Young lineup.
Young lineup.
odds at bet365 are 1.95 for Crew, 3.40 for draw and 3.20 for TFC
Excited to Osorio in the midfield, hopefully he can impress.
DittoOriginally Posted by Island Man
I'm not going to judge any players from last season. the whole squad was a crap-show from almost start to finish. I think Morgan is a fairly good player, and certainly good enough at MLS level full back.
I don't know about that, he is still relying a lot on his athleticism and is heavily one footed. Needs to work on his positioning as well. It shows up a lot more against better players than it does week-to-week in MLS. He heavily struggled in both friendlies for Canada recently. I agree he has the tools and in a MLS sense I probably wouldn't look at Morgan and say "does he belong on this team?", it's a no-brainier. He's cheap, more than hacks the physical requirements and will at the very least tread water as opposed to bring the team down.
Now that being said, he's not perfect and he's at a point in his career right now where he needs to decide what he wants. Is he going to be a steady MLS guy or someone who shoots for the big leagues? There's some work to be done.
Califf still not fit, I see...
I think the coaches will send a message with who they start here. Probably starting the players that are the most ready for action. Califf on the bench.. maybe because of his bad fitness??!?!
Morgan could do with an ex-pro working with him week in week out, showing him the defensive ropes. You know, somebody like Ryan Nelson!
Or maybe the coaching staff wants to evaluate the younger players? Frings and Cesar aren't starting either.
Games like this one are about seeing what we DON'T know about the players we have, not what we already know. We know Frings, Califf, Cesar are good pro's and we know their strengths. No need for the to play in this little exersice. Let's see what new players Agboss, Braun, Osario have got.
Or pairing with Henry on 2nd half. Want at least 1 experienced guy organizing the defence
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Is anyone else already able to connect to this stream?
Keeps telling me that it's unavailable. If memory serves, I don't believe I've ever been able to connect to these YouTube-hosted streams.
Just wish they'd not change things from the way it was streamed, before. What's not broken doesn't need fixing. Jeesh.
MLS stream is working for me, after a few initial hiccups.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/live/channel1
Appears to be the same stream. Doesn't work for me, unfortunately.
Shame, really. *sigh*
Looks 4-4-1-1 with Silva dropping into the midfield.
So far looks like a flat 4-4-2 with high backline using the speed of Morgan, Boss and Ecks to cover any attackers that gets passed through the line
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Holy Camera angles Batman!
I like the higher pressure. Still think Braun is a waste of a 100k+ salary.
i think there are more camera's than spectators
Good defending by Morgan, but getting overrun through centre mid
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Some hints of transitioning to the new system, but still very rough. This will take some time, but it's already more entertaining than last year.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
two footed thug challenge by Viana... should have been a red
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
looking good against Crew who had 4 games in so far
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Nice bit of play there after the set piece from Osorio. Braun should've taken on his man when he got the ball in the box but he still got it back to Osorio, smart pass to Silva and then a decent cross for O'Dea. Not bad.
Welshman looks a bit lost on LW though
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
They serious about these challenges? What a bunch of thugs.
We'd be playing against 9 men if this was the regular season.
Absolutely torturing this Glauber guy
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
So far so good.
I'm impressed by Silva, Osorio, and Welshman.
Interesting... O'Dea looks to be taking a lot of set pieces
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
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