Yeah, I wouldn’t take too much away from the possession stats from this one. Chicago never threatened
MLS - October 27 - Chicago (Home)
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Apparently this sign led to some scuffling in the supporters section as (from what I’ve heard) some of those with one of the Deila, Lee, Sims Out signs didn’t like this one and pulled it down.
He has been extremely good on the ball. Very seldom loses control and makes good decisions and passes. He’s finally been a threat in the air and that shot in the second half was a fantastic strike. Very unlucky not to have scored there. IMHO he’s low-key been our most consistent performer all year and his few absences have underscored his value. I was very lukewarm on him before this year but he has really stepped up.
By the way, I watched Alfredo tonight and he had quite a lot of great heading interceptions, and generally played well.
Very weird question at 1:54 asking for "Ronny's connection with the fans" - he says that earlier in the season at some wins we'd get the Ronny roar and now and DC we didn't. He said that he does it when he feels like it, and he is just looking to get into the playoffs right now. I'm almost 100% sure it's actually because of the ronny/sims/lee out sign.
Very weird question at 1:54 asking for "Ronny's connection with the fans" - he says that earlier in the season at some wins we'd get the Ronny roar and now and DC we didn't. He said that he does it when he feels like it, and he is just looking to get into the playoffs right now. I'm almost 100% sure it's actually because of the ronny/sims/lee out sign.
That was ugly, but it was a win and that's all that matters.
I still firmly believe that we are better than our results this season. Maybe we lose in the first round, but I really think it's possible they go on a run. This team has some serious potential. Maybe we hit it this year, maybe it's next year, but this team is building something. I'm not really saying this based off tonight's performance, but I just feel really good about where the team is going on the field.
I still firmly believe that we are better than our results this season. Maybe we lose in the first round, but I really think it's possible they go on a run. This team has some serious potential. Maybe we hit it this year, maybe it's next year, but this team is building something. I'm not really saying this based off tonight's performance, but I just feel really good about where the team is going on the field.
I'm still confused about Ronny's use of subs. We have a match on Saturday yet we only used 3 subs last night. Heber will play 15 minutes one match, then not play at all the next. I don't know enough about returning from an ACL injury but he seems to be healthy, why isn't the club increasing his minutes?
I often have issues with our subs and the timing of them, but I generally liked them last night. Jasson is the perfect game killer and demonstrated that, playing to space, drawing fouls, running the clock etc. I would bring him late in every close game. It looked like Andrade was gassed (and seemed to have tweaked something earlier) and Parks may have had an issue (I believe he went to the locker room), so those made sense. As for Heber, he looked better last game, but I suspect he's still not at 100 per, so I would prefer not getting him his minutes up in a close game. And I don't think you worry too much about rotation and resting players, especially in close important games - play the game in front of you and don't worry about the next.
Parks did go to the locker room. Per Ronny, both Parks and Thiago were dealing with cramps and neither should be considered serious.
I'd like to see Thiago play the last 30' of a game instead of coming on from the beginning. Better to use that speed when defenses are tired - at least while he is still unpolished.
I agree Morales and Parks both played well and controlled the midfield, our challenges last night seemed to mostly be with finishing by the attackers. I'm coming around on Morales, looking at his salary against the current roster his $600K seems steep, but he seems like a bargain compared to Ring at $1M. He may not be as good as peak Ring but he's much better than aging/often injured Ring from last season.
We won the expected goals last night by 1.9-0.4, according to 538.
Chicago did have some good chances - especially the two early in the first half. The Fire had 5 shots on goal to our 4, but only 9 shots overall to our 19. Plus, we had 2 shots hit the post, which don't count as a shot on goal, and Maxi's close offside call, which doesn't count in any of the foregoing stats.
Chicago did have some good chances - especially the two early in the first half. The Fire had 5 shots on goal to our 4, but only 9 shots overall to our 19. Plus, we had 2 shots hit the post, which don't count as a shot on goal, and Maxi's close offside call, which doesn't count in any of the foregoing stats.
To the naked eye, I can see offside. But that's because of the camera angle. I'd ask https://twitter.com/OffsideModeling
Not about the match, but I throughly enjoyed the Halloween theme the stadium had going. Shout out to the game day entertainment people (or whoever deserves the credit)
