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Chivas De Guadalajara 2 DC United ...Moreno had his PK attempt saved late that would have tied it. I think Gallardo would have made a difference in this game for DC but he was out.
Good start to the tournament though...fairly entertaining game.
i think it would be GREAT if he actually decided to move to the prem... I'll believe it when i see it though...
What surprised me about that link you posted though was what the Toronto coach had to say about some of his players cunningham and wynne... I hope he gets fired because you NEVER throw your players under the bus like that...
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Carver blasts Cunningham, Wynne
Toronto FC head coach John Carver had to believe his club had found a miracle when a loose ball sat near the goal-line just waiting to be kicked in. Forward Jeff Cunningham was right near the ball but couldn't put it in, which forced TFC to settle for a 1-1 tie against Montreal on Tuesday night. The tie cost Toronto a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
"I'm thinking How has he scored 99 goals?'," Carver said of Cunningham's failure to find the game-winning goal in that late scramble. "That's what I thought. How has he scored 99 goals in this league, because, if you're a poacher and you've got desire, no matter how you put the ball over the line you put the ball over the line."
Carver repeatedly stated TFC's desperate need for help at forward, saying the team needs two new forwards to get out of its current funk.
"When we're having to depend on a 16-year-old boy to be our lead striker I think that tells you everything," said Carver, referring to Abdus Ibrahim, who started as the lone striker in Toronto's 4-5-1.
Carver didn't just bash Cunningham. He saved some venom for U.S. Olympic team defender Marvell Wynne, who played his last game before joining U.S. Olympic training camp in California.
"I had to try and get my fullbacks involved in the game to try and create something," Carver said. "Unfortunately, when the fullbacks did get into the final third the lack of quality, certainly down the right-hand side, was disappointing.
"This is a guy who's going away to play in the Olympics."
So, um, I was just blindsided by the LA Galaxy--Coach Ruud Gullit has quit and the organization pretty much fired GM Alexei Lalas. Cobi Jones is the new interim head coach.
I'm a little speechless.
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Kasey Keller will be in Seattle next season. That shouldn't surprise anyone, he's 39 his chances to play in Europe are washed up and he is from the Northwest (went to University of Portland I think).
Cory Gibbs is going to Colorado. Surprises me the Galaxy passed on him when they need defense so badly--they had the first allocation and passed...maybe they couldn't afford him?
Clint Mathis is going to Real Salt Lake. I used to be a big fan of Clint but he really is a has-been at this point.
Not sure how I feel about it, but I guess of coaches that were available, he's pretty much at the top.
Well Bruce Arena is the best American soccer coach ever, he has his faults but this country hasn't produced a better coach yet (at least in the mens game--Anson Dorrance is pretty damn good too but thats on the womens side). We'll see if he can help the Galaxy play defense.
hah i was about to jump all over this with a Anson Dorrance return but you beat me to it...
if BA is the best American coach we have then that is pretty sad for us..
how about stevie nicol whenbradley crashes out?
I'm a big fan of Dorrance believe it or not but in the Men's game Arena is the best this country has produced from what he did in Virginia to DC United to what results he produced at WC 2002-sad but true. Thats why I always though Bradley was not an improvement (for the record I thought Arena needed to be gone, he was in a comfort zone and seemed no longer to think about changing). I think eventually the US will develop someone truly considered a World class coach but not yet....maybe Kasey Keller?
I want Bradley to be fired but the only way he gets fired before the WC is if the US doesn't qualify and I can't wish for that...maybe he can admit he is over his head and resign.
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