Get on to the Bus

Man, I went back and forth on whether or not I wanted to go to the game this weekend, considering how hot and sticky it would be with a 3 year old in tow, but I'm glad I did. Really good night, good result, and consdering how many guys were out due to International Duty, not to mention Dom tearing it up in the USL Final, I was really pleased to see that team chemistry still appears to be in tact, even when going down to that depth. Our performance and playing style didn't seem to change much, and I Was glad to see the guys really attack and never let up while playing at home.

Got some ratings to dish out, but first, a few snapshots to dump.

 

And now, numbers. Only critique is Benny's numbers look low, he's played real well since the All-Star break, but like Roger before him, and to a certain extent, Uri, he does the work that doesn't get much notice in the stat sheet. I'm sure he's okay with that.

 

Columbus Crew	Rating
Matt Lampson	4.2
Chad Marshall	4.2
Danny O'Rourke	4.2
Tyson Wahl	4.2
Chad Barson	4.2
Eric Gehrig	4.6
Bernardo Anor	4.6
Tony Tchani	4.2
Will Trapp	4.2
Ethan Finlay	4.6
Dominic Oduro	4.2
Jairo Arrieta	4.6
Justin Meram	4.6
Team Average	4.4
Sporting Kansas City	Rating
Jimmy Nielsen	6.1
Ike Opara	6.5
Josh Gardner	6.1
Aurelien Collin	6.5
Seth Sinovic	6.1
Jimmy Medranda	3.9
Oriol Rosell	6.5
Paolo Nagamura	4.6
Benny Feilhaber	4.6
Soony Saad	6.1
Jacob Peterson	3.9
Claudio Bieler	6.8
CJ Sapong	6.5
Teal Bunbury	3.9
Team Average	5.6

Claudio Bieler with man of the match for the PK conversion and the assist. Arguably, benny did the work on the goal, and Soony did the work on the assit, but I thought Caludio had a decent game and was good to see him get back on the score sheet. Hopefully that adds a bit of confidence going into the final stretch.

And... that's all I have to say about that. Power Rankigns coming up in a bit.

Quatro de Sporting... or something

Man do I love eating tacos. Even more so when watching my team crush their opponents so thoroughly. Seriously, I had been wondering when I'd get to see a proper blowout, and here it was. Chivas looked just miserable the entire match and seem to have completely lost whatever mojo they had at the start of the season. I do feel bad for Dan Kennedy though, the auto-red for DOGSO is so harsh in my mind. He made a foul on a player in the box, that should be a yellow if it's a foul that resulted from an actual play on the ball and not something tactical or malicious.

Still, how bout that Bieler, eh? Playing like a gynecologist. Clinical in the box.

Okay, I'm done with that joke now.

Anyway, here's the player ratings for this one.

Any surprise here? Total domination by SKC, Zusi with man of the match, even after leaving the game a little early. Smart sub by PV, it's gonna be a long week, and I really, really want to lay into Seattle on Wednesday.

No Besler in the 18 was a little odd... hopefully just resting and no injury or illness. But a great performance across the board, and hopefully a goal means CJ gets a bit of his confidence and swagger back.

And Bieler is proving he was worth the money. If he keeps scoring like this he'd be arguable one of the better DP signings in the league I'd argue.