United-Chicago Fire Grades [R]

Rimando- 7
Prideaux- 5
Petke-5.5
Ivanov-6
Olsen-4
Nelsen-6
Convey-8
Etcheverry-6
Kovalenko-8
Curtis-5
Quintanilla-3
Eskandarian-4
Alegria -3 ( i cant believe he didnt bury that goal at the end.)

 

Rimando - 7
Prideaux - 6
Petke - 6.5
Ivanov - 7
Olsen - 6
Nelsen - 6.5
Convey - 6.5
Etcheverry - 7
Kovalenko - 8
Curtis - 7
Quintanilla - 4
Eskandarian - 4
Alegria -3

 

Rimando 5
Prideaux 6
Petke 5
Ivanov 5.5
Olsen 5
Nelsen 6.5
Convey 7
Etcheverry 6
Kovalenko 6
Curtis 6.5
Quintanilla 3.5
Eskandarian 3
Alegria 3

 

Rimando 6 nice outlet passes; little else to do
Prideaux 6
Petke 6
Ivanov 6
Olsen 5
Nelsen 6
Convey6
Etcheverry6
Kovalenko7
Curtis 7
Quintanilla 5
Eskandarian4
Alegria5

 

Rimando 5
Prideaux 6
Petke 5
Ivanov 5
Olsen 5
Nelsen 6
Convey 6
Etcheverry 5
Kovalenko 6
Curtis 6
Quintanilla 5
Eskandarian 4
Alegria NR

Ref--5 (certainly the best-called match at RFK this year)

Fans--8 those who came brought it

CSC-- 3 i guess smoking is all they have left to enforce

 

Rimando 6
Prideaux 5
Petke 5.5
Ivanov 5
Olsen 5.5
Nelsen 6
Convey 6
Etcheverry 6
Kovalenko 7 MOTM
Curtis 6.5
Quintanilla 4.5 (Your seat is on the end of the bench, son)
Eskandarian 5.5
Alegria 5

 

Rimando 5
Prideaux 6
Petke 6
Ivanov 6
Olsen 6
Nelsen 7
Convey 7
Etcheverry 6
Kovalenko 7 MOTM
Curtis 7
Quintanilla 4
Eskandarian 4
Alegria 4

5 = average MLS performance

 

Rimando 5
Prideaux 6
Petke 5.5
Ivanov 5
Olsen 5.5
Nelsen 7 MOTM
Convey 6
Etcheverry 5.5
Kovalenko 6
Curtis 6
Quintanilla 5.5
Eskandarian 5
Alegria 4

 

Rimando-8
Prideaux-8
Petke-6
Ivanov-6
Olsen-8 (nice assist)
Nelsen-7 (point for keeping the ref happy
Convey-8
Etcheverry-8 (well shot PK)
Kovalenko-9.9 (suberbplay)
Curtis-7 (get him starting)
Quintanilla-6
Eskandarian-6
Alegria-7

 

Rimando - 6
Prideaux - 6
Petke - 6
Ivanov - 6
Olsen - 6
Nelsen - 7
Convey - 7
Etcheverry - 6
Kovalenko - 8
Curtis - 7
Quintanilla - 6
Eskandarian - 6
Alegria - 6

 

Rimando - 6
Prideaux - 6.5
Petke - 5.5
Ivanov - 5.5
Olsen - 5.5
Nelsen - 6.5
Convey - 6.5
Etcheverry - 6
Kovalenko - 7
Curtis - 6
Quintanilla - 4.5
Eskandarian - 4.5
Alegria - 4

 

last minute additions:
Crowd :5
Ref : 5
Ray : 7
Commentators : 3
Ball Boys : 9, they must have gotten good marks at ballboy school
Beer Men : NA
Little Kids : 1 (i hear they were annoying again)
Parking Staff : 4 (charge way too much)
My TV : 8 (very nice picture)
My friends : 0 (they didnt show to my house to watch)

 

Digital's Ratings

Rimando - 6
Any time a keeper gets a shutout it's hard to go below a 6.

Prideaux - 7
Completely shut down one of the hottest players in the league. Also, playing on his natural side--the right-- he put in an excellent cross.

Petke - 7
Covered for Ivanov well, shut down everything in the middle, and organized a great defensive effort.

