Ok guys. Key question here. Do you start Will Johnson over Cooper on Wednesday?
Ok guys. Key question here. Do you start Will Johnson over Cooper on Wednesday?
No. I'd start him over Osorio.
Johnson starts for me - Osorio on the bench. Stopping them scoring first is crucial...if Piatti pops up early and they go 4-2 on aggregate...it will be a big hill to climb. Altidore and Giovinco will score.
I'm thinking same lineup that got us the 2 goals last game. We need to be tough in thr middle. The goal will come. Let Ricketts Altidore and Seba run havoc.
Seba also needs to get his free kick boots on. Montréal is repeatedly giving us free kicks near the box last gsme and unfortunately Seba was on an off game. There will.be plenty more next game and he needs to convert one.
I go with Cooper, and I'll bet Vanney isn't even thinking about this.
It's not just for stability/habit reasons.
Cooper can create more than Johnson can.
We are trailing. You don't make defensive subs at halftime.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
I see what happened in Game 1 as partly about the turf (our guys hate it) and partly a continuation of the late August game at BMO (over the two games, they really shut us down totally for 160 minutes)
We broke through by gambling a bit and overwhelming them in the box. We were incredibly lucky, scoring on the only two chances we got.
We need lots more of that action in the box. I don't agree that Morrow and Beitashour/Bloom need to be more careful. Montreal's defending is their achilles heel. Ciman especially can be had, I would especially want to try to get Seba running right at him with FBs and Altidore all as distractions/options.
Fortune favours the bold.
We also need Irwin to make a save. He could have had the first and third goals.
Last edited by ensco; 11-24-2016 at 08:14 PM.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
is Delgado injured?
Up to date TFC playoff statistics
Toronto FC Playoff Statistics - Individual Name GP GS MIN G A Giovinco, Sebastian 4 4 358 4 3 Altidore, Jozy 4 4 341 4 3 Osario, Jonathan 4 4 296 2 0 Ricketts, Tosaint 4 0 59 1 1 Bradley, Michael 4 4 360 1 0 Moor, Drew 4 4 360 0 0 Zavaleta, Eriq 4 4 360 0 1 Hagglund, Nick 4 4 360 0 2 Cooper, Armando 4 4 258 0 0 Morrow, Justin 4 4 360 0 0 Beitashour, Steve 4 4 335 0 1 Irwin, Clint 4 4 360 0 0 Cheyrou, Benoit 1 0 20 0 0 Johnson, Will 3 0 73 0 1 Delgado, Marco 1 0 2 0 0 Bloom, Mark 2 0 26 0 0
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
Is anyone else resting their vocal cords this week? If I can still talk on Thursday I will have failed. Every day is one day closer at this point! Believe everyone, and pass that belief on to the boys on Wednesday when we make a living hell for the Impact!!!
I don't know about you guys but this is the MLS Cup final for me. When else are we going to get to play our biggest rival on a bigger stage? The only bigger game we could play them in is the CCL semi/final when Canada gets another team in there, and that's a long way from happening.
Does anyone know if away goals rule continues if it goes to extra time or not? I know in Champions league it does.
arghh!! is it Wednesday yet?!?!
It shouldn't count in Europe either, why does one team get more time to get an away goal. Call it home field advantage to have extra time at home.
After a few days of recovery, even though I am excited for next Wednesday I still can't believe what happened prior to kickoff in Montreal. How someone could not know how to measure is beyond disbelieve, truly has left me shaking my head still four days later. By the way the second leg can't come soon enough, I truly believe December 10th is in the cards.
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!