Goals from Dwayne De Rosario and O'Brian White gave us a 2-0 win over DC United yesterday at BMO Field. Here was our starting eleven: Stefan Frei, Nana Attakora, Emmanuel Gomez, Adrian Serioux, Jim Brennan, Amadou Sanyang, Carl Robinson, Sam Cronin, Pablo Vitti, O'Brian White, and Dwayne De Rosario.
I was a little surprised by that lineup - mainly with all of the youth involved in the team. All of Sanyang, Gomez, Attakora, and White were included.
I think it showed for the first bit of the match. I didn't think we played too well in the first half. Despite this, we lead 1-0 through a headed goal by Dwayne De Rosario. Even though we were poor, DC was even worse. They controlled the ball pretty well in the midfield I thought, but failed to create any real chances, and with players like Santino Quaranta, Fred, Luciano Emilio, and Christian Gomez spearheading your attack, you'd expect them to come up with at least something. They didn't though, and we were one-nil up at the end of the first half.
In the second half, I thought we were much better. Amado Guevara came in for Carl Robinson and really transformed our midfield. His ability to control the ball in the middle of the pitch is unmatched on our team. The clinching goal - and the highlight of the match - came in the 66th minute off of a corner kick. After a scramble in the area, Nana Attakora fed O'Brian White who calmly finished to give us the 2-0 lead. It was White's first ever goal as a professional soccer player, and after recovering from a terrible ACL injury, you know that goal will mean a lot to him.
As the match went on after White's goal, DC was still unable to produce any real goal-threatening attacks and in the end, I thought we fully deserved the 2-0 win.
Player Ratings
Frei 7, Attakora 9, Serioux 6, Gomez 6, Brennan 6, Robinson 4 (Guevara 7), Cronin 7, Sanyang 6, Vitti 6, De Rosario 6, White 7
Man of the Match: For me, Nana Attakora was our best defender, and possibly our best player on the day. He contained Luciano Emilio - a DP forward - very comfortably. Stephen Hart, cap him now!
I was a little surprised by that lineup - mainly with all of the youth involved in the team. All of Sanyang, Gomez, Attakora, and White were included.
I think it showed for the first bit of the match. I didn't think we played too well in the first half. Despite this, we lead 1-0 through a headed goal by Dwayne De Rosario. Even though we were poor, DC was even worse. They controlled the ball pretty well in the midfield I thought, but failed to create any real chances, and with players like Santino Quaranta, Fred, Luciano Emilio, and Christian Gomez spearheading your attack, you'd expect them to come up with at least something. They didn't though, and we were one-nil up at the end of the first half.
In the second half, I thought we were much better. Amado Guevara came in for Carl Robinson and really transformed our midfield. His ability to control the ball in the middle of the pitch is unmatched on our team. The clinching goal - and the highlight of the match - came in the 66th minute off of a corner kick. After a scramble in the area, Nana Attakora fed O'Brian White who calmly finished to give us the 2-0 lead. It was White's first ever goal as a professional soccer player, and after recovering from a terrible ACL injury, you know that goal will mean a lot to him.
As the match went on after White's goal, DC was still unable to produce any real goal-threatening attacks and in the end, I thought we fully deserved the 2-0 win.
Player Ratings
Frei 7, Attakora 9, Serioux 6, Gomez 6, Brennan 6, Robinson 4 (Guevara 7), Cronin 7, Sanyang 6, Vitti 6, De Rosario 6, White 7
Man of the Match: For me, Nana Attakora was our best defender, and possibly our best player on the day. He contained Luciano Emilio - a DP forward - very comfortably. Stephen Hart, cap him now!
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