TFC @ RSL Post-match thread
We lost 2-1. Dero scored late on a PK as a 2nd half sub.
Didn't expect a win coming in and never really recovered from the 2-0 halftime deficit.
Chicago Fire are next in the league and we're at home again.
Mo still needs to go but Preki should be given a break.
We were really lucky to get this close in the game - the PK was debatable and to any of our 2-3 chances RSL had 3 of their own. The game could've ended easily 5-1 or 6-2. RSL showed they can play, we just showed our usual painful to watch attempts to connect more than 2 passes together...
Last edited by marquis; 05-01-2010 at 10:42 PM.
"It wasn't really a good effort by our group in the first half,"
"For the next game we need to come to work from the first minute. A lot of guys had played a lot of minutes and we were hoping to give some guys a rest and keep it tight, but unfortuntely we gave up the goals and that gave us a mountain to climb."
Preki's words. he fucked up. please don't do it again!
I missed the game tonight because I was at a buddy's wedding. It's shame to hear that DeRo and JDG didn't come in until we were down 2-0 in the 2nd half. I guess Preki took the NCC match more seriously than tonight's match. Hindsight is 20/20 but I don't understand why Preki didn't start DeRo and JDG to give us a fighting chance to start the match and sub for them in the 2nd half...
Preki gambled tonight and lost.
At least he had the balls to try something unorthodox,unfortunately defense left him hanging, not midfield or striker in the first half.
We have 7 games in next 4 weeks we better get prepared for lineups like this in the near future.
While I understand what Preki was thinking behind his first half lineup, it seems to be it really put the Reds behind the eight ball right out of the gate, playing a defensive game is not the best way to go for TFC as the Reds need to score and without DeRo on the pitch that is most likely not going to happen.
The teams needs to be proactive when it comes to running their game on the pitch, but what do you expect when you consider this was their third game in six days. I see a chance for a win come Saturday against the Fire.
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this team is too shallow talent wise to field the lineup preki did. especially in the first half, we looked like the D2 side. i can understand wanting to give some of the better players a break, but i really feel that resting JDG AND DeRo AND OBW was a little much for this lineup to handle.
credit to RSL for putting in a good performance tho.
btw.. anyone else notice how poor our team is at receiving a goal kick? it seems to usually guarantee a loss of possession lately
We are the most boring team to watch. Slow paced, barely create any chances.
Another season relying on home games it seems...
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He thought, and reasonably so I might add, that he could play a heavily defensive style of game, and rest our key players until at least the second half. DeRo looked gassed in his limited time on the pitch, so he clearly needed the rest.Originally Posted by ManUtd4ever
He didn't count on us gifting them a goal early in the game, and then looking absolutely flat afterward - until it was too late.
I still don't think Preki made a mistake in sitting JDG and DeRo. It they needed the rest, then they needed the rest. This is a 30 game season, and I'd much rather have a healthy DeRo for most of those games, than have him strain something, or run himself into the ground. Preki wouldn't sit him for the fun of it.
Tough result, but it was on the road, and capped off a week in which we had two big wins already. I'm going to try and see the forest for the trees on this one, and simply hope they bounce back next Saturday.
- Scott
“Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt.” ~Christopher Hitchens
Sounders 1 KKKrew 1
The Sounders play sexy football but can't score for shit.
Just to make it clear... when Dero and De Guzman were on the pitch the score line was 1-0 TFC.. I can understand resting one of them, but both? It just seemed idiotic.
Exactly. Preki is going to have to try and be as clever as possible to manage this line-up especially with Hardin out and presumably Gomez the same. We have some depth but not a lot.
Considering this was game 3 in 7 days and we were playing at 1400 metres, something had to give.
they played the same in SC. vs rsl
Well, I guess we'll need to wait till the 5th away game of the season... or the 6th.....Originally posted by LesH: (in the pre-game thread)>
Sometimes the ice needs to be broken and TFC needs to get the first point or points on the road this season, right?
Will it be tonight, the next away game or the third away game?
or...errrr...till next year maybe?
it's week 6 and we only got 6 points! this is bull shit!!
This was your typical Away game, They were slow cautious, and always rely on the long ball.
For Preki to actually succeed with what we THINK he was attempting to do, yes we need to address some of those needs that we had cried so long for.
A true backline general.
A pure goalscoring striker.
If we can get that, this wouldn't be a risk...I still hold out a hope for a road win sometime this season (since we are going to need a few), but this isn't going to work.
Still possibly the only known RPB to appear on Masterchef Canada.
(I think?)
Meh. Pretty much exactly as I expected.
We are also only 6 pts out of 1st place. I love the mediocrity that is MLS....the only league in the world where you can take 6 points from a possible 18 and still be in whith a shout!
I believe "parity" is the word you're looking for.
I'd prefer it than an oligarchy of a small number of teams always hogging the top *coughlaligacough*...or at least an oligarchy that changes on a frequent basis.
Yep.
Still possibly the only known RPB to appear on Masterchef Canada.
(I think?)
Parity breeds mediocrity....I meant what I said because the whole league is, well.....mediocre!
We'll need minimum 8 points on the road to have any chance for playoffs, because WE WILL drop at least 8 points at home this season.
That's 1 win and 5 draws or 2 wins and 2 draws.
Playing like we are since the beginning of the season, these 8 points will be impossible to get!
TFC will make the playoffs this year, for better or worse. I'd love to see the team do well, but the organization needs a front office overhaul as we all know. Watching Seattle tonight makes me long to have a front office like theirs back in 2007.
Oh, I forget to add this:
@Preki:
Never ever say anymore in interviews (as you've done it many times in the past weeks!) that TFC always enters the games to go for a win. They are not!
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Of course the entire league is mediocre. It isn't a world class league. That doesn't really speak to the idea of parity.
The NHL and NFL also enforce the idea of parity, yet they also still have really good and really bad teams. Parity just ensures that the really good teams won't have a strangehold on the top of the league until the end of time, and the teams at the bottom have an equitable chance to become a really good team, without bankrupting themselves. They just have to draft smart, and have an eye for trades.
- Scott
“Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt.” ~Christopher Hitchens
Seeing, RSL., Col and Seattle play today, we are by far the worst of those teams at this point.
Again, was expecting a loss tonight, so I'm not choked. And whoever said this is another year of relying on home games, he's right -- this is, and always will be. We'll pull out a win or two on the road, but this season will fundamentally come down to how well we can do at home.
This was a road game at elevation at the busiest time in our schedule. It's a loss, and that's shitty, but we've got to shake it off. And we will.
I can't even watch road games anymore. Its like two different teams. Nevermind this years lineup is nothing like last years. When was the last time we even got a point on the road? Anybody know?
Lack of creativity in the first half and hold possession cost the game. I cant believe one of DeRo or JDG didnt start.
Gargan, Saric, Nane and Sangyang cant pass and LaBrocca is very average to say the best. Without DeRo or JDG there was no technical presence.
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