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FCD News Recap

June 23rd, 2008 . 6:28 am . By: Chamo Jones

I thought Hyndman had been observing the team closely. Apparently not. Ferruzzi finally had figured out an offensive lineup that had managed to take some 30 shots against two of the best defensive squads in MLS over the past 135 minutes. Hyndman discarded all of Ferruzzi’s schemes out the window to go with a lineup that even Morrow would have considered conservative. No Alvarez and no McCarty until it was too late; no Wallace at all; subbing out Rocha instead of Saragosa. The results of this tinkering was FCD with only one real scoring chance that was the result of an abnormal turf bounce. At the end of the game the camera panned the Dallas bench and you could see Hyndman and Ellinger at one end of the bench and standing at the other end an extremely frustrated Ferruzzi. He had to be thinking to himself: – “One step forward, three steps back.” The real test of the Hyndman era will be how quickly before he knocks on Ferruzzi’s door looking for some suggestions.

Before we get to the stories, I leave you with an observation from a life-long FC Dallas fan and casual SMU fan as he drowned his sorrows on Saturday night: – “Two way player is Hyndman code for offensively limited player”

Game recaps

Red Bulls earn win, revenge – Dallas Soccer News – P. Stephens
Goldthwaite Stays in Game Long Enough to Lift Red Bulls – NY Times – AP
Kevin Goldthwaite scores on header, Red Bulls beat FC Dallas 1-0 – Daily News – M. Lewis
FC Dallas can’t supply win for ex-SMU coach in MLS debut – Star Telegram – I. Galarcep
Revised Red Bulls capitalize again to beat FC Dallas - NJ.com – F. Giase
Tough Hoops debut for Hyndman – MLSnet.com – D. Butler
Goldthwaite’s goal lifts New York – MLSnet.com – D. Butler
Osorio happy with Bulls’ effort – MLSnet.com – D. Butler
Quotes: NY 1, FCD 0 – MLSnet.com





12 Comments

  1. Comment by mitch on June 23, 2008 7:18 AM

    hmm…wow…as i looked at the starting lineup i could tell he hasn’t paid any attention to who are the people getting forward, and who are the people that are better suited to keeping the lead…i was irate the entire time…too little, too late…i think it would have been better, in my opinion, the the FO left Feruzzi in charge until the end of the season…i actually had some hope, only to have something else step in…

  2. Comment by Cai on June 23, 2008 8:54 AM

    Chamo, good observations, and very well put as usual. The more I see, hear, and read about these two new coaches, the sadder I become.

  3. Comment by 3nOut on June 23, 2008 10:39 AM

    this is where we will see how big the pride and ego of schellas if he’s gonna turn to a re-tread soccer coach failure in ellinger, or someone who has the respect of the team in marco. i hope he makes the right, smart decision.

  4. Comment by Sal on June 23, 2008 11:20 AM

    Chamo, excellent review of the last 2 games. We saw the same picture of the Dallas bench after the game and also noticed the gaping hole between the coaches. Whether you loved or hated Morrow, he was never caught so disjointed from his staff, especially on national TV,

    If you’re trying to form a team, the first order of business is to show the players that the same principle applies to the coaches’ bench.

    Here’s a concept so simple yet so vital to a winning season: Hyndman should see Ferruzzi as an asset and not discard him to the side!

  5. Comment by Dave on June 23, 2008 1:02 PM

    I agree with 3nOut. Marco connected with the players and they respect him. Let’s see what SH does.

  6. Comment by hutchtx on June 23, 2008 1:19 PM

    Not knowing all that much about coaches, etc, and not knowing anything about Hyndman, I’ve been trying to keep an open mind. But your article paints a picture of reality, I’m afraid.
    :cry:

    Also, I felt less than optimistic after reading the quotes following the game. Hyndman stated that he is “still learning players’ names.” But . . . didn’t he say that he watched either in person or on TV almost all of FCD’s games? Shouldn’t he know the players names, for the most part, then???

    Maybe he subbed out Rocha thinking he was Saragosa . . ..
    :razz:

  7. Comment by Aaron on June 23, 2008 2:19 PM

    is this what all that talk about forming, norming, storming, and performing gets us???

  8. Comment by brendin on June 23, 2008 3:12 PM

    Here is a quote from Hyndman that includes Saragosa.
    “I thought he [Pablo Ricchetti] and Marcelo (Saragosa) were two guys that we can kind of look at and say to give the same effort that they do”

  9. Comment by gburrs on June 23, 2008 8:59 PM

    Boring futbol from FCD in this game.

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  11. Comment by Pony2 on June 24, 2008 6:16 AM

    true, previous mgt/coach had a bigger hand in current debacle than new coach!

  12. Comment by Sal on June 24, 2008 10:00 AM

    Sorry, but if after 25 + years of experience you cant hit the ground running it doesnt look good for FCD. You dont get on the job-training at this level!

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