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I have also forgotten to mention how good Maxi's runs off the ball were on Mitri's first goal. Check out the GIF below again.

First, Maxi runs up the middle of the field, drawing Perez to the center and leaving acres of space for Mitri to receive Isi's pass. Then, Maxi runs across the top of the penalty area, drawing the other two defenders laterally past Mitri and giving him the opening to shoot. It was so clever.

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Maxi is quite easily one of the best players in the league, and probably the most unheralded.
 
I have also forgotten to mention how good Maxi's runs off the ball were on Mitri's first goal. Check out the GIF below again.

First, Maxi runs up the middle of the field, drawing Perez to the center and leaving acres of space for Mitri to receive Isi's pass. Then, Maxi runs across the top of the penalty area, drawing the other two defenders laterally past Mitri and giving him the opening to shoot. It was so clever.

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This isn't commentary on your analysis, but on the gif you used, I absolutely loved the camera shots of the Supporters Section from that angle. Really fun to see after each goal.
 
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Thanks. It's just from the highlights, but I picked that sequence because I liked the supporters too.
Yeah, I wasn't able to go to the game on Wednesday night either, and the YES broadcast showed that angle several times. I was a huge fan of it.
 
I think he is, sort of. Vela is going to win it going away, and that's hard to argue with, but Maxi will be in the Top 5.

there's an MLS article about it... MVP candidates in a world without vela, zlatan, and josef... or something like that.

Maxi is in there.

There's a good argument to be said for any of them. But the fact that we were able to win without maxi playing works against him as being "most valuable" despite the fact that we all know just how valuable he is to us.

The other guys don't do so well when their big star is out.
 
There's a good argument to be said for any of them. But the fact that we were able to win without maxi playing works against him as being "most valuable" despite the fact that we all know just how valuable he is to us.
Let's be clear. We won 1 game without Maxi. Record when he doesn't play is 1-2-2, plus there was the Houston game we were losing until he came on for 12 minutes, and we scored twice to win. I know you're not biased against him but your post undercuts him unfairly.

Galaxy is 2-3-0 without Zlatan, which is slightly better, though within stat noise. Atlanta is 1-3-0 with no Josef. It's all pretty much the same.
 
Let's be clear. We won 1 game without Maxi. Record when he doesn't play is 1-2-2, plus there was the Houston game we were losing until he came on for 12 minutes, and we scored twice to win. I know you're not biased against him but your post undercuts him unfairly.

Galaxy is 2-3-0 without Zlatan, which is slightly better, though within stat noise. Atlanta is 1-3-0 with no Josef. It's all pretty much the same.
Right. Our win without Maxi was our first in two years without him.

Look at it this way. Goals plus assists this season.

Pozuelo 22
Gil 24
Valeri 24
Maxi 27
Martinez 28
Zlatan 34
Vela 45
 
looked to me like images of things NYC and NYCFC and NYCFC supporters

only things i can't figure out are the pepperoni/salami thing, the lightning, the orange shirt and the grill.

Salami is what we’d rather have instead of Medina.
Lighting is 3rd rail.
Orange Hawaiian shirt is either reference to Hawaiian shirt night or me and my crazy getup? Same way spidey got one.
Grill is towards the end bc we’ll be tailgating at Citi for the playoffs.
 
Salami is what we’d rather have instead of Medina.
Lighting is 3rd rail.
Orange Hawaiian shirt is either reference to Hawaiian shirt night or me and my crazy getup? Same way spidey got one.
Grill is towards the end bc we’ll be tailgating at Citi for the playoffs.

ah... didn't even think of 3rd rail.

didn't reconize the shirt as hawaiian. looked like maple and oak leaves to me in the pic.

so did a quick google and maybe the salami refers to katz salami? commonly provided by third rail...
 
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