Shame he could not get more on it given the height, angle etc., but love that he made the effort and forced another play.
MLS - July 17 - Red Bulls (Away)
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I saw him run for that follow up as everyone else was standing still and though YES GET IT!. then he headed it and I was like NO! I wish he was right footed at that time. I think that's probably why he headed it. To be fair, it would have been a difficult finish even with a right foot as a defender was right in front, but a right footed smash could have made it through more than the less powerful header that was blocked. Great play and awareness though. Not sure if it was designed, but I liked it.
The following is all true, for me.
- I will always have fond memories of Cangialosi and "For all the sports news instantly, dial 976-1313."
- Listening to him and Shep call Red Bull games is like rubbing a cheese grater on my skin.
- I agree he works hard and mostly succeeds in changing his style for national games. I see no reason, for example, to complain about his call of Taty's goal.
- It nonetheless annoys me considerably that he does HRD games nationally.
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I wanted Callens to shoot that free kick. Just power through the keeper and rip a hole in the back of the net.
I'm not sure it was designed either. I think Callens started his run up shortly after Maxi to try and hold Coronel and make him think that there was a chance Callens could end up taking the FK (which I was really hoping for), and then he just had the awareness to continue his run on after Maxi took the shot.
lol. when we got the FK, I was hoping Taty would take it because Maxi, though I love the guy, just doesn't have a very powerful shot. When Callens lined up too, I was hopeful he would take it. Maxi made a really good effort that was going in but for a truly good save. But I can't help but think if it had more juice on it, it would have gone in despite Coronel's effort. It was perfectly in the corner on the wall side after all.
Callens has upped his game considerably in the last few years and between last year and this year, he's world class in my book. If he were in his early 20s instead of 30, he'd be going to Europe.
As much as I love Callens I'm not sure he has the touch to put a waist high bounce volley like that on target consistently with either foot. As it was, he forced a defender on the line to make a block. So goes it.
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It's completely unfair, but Hans and Franz ruined my ability to take Austrians seriously when they speak English.
The guy who hawked down Messi from behind in a World Cup qualifier and the guy for whom pace is his best asset? That's a bad take from Strudel.
I may have watched the wrong game since my takes keep being off - next you'll tell me Acevedo didn't pass to the wrong team a bunch!
Both passes he made to Taty and Maxi were inch perfect - that can smooth over a lot of warts when you create like that. Made me look at him in a new light as I feel frustrated by his choices a fair amount.
No worries - it's a hard game to fully understand, and my take has an equal chance of being wrong as yours.
Soccer is a sport that I love watching, but can almost never understand or explain why something happened. Love watching it and love learning from people smarter than me.
I've learned so much from all of you over the last seven years on here.
I didn't know what overlapping fullbacks were back in 2015.
In 2015 I didn’t know how many minutes were in a half or how extra time worked. Off sides took a while to learn lol
