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1. It sounded like Bryan Namoff bailed us out quite a few times on the defensive end, although I didn't stay up to hear what happened on Ching's goal.
1. I was thinking early in the match that Gonzalo Martinez was having his worst in a United uniform, and then he caps it off with a red card. Not good. But that's okay, because we have loads of talented defenders waiting on the bench right?! It's not like Chalo was getting beat by Donovan or anybody of stature either. Brian Mullan? C'mon!!
2. Fred was given an opportunity to shine in his beloved CAM role, but he failed miserably. DC had no possession in the midfield, and I've got to think that the reason for Carroll being yanked was Fred's poor performance. As I've said before, we're just better off with Fred on the wing. Hopefully others will start to realize that too.
3. It's clearly a sad state of affairs when the answer to our problems in the midfield is Rod Dyachenko.
I'm still not ready to write this team off, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, obviously, is the injuries. Getting back Gallardo and Peralta will be huge. Secondly though, this team has already had its share of ups and downs this year. Right now they're down, but they'll go back up again. It's just really unfortunate that this match didn't happen when it was first scheduled when we were on a winning streak. But this was not a must-win game for us. Those are coming up immediately following the all-star break, when we've got 4 conference games in a row.
With the All-Star game looming tonight, and United now enjoying a week-and-a-half break, I'll be taking the opportunity to do some mid-season reviews. Stay tuned.
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I would like to see at least one more game with Fred as CAM before writing him off completely.
It is hard to put too much weight into his performance, considering that there were no actual wingers on the field.
I will agree the team is better off with him on wing, but that is simply because we don't have anyone else to put on wing.
Yeah I just think that Fred adds more to the team when playing on one of the wings. He makes dangerous runs, and I think he's better defensively than Cordeiro and Thompson. As long as Francis Doe is producing next to Emilio, I'd rather see Moreno in CAM than Fred.
It's been a rough run recently. I'd like to blame it on injuries and see them rally for the end of the season. I found some interesting videos on comcastsportsnet with different players talking about the injuries, losses, etc. Check it out:
http://comcastsportsnet.tv/common/global_flash/player/spe.swf?flv=vidcast_1269&sid=102&d=comcastsportsnet.tv" quality="high" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="280"
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http://comcastsportsnet.tv/common/global_flash/player/spe.swf?flv=vidcast_1243&sid=102&d=comcastsportsnet.tv" quality="high" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="280"
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