Match Thread: September 17, 2023 - Valour v Forge

[narduch]

Game is at 1pm CT (2pm ET) on One Soccer and Fubo 

[Cheeta]

Must win for Valour.  

I'm going to copy that post in the hope that it will have meaning for the 4 matches remaining after today.

[Ftduck]

Forge always seem to struggle in the Peg. 

[narduch]

[jonovision]

Polisi being a written-in-ink starter is the most baffling thing about this Valour season and the main reason I'm on the DosSantosOut train.

[Wippersuna]

Solid first strike by Williams even with the save. Thankfully gets it on the rebound. 

[Big_M]

polisi makes up for gutierrez losing the ball in his half and kane gets a yellow for taking out polisi

[Big_M]

what a wonderful ball by polisi and de brienne scores...2-1

[Big_M]

on the replay looks like henry had both hands on that ball

[Wippersuna]

I don’t know if that should have counted but I’m not complaining and really enjoy it when Forge are. 

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

Think the keeper has to get the benefit of the doubt on that one. Can understand why the Forge player and coach were so upset. 

[Wippersuna]

Oof

[Big_M]

pacius subs in and scores...2-2

[Big_M]

badibanga on a free kick...2-3 84'

[Big_M]

forge takes it

[jonovision]

Unless the objective was to do something other than win the game, that triple substitution from PDS was truly bizarre.

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

Need to see that third Forge goal again on my desktop rather than a phone to figure out what happened. Didn't appear to take a deflection so that shouldn't have worked. Maybe they spotted a weakness in Yesli's game where not diving full extension just to be 100% sure a shot doesn't sneak in at the far post and placed Becker where he was to mess up his sight of the flight of the ball?

[charlesmazz]

12 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said:

Need to see that third Forge goal again on my desktop rather than a phone to figure out what happened. Didn't appear to take a deflection so that shouldn't have worked. Maybe they spotted a weakness in Yesli's game where not diving full extension just to be 100% sure a shot doesn't sneak in at the far post and placed Becker where he was to mess up his sight of the flight of the ball?

Badibanga confirmed in his post game interview that his shot took a deflection off the wall 

[K Edgar]

Good effort by Valour against a team that, to be honest, has far more talent.  1st Forge goal was Yesli's fault, 2nd is Haynes, 3rd just plain bad luck.  Entertaining game on a great fall afternoon in the 'Peg.

[jonovision]

How was the crowd? I was only able to tune in for a bit, but they seemed at least to be in fine voice at times.