This is why the game isn’t played on paper.
The Montreal Impact and their 7-13-3 record would look to be steamrolled by the mighty first place Red Bulls and their impressive 11-5-5 tally. With Henry and Cooper up top (two of the top goal scorers in MLS) and a cast of characters heralded for their talent and depth, the result should have tilted in the visitors favor.
It didn’t. Not by a long shot.
The Impact owned New York for long stretches of the game, catching the visitors sleeping on the ball to open the second half and earning a pair of goals en route to an impressive 3-1 victory. The loss was a wake up call for the Red Bulls who have been riding a wave of euphoria since the signing of their newest Designated Player Tim Cahill.
This is a game the Red Bulls could learn a lot from. Here are five lessons to start with:
Excllent piece. Agree with Henry. This is good in the end. Nice little wake up call just before two extremely important games against Houston. Hopefully, the Dynamo come in overly confident next week. (just a heads up and not trying to nitpick, but Dax didn’t get a red. He’s out for yellow card accumulation)
Amazing. I had edited that earlier .. or at least I thought I did! Thanks for the catch Allen!
you also for got to add there worst of D needs to be fixed if they plan on a win for the MLS Cup cleary this team can’t stop anyone from scoreing
Lesson 6 the season is not over. Once healthy this team will be a juggernaut.
I think so too, I hope so, BUT, what if they never get 100 percent healthy? All teams are rarely 100 percent.
Team def snakebit but law of averages says they have to get healthy sometime right?
I hope so. Seems like DJ Solli was pretty healthy in that recording studio. Can NYRB STOP promoting that shit. So embarrassing.
See my post from earlier. Besides those points, maybe the best team really is LAG. They went on the road, to FCD, without Donovan, without Beckham, used the 2 Brasilians in the midfield, and put a professional 90 minutes in and walked away 1 to 0. That is what you expect from NYRB v. Montreal and we did not. So, my worries are, will the team ever stop using the excuse of injuries, different line-ups, etc. Such lame excuses. What about a 4-4-2-1…Cooper up top, Henry left, Le Toux right. Cahill and McCarty. Lade and Solli. Back four, Hogie, Conde, Pearce, Barklage. DMART, design the line-up. I know Dax is out next game, so maybe put TT if healthy, or go with Lindpere?
Does anyone know if D.J. Solli has ever heard of Niall Quinns Disco Pants or Cheer Up Peter Reid?
I hate Nassi Syssi. I knew he was going to score…they sent him right over to DJ Solli and said spin his record round.
Dave I am impressed you had 5 things to take from that game. I thought it was just one to ignore and say delayed exhaustion from the week before. Hopefully the team can take from it we need to work and fight in every game. Has Solli played a worse game as a Red Bull?
Any of the other games shown that night were more interesting to watch than the Red Bull game (LA / Olympics Brazil-NZ US-Columbia)
The biggest lesson learned: Solli should NOT play right back.