Free kick Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Blackdude said: That's the one of the rare that Impact fans get. Bush was among the worst goalkeepers in the league last year. Diop played well in the Canadian Championship and in late-season MLS last year. It wasn't surprising that Bush lost his #1 spot with the Impact. Fair enough. You would have seen more impact games than me. So i will accept that. But Diop faced just six shots tonight. And he let four in. Two of the four goals could have been stopped imo. Including the first one. Edited July 17, 2020 by Free kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Looks like this game counted as a home game for Montreal and a road game for Toronto, while the DC game was a home game for Toronto https://www.mlssoccer.com/standings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Gian-Luca said: I am not that hard pressed to blame Mavinga on Montreal’s 1st pk goal of the night He got the ball. Ridiculous PK. yomurphy1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 7 hours ago, shamrock said: He got the ball. Ridiculous PK. He clumsily went through the player from behind to get it though. No need for him even leave his feet there and take the risk of the clumsy/awkward timing. Club Linesman, Ruffian and BearcatSA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikmacdo Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 11 hours ago, Free kick said: Thierry Henry is the new coach. So it normal that he gets a lot rope from the fans. They want to be patience. But what i dont get is the decsion to go with Clement Diop and benching Bush. Diop was poorly regarded when he was in LA and he was a backup in LA as well. I heard some commentor suggest he is amongst the worst GK’s in the league. Was Bush really poor? Alos, he is putting players at right back that should be in a central role. Piette last game, Shome tonight. Shome didnt look bad but he not a true HB is he? Diop cant be blamed for the goals against. But a good keeper could have stopped some of those shots that went in. Including Bush. Westberg made some game saving stops. Diop did not. Bush was one of the worst goalkeepers in the league last year I recall seeing a stat to support it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 16 hours ago, Gian-Luca said: Looks like this game counted as a home game for Montreal and a road game for Toronto, while the DC game was a home game for Toronto https://www.mlssoccer.com/standings What i dont get is: what happens to Dallas and Nashville? If these games count towards the standings, then (when/if play resumes) how many games do they have ot make up? PS: that pretty unfair to designate one of the teams as home side in these conditions. The biggest benefit to the home side is the way the fan support psychologically impacts the decsions that ref makes. Without fans, that what advantge is there to home field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 By my count TFC sit second in the Eastern conference at the moment behind Philadelphia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 57 minutes ago, Obinna said: By my count TFC sit second in the Eastern conference at the moment behind Philadelphia. It’s actually Columbus they are behind Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Free kick said: What i dont get is: what happens to Dallas and Nashville? If these games count towards the standings, then (when/if play resumes) how many games do they have ot make up? PS: that pretty unfair to designate one of the teams as home side in these conditions. The biggest benefit to the home side is the way the fan support psychologically impacts the decsions that ref makes. Without fans, that what advantge is there to home field? I assume they play each other three times. Probably less awkward now than it was when it was just one team kicked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Not much has been made of this in the media, but Gallardo has been a bit of a bust so far given that he is a TAM player and Endoh keeps getting starts over him. Bison44, Colliedor, Ruffian and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) With tonight’s results, You could very well see most of the starters sitting on the bench at the start of the next match. By the way, next TFC match is at 9:00AM again. How ridiculous is that? Today, there were three matches scheduled but they played two of them at the 8:00PM and the other at 10:30PM. Why cant they do that for the other match days? TFC should livid about that. Edited July 18, 2020 by Free kick nfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 32 minutes ago, Free kick said: With tonight’s results, You could very well see most of the starters sitting on the bench at the start of the next match. By the way, next TFC match is at 9:00AM again. How ridiculous is that? Today, there were three matches scheduled but they played two of them at the 8:00PM and the other at 10:30PM. Why cant they do that for the other match days? TFC should livid about that. The silliest part for me is that the final group matches are not being played at the same time, even though they have the capability to do so as evidenced by tonight's matches. Not sure that TFC will rest many starters though - yes, they are all but mathematically through to the next round (the third place team in Group A can't catch them and it is unlikely that all