Here's the CCL rules. Yellows do not get erased at all: http://mobile.concacaf.com/wp-conten...ons-ENG-MT.pdf
We just got CONCACAF'D on that yellow.
Here's the CCL rules. Yellows do not get erased at all: http://mobile.concacaf.com/wp-conten...ons-ENG-MT.pdf
We just got CONCACAF'D on that yellow.
Fantastic effort in terrible playing conditions to take a commanding lead in the series going into the 2nd leg.
Auro looks like a great find.
Hagglund is a great luxury to have against teams that try punting the long ball over the top. It seems like he wins at least 80% of aerial duels every game.
The good thing about this game, aside from the few screwy moments due to conditions and preseason rust where they got chances, is that we looked fairly good but you could see we never really got out of first gear. It bodes really well for us when we actually get some more games in and have better playing conditions. This could be a very very dominant TFC team this year. It is quite exciting to think of their potential. Colorado in their preseason shape and missing some guys looked like a USL team to me. I am sure they will get better too when they get fully fit and get more guys in their lineup but I think the gap in talent was pretty apparent. I also found it funny that playing at altitude was one of their excuses for not doing as well. That is usually the visiting team's excuse. Looking forward to next week.
Also, what was the point of giving Hamilton 45 seconds in the game? Just time wasting ploy I guess. Not sure why. We had the game under control. Hamilton was not likely warmed up well enough after sitting out there all game and even in 45 sec of playing time he could have injured himself. I haven't questioned Vanney's subs for some time but I thought that was unnecessary.
After watching last night's game, I really think Giovinco will be closer to his first two year's MLS form than last year's. He looked on last night in a way we didn't get to see as much last year. That's going to be scary for the league.
BMO Field elevation: ~80m
Estadio Universitario: ~540m
(You can get to about ~450m in the drumlin fields of Peterborough)
Dick's Sporting Goods Field elevation: ~1574m <- this ls the lower boundary of where you might see serious altitude effects
Really, Monterrey is no big deal for altitude.
I actually wonder if we’d be better spending the money earmarked for Aketxe on a quality striker. If Altidore goes down we look a little thin with Ricketts, Spencer, and Hamilton. A quality goal scorer would seem slightly more of a priority than a midfielder where we look well covered
The more I think about it, I really liked a lot of what I was seeing during the second half. Usually would have to wait a few weeks into the season to see things coming together.
I know it is super easy to get overexcited with early wins...errr...win.
I'm hoping he plays with the same approach more often this season. He was dropping deep more often to combine with the midfield which gave him more success on the ball. I think he's less effective picking up long balls at centre and charging at the other team's backline.