RSL - Chivas USA, Aug 6th {R}

[montgjules]

That stinks!! At least you got to meet me. So that almost sort of pretends to make up for some tiny percentage of a piece of missing the goal!

All of you who are talkign about watching the game on video and rewatchign it.... hello! Can I please borrow it?? Our copy didn't work out!

I'm a Trembly fan, but I would have liked to see Chris starting this game. I also agree: where's Tiger?

[huntingfool12]

I dont agree with where Tiger, he pushes great on offense but he lets his man run on defense. Brown was getting road on top of the whole way down the field, shouldn't have been a pk but it makes for the the first game we went to the home depot center and they got a pk to win that game. Rusty is not the same rusty of old right now, gotta give him a break he hasn't played in a while.

[clarette]

Broome has been an excellent addition. It was so nice to see him and Pope Eddie the 23rd doing things like actually getting goal side on attackers.

[montgjules]

Originally Posted by clarette

Broome has been an excellent addition. It was so nice to see him and Pope Eddie the 23rd doing things like actually getting goal side on attackers.

Soooo agreed on that one. Paul Broome is an excellent addition to the team. I hope he enjoys being here in Salt Lake where he is both wanted and needed desperately.

[Rover]

Originally Posted by SoccerPrime

What a weird weekend.
Chivas USA coming to town drops RSL to the 2nd lowest attendance in its short history, and drops RSL to the 4th out of 6 for weekend attendance.
Shame. We only beat Revs and Quakes (who are now #1 and had the worse attendance, great! 🙁 )
Whats really crazy is perennial bottom dwellers Dallas was #1 with the opening of their new stadium. And that was only at 16,000.

And cheetos were our lowest attendance too. Interesting.

We're still averaging over 20,000 and in second place overall. I'm not sure how we'll ge the numbers up for KC. They're not exactly the most exciting team to watch. Of course, we gave them a good game in our only other meeting and it would be great to return the favor in that 2-3 loss.

[Aerick]

Originally Posted by Rover

And cheetos were our lowest attendance too. Interesting.

We're still averaging over 20,000 and in second place overall. I'm not sure how we'll ge the numbers up for KC. They're not exactly the most exciting team to watch. Of course, we gave them a good game in our only other meeting and it would be great to return the favor in that 2-3 loss.

Don't underestimate the Jr. Loyalists give-aways. Free shin-guards and socks are going to get people to this game!!!

[Rover]

Originally Posted by bordelais7

- Is Rusty back at 100%? Does he look good in the practices? Because he certainly didn't look like the Rusty of old in the last game. Seemed reluctant to tackle, got beat pretty badly a few times. Maybe playing a bit cautiously?

- Forwards didn't play that well in the game, I thought. Cila sucked. Hard to tell with Watson this game. He didn't really concentrate on shooting/scoring per se, instead focusing on getting fouled. Considering the score and the time remaining, not that bad of a strategy (RSL did a GREAT job killing off the game in the last 5 mins, I thought). Kreis didn't have all that great of a game either, seemed lost a lot of the time, although he sure did come through big when it counted. Shoots a GREAT PK, that guy.

- Andy was the only real candidate for MOM (MAYBE DJ). I thought his shooting was great. Didn't seem like his misses were that far off, and I thought all but 2 or 3 of his shots were within the flow of the game and good opportunities. I welcome the shooting attitude (especially when the defenders decide not to defend you, for whatever reason)

- Our midfield possession was terrible. Yuck. Trembly sucked this game. Where did Tiger go? I wanna see Tiger-Brown start on the wings, and Trembly sub in.

- TERRIBLE PK call. Brown was on his way down, and did get a slight push, but all I can say is "Ha ha ha ha ha ha hahahahahahaha." Poetic justice.

- I watched this game on TV, wish that the broadcasts would focus on getting some better sound. Sure sounds a lot better when you're there. Westerhoff "interview" was classic, too.

For once I can comment on a game I saw in the stadium, not on TV.

Fair evaluation, Bordy. We actually weren't all that bad in the midfield, at least until the point where we served the ball. Kinda important, that. There were several times when we worked the ball very well through the midfield and into the PA but fizzled at that point.

Andy Williams was the difference, of course, and it was great to see him work so hard for the team. He was completely gassed by the 60th minute--he gave it everything he had.

I disagree with much of what I've read about the PK call. In the stadium it looked like Martinez raised his arm to shove off and made no attempt at the ball. I was surprised it was called only because refs often ignore that kind of foul. When I watched the replay I didn't see anything to change my mind that it was a proper call, regardless od Wynalda's inability to shut up about how he disagreed with it. Was it disputable? Yes. Was it a bad call? No. It was a judgement call by the ref.

Also, the way cheetos play--chippy fouls, simulating (Romo)--may have come back to hit them in the face. When a team constantly plays that way, the benefit of the doubt will go against them. Reaping what you sow, so to speak.

[Stucki]

Originally Posted by bordelais7

- Is Rusty back at 100%? Does he look good in the practices? Because he certainly didn't look like the Rusty of old in the last game. Seemed reluctant to tackle, got beat pretty badly a few times. Maybe playing a bit cautiously?

I heard Rusty complaining to Jamie that he didn't have any explosion. It looked to me like he had lost too much flexibillity when he was running.

[Soccerchick]

Originally Posted by montgjules

That stinks!! At least you got to meet me. So that almost sort of pretends to make up for some tiny percentage of a piece of missing the goal!

All of you who are talkign about watching the game on video and rewatchign it.... hello! Can I please borrow it?? Our copy didn't work out!

I'm a Trembly fan, but I would have liked to see Chris starting this game. I also agree: where's Tiger?

Yeah it was Cool meeting Jules...yeah that kinda rhymths( I know I'm a nerd)
I have a copy of Saturday's game on tape, if I go to next weekend's game Aug 13th, I will bring you the copy 🙂

[Jose Luis Luviano]

Rover, when can you visit us again?

I missed out on meeting you.