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Gorgeous night at the stadium though, though crappy result.
Both this guy and this guy address both the similarities with the previous home 2-2 tie versus Houston and last night's technical aspects. I didn't see the Houston game but I've seen more than enough games this year to expect defensive breakdowns for the remainder of the season. Bless Clyde Simms for his years of service, his tires are bald and he's out of gas, and in front of one rookie central defender or two (White plus newly acquired Brandon McDonald last night with Kitchen shifted to the right), Simms is no longer good enough, strong enough, fast enough. Those huge gaps that open directly in front of Hamid are not solely the fault of the back line.
Not to pin it all on Simms. White is a rookie, Kitchen is a rookie, Woolard is statue (why did United cut Julius James? Tell me!) Both Davies and Wolff failed to fall back into defense even when Phunion had extended possession in United's end (and that might explain partly why Olsen subbed out Davies for Brettschneider relatively early, though Davies is a walking hammie ready to sproing, the diver). Pontius and Najar were run at and past on the wings - the last Phunion goal can be directly attributed to Pontius' failure to cut off an open cross into the box. Perhaps I'm overvaluing both Pontius' and Najar's defensive capabilities, but if this is how good they are that's one problem (and not readily fixable), if neither is working as hard as he can, that's another (and in theory better) problem that Saint Benny better fix fast.
Actually, that's true for the defense as a whole. Whatever combination of inexperience, disorganization, lack of talent or lack of effort, adding De Rossario's offensive upgrade will be neutralized until United's defense isn't backing up on its heels expecting to be scored on. Opponents are going to run the left wing at Najar and (yesterday) Kitchen, run down the right wing at Pontius and whatever horrible left back United deploys on any given night, and cross to open men in United's disorganized center. Until it's fixed, United's a point a game club.
Had a blast. Gorgeous night.
The red kits suck. It's a disgrace to wear them at home.
