harrycoyster Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 In the GA Cup Lower Division: Montreal beats Colorado 2-1. Thoroughly unimpressed with the Impact as they relied on their superior size to beat the Rapids. Calin Calaidjoglu was Montreal's best field player on the day. The Moldovan-Canadian started almost every attack and got a goal himself. Jonathan Sirios made 5-6 great saves to keep the Canadians on top. Tons of size and strength, but this group looks really raw for 17 year olds. Seattle dominates Matsumoto Yamaga 6-1 with Canadian eligible Finn Hoffman on the bench. In the GA Cup Top Division: Toronto takes on Eintracht Frankfurt at 3:30 Eastern. Mexican-Brazilian-Canadian striker Rafael Pinzon is in the Pachuca squad against the LA Galaxy at 5:45 Eastern. Best player on our u15 team last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 So we’re gonna lose Pinzon to Mexico ??? so MTL bigger than Colorado but raw ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 According to the TFC academy twitter they are down 2-0 after 35 minutes against Eintract Frankfurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 24 minutes ago, Dominic94 said: So we’re gonna lose Pinzon to Mexico ??? so MTL bigger than Colorado but raw ? Pinzon wasn't called up to the Mexican u15 team and played for us. It's possible he considers Mexico if he is good enough to play for them, but Mexico is flooded with young attacking players so it's not a huge concern at the moment. Montreal v Colorado looked like a good u17 team against a very good u16 team. Colorado was cleaner in possession and passing, but couldn't deal with the physicality of bigger players in the end. Montreal is athletic, but only a couple players stood out in terms of ability on the ball. Colorado definitely won the game on expected goals. This Montreal u17 class looks less talented than their Vancouver and Toronto compatriots outside of Calin Calaidjoglu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 NYCFC and Toronto both struggling against very good foreign competition. Toronto abandoned the press after Frankfurt easily passed through it twice. Now sitting deep and countering, but the high winds are making long balls difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Toronto fall 3-0 to Frankfurt. Ugly game from the TFC midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Any one stand out for TFC Harrycoyster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, Ivan said: Any one stand out for TFC Harrycoyster? Mehdi Essoussi had the only decent chance of the game after he beat 2 defenders by himself on the wing, but he played the ball too long and the keeper collected it. Other than that, not much that stood out in a good way. King made 3-4 good saves at the back, but was poor on the second goal. Biggest loser is probably Cheyrou. TFC came out in a 3-man midfield and were completely overrun by Frankfurt's midfield heavy formation. Packed the boys in after they went down 2-0, then went to a long ball heavy 4-4-2 in the second half. There were really high winds on the day, and the game devolved into Frankfurt having 80% possession with occasional TFC possession in the final third off a windswept ball that found a Canadian head. Bad gameplan after bad gameplan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 5 hours ago, harrycoyster said: Toronto fall 3-0 to Frankfurt. Ugly game from the TFC midfield. Was there a stream of the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Bison44 said: Was there a stream of the game? MLS only has cameras on the two main fields, but Frankfurt had the match on their website. Looks like they upload the replays of their u17 games after a few days, so you may be able to catch the game there eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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