Looking back at a few items.
PK. Could easily have been called either way live and I don't think it gets reversed if given as a PK initially. But Romero did get ball and then ATU player goes down easy. I might feel differently if roles were reversed, but I like the call. I'm not a fan of soft PKs. And I'm not a fan of rewarding players diving.
ATU goal called offside. Very hard to see from our horrible TV angles but from my seats at the corner flag it was crystal clear that the ball was easily going in without the touch of the offsides player. Very fortunate bro got greedy.
Ojeda. Made numerous really good runs. On the Bakrar badly taken attempt straight into Guzan when he was 1v1 that came on a feed from Ojeda after he had stolen the ball in the middle of our defensive third and then sliced through 5 ATU players en route to their 18 before perfectly feeding Bakrar. At least 2 other plays where he got to the end line but had no or no easy options to cross to. Props.
Scoring. We all love Alonso. But has it occurred to anyone else that not only does Hannes have as many goals now, but in run of play Hannes has 8 goals, Alonso, 5. Give the PKs to Hannes and you might see a goal disparity of 11 or 12 to 5. He'd probably be #2 in the golden boot race. Then who would we think of as our great scorer? And what would we think of our #9 sitting on 5 goals? None of this is to disparage Alonso. He's been great for us. But much credit to Hannes for the season he is putting together. (And I didn't even mention his assists.)
Politics. Does anyone know if it is league policy to fine players for political messages? Did Hannes get fined for the support Gaza message shown on his shirt after his first goal? It didn't seem to make it into the telecast. So I wonder if there were even any cameras that picked it up or if they simply chose not to show those angles.
PK. Could easily have been called either way live and I don't think it gets reversed if given as a PK initially. But Romero did get ball and then ATU player goes down easy. I might feel differently if roles were reversed, but I like the call. I'm not a fan of soft PKs. And I'm not a fan of rewarding players diving.
ATU goal called offside. Very hard to see from our horrible TV angles but from my seats at the corner flag it was crystal clear that the ball was easily going in without the touch of the offsides player. Very fortunate bro got greedy.
Ojeda. Made numerous really good runs. On the Bakrar badly taken attempt straight into Guzan when he was 1v1 that came on a feed from Ojeda after he had stolen the ball in the middle of our defensive third and then sliced through 5 ATU players en route to their 18 before perfectly feeding Bakrar. At least 2 other plays where he got to the end line but had no or no easy options to cross to. Props.
Scoring. We all love Alonso. But has it occurred to anyone else that not only does Hannes have as many goals now, but in run of play Hannes has 8 goals, Alonso, 5. Give the PKs to Hannes and you might see a goal disparity of 11 or 12 to 5. He'd probably be #2 in the golden boot race. Then who would we think of as our great scorer? And what would we think of our #9 sitting on 5 goals? None of this is to disparage Alonso. He's been great for us. But much credit to Hannes for the season he is putting together. (And I didn't even mention his assists.)
Politics. Does anyone know if it is league policy to fine players for political messages? Did Hannes get fined for the support Gaza message shown on his shirt after his first goal? It didn't seem to make it into the telecast. So I wonder if there were even any cameras that picked it up or if they simply chose not to show those angles.
