[nas] DC-Metros(R) (kinda long)

My first MLS match in quite some time, and I gotta say
I was impressed comparing this with what I remember of
yester-year.

Some highlights for me:

Metros:
Joselito Vaca(8): He's good.  Also... he's good.  And
finally, he's good.  At the end he split two defenders
and made them look stuu-hoo-hoo-hoo-pid!!

Ricardo Clark(6.5): Didn't play enough time for me to
see how he can manage a midfield, but he did show a
great pullback move, and looks calm, cool, and
collected.  Oh yeah, and big and fast.  He's scary...
and he's going to get scarier.  Why doesn't he start?

Fabian Tayler(8): Great finisher and ball-handler. 
Jamaica seems not so easy with him up front.

Mike Magee(5): I think Magee gets a low score because
the ref didn't look out for him one bit.  He got
hammerred a couple of times in and around the box and
the ref shook him off.  I felt bad for the guy... but
he'll get better.

Amado Guevara(6.5): Good enough distribution, and
pushed the ball forward well.  Not busy enough in the
defensive end for me, even though he is an attacking
midfielder.

Metros Defense(4): They looked disorganized.  DC had
some very good runs of posession and made the Metros
look amateur for a while.

Eddie Gaven(4.5): Eh?  What's the big deal?  Not as
good as his first game, but you can see the talent is
there.  Maybe I was too starstruck by Vaca to care
much about Gaven.

John Wolyniec(7): He's talented... he looks goofy, but
he's talented.  I like him enough to say that he
deserves to start over Magee.  Nice effort on the
goal, especially considering the rug-burn he must have
on his forehead!

*****

DC United:
Ben Olsen(6.5): Maybe the new 'do helps his play look
less haggard than the Benny of two years ago, but his
energy seems more focused... less
head-less-chicken-esque.  He also looks like he put on
a whole bunch of muscle.  Yikes.

Bobby Convey(7.5): Same as Olsen... except minus 6
years, and also minus the hair-do comments.  Wait a
sec... that's really different.  He's my favorite
player right now.  He works really hard, put on some
good weight, and he sees the field well.  That, on top
of his physical abilities, and his natural talent...
I'm setting the O/U for him to go to Europe at 1.5
yrs.

Ernie Stewart(7): This looks like Ernie's team.  He
looks more comfortable.  He's leading out there now.

Jaime Moreno(7): Where have you been Jaime?  My sister
still has a crush on you, so the fact that you are
playing like pre-surgery Jaime Moreno makes her feel
dreamy about DC's chances.  You needed to finish
today, but your ball-skills are back.  Keep it up. 
You're fun to watch.

Freddy Adu(6): Dear Freddy, gain weight.  Love Steve. 
PS - Congratulations on your first goal, and on making
Bonseu looking like garbage (what a ****in' move!!).

DC Defense(5): Your keeper let you down on the third
goal, but you need to defend the counter-attack
better.  Hard tacklers... the lot of you.

Warren(4): Please send the other short DC goalkeeper
back out there.  He's better than you.  Sorry... just
being honest.

*****

That's all for now.

S

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