Yah. After Villa almost took his head off when he kicked the ball at him at the end of the first half, Steffan had his number.
MLS Cup Playoffs - Knockout Round - 2017
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Houston’s field looks worse than shit.
Concacaf bad
Vila is still in control, because as you noted, Villa strategically missed it on purpose (according to Ring).
Home field advantage when you employ half of
Honduras.
Villa setting him up with the long con
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Villa wanted to raise his confidence so he could be amazing vs AtlantaVila is still in control, because as you noted, Villa strategically missed it on purpose (according to Ring).
So his entire brilliant scheme is for naught since Columbus won?!?!?! Oh noes!
I know it was alluded to earlier in this thread, but that Columbus goal called back was clearly onsides, right?
And then later, the cross from Manneh to Kamara that Guzan saved was onsides as well, right? This one wouldn't have mattered as much as Guzan grabbed it, but the refs seemed awfully quick to raise the flag on Columbus last night IMO.
And then later, the cross from Manneh to Kamara that Guzan saved was onsides as well, right? This one wouldn't have mattered as much as Guzan grabbed it, but the refs seemed awfully quick to raise the flag on Columbus last night IMO.
<tin foil hat> Atlanta has been the MLS darling all year and that 70k seat stadium was a broadcast selling point..... the math is easy
Something that I was thinking about yesterday while watching the match that might need to go in another thread...
There's been a lot of talk about how Atlanta came in and their strategy with their DPs, and how they were able to put together a quality roster immediately. While they did do great with their DPs, I'm not certain that that is the biggest reason they found such immediate success. I look more towards their other signings they were able to put together. More specifically, their wins at:
There's been a lot of talk about how Atlanta came in and their strategy with their DPs, and how they were able to put together a quality roster immediately. While they did do great with their DPs, I'm not certain that that is the biggest reason they found such immediate success. I look more towards their other signings they were able to put together. More specifically, their wins at:
- Yamil Asad
- Gonzalez-Pirez
- Greg Garza
- Julian Gressel (yes, I know this was a draft pick)
That, and they had 3 DPs all year, subject to some injuries.We had about 1.8 DPs in 2015. Villa = 1, Pirlo =0.5, Lampard 0.3 (all based on availability, not quality).
But yeah, the GAM/TAM advantage they had was big, and they used it well.
Why are you unhappy about building a team around Wingert and Grabavoy?
That's all true, but you really can't discount how good their DP signings were.
I freaking love Villalba. I think he's the best of the three.
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I might be overthinking this but Tata might be trying to absorb the blame so the players don't get hammered by the press.
I think that tweet overplays the importance.
I don't have much of a problem with letting players decide, but I would advise against such a laissez faire approach as implied.
They lost on penalties. Could have happened no matter the order. I actually didn't mind who they chose.
