MLS All Star Game

I can't decide who I dislike more, the cheaters or the hack.

(Spam or Shalrie Joseph.)

 

Hatter, Donovan was no half step behind, he just plain wimped out in my opinion. Looked like he was scared of getting hurt. I only saw the last 25 but that's the way it looked to me.

 

Landon was icing his knee after practice yesterday. So that would probably explain being a half-step slower.

Still, it was an exciting game. I feel the MLS All Stars should have gotten more, I am confused why Edson Buddle, Juan Toja and Kenny Cooper are getting offers when Shalrie Joseph is still a capable destroyer, and I like the concept of All Star games.

 

All Star v. All Star Matches?? Was kicking that idea with some buds earlier today.

Probably, no DEFINITELY, the most talented MLS All Star Match and Team ever.

 

I think that question should be what is wrong with ESPN? I kind of get the feeling that when the MLS deals with ESPN it is analogous to a little brother asking a big brother for something he wants. In the end the little brother only gets what the big brother is willing to give him and it usually isn't exactly what was asked for.

I really enjoyed the match last night. Blanco, Beckham and Gomez were really connecting well. Gomez's flick pass over the defender to Cooper was highlight reel material and Blanco's goal and back-heel to Gomez were both very pretty. I whole-heartedly agree with Don that Pablo played exceptional last night. I lost track of how many times he cleanly picked the ball away from West Ham. Two players that I thought played well last night were DeRo and Borenstien. This format of play was made for DeRo. He made an impact the minute he entered the match and he has such a powerful shot from distance. Borenstien really got up and down the left side well and put in some exteremly nice crosses.

On the other side Dean Ashton looked very good and Carlton Cole was troubling early on but the West Ham midfield struggled to control play.

If you missed the match you missed some quality soccer!

 

OMG, I cant believe they didnt play the Canadian National Anthem.

 

They seriously didn't? (I got home late and only saw the second half.) That's weak.

I can't stand the guy for the diving and whining, but I've gotta say, that was a golazo by Blanco.

 

The combination of Blanco and Cooper was far more threatening than Landon/Angel. Angel was ok but Landon was hardly noticable. And no matter what one thinks of Shalrie Joseph, he is in the middle of everything and always a positive factor in the match.

The Canadian anthem was played after the teams appeared. The US and English anthems were played before the teams came out of the locker rooms.

 

I was trying to figure out if Pablo was playing a center back or a defensive mid last night. If he was playing a defensive mid the MLS was actually playing something that resembled a 3-5-1-1 with Blanco not playing much defense. The MLS squad was pressed so far forward most of the night it was hard to tell what the defensive formation was.

 

Sounds like a good match.
A 4:00 start time out here (real smart), got home in time for Mr. White to be handed a trophy... :x

 

National Anthems don't belong at club sports, anyway. There's a reason that UEFA has their own anthem.

Could you imagine your typical 2007 Arsenal Team getting played the English National Anthem during pre-game? "This is nice and all that, but none of us are English..."

Keep National Anthems to Natonal teams and just get on with the game. IMO, playing the anthem so much takes away from some of its magic - i.e., it becomes so commonplace it loses its significance. Playing FOR a country means so much more than simply playing IN a country.

 

I beg to differ, it's a tradition, I'm a traditionalist. I like seeing them there.

Although the line about Arsenal is a funny one.

 

andy is a terrorist for even thinking that. How should we torture him??