shaqiri’s 12.6 performance.
     
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  11. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    In the 17th best Euro league…
     
  12. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    FWIW, here’s the same rating algorithms as shared for the Charlotte game

    Sofascore
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    Fotmob
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    Both are indicating value for Kouame’s work that wasn’t ‘obvious’

    And Guti was told they had to take 2pts back because of the over rate on Saturday.
     
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  13. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    Long ball ‘hockey assist’ goes to the goal scorer!
    1924998917042647516 is not a valid tweet id

    #workrate
     
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  14. goldclover

    goldclover Member+

    Mar 25, 2010
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Davila 6.7 is way too high for me unless I was truly missing some good work he did.
     
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  15. Mac97

    Mac97 Member+

    Jul 15, 2014
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Three more matches!
     
  16. Pennsylvania Dave

    Jul 31, 2012
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I thought D'Avila did ok on defense but I'd be interested to know how many forward passes he made? Well...now that I think about it he got beat quite easily a few times too so...:rolleyes:
     
  17. Andy Zilis

    Andy Zilis Member+

    Mar 9, 2005
    Rochelle, IL
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    At this point, I'm really wondering what they saw in him to bring him here. I'm willing to give him more time to settle in, but he's been bad. Tonight didn't look much different.
     
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  18. Mac97

    Mac97 Member+

    Jul 15, 2014
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    O.K., four more matches.
    Math, harumph.
     
  19. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    Zinckernagle looked like crap in his first game…
     
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  20. bunge

    bunge BigSoccer Supporter

    Oct 24, 2000
    I’m not sure what you mean by this as both players (and the goal scorer) were important to the play.
     
  21. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Poor quality video and no VAR, but I felt Bamba should have been given credit for a goal.
    It is my understanding that a slight deflection of a shot by defender does not automatically make it an own goal. If the shot was going to be good, it is still a goal by offense. Obviously a judgement call, but whose judgement?
    I believe Bamba had goalie beat and should have been given credit for goal.
     
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  22. ChicagoFutbol

    ChicagoFutbol Member

    Liverpool
    United States
    Feb 26, 2020
    But shot has to be on frame. It was determined not to be on frame (without deflection would have gone wide) so can't give credit.
     
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  23. ChicagoFutbol

    ChicagoFutbol Member

    Liverpool
    United States
    Feb 26, 2020
    This one is starting to trouble me too. He's just a kid at 21 (although Ivory Coast BCs are traditionally very suspect in football) so he has a few years to develop. BUT his urgency has to improve. Way too upright and complacent over ball. GGG obviously has no problem sitting big money DPs that aren't bringing it, but this one seems contradictory if transfer fee rumors are anywhere close to true.
     
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  24. overlap_old_coach

    Chicago Fire
    United States
    May 2, 2022
    #174 overlap_old_coach, May 21, 2025
    Last edited: May 21, 2025
    Talking about Bamba’s goal where Gutman made the effort?

    My recollection is Acosta wasn’t challenging anyone, it was one of a 200 mundane type passes we saw and the person receiving did something challenging with the possession.
    Nothing about the pass changed the defense posture or provided a better angle. Best I can say is he kept it moving, bravo.

    Or Cuyper’s where Guti made things happen?

    Either way ‘integral’ is ‘generous’ for Acosta’s participation.
     
  25. schroncar

    schroncar Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Mar 2, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Really hard to see for sure. I thought it looked like it beat goalie to his right. Did they use match video to arrive at that decision? Whatever.
     

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