Fair points. What are the chances of us making the playoffs? I know, I’ve seen the sound bits from the NFL. We can’t think post season until we can win A game.

You forgot Alvarez, who I’d give a 3 to. He was supposed to track Klein on the first goal when Wallace got pulled deep. His passing was okay, but he wasn’t much of a threat.

I actually thought Wallace did well and couldn’t understand why he got pulled. He did what he was clearly instructed to do — I think if Beckham had run to the restroom Wallace would have followed him in — so it’s not his fault that Alvarez didn’t track. He generally kept possession and put one really sweet ball in to the back post. I hope Wallace gets to start in Serioux’s place for a while.

I drove 6 hours (round trip) to watch this game. FCD, can I please have my Sunday back?

(1) Toja must touch the ball more. Watch the tape of Beckham for a clinic on how to find and make space for yourself when the other team is keeping an eye on you.

(2) Richetti had a very poor game. He gave the ball away time and again. He looked underconfident. His flat, soft pass sprung the LA counterattack that led to the second goal. Or was it the third? Hard to keep track. He hardly won the ball, hardly ever broke anything up. Why is he in the center of midfield? Unlike Peter, I think Rocha was almost as bad as Richetti.

(3) FCD was beaten on the counter ALL day. Don’t let Landon Donovan get the ball in the open field!!! Is that so $@#%$#%$# hard to figure out?

(4) Alvarez, because he was not getting the ball at his feet and going forward, was too much of a liability on defense. Morrow should have taken Richetti, Rocha, and Alvarez out half way through the first half or at least at half time.

(5) The players should be ashamed of themselves. PERIOD. How can you lose like that at home on national tv? And manage to look flat, underconfident, and disinterested at the same time. If I were Morrow, some people would be wondering if they still have a job.

(6) That tackle from Serioux deserves a BIG fine and a suspension. And thanks, Andrian, for destroying whatever hope the game had for being even remotely exciting at the finish.

(7) Beckham is still very good. Really good. World-class good. But he needs to stop springing up and pushing people every time he is fouled. It shows a lack of respect for the league. Yes, takles like Serioux’s are shameful, but at $250 million (or whatever), Beckham should be held to a higher standard.

(8) Next time there’s a full stadium, let’s start our most veteran players, meaning Rhine. He would’ve given the team some confidence and composure. Of the starters, only Cooper looked up to the occassion, and his finishing let him down in the early going.

(9) Davino had a better game than you are giving him credit, Peter. But I still love reading your ratings anyway.

Sorry this was so long. Feel like 6 hours in the car should buy me at least a rant on 3rd degree….

“Ruud Gullit’s Galaxy isn’t quite yet playing his “sexy football”, but what they did on Sunday was practically pornographic when compared to FCD’s snuff film of a match.” – Awesome Line. The 3rd degree Pulitzer is yours.

I am in full agreement with Baconboy on Wallace. My final thought just before all hell broke loose was that poor Wagner was going to return from Europe to find Wallace was now the starter at LWB. I am still not seeing how Wallace became the fall guy for this debacle.

Cooper was the player of the match for our side. I have seen several posts about how Cooper failed to finish some easy chances, but from where I was sitting (right in the corner near the LA goal in the first half) those were not gimme shots. I think are expectations may be a bit out of whack after the amazing finishes that we have seen from him this season.

I heard booing late but I thought it was directed at the half-hoops not Beck’s.

anywhere else in the world that would have happened the fans would have turned on the team because the entire display was disgusting. We pay to much money to see such a poor display.

I know I don’t pay too much money. $15 a match is a great deal. Do I expect more out of the guys HELL YES. Dom was man of the match IMHO, he played very well. Abe shouldn’t of started, he is way way too slow. Artie isn’t listed because he didn’t show up. I would give Pablo a 2 because I feel that he player horrific, he was by far the worst player out there.

There is no MOTM when you lose 1-5….

I would agree that Pablo was the worst player on the pitch. To add insult to injury he chased Beckham around like a lovelorn schoolgirl trying to get his autograph after the game. He deserves a 1 for that in my opinion. Did Pablo play that badly because he was starstruck? Surely he’s faced marquis type players in his career. After that atrocity that he was partly responsible for, you put your head down and walk off the pitch.

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Like i said in an earlier blog….Beckham getting right up is refreshing!

2-cent……would you rather see someone bounce right up and stand his ground or roll around on the ground in agony and be completely fine after a sponge bath?

love soccer more than anything but why is it the only sport where players try to show how freaking weak and fragile they are.

i applaud becks for his reaction. it was just a lil shove. nothing more. and he responded on the field with a quality assist.

we, the FCD faithful (although i didnt boo), deserved to be shooshed by the brit.

Jay,

I agree with you totally when you say that getting right up after a foul is the way to go. But I’d rather Beckham didn’t throw in the pushing and other nonsense. It shows up his fellow professionals and undermines the referree. If he consistently pulled that same stunt in England, he would get clobbered. You heard it here first, he’s going to get in the wrong person’s face here in the MLS and get his head knocked off–which will be bad for everyone who cares about soccer in this country.

Larry -

Ricchetti has a children’s charity auction planned for the end of the year. After every game you will see him talking with the opposition players to ask them to donate their game-worn jersey for this worthy cause. Can you imagine the commitment to a cause it takes to go up to a David Beckham when he and his team have just publicly embarassed your team?

Good information to bring to the discussion Chazsoccer. Pablo is my favorite player, and I was disgusted to hear the reports of him chasing Beckham for an autograph after the game.

On the Beckham VS Yahoo Serioux issue, I gained respect for both of them out of the incident. I think it was a very North American response from both of the players involved.