of the other groups will have a third place team with 4 points) but the final group game still counts for regular season points. Ivan and Free kick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Gian-Luca said: The silliest part for me is that the final group matches are not being played at the same time, even though they have the capability to do so as evidenced by tonight's matches. Not sure that TFC will rest many starters though - yes, they are all but mathematically through to the next round (the third place team in Group A can't catch them and it is unlikely that all of the other groups will have a third place team with 4 points) but the final group game still counts for regular season points. Last nights matches is also proof of why you cant have a tourny with 6 groups of 4 whereby 4/6 third place teams advance. The RSL-Min match was one of the worst i’ve seen, it had me remembering the Ger-Aut match in 82. There were no scoring chnaces that i can recall; the play was dreadfull. Even the commentor for the rights holder mentioned it. At the root of it was the fact that two teams who won their first match were facing off knowing that a draw would secure that they advance. With this format, four points gets you through to the next round whereas it wouldnt guarantee anything if only 2/4 teams advance from every group. This also means that teams that have 4pts can rest their starters in the final group game. Putting the integrity of the competing in question. Also, this format favours teams in groups D-E-F because they play their third games later than the teams in A-B-C. Those teams in D-E-F will already know the results and what they need to do to secure the wildcard spot. Really really stupid format, one that even FIFA has used many times. I know that 8 groups of 3 presents other risks (eg.: everyone finishing tied in pts), but at least it doesnt favour differt teams differnently. PS: due to rescheduling, the whitecaps are in a good spot, they play the last game of group matches against Chi. They know thye could even afford to lose to SEA tmrw. Edited July 18, 2020 by Free kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 The way the third place spots are turning out, unless Vancouver beats Chicago tomorrow, I have a weird feeling TFC will be playing the Sounders next round. Nate3322 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Bur if the whitecaps Fc could somehow manage a win by two goals, it would get really interesting. TFC- VWCFC could end up playing each other. Or it could be TFC-NYC depending on what happens in tonights game. Van is so shorthanded, that it make this less probable. ps.: these 9Am starts would mean 6Am in the west coast. If you are up watching this game, you are a true fan. Edited July 23, 2020 by Free kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 The whitecaps look like a pickup squad...nobody looks confident playing with each other....scrambling, forced passes. Theyll need a prayer to win much less by two. Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 That is very true. But if they could just replicate what FC Cin did last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Shway said: The whitecaps look like a pickup squad...nobody looks confident playing with each other....scrambling, forced passes. Theyll need a prayer to win much less by two. Their prayer got answered. Free kick and Shway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 28 minutes ago, BearcatSA said: Their prayer got answered. Yes. And with the help VAR. mind you, this was one of the times they got right with the VAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 On 7/23/2020 at 6:28 AM, Free kick said: Bur if the whitecaps Fc could somehow manage a win by two goals, it would get really interesting. TFC- VWCFC could end up playing each other. Or it could be TFC-NYC depending on what happens in tonights game. Van is so shorthanded, that it make this less probable. ps.: these 9Am starts would mean 6Am in the west coast. If you are up watching this game, you are a true fan. I just wanted to remind everyone on the board, that according to @Free kick I am a "true fan". I immediately fell back asleep though, then got up just in time for a weather report in Orlando. nolando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 HAHA, a true fan, but also only human. I 'm sure many (including myself) got a nice nap when the game went on weather delay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Bison44 said: HAHA, a true fan, but also only human. I 'm sure many (including myself) got a nice nap when the game went on weather delay! I set my frigging alarm for 6 in the morning (since MLS starts any time long after the announced hour, don't mind me), on a day I had 6 hours online teaching lined up! I am a monster fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtroads Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Nice to see Nelson starting today, but he hasn't been too involved so far. Bradley with a horrible start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Nelson looks good but they should give him the ball more. Not enough touches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 nelson got a beautiful through ball from bradley but easily let the defender get a foot on the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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