Preseason - February 4 - Orange County

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Orange County SC vs. New York City FC
Tuesday, February 4th
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The Unknown, Donald Rumsfeld

As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
 
I hope they give maxi the full 90 mins. He really needs to get his legs under him.
 
why are people freaking out about preseason games? the time to freak out is in the season, like last year when we went first 6 games without a win

I wouldn't say I'm freaking out. We've had our trial games and what not. Now it's the last two before the real deal. We need to get full games into our starters and show some real purpose with our play.

Playing well is as much mental as it is physical. If we play preseason like we would regular season games, we won't take as long to get the engine warmed up, which has been the Achilles heel of MLS teams in CCL. I just want the boys to be ready. I want to make a run in CCL.
 
why are people freaking out about preseason games? the time to freak out is in the season, like last year when we went first 6 games without a win
To your point we had a bad preseason, as always, and it lead into the regular season which possibly cost us the shield.
Also I’m not freaking out but there are obviously teams ahead of us at this point in the preseason and it shows. LA handled us with ease.
 
To your point we had a bad preseason, as always, and it lead into the regular season which possibly cost us the shield.
Also I’m not freaking out but there are obviously teams ahead of us at this point in the preseason and it shows. LA handled us with ease.

fuck the shield, there was still chances within the season and we lost. while early wins would of helped ( against LA at home we had it and mistakes cost us the goals) im not really lamenting not getting the shield, we still got first in the conference, even though we know how it ended.

i cant really comment on the LA preseason game since you know we didnt see it just based on a clip that showed how we got caught bad ( possibly due to bad pass) in the offside trap. also considering our starting GK was in camp, taty also away, Tinnerholm didnt play, it was Hebers first minutes of the preseason, maxi was out. no im not freaking out.

I wouldn't say I'm freaking out. We've had our trial games and what not. Now it's the last two before the real deal. We need to get full games into our starters and show some real purpose with our play.

Playing well is as much mental as it is physical. If we play preseason like we would regular season games, we won't take as long to get the engine warmed up, which has been the Achilles heel of MLS teams in CCL. I just want the boys to be ready. I want to make a run in CCL.

if its minute management you concerned about then i get it, they need the reps though this will be hebers second game for example so im sure he wont go 90 yet, however, i personally dont like playing preseason with the same mentality as regular season, i dont want a knock or a bigger injury or something like a calf cramp like maxi happen in a presaeason game. use the games to try and get ideas in from the coach, use the games to get your minutes in dont kill yourself yet. form will come with more games, just like we see in regular season. if you go undefeated in preseason and then lose first official game then all that confidence goes right out.

they will be serious in CCL im sure, for us if we go out it wont be because of lack of fitness, a fuckup tends to always be our downfall or just outright outplayed as we seen in playoffs before.
 
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I can't believe we have to do this every year, guys. We could have had three pages of The OC memes by now, but we're STILL whining about not winning preseason friendlies?

this how we got greeted

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EDIT: cant wait for the free gift complaints, although i think it should be less this year since many people apparently no longer have ST.
 
possible. didn't see him in the training video yesterday at all. so either injured or not around for some reason. interesting that we arent seeing isi over jasson. i like the kid and all, but i want isi to get more minutes working with heber and mitri.

i honestly think hes way back in the pecking order, again. i think he is behind GMS. i dont know where Taty will be when he comes back too.
 
i honestly think hes way back in the pecking order, again. i think he is behind GMS. i dont know where Taty will be when he comes back too.

unless he's lost a lot of form, i'm not sure why ronny would think that. isi is dynamic, takes on players, and has a lethal left foot. he's definitely more of a factor in games than GMS ever was in 2019. guess we'll see what ronny really thinks come CCL time.
 
unless he's lost a lot of form, i'm not sure why ronny would think that. isi is dynamic, takes on players, and has a lethal left foot. he's definitely more of a factor in games than GMS ever was in 2019. guess we'll see what ronny really thinks come CCL time.


for sure, im only basing this on GMS starting twice over him.