TFC Weekend post
By: nicholas | May 25th, 2008So the game against DC was disappointing, but for every die hard fan that said that TFC got robbed against DC, one must look at the fact that:
1. DC won every 50/50 ball in the game.
2. Toronto was unable to keep possession for more than 3 or 4 passes.
3. Laurnet Robert was always going to sent off. ( come on, even the blind man in Egypt saw that coming.)
4. Maurice Edu has been a shell of his former self for the last couple of games ( i am starting to wonder about his confidence level at this point or is it his fatigue level)
5. The play of Rohan Ricketts has been less that spectacular ( he is not Andy Welsh bad, but fans are starting to think that )
Match Facts
Toronto FC (4-3-2) vs. D.C. United (3-7-0)
May 24, 2008 — RFK Stadium
Scoring Summary:
TOR — Danny Dichio 3 (Jim Brennan 2, Laurent Robert 3) 13
DC — Gonzalo Peralta 1 (Devon McTavish 3, Jaime Moreno 4) 41
TOR — Danny Dichio 4 (Amado Guevara 2) 46+
DC — Jaime Moreno 4 (penalty kick) 70
DC — Luciano Emilio 2 (unassisted) 72
Toronto FC — Greg Sutton, Marvell Wynne, Tyrone Marshall (Olivier Tebily 51), Marco Velez, Jim Brennan, Rohan Ricketts (Jarrod Smith 74), Maurice Edu, Carl Robinson, Laurent Robert, Danny Dichio (Jeff Cunningham 75), Amado Guevara,
Substitutes Not Used: Todd Dunivant, Brian Edwards, Kevin Harmse, Julius James
D.C. United — Zach Wells, Bryan Namoff, Devon McTavish, Gonzalo Peralta, Gonzalo Martinez, Santino Quaranta (Domenic Mediate 88), Marcelo Gallardo, Clyde Simms, Fred, Luciano Emilio, Jaime Moreno (Marc Burch 85),
Substitutes Not Used: Jose Carvallo, Ryan Cordeiro, Francis Doe, Quavas Kirk, Dan Stratford
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Your 5 points are a perfect summary for the game. This was Robert’s worst game to date. He could not move the ball forward and usually gave it up as the worst possible time for a counter-attack against TFC.
I would add a 6th point. TFC forwards often quit on plays. Even Dichio has a hard time getting back to his feet if knocked off the ball. This time has to have a ‘never quit & keep running’ attitude if they want to make the playoffs.
Wayne
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Wynne is my favorite player but dude, why? The shove in the penalty area is just baffling. Even if Quaranta was in scoring position, Sutton might be able to deal with it. I’m more able to accept the goal off of Sutton’s dropped ball because he didn’t really have much change to punch it away.
It’s all these grass pitches, what a weird playing surface. (ok, it’s not a great joke, maybe a little?)
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welsh ten times better than ricketts cant believe your still on him stats dont lie guys
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Ok the whole Welsh v Ricketts was bound to come up. Mr Joe here how i rate both players, ITS HOW THEY PLAY ON THE FIELD WHEN PLAYING FOR TFC, not any other TEAM .. ( you may be right that Welsh may be the better player skill wise but understand he was Utter Drosh while with the reds, he was beaten way too easily on the wing and lost the ball way too often when he had it. But i will say this he did show some signs of having quality and i personally believe that he left pre-maturely and was not able to really settle at the club.
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