After the Execution ( TFC vs DC United)

By: nicholas | September 29th, 2007

So after watching a game like that, certain emotions come to the forefront (some people usually feel sad, other people just feel angry and others people just feel numb)

So after watching the first half; you start to feel quite happy with the team as a whole and praising Super Mo for good team management and hoping the second half is more of the same.

***At half time I decided that this was a good time to run down to the beer store before it closes and buy some post-game shandies for the end of the game; and to drop off some items ( thinking that I would only really miss about 10 min of the second half) at a friends house close by . When I got back from my excursion outside the house……….. Well let’s just say that the emotions mentioned earlier came to the forefront with a vengeance. ***

So let’s start off with the good news:

1st half –
• Not bad ball movement ( To be fair TFC was only really playing bunker ball)
o Colin Samuel was absolutely shocking ( and this was not his only game playing at this crappy level )
o Marvel Wynne was one of the only players playing positive soccer, making his damaging runs up and down the pitch
o Carl Robinson as mentioned in a earlier post was making an absolute nuisance of himself with DC. ( I am guessing second half not so good)
o Back 4 was a little shaky but did not break. ( 1st half only )
o Over all it was not the greatest half played but I was happy at the result, 1-0 up against the best team in the MLS

And then the BAD

2nd half

So I had arrived back at the home at about the 71st min ( not exactly 10 min late ) , the level of play from Toronto fc must have dropped off significantly or Tom Soehn ( DC coach) decided to get his teams head out of there asses and told them to start playing soccer. After Tommy speech DC United decided to actually take this game seriously (as shown by the half time substitutions of – Ben Olsen for Josh Gros and Jaime Moreno for Guy Roland Kpene.

My dad whom was also watching the game said that “ The Toronto players had absolutely lost the Fu**ing plot after the halftime whistle, Coach Mo needs to reevaluate his entire team selection and tactics , saying it in the press, that it is all going to be different next year is one thing actually doing it is a completely different matter;” ( this coming from the ultimate optimist ).

And that DC (which to be fair is the Cream of MLS Crop) played them off the pitch (evident from the three goals in quick succession)

Scoring: TOR — Carl Robinson 2 (unassisted) 14 DC — Marc Burch 1 (Fred 7) 52 DC — Fred 7 (Christian Gomez 9) 57 DC — Jaime Moreno 7 (Clyde Simms 3, Ben Olsen 6) 66 DC — Luciano Emilio 20 (unassisted) 70

Starting line up
Toronto FC vs. DC United

Kenny Stampatopoulous (GK)

Adam Braz — Andrew Boyens — Tyrone Marshall — Jim Brennan ©

Maurice Edu — Carl Robinson

Marvell Wynne — Chris Pozniak — Todd Dunivant

Colin Samuel