Better late than never

Now that I'm in the zone I've gotten around to throwing down some player ratings for the Colorado Open Cup game. I did take a chance to review the highlights and discovered that the full match is still up on youtube. Right here, for those interested in a rewatch.

But, since I mostly use stats to calculate ratings, I didn't put that much thought into it. Here's how the ratings came out.

Colorado Rapids
Matt Pickens	4.7
Scott Palguta	4.4
Tyrone Marshall	4.7
Kosuke Kimura	4.7
Hunter Freeman	4.0
Martin Rivero	4.7
Jeff Larentowicz	4.7
Jaime Castrillon	5.1
Ross LaBauex	4.0
Tony Cascio	4.4
Kamani Hill	4.7
Edu	5.1
Wells Thompson	4.7
Andre Akpan	4.4
Sporting Kansas City
Jimmy Nielsen	6.1
Chance Myers	6.1
Aurelien Collin	5.8
Matt Besler	6.1
Seth Sinovic	6.1
Julio Cesar	4.7
Lawrence Olum	4.4
Jacob Peterson	5.1
Peterson Joseph	5.1
Graham Zusi	4.7
Teal Bunbury	6.5
Soony Saad	4.4
CJ Sapong	5.8

And so, with that, the man of the match against Colorado was SKCs own Teal Bunbury. I thought he had a really good game and I hope this means he's found his form. We could really use a target man with the scoring touch while Kei is out on international duty, or while Kei is still with the team, for that matter. I think the defence has looked good all season, but scoring more than once and scoring during the run of play is what I want to see more of if we're going to make a real claim for the MLS Cup.

Paint it teal...

Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'll always take a road point. That one feels like a loss though. We were the better team for exactly half the game. The first 22:30 and the last 22:30. No foot on the gas at all in the middle, and I never like to see a team get complacent. 2-0 is the most dangerous lead and blah blah blah.

Anyway, the resurgence of Teal, at least in the first half, was good to see. Hopefull he can score in bunches from here on out. Now then, let's take a look at some player ratings.

Colorado Rapids
Matt Pickens	3.9
Drew Moor	4.6
Koskue Kimura	6.5
Hunter Freeman	4.6
Tyrone Marshall	6.5
The Ginja Ninja	5.4
Martin Rivero	5.8
Jaime Castrillon	4.6
Wells Thompson	4.6
Conor Casey	6.1
Tony Cascio	4.6
Edu	4.3
Kamani Hill	4.3
Luis Zapata	4.3
Sporting Kansas City
Jimmy Nielsen	5.0
Aurelien Collin	5.4
Matt Besler	4.6
Chance Myers	4.3
Seth Sinovic	6.1
Graham Zusi	5.0
Paolo Nagamura	4.6
Bobby Convey	3.9
Julio Cesar	5.0
Kei Kamara	4.6
Teal Bunbury	8.4
Jacob Peterson	4.3
Peterson Joseph	4.3
Lawerence Olum	4.3

No real surprise that the man of the match was Teal Bunbury. Hard to argue with two goals, especially that first one in eighty seconds or so. Great to get a point. Now back home to face a real test against San Jose.

Oh, right, profile picture. Here's your facetime Teal. You earned it.