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| Thanks to SoundersFC.com for the pic. |
I was uber-excited about watching Wednesday night's match for a couple reasons: 1) it was the USOC semi-final and 2) I was hooking up my new laptop to my TV HDMI style for the first time to watch the match. Here are some quick hitting observations that stood out to me during the match:
- FINALLY! We scored a goal against Chivas USA as an MLS franchise. It only took us about 370+ minutes, but it finally happened off the boot of Nate "New Mr. Open Cup" Jaqua.
- More on Nate- dude added his fifth goal of this year's competition (3 matches) later on in stoppage time and it fast helping ease the pain of watching our U.S. Open Cup hero of yesteryear, Seba LeToux, score all those goals for the Union this year.
- Ozzie Alonso is the best defensive midfielder in MLS. I have had a serious man-crush on #6 for a while and Wednesday night only strenghtened...well, you get the point. His vision to get the ball to Zakuani on the second goal by Fredy Montero was a thing of beauty and something (I feel) that didn't get appreciated enough at the time. Ozzie (on the whole) still doesn't get as much appreciation as he deserves. Say what you will about the Ljungberg effect or Montero's hot streak, but Alonso's influence on this run of grand Sounder form cannot be underestimated.
- As for Fredy, dude was right up with Alonso as the best player on the pitch against the Goats. He was dangerous and continually one step ahead of the Chivas defenders (and sometimes his teammates).
The Sounders are at New England for this weekend's fixture. Sigi and the guys have already taken care of business against the Revs once this year...let's hope that we do it again. We sit on 32 points right now in the league table and probably will need at least 42 or 43 to get into the playoffs yet. There are definitely three points for the taking this weekend...I see the Sounders taking them all.
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