Comments on: Zip It: San Jose Earthquakes vs FC Dallas

By: Pony2

Pony2 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:33:17 +0000

saban – it would be interesting for fcd to load up on us youth nats. each week it would be the future of us soccer vs s.america. right now, dax,wallace,lambo,davies,and shea and avila. – not a bad group.

By: twotone

twotone — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:25:48 +0000

Count me as the one person who likes Brek in this role as a sub off the bench that comes in only to wreak havoc and make something happen. I know thats considered sacrilege nowadays, but if anyone remembers how he plays when he’s on the field for 90 (i.e. red and yellow cards and constant fouling cuz he was out of position when defending) says the its fools gold when we see him excel for 15 minutes.

I say let him remain in this role, especially while Cunningham is doing well on the right, and he can grow into a player alongside Cooper. Remember, this was a player w/o a position just in spring training. SH wanted to make him a center back and SM wanted him to play d-mid and left mid.

By: Pegasus

Pegasus — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:18:40 +0000

Glad to see you’re not defending the Saragosa decision Zippy. I am only surprised because even Buzz’s reports didn’t hint at it. I totally agree with the Davies comment. This is basically all us ACM’s have been about this year. Buzz raves about players but SH plays favorites.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:22:31 +0000

An entire year of questionable coaching has gone by, and the only players we count on are those who were here prior to the bus driver.The Brazilian connection has failed AGAIN.Randy is right. Maybe
we should try Oscar/Marco or Marco/Oscar to get back on track.

By: Randy Mateus

Randy Mateus — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:52:49 +0000

Toffee. Well said, except for “one day he’ll get it.” I dont believe this will happen. My opinion: change coaches now.

By: marco4

marco4 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:58:25 +0000

Several good comments here that I won’t bother repeating, but, in particular, thank you to Rex and Toffee for channelling my thoughts exactly.

We all know that it probably should have been a simple Davies for Torres swap, but the bus driver once again shows that he doesn’t have either the brains or the guts to put in one of the kids when he SHOULD instead of just when he HAS TO.

By: saban

saban — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:47:09 +0000

Shea has a knack for being able to get behind defenses when it doesn’t look like he should. Cooper only does so on long balls.

I really like Kenny, but he loses the ball too easily. When he played wider it wasn’t as obvious because he likes to make plays with his feet. But playing inside more, he needs to learn to shield & possess.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:14:01 +0000

“Everyone needs to quit giving Hyndman any credit when formation changes actually pan out. They’re akin to blind squirrels finding nuts. Maybe one day he’ll get it, but right now, it’s simply a roll of the dice each week”

Well said.

By: Toffee

Toffee — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:52:13 +0000

It pains me to say that Hyndman is clueless, and as an SMU alum I have held on to whatever shred of hope could possibly be held onto. He has proven that his stubbornness and unabashed favoratism towards Brazilians are beyond reproach. If this team ever wins, it will be because of the players taking it into their own hands, a la McCarty, not anything that Hyndman did.

He repeatedly shows that he cannot judge talent, putting the wrong players on the field and only letting younger, brighter players play when the team is in the pooper. He won’t even adjust the formation until they’ve hit rock bottom. This sort of myopic view on coaching is horrible for the players of FCD.

I’m sure there’s someone in the world that disagrees with me, but no self-respecting coach would have played Saragosa this weekend. I don’t care about emergency injuries. After Saragosa’s lapses in judgment, silly fouls and repeated torchings by opposing players, Hyndman should have put anyone, including
Davies, Dello-Russo or Wagner, who have all shown they actually have some idea of how to play outside back. You could have slotted Wallace in on the right. Even Rocha would make more sense.

I don’t care about the result, Richetti’s own goal was unfortunate. I care about how teams key on going at Saragosa, and laughing as they chalk up goal of the week candidates.

Everyone needs to quit giving Hyndman any credit when formation changes actually pan out. They’re akin to blind squirrels finding nuts. Maybe one day he’ll get it, but right now, it’s simply a roll of the dice each week.

This aggression will not stand. Rant off.

On a positive note, I like Shea, Sanchez, McCarty and Wallace right now. And Richetti is still great.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:36:55 +0000

“I just love Cooper and Shea as a striking partnership. I can’t put my finger exactly on why it works, but it does.”

I like it too and I’ll tell you why. Because this gives us size, speed, and strength up top. Combine that with the crosses that come from VdB and you got a good air game and ground game.

My only criticism about Cooper is that he needs to use his size and strength more to his advantage.