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Post #641 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:44 pm

I find New York to be really horrible in the final part of the field in front of goal. The movement completely stops and the players around Henry all stand around hoping he can do something on his own.

They can't push forward fast enough before Dallas recovers, jogging up the field will not work in MLS if you do it on every possession.

jerrod · Post #642 » by **jerrod** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:55 pm

great lob over the keeper by cooper

Post #643 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:57 pm

jerrod wrote:great lob over the keeper by cooper

He likely should have started, he's the only one working with Henry.

jerrod · Post #644 » by **jerrod** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:01 pm

i don't like what henry's doing now.

hanging back and just calling for the ball constantly and then demonstratively showing his frustration when it doesn't come to him right away.

Post #645 » by **LittleOzzy** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:34 am

Odd for there to be no ties on Opening weekend.

Post #646 » by **LittleOzzy** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:35 am

jerrod · Post #647 » by **jerrod** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:48 pm

LittleOzzy wrote:Odd for there to be no ties on Opening weekend.

good strategy though, americans hate draws

Shark · Post #648 » by **Shark** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:18 pm

LittleOzzy wrote:I find New York to be really horrible in the final part of the field in front of goal. The movement completely stops and the players around Henry all stand around hoping he can do something on his own.

They can't push forward fast enough before Dallas recovers, jogging up the field will not work in MLS if you do it on every possession.

Yeah definitely some of the same symptoms present in this game that were present last season. TheyWe can get the ball up through the wings, but if the crossing is off like it was yesterday there is no way we can do anything in the final third. I didn't catch the entire game, but what I saw was way too much ticky tack passing and not enough aggression. The worse thing is that there were way too many lackadaisical turnovers.

jerrod wrote:i don't like what henry's doing now.

hanging back and just calling for the ball constantly and then demonstratively showing his frustration when it doesn't come to him right away.

This has been a big problem for a while actually. There isn't anyone in the midfield that supplys the ball very well. Dax has been pretty bad in his Red Bulls career so far (probably not a major surprise to many people though) and Tanio is alright, but he just doesn't have the creativity to do much for the offense. So Henry takes it upon himself to get the ball from deep and try to create something himself, but it just takes away so much from the attack in general.

PANDEMONEUM · Post #649 » by **PANDEMONEUM** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:09 pm

those suffering as fans...
at least u have a team in your city
here, we have the best Indoor Soccer team
the Milwaukee Wave
thats all we got

the Chicago Fire are a 2 hour drive
and nobody else is close enough

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MLS Live is free for a week or so

jerrod · Post #650 » by **jerrod** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 4:29 pm

i can't bring myself to like the fire because they're from illinois, i have been to a game though and i like the stadium (aside from where it's located)

PANDEMONEUM · Post #651 » by **PANDEMONEUM** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:39 pm

jerrod wrote:i can't bring myself to like the fire because they're from illinois, i have been to a game though and i like the stadium (aside from where it's located)

agreed.

Post #652 » by **LittleOzzy** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:27 am

2.5 Million Canadians Watched Whitecaps vs. Impact

Saturday's highly-anticipated Major League Soccer (MLS) debut of Montreal Impact against Vancouver Whitecaps FC was the most-watched MLS game ever in Canada. Overnight data from BBM Canada confirms that an average audience of 541,000 viewers watched the all-Canadian match-up on TSN (288,000) and RDS (253,000).

Almost 2.5 million Canadians tuned in to catch some or all of the live MLS action on TSN and RDS.

http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/mls/story/?id=390161

BROWN · Post #653 » by **BROWN** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:08 am

Got my season ticket package from the Impact! http://instagr.am/p/IFWRz3xdRZ/

Post #654 » by **LittleOzzy** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:15 pm

The Portland/Philadelphia game was fantastic. Their fans really make for a great atmosphere even in the rain.

Kris Boyd is going to end up with a lot of goals this season and between him, Le Toux and Hassli in Vancouver, and Fredy Montero in Seattle the fans in the Cascadia region are in for a wild season.

PANDEMONEUM · Post #655 » by **PANDEMONEUM** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:49 pm

yes, i watched the port timbers vs phily union game also
it was real nice
the Fan section sang the national anthem

i felt like portland dominated most of the game
especially after they took the lead

free replays on mls live, me likey

King of Troy · Post #656 » by **King of Troy** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:44 pm

MLS Live was such a good purchase. Combine it with a simple Canadian proxy and I can watch every game. For those of us that don't get HD programming, its a real godsend to be able to stream every game in HD.

edfmx86 · Post #657 » by **edfmx86** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:25 pm

King of Troy wrote:MLS Live was such a good purchase. Combine it with a simple Canadian proxy and I can watch every game. For those of us that don't get HD programming, its a real godsend to be able to stream every game in HD.

Im told myself dont get it this year because every rsl game is going to be in HD here where i live....but not watching every game this weekend kind of stung....ill probably get it really soon

Post #658 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:28 am

BROWN wrote:Got my season ticket package from the Impact! http://instagr.am/p/IFWRz3xdRZ/

Did you enjoy the game today?

BROWN · Post #659 » by **BROWN** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:23 am

LittleOzzy wrote:
BROWN wrote:Got my season ticket package from the Impact! http://instagr.am/p/IFWRz3xdRZ/

Did you enjoy the game today?

BEAUTIFUL atmosphere. Hate that Chicago was flopping so damn hard all game, wasting time.
Montreal dominated throughout the whole game, missed some great opportunities, got some really bad calls (penalty box tripping). In all a GREAT game!

Post #660 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:40 pm

TFC looked really bad last night, I would love to blame tiredness from playing in Champions League but Seattle was in the exact same situation.

I think we looked really poor without Plata and Koovermans starting. and I'm worried about Frings being out possible long term...