Game 3

2-3 Loss at Houston Well, our defense sucks. But, again like last week's game, the defensive stand through the midfield is simply not good. It seems that Dos Santos decided to begin building his team with the focus meet solely on the attack. We were promised a high press, a team based off the 5-3-2,…

Game 2

1-0 loss at Salt Lake Only managed to catch half the game so this is a bit cut off. After a full game and a week to practice, Marc dos Santos continues to build the team. I saw a better movement on the attack, but the worry continues to be the defense. The two central…

Game 1 ….

2-3 Loss to Minnesota Well, it was fractured . It was disjointed. It was troubling. Yes this team has only been together for a couple of weeks at best. But the troubling aspect wasn't the team performance, but rather on the individual. Felipe looked lost. Hwang, while lively, was at times overwhelmed. Erice didn't expect…

On fútbol…

Thoughts taken at a soccer practice: Let's see how far we can take this ball. It begins with a warm up. Laps. Ball in the distance. Alone. The struggle to dominate a technique. Chesting the ball. Begin with a throw. The ball must leave your hand in a proper arc to effect the the position…

Women’s U-17 World Cup

Brief thoughts.... Just one the level of skill on display from the tournament seemed quite good in general. Certainly there were the over matched teams and the highly competent ones. So the question going in is 'Where does Canada sit?'. Well, it is a disappointment. Yes, they are kids Yes, they are under 17 years.…

Dusted off…

Well, it's been a while since I posted anything. But really, aside from the bots no one's reading. The 2017 see season passed the #Whitecaps an eventful, a for the embarrassment that was the Seattle playoff series. 2018 began with nothing more than a sudden lurching motion from 2017. Stale, dreadful and plain with the…

On TSN, the Gold Cup and Alphonso Davies…

First of, cheers must be given out to the quality presentation that TSN gave us throughout the tournament. Yes, most of the games were feeds from Foxsports, but the important thing is that they carried all the games.  The prior Gold Cups on Sportsnet were, at best, an overlooked production.  We had to suffer through…

Manneh pt.3

Traded. And will not be missed. Kekuta Manneh is a symptom of the misunderstanding of football that exists in the northern part of the continent.  We have a physically gifted player, one whose ability to run with the ball greatly outweighs​ his footballing sentiments. This player excels in simplest forms of football: speed and power.…

The Manneh Trade

And it's over. I had been working on another excerpt of my little Manneh series, but Robinson et al ended a tale that was worth telling. I will finish that part, but my initial thoughts are... almost indifference. Manneh was frustrating. He had potential but he played in the MLS for the Vancouver Whitecaps. And…

Game #3…vs TFC

I didn't watch the game.  On vacation with the family and, for some strange reason, the all Canadian match wasn't available in Oregon. Anyways, there's Twitter! Well, #VWFC twitterati was not amused.  Calls for Shea's head, Robbo's head, tactics of some sort, are becoming deafening.   The thing is, this was a game after a…