Montreal loses again with poor football. 1-0 was the final score in Edmonton today and could have been worst than that since Edmonton missed a penalty and hit the post, all in the first half.
NASL fields continues hurting the quality of soccer on 2nd division. I don't know what situation was worst, the one on Puerto Rico or today at Foote Field where ball bounce like a tennis court and soccer lines are blue in a American football green-white painted field, we could barely note the borders. This is the kind of situations can be discouraging for players on the road. Please don't think I am making excuses for tonight's result, but I really feel that need to be said.
On the field the team was never close to play a decent level of football. What happened with the controlling team we used to see squaring all around David Testo like on Nutrlite cup? I know that style was not productive football either (in term of goals) but at least we were showing some character and temper on the field against a much bigger club like Vancouver.
Tonight's Impact was afraid to have the ball and could not handle FC Edmonton's pressure on the midfield. Also we where overwhelmed with Hamilton's job on Edmonton's back line (That is a guy could help Montreal in MLS) at the point Impact never attempted attacking back through the center and were forced to throw excessive amount of ineffective crosses.
Now a question to answer is what was coach's intention pulling out Testo and Di Lorenzo, such a key players for this team, and giving a chance to 2 rookies from the academy. I liked because academy players give a lot of energy and motivation, maybe that is what's needed on this team and it wasn't a coincidence watching the best Impact football in the last 15min when Wandrille Lefevre and Mircea Ilcu.
I did not like Lowery and Camara as central backs, of course is their first time together doing this and I want to see it as an emergency measure. They left so many holes in the back, they were unable to communicate at my opinion.
Next game is back at home but on a Wednesday night so, from previous experiences, don't expect much support since not even Radio Canada is broadcasting it. It seems we all wanted this season to be over but is not a mature thing to do so, remember we are not even at half season yet.
See you guys on Wednesday 7pm.
NASL fields continues hurting the quality of soccer on 2nd division. I don't know what situation was worst, the one on Puerto Rico or today at Foote Field where ball bounce like a tennis court and soccer lines are blue in a American football green-white painted field, we could barely note the borders. This is the kind of situations can be discouraging for players on the road. Please don't think I am making excuses for tonight's result, but I really feel that need to be said.
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On the field the team was never close to play a decent level of football. What happened with the controlling team we used to see squaring all around David Testo like on Nutrlite cup? I know that style was not productive football either (in term of goals) but at least we were showing some character and temper on the field against a much bigger club like Vancouver.
Tonight's Impact was afraid to have the ball and could not handle FC Edmonton's pressure on the midfield. Also we where overwhelmed with Hamilton's job on Edmonton's back line (That is a guy could help Montreal in MLS) at the point Impact never attempted attacking back through the center and were forced to throw excessive amount of ineffective crosses.
Now a question to answer is what was coach's intention pulling out Testo and Di Lorenzo, such a key players for this team, and giving a chance to 2 rookies from the academy. I liked because academy players give a lot of energy and motivation, maybe that is what's needed on this team and it wasn't a coincidence watching the best Impact football in the last 15min when Wandrille Lefevre and Mircea Ilcu.
I did not like Lowery and Camara as central backs, of course is their first time together doing this and I want to see it as an emergency measure. They left so many holes in the back, they were unable to communicate at my opinion.
Next game is back at home but on a Wednesday night so, from previous experiences, don't expect much support since not even Radio Canada is broadcasting it. It seems we all wanted this season to be over but is not a mature thing to do so, remember we are not even at half season yet.
See you guys on Wednesday 7pm.
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