MLS - March 14 - Colorado (YS)

[KevinJRogers]

Magno staying in the middle and running the channels was a sight to behold. He even got hand checked by a defender at one point and got physical right back with him.

This surprised me too. My read on him may have been wrong. Maybe he really does want to be here.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

I got to talk to Talles after the game and he seemed really happy not just with the goal but for helping the team get a result. Went over and thanked Jansen after the goal too.

 

[ZYanksRule]

I really like the call-response on goals but there isn't great buy-in from the fans anymore. It's player dependent -- if it's a guy everyone knows or has an easy name, everyone does it. If it's not, too many people just don't do it.

 

[ZYanksRule]

The H/A adjusted ppg of our opponents to date is just 0.33 which again has no real salience but it's laughably low. A slightly less meaningless number is that the H/A PPG of our future opponents is just 1.15. I didn't think it was possible for both numbers to be so low but I guess it is because there are just 8 teams besides us with PPG of 2.0 or higher. 7 of those are in the West and even though we play 3 of them that still leaves just 5 games total against teams that good. Of course that's as of now and that will change.

Yes I think it's tough not to get ahead of ourselves right now, but we have faced some pretty poor opposition so far this season. Philly and Orlando both stink. Colorado isn't quite as bad, but they're not threatening to win MLS Cup. I think the Miami game, even if Messi doesn't play, should be a much better barometer of where we stand.