And there you go, Robert Taylor with his second goal of the evening on a beautiful cross from the GOAT !!
And there you go, Robert Taylor with his second goal of the evening on a beautiful cross from the GOAT !!
Remember The Man, The Legend, The Goal 5-12-07 and All That #9 Left On The Pitch, Thanks For The Memories !!!
Originally Posted by MikeForbes
People need to start talking about Taylor for the Ballon D'or
busquets has no legs left...midfield is wide open for atlanta and they get two chances in two minutes...a better team would have opened them more and scored a few already
Atlanta could do with a decent DM who pressures well....
penalty late for atlanta...sub etienne fouled by sub mcvey who also gets a red
terrible penalty by almada and its still 4-0
Suddenly the worst team in MLS will be looked at as the favorites.
Atlanta has always been able to be had when their DM was out injured...now traded. This was true since day 1 of the franchise. I would not say Miami is great yet.
Based on the bracket, I think Miami would have to go to Houston or Orlando next round.
strong tfc vs charlotte vibes that game.
I personally don't think they are the absolute favorites, but casuals who bought Apple TV to watch Messi definitely do. I would take Philly over them any day just in terms of MLS teams.
Yeh, give Busquets that much time with the ball and you die. Atlanta went high press. Mid block sounds like a better plan.
Heck of a goal by Griffin Dorsey tonight.
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
Just saw it. Absolute screamer. Fair play to him.
Atlanta looked completely adrift in that game. I dont know whether it was a matter of the lights being too bright or what is going on in their team internally but they didnt offer very much to that match.
Unbelievable this is the same team (minus our guy) who I saw just a few weeks ago play a pretty solid outing at home and seamlessly move the ball back to front.
As for Miami, I think we may be have over discounted the age factor in looking at their trajectory. Busquets was playing for Barcelona months ago. Messi won a World Cup. There is an immense amount of quality in their games still. Taking away their tendencies is easier said than done.
Well see how other teams adapt and how the new Miami signings do. But last night they looked like they were making a bit of a mockery of the level of MLS play. We might be fast but were very positionally naive. These guys find corners of the field out of almost nothing, its incredible to watch
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If Barcelona have a need up front in the winter window… I wonder if Messi might go on loan.
Even if its just for 2 or 3 months…
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
Modric did the same to Canada in the World Cup. They realized after about 30 minutes that we'd set up specifically to shut him down in the hole and they just adjusted to use the available space.
I think maybe this more than anything is why Europeans don't see quality in MLS.
No one holds shape and everyone effectively plays a zonal form of man to man, everyone rushing in to press tight instead of marking teams out of play.
In Europe, if you do that, they just move into the space you've left charging ahead. They know how to read the game and adapt in game.
North American players just don't. I think we could term it "naive" football. And Messi's the best at taking advantage of it. Several times last night he actually hung outside the box well after the ball was to the goalline, drifting further away from the Atlanta defenders until they just weren't paying attention to him anymore.
They're so used to marking what's in front of them that he casually drifts behind and, boom, he's into space and scoring. Very few MLS players have ever been any good at this. It's why guys like Bradley Wright-Phillips and Luke Rogers, who, for different reasons, never fulfilled their promise in England came over here and could score for days.
It's also why Giakoumakis is so good (when he gets service).
If the European team doesn't work hard and play tactically tight football -- ala Everton against Minnesota last year -- the American team will "dink tennis" them to death by beating them to every ball and creating just enough through individual skill to score some goals. Americans are some of the most tenacious athletes when on the front foot.
But they don't know what to do against smart movement.
The other great example of this was the Wrexham- LA Galaxy II match. LAG2 controlled the first-half with tikki-takki passing and Wrexham's manager, Phil Parkinson, admitted after the game they were "shocked" by the quality of a U.S. 4th division club.
But Galaxy II couldn't penetrated Wrexham's defense AT ALL. They had two good chances in the entire match and blew them both.
So in the second half, realizing their opponents weren't smart enough to break down their positioning with counter movement, Wrexham just bullied a bunch of undersized Mexican-American eighteen year olds off the ball with physical play. After the second goal, LA -- second worst in their next pro division this year -- just gave up and allowed the last two without much fight.
But for a while, it looked like they might actually win. It was their inability to move off the ball and breakdown a team's solid block that killed them. They looked like us, frankly, just younger and smaller. (Like, really small. LAFC2 is made up of little ball wizards, but a lot appear to be 5'5 and 120lbs soaking wet).
Soooooo.....
MAK looked pretty good.
Hlongwane the guy that minnesota signed from the south african league seems to be tearing it up, another 2 goals last night.
Let's hope our guy mailula who is a lot higher rated can have the same impact (next year likely).
The Arena Effect? The Mister GOAT of MLS?
Not enough time for that. It's the getting out a place with no tactics or plan at all.
Mmm, STLCity first club out of LC? Lost both matches. The MLS WC leader, second place overall, with same, likely, competition results as TFC.
This Santos Laguna/Orlando match has been a banger. 2-2 heading into the 90th minute.
Looks like Orlando have won it in the 92nd minute.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/edgarenriquez_/status/1685466694691569664
These guys all seem to want it.
Also, Necaxa fans are letting their team know how bad this result was for them.
And Orlando vs. Miami in the next round...
Here’s one for everybody is on lone or fucking injured beer and food prices are through the roof and Apple TV , and ticketmaster have changed everything no more 1pm or 3 pm games I’m a season ticket holder I’m so pissed off
Have you perhaps also had a few drinks, friend? We are talking about the greatest tournament in soccer history in here.
Sure we do!
And MLS is the strongest, and best set-up club competition in the World, by far!
So Charlotte can't play at home their next game because.....nobody is actually saying what it is.....they play in Dallas.
Orlando vs. Miami is a cup match feel
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