My 7 year old daughter asked if the Statue of Liberty was sad because NY Red Bulls were losing. We told her maybe, but Lady Freedom, a top of the Capital building in Washington D.C, was singing in the rain. She also asked why I talk to the T.V. “They can’t hear you dad.” she said.
I’ve heard discussions about Chris Pontius being a forward, not a winger, and never understood. I’ve never thought of him as a forward. I see him cutting in to the top corner of the 18 yard box or taking it to the endline and crossing, and right before he got hurt he was doing his part on defense.
I was wrong about him not being a forward and being a one trick pony. While it was a good trick , still just the one I thought. Top corner of the 18 yard box fake left and go right to gain a few feet of space and unleash… It worked for his first of the four he scored recently.
I didn’t except the other three classic striker’s goals he scored Sunday night. One, stripping the ball from none other then Thiery Henry, and ripping one from the top of the box. The second, a poachers goal, right place at the right time, and most importantly the finish! How many of the these did Allsopp, Cristman and Ngwenya miss over the past few years? DCU hasn’t had the guy who puts those away consistently since Luciano Emilio stopped scoring.
Ben Olsen said this after the game “He (Pontius) still doesn’t know how to play forward though. And that’s a scary thing. He’s still new at the position, and some of his movements can get a lot better.”
I also thought Dwayne De Rosario could not be effective in the attacking midfield role but that is working too. The goals are being scored without the weight falling on Dero’s shoulders. Don’t worry, your time will come this season I assure you.
DCU was in the right place at the right time over and over against the Red Bulls Sunday night. Overlapping runs from Pontius and Deleon. Kitchen was there for the outlet pass when some one needed it. The stragglers that popped lose from tackles were collected quickly. DC was able to play their game.
We could go into the problems with Branko Boskovic and Hamdi Salihi, blame the win on the soap opera known as NY Red Bulls, and the lack of quality they had on the field Sunday. We could dwell on the fact that this is only one win in a long season, but I’d rather sit back and enjoy sending the Red Bulls packing back to New York because it just feels good…
And I leave you with this:
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