Oh. My. God.
Congratulations to Seattle on their resounding (Sounders. Resounding. Get it?) win over NYRB tonight. But before anyone in the Pacific Northwest gets carried away the NYRB looked... HORRIBLE. They looked like the expansion team. They looked like a pub team. The looked like shit!
Somehow the were crowded out in central midfield where they were playing three - in Rojas (who should have been further upfield), Pietrovalla and Ubiparipovic who were equally abject. For all the pre-season talk of the Red Bulls being built around speed, they played short, careful passes through the midfield. Or tried to. I don't think Richards and JPA had a half dozen touches between them as I don't think there was a ball played forward more than 10 yards until the 54th minute. And I can't begin to count how many passes they misplayed. Too often there were two Red Bulls attacking a ball in midfield, from opposite sides and just getting in each other's way... leaving the ball for Seattle.
Seattle's third goal was typical as the defense dwelt on the ball too long and were too sloppy with their touches, allowing Montero to nip in an finish nicely.
So again, kudos to Seattle for a great performance. Montero looks the real deal. Jaqua was a handful. And in Le Toux, Zakauni, Nyassi and Evans they have plenty of creativity even without Freddie Ljundberg, who will be back soon enough.
As for NYRB it looks back to the drawing board again.
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