Monday Morning Centre Back: Beating Seattle Never Gets Old
by Zach Woosley on Aug 1, 2011 11:03 AM CDT
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Well, I certainly wasn't expecting that performance this weekend from the Dynamo. I'm not complaining of course and I've never been happier to be so wrong about a game, especially when it's beating up the Sounders. In case you missed it, and I doubt if you're reading this blog that you did, Houston took it to Seattle on Saturday, thumping the inventors of all things soccer, 3-1.
It was so bad on Saturday night that a Twitter account dedicated to Roger Levesque's mustache was arguing with me. It was kind of what you expect from the fans of a team that just got run out of the stadium, the usual song and dance about Houston being a team of thugs and incapable of playing the beautiful game like the Sounders do...yeah, I was laughing too.
Not that the Dynamo are looking like Brazil out there, but for every hard tackle executed by a player in orange, there were plenty of dives and "going down easy" moments from some of the guys in slate. That stuff balances out and what's even more nuts is the entire "debate" started because I admitted that Colin Clark got away with not at least getting a yellow card for his altercation midway through the second half.
This is why, in general, lots of MLS fans aren't huge fans of Seattle and their fans. It doesn't mean all there fans think like the fake mustache person, but an extremely vocal group does and it hurts the overall perception. We all envy your attendance numbers, the Open Cup success and the operating budget, but you're not special. You're just another team in the league...and you can't win in Houston...and you can't just accept when your team gets beat.
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One amusing thing from the weekend was the arrival of "The Adventures of Bobblehead Ching". Most people take their collectible bobbleheads and stick them on a shelf, but this one is hitting the road and having adventures, which is far more entertaining. Of course you can find it on Twitter as well. Hopefully Bobblehead Ching will agree to join the Dynamo Theory staff soon, we shall see.
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Great win
I really thought that Moffat looked good. Did everything Palmer did not prior to his trade. Dont get me wrong i hope palmer does well in portland. I think they have made him a left back, which may suit him as that is his position for jamaica.
also, wanted to mention that i though dixon looked dangerous with his speed. he had a very dangerous back pass to tally hall or hainault, cant remember. but going forward he looked dangerous.
my point with dixon being that if Bruin is hurt, why not throw Dixon up top with Ching. I remember reading that he was an attacking mid/ striker for the academy.
Any thoughts on Dixon at Striker with Ching? Any word on Sanchez??
Not nearly dangerous enough
Too small, too slow, too inexperienced.
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
Training Today
Danny Cruz out 4-6 with groin strain. Talked to him at the game, he was limping noticeably.
Adam Moffat and Will Bruin were not at training. Bruin injured his left knee during the game, hopefully an update tomorrow with the injury report. No idea on Moffat.
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Yo si le voy, le voy al naranja!
Saw that
(le sigh)
That sucks as Cruz was just getting back and it was nice having that energy coming off the bench (or as the occasional starter). And those groin injuries are fickle hellcats, I remember nursing one for about 6 weeks and gingerly starting back to exercise after that
Weeks, sorry go me on the typo
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"You live and learn. At any rate, you live." -Douglas Adams
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Yo si le voy, le voy al naranja!
by Zach Woosley on Aug 1, 2011 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
The reasonably good looking game
That was actually a pretty attractive game from a team who supposedly doesn’t know how to play the beautiful game. Well done Dynamo, please keep showing that kind of heart and play.
Music to the ears
Hearing/reading Seattle whine is one of those gifts that keeps on giving. They never, ever stop. It makes beating them that much better.
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
That was a wonderful surprise of a game I must say.
It was great to see some aggression and heart from the Dynamo after so many lackluster games. And I helped my fiance catch a Brian Ching signed ball pre-game! So that was nice too. She must be his good luck charm.
Oh and the Sounders fans shouldn't be whining about anything.
Their players were flopping like fish out of water way more than Dynamo players were “thugs”.
Tick tock goeth the transfer clock
Just saw tweet that sez nei about Sanchez loan
Zelaya, Boniek Garcia, Alvaro Sanchez, Castillo, Lindeman, Cruz
Cannetti stated they had 20 players on radar. This is like Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians- who’s next?
About that...
Yeah I was trying to give them the benefit of a Monday morning after a victory…but time waits for no man, and we are no different. I had seen tweets and the like saying that we were closing to signing Blisters on loan but it was pending his approval (less cash = long time to think about it). And other than that…………crickets. Soft, gently chirping crickets.
Despite the win, we still need that CAM…I realize Watson is coming back and that means that perhaps Cameron is moving back to DM (pusing Moffat to the bench? Shame) but Watson nor Cameron (paired w/Moffat) are the answer to our woes. Also, after snagging a CAM we’d still need a winger or forward to really tighten things up and right now we’ve got exactly nothing. 14 days to go…
Fer Fecks Sake!
(Gaelic saying, doesn;t mean what you’d think…)
You’d think we were arranging a marriage
Why is getting either/or both a CAM or/and productive striker harder than a compromise deficit-reduction plan?
Further rumor on facebook loosely translated from Spanish.
“Alvaro Sanchez would play until year end with San Carlos before moving to the MLS with the Houston Dynamo.”
Hmmm, can anyone verify what, if anything, is going on?
What Me Worry? Plus Another Useless Muzakal Reference
Trust in Chris:
“We have a plan and are working toward executing it. My expectation is that we’ll have some news for you _very soon.”_
http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2011/08/canettis-corner-august-1-2011
I’d like to Chris, it’s just my PTSD from past episodes of Canetti’s Corner.
Another Useless Muzakal Reference:
“When you say it’s gonna happen now,
When exactly do you mean?
See I’ve already waited too long
And all my hope is gone”
I just shared this page with my Sounders friends
I went to college in Olympia and my friends were texting me the exact same things that the mustache guy was saying. The Sounders just can’t cut it in Houston! Bring on Philly!
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