Colorado - Postmatch

Felt like more of a sweeper responsibility than a true CB. In that he wasn't charged with man marking and had much more license to dictate play in this system. Early days, but in the right circumstances it seems like an inspired idea. He reads the play well. He is a much better passer and handler of the ball than any of our true centerbacks. So when he wins the ball, he is able to turn it around into attack really quickly.

Also loving the freedom that Villa gets in this system, solving the left back issue (as previously mentioned) and opening up more slots for central midfielders. It finally feels like we have a system that suits our roster.

It will be interesting to see how this system fares against stronger teams. I can imagine having our wingbacks pinned by better teams and not being able to build out. I'd like to see the front two (on D) run the channels so that we can play over / around a press. We didn't have to do that too much in this game, but at least in the first half the ball down the line was barely ever available.
How is a sweeper role not a CB? Isn’t that all just what you’re asking of the person in the position, not the position itself.

Pirlo played the #6. He didn’t defend, but he was still playing in that position. (Career-wise, I mean)

Anyways, who cares. He played CB tonight. It was a good decision. As I said, the less Sweat I see, the better.
 
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Called three or four goals as soon as I saw the lineup. Colorado is awful right now.

- Congrats to Villa for grabbing a brace to celebrate. It was a perfect opportunity for it.
- Love the decision to sit Medina.
- Ring was a whole back line by himself.
- Ibeagha had expanded responsibility and he took great care of all of it. Loving his development in this team.
- 4 goals on 14 shots (6 on target) is huge. Again, COL is awful but you MUST capitalize in these situations and we did.
- I liked Herrera’s look in this formation. He seemed more free/comfortable.
- Berget is dangerous. Something still hasn’t fully clicked for him but he’s a constant threat. Love his ability to spin off defenders and break away. Twice he was fouled in desperation because he was free and clear.
- Tajouri-Shradi makes us better.

We got the result we should have against a team in poor form with an interesting new look for us. I thoroughly enjoyed the game.
 
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i still like and support these plays.
Me too. Reminded me of how Lucio used to take off when he played for Brazil, awesome to see a CB with some skills - if they give you forty yards of space, use it instead of lumping it forward.

As long as his teammates are disciplined enough that someone hangs back when he darts forward, Callens should go for it. So far they have been, and having Ring play a 3rd CB makes that easier.
 
Shout out to the usher who kicked me and my friends out from under the awning to sit in the rain for the entire match while the 15-20 seats that could have kept us dry remained open.

Did this happen to anyone else? I get they want us to sit I our assigned seats, but no one was coming and we told her if someone did come we’d move immediately. She didn’t care. Can’t wait to see her for every remaining match this season and ask her where I sit.

We had no problem, and from the look of the stadium - how you could draw a line all the way around and know where the overhang was - very few other people did.

Actually, there was one problem. The woman who sat halfway down the wet seats with a gigantic pink umbrella and kept standing up, basically covering 1/4 of the pitch for everyone in the section.
 
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It's kind of amazing that, for all the shit we get for playing on a small field and how it ruins the game and turns it into a mess, we still find 30-40 yards of space at a time out there. Still have a pretty firm belief that at 100% we're the best team in the league.
 
It's kind of amazing that, for all the shit we get for playing on a small field and how it ruins the game and turns it into a mess, we still find 30-40 yards of space at a time out there. Still have a pretty firm belief that at 100% we're the best team in the league.
The field argument is so overdone. I think a lot of it really does come from the shitty, shallow angle they use to film the game. Makes it seem a lot narrower than it really is.

Plus, if one more fan from Seattle or Portland or Atlanta criticize our field vs. the shitty plastic crap they play on, my head will explode.
 
If you’re going to insult Herrera at least get your cultural references right. Herrera is from Venezuela, not Guatemala and pupusas are from El Salvador.
You know damn straight what he meant calling him Guatemalan.
 
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The field argument is so overdone. I think a lot of it really does come from the shitty, shallow angle they use to film the game. Makes it seem a lot narrower than it really is.

Plus, if one more fan from Seattle or Portland or Atlanta criticize our field vs. the shitty plastic crap they play on, my head will explode.

I remember Atlanta fans recording a video spending a good two minutes whining about the field at YS, their turf is complete shit.
 
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One other statistical item about how downright awful Colorado is: the Audi index yesterday was 4615 (NYC) - 560 (COL). I don’t think I have ever seen a score below 1000 - heck David Villa scored over 1000 points yesterday by himself.

Putrid performance by Colorado. Thanks for the opportunity to work on the goal differential.
 
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The size of the field is all about optics - I sit farther back than the elevated camera but the field appears wider from my seats than on TV. I never records the home matches, but did yesterday and am watching it now, and the camera angle is horrific. There’s no depth to the field (top/bottom of the screen because the camera is too low. For better production value, they should move the camera to the third tier and (if structurally possible for soccer/baseball conversion) place the camera on a movie boom so that it’s higher but just as close, thus allowing for a more downward shot of the field. There’s no reason why 10m of near sidelines is in the field of view with every shot - it’s all due to the poor positioning of the camera.