I’ve never quite descended to where I was in 2021 before the Gudigoal. But between this and Gabi leaving I am right there now. It’s not simply about a lack of talent. It’s the eerily familiar inability to mount a semblance of an attack (remember the Taty 9-match drought?). Nobody except Haak seems to want to have a go right now. not Santi, not Talles, not Keaton, maybe Cufre and Chanot a little. Gabi was hungry but…
Maybe Bakrar will help. But MLS is a different league than it was 10 days ago and the CFG/RBNJ a model is now obsolete. We are in MLS 3.0/3.5. I tend to think Miami will fail, but Messi has changed the game, as have St. Louis and Cincinnati in their own ways. And the NY teams are steps behind.