Yesterday's 1-1 draw with Houston wasn't very satisfying at all. It was one of those ties that feels like a loss - and when you add in that Chicago, DC, and Columbus all won their matches yesterday, the feeling doesn't get any better.
Once again we are left to rue missed opportunities. Chad Barrett had a couple of opportunities, while one volley by Danny Dichio sticks out in my mind. That's not really what bugs me the most though. The second half performance was terrible. It almost looked like we were just sitting back and asking them to score, and in the end, it bit us in the ass.
We had virtually a full team on the day - except for Sam Cronin and Ali Gerba - meanwhile Houston were missing three of their key players in Brian Ching, Brad Davis, and Stuart Holden. You'd hope we could take advantage of this. That wasn't the case.
The first half was pretty good. Aside from Adrian Serioux's injury, many Toronto FC supporters had very little to complain about at the interval. Danny Dichio's first contribution (literally...) was a dummy leading to DeRo's opening goal. He's not offically credited with an assist, but he might as well be. That was one damn good experienced move by the big man, and De Rosario must have loved putting on in against his old side. I noticed he didn't really celebrate though, and this was obviously out of respect to the Houston Dynamo organization.
I don't really have much to say about the second half. It sucked. Houston's equalizer came off of a simple lack in concentration by our defense, and that has unfortunately become way too much of a recurring thing for us.
We needed those three points, and with a majority of the remainder of our season on the road, we have to start taking points. Hopefully Ali Gerba's presence can help us out a bit.
Once again we are left to rue missed opportunities. Chad Barrett had a couple of opportunities, while one volley by Danny Dichio sticks out in my mind. That's not really what bugs me the most though. The second half performance was terrible. It almost looked like we were just sitting back and asking them to score, and in the end, it bit us in the ass.
We had virtually a full team on the day - except for Sam Cronin and Ali Gerba - meanwhile Houston were missing three of their key players in Brian Ching, Brad Davis, and Stuart Holden. You'd hope we could take advantage of this. That wasn't the case.
The first half was pretty good. Aside from Adrian Serioux's injury, many Toronto FC supporters had very little to complain about at the interval. Danny Dichio's first contribution (literally...) was a dummy leading to DeRo's opening goal. He's not offically credited with an assist, but he might as well be. That was one damn good experienced move by the big man, and De Rosario must have loved putting on in against his old side. I noticed he didn't really celebrate though, and this was obviously out of respect to the Houston Dynamo organization.
I don't really have much to say about the second half. It sucked. Houston's equalizer came off of a simple lack in concentration by our defense, and that has unfortunately become way too much of a recurring thing for us.
We needed those three points, and with a majority of the remainder of our season on the road, we have to start taking points. Hopefully Ali Gerba's presence can help us out a bit.
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Actually, Houston was missing more key players. Houston was missing 8 players, at least 6 of which are normal starters.
Toronto did seem to slack off a bit in the second half, but I do not think it was as much as you think. They had plenty of chances to finish the game off, and they shut down the Dynamo pretty well minus the goal and maybe 1 or 2 other plays.
Houston was missing Brad Davis, Brian Ching, and Stuart Holden. No other starters were gone.
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