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

Steven Dreibelbis wrote:

> My first MLS match in quite some time, and I gotta say
> I was impressed comparing this with what I remember of
> yester-year.
>
>  
It's only going to get better

> 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?
>  
He'll get a bunch of starts. He's a d-mid, and I think Bob's trying to 
come out early in the season with a lot of fire power out of the 
midfield until the 3 new forwards get settled. All of the midfielders 
starting today are more attack minded. It's too bad he was injured for 
the Olympic qualifiers. Rico is going to play in the big game one day.

> Metros Defense(4): They looked disorganized.  DC had
> some very good runs of posession and made the Metros
> look amateur for a while.
>  
They really did. Defense is the big question right now for the Metros.

> 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.
>  
I thought he made some great plays.

It's certainly not scientific, and the winning team's fans always err a 
bit high ;-) but the Metrofans gave him a 7.4 so far 
http://www.metrofanatic.com/mf/other/ratings.jsp

> 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!
>  
Poor Woly. I'm telling you, he's a poor man's McHead. McHead has a few 
more rounds of re-constructive surgery on the cheeks before he has to 
worry about the looks though. But Woly finds the back of the net when it 
counts and that's all that matters.






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