Ivanov - 5
Beaten by Damani Ralph, Justin Mapp and Nate Jaqua more than a few times. While I do like his ball skills and free kick abilities, his defensive tactics and execution are sloppy. He consistently lets guys get in a good position to score at least 2-6 times a game, and that's just not acceptable for a defender. He must improve his defending.

Olsen - 5.5
Very good job on DaMarcus, but was abused several times by Mapp. He tried to play Mapp physically because both know that Mapp is far faster than Olsen, and it resulted in a couple truly cheap shots.

Nelsen - 7
Excellent job defensively and he had two pretty nice shots.

Convey - 7.5
Dominated the midfield. Chicago was without Armas (Dmid) and Bocanegra (center back) as well as Jesse Marsch (Mid) who are all good defenders, but Convey was unstoppable by a decent Logan Pause and Kelly Gray. Justin Mapp had the right idea, grab Convey's jersey as often as possible, because otherwise he's going to expose you. Convey is clearly the engine that this offense needs.

Etcheverry - 6
The PK was excellent, but you expect that to be made. Etch had a very nice endline dribble cross that almost led to a goal, and did some great work holding the ball, but at the end of the day you need more than 1 dangerous opportunity created. He played the ball quickly and hustled, so it was a good game.

Kovalenko - 7.5
Almost had 3 goals, and truthfully, earned the two we did score. Made the most of his few chances. Frankly, he had me wondering how he might pair with Curtis up top. Not afraid to shoot, makes the final pass when it's there, and always hustles.

Curtis - 6
Probably deserves a higher grade, but great job. He made diagonal runs and delivered very sweet diagonal passes. But, had several half-chances and one good one from Etch and he didn't finish any, thus I cannot give him a higher grade.

Quintanilla - 5
Not a bad game, but had 2 or 3 good chances to score and couldn't get the business done. His lack of speed prevented him from reaching a few dangerous passes.

Eskandarian - NR
Not involved enough to rate, but he did miss a chance immediately after he entered.

Alegria - 5
Held the fort while protecting the lead.

-Digital

 

Rimando - 6.5
Prideaux - 6
Petke - 5.5
Ivanov - 5
Olsen - 5.5
Nelsen - 7
Convey - 7.5
Etcheverry - 6
Kovalenko - 8
Curtis - 6
Quintanilla - 5
Eskandarian - 5.5
Alegria - 4.5

 

On a scale of 1 to 10, as requested, average is 5.5. (I'm not sure how you can end up with a 5 being average on 10 point scale since that would leave you with more above-average ratings, 6-10, than below-average ratings, 1-4.)
[size=-3]10 "That was one of the best performances I'll ever see in MLS"
9 "That was one of the best performances I'll see this season in MLS"
8 "That was one of the best performances I'll see this month in MLS"
7 "That was one of the best performances I'll see this week in MLS
6 "That was a moderately above-average MLS performance."
5.5 "That was an average MLS performance."
5 "That was a moderately below-average MLS performance."
4 "That was one of the worst performances I'll see this week in MLS."
3 "That was one of the worst performances I'll see this month in MLS"
2 "That was one of the worst performances I'll see this season in MLS"
1 "That was one of the worst performances I'll ever see in MLS"[/size]

Rimando - 6.5
Prideaux - 7.5
Petke - 7
Ivanov - 5.5
Olsen - 6
Nelsen - 7.5
Convey - 7
Etcheverry - 6
Kovalenko - 8
Curtis - 7
Quintanilla - 5
Eskandarian - 5
Alegria - 4

 

Rimando 5
Prideux 7
Petke 6
Ivanov 6
Nelsen 8
Olsen 6
Convey 7
Etcheverry 7
Kovalenko 8
Curtis 8
Quintanilla 4
Eskandarian 4
Alegria 4

 

Rimando 6.5 - Shutout and a pretty good save
Prideaux 6.0 - Shutout
Petke 6.0 - Shutout
Ivanov 6.0 - Shutout
Olsen 6.0 - Good game, an assist, not a complete game otherwise a higher score
Nelsen 6.0 - Solid outing
Convey 7.0 - A terror, where is he getting this pace. Should have had a goal
Etcheverry 7.5 - Again an increadible PK.
Kovalenko 8.0 - Best game of the year for Dema
Curtis 6.5 - Should have a couple of assists if his strike partner could finish.
Quintanilla 4.5 - Poor finishing not once but at lease 2x and blew an assist trying too much
Eskandarian 5.0 -
Alegria 5.0 -