Match Recap: DC United 0 - 1 Chicao Fire
It's not that horrible, but damn we looked slow and our passing was off and late. I wanted a better result.
So now we have a week to get our heads back into playing mode and to get our focus back.
In my opinion, Fred needs to work on his passing accuracy. Four of five times tonight I saw him make a soft, slow pass behind his target. These weren't passes in the air, they were on the ground. Most of United's passes were to the spot that the target player used to be. Do they not practice leading passes? Do they not expect their teammates to make any type of leading run?
I am upset with the play of United tonight. I expected more, despite any injuries we might have had. Chicago didn't show me anything that suggests that they were the better club, besides one guy hitting a great shot. I demand better play from DC United next Thursday. I do not want to watch the damn Fire celebrate in our house next Thursday. I have seen it before and it makes me want to puke. I for damn sure do not want to see two teams, neither one being United, face off at RFK on November 18th.
Focus and step up like you guys are supposed to do and as I have seen you do.
So now we have a week to get our heads back into playing mode and to get our focus back.
In my opinion, Fred needs to work on his passing accuracy. Four of five times tonight I saw him make a soft, slow pass behind his target. These weren't passes in the air, they were on the ground. Most of United's passes were to the spot that the target player used to be. Do they not practice leading passes? Do they not expect their teammates to make any type of leading run?
I am upset with the play of United tonight. I expected more, despite any injuries we might have had. Chicago didn't show me anything that suggests that they were the better club, besides one guy hitting a great shot. I demand better play from DC United next Thursday. I do not want to watch the damn Fire celebrate in our house next Thursday. I have seen it before and it makes me want to puke. I for damn sure do not want to see two teams, neither one being United, face off at RFK on November 18th.
Focus and step up like you guys are supposed to do and as I have seen you do.
Labels: Chicago Fire, DC United, MLS Playoffs
posted by Brian at 9:55 PM
1 Comments:
Dead on with noting Fred's passing woes. I've been shaking my head for months about this, particularly when the cretins in the booth talk about how great he is for our possession game. He most definitely is not! More damning is that he often sets up opposition counters by giving the ball away with passes to the center circle when our attack is pouring forward in numbers.
We hear our players in postgame talks saying we sent too many numbers forward, or we got caught too high, or the opposition were cheating. Well, if we (and Fred is one of the chief offenders) weren't doing the opposition favors by dishing it to them in bad spots, that wouldn't be so much of an issue.
If the front office expects him to take over the reigns at attacking midfield/playmaker should Christian move on to "greener" pastures in the offseason, we're in for some hurting next year.
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