OT: Vancouver Whitecaps (and general soccer) 2021

[Fulham]

That's a lot of very beautiful passing. There are also some lovely runs there. The few times I've seen the Whitecaps over the past couple of years, they were unbelievably static in attack. The best passer in the world wouldn't have been able to deliver the ball that way, because there wasn't anybody moving to create passing options. I was flabbergasted.

A dynamic #10 is a must in the MLS. Theres a reason the only seasons we looked like a proper football club we had Morales pulling the strings.

 

[Fatass]

A dynamic #10 is a must in the MLS. Theres a reason the only seasons we looked like a proper football club we had Morales pulling the strings.

We need a proper grass field, so these really skilled guys can properly control the ball, whether on foot or by pass. That and get another Allan Ball level player.

 

[crobro]

They should just bring back camillo

 

[Peen]

Wow they might have finally gotten a big guy.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Watching this game...and same issues persist.

Long balls galore. Midfielders lack any real quality and seem unable to maintain ball possession. Baldisimo sucks.

Cavallini draws a PK by himself! Team needs to signs a decent midfielder asap. Feel like he's being wasted..

 

[Peen]

Watching this game...and same issues persist.

Long balls galore. Midfielders lack any real quality and seem unable to maintain ball possession. Baldisimo sucks.

Cavallini draws a PK by himself! Team needs to signs a decent midfielder asap. Feel like he's being wasted..

Crazy how much better the quality of MLS has grown in the past decade tho

Dajome’s first touch is like Tanner Glass receiving a pass

 

[Peen]

Man, they should sell adnan asap.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Crazy how much better the quality of MLS has grown in the past decade tho

Dajome’s first touch is like Tanner Glass receiving a pass

Oh for sure. The league has vastly improved. Great to see....

I remember watching the likes of Jarju, Dunfield and Brovsky on the pitch a decade ago...Players of these calibre would be in tough to crack the CPL nowadays.

TFC really missing Giovinco. Roster is trash.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

What a brutal goal to concede.

 

[Peen]

What a brutal goal to concede.

Unfortunate but they’ve been poor clearing so it’s somewhat deserved.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

LOL goes up 2-1. Has insane momentum and Dos Santos flips the switch and tries to park the bus. VWFC doesn't have the horses to play defensive football. Now they look content with a tie.

 

[Peen]

LOL goes up 2-1. Has insane momentum and Dos Santos flips the switch and tries to park the bus. VWFC doesn't have the horses to play defensive football. Now they look content with a tie.

Have been terrible since going to a five atb. Leaking everywhere

 

[Peen]

Raposo should have done better

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Damn, too bad there. Too early a chance for a first touch. Good save.

 

[Peen]

Damn, too bad there. Too early a chance for a first touch. Good save.

The hold up play from Alexandre there and then to pick the pass was very good.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Raposo should have done better

Defender was closing in too quickly. Good chance...if he had a larger gap, then you fault him for not chipping it.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Probably a deserved result, but the Caps will feel they should have bagged all three points.

Two Whitecaps bloodied and no cards shown.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Probably a deserved result, but the Caps will feel they should have bagged all three points.

Two Whitecaps bloodied and no cards shown.

The MLS is still bush league when it comes to discipline. Has been for the past decade.

VWFC completely unable to defend. MDS needs to realize this and develop an attacking strategy. Watching them trying to defend the past 2 games, in that gnarly 5-4-1 formation has been sad to see.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Okay effort, but a couple of mistakes on the backend cost us the win. There were a few times we had good possession, but like SeawaterOnIce said too many long balls and midfielders weren't getting the ball to the forwards enough. Did not look good the last half of the 2nd.

Simply bad coverage on the first goal. 3 players all ball in the box all watching the ball off the header allowing Singh an easy volley. Also Veselinovic was way too late on picking up Singh there after he fell down. Nobody should EVER have that much space in the 6 yard box.

Very bad foul by Laryea on Cavallini before the penalty. He had the angle for a shoulder on shoulder check but didn't then tripped him in the box. Dajome made no mistake on the penalty.

2nd straight game where Gutierrez got an assist on a set play. Header off a free kick this time. Finding Rose in the box. Gutierrez looked good this game. Had some very good runs.

Just a bad clear by rose on the tieing goal. Hit his own man in the face then the TFC striker gets the ball and scores. Looked like Rose had a bit of time to settle it, and either pass it or clear it.

Good to see Caio Alexandre and Gaspar get in the game.

Whitecaps honoured Danielle Hoult before the game who lost her 8 1/2 year battle with cancer.

 

[canadianmagpie]

LOL goes up 2-1. Has insane momentum and Dos Santos flips the switch and tries to park the bus. VWFC doesn't have the horses to play defensive football. Now they look content with a tie.

This. So much this.

Goes up 2-1 and immediately after you hear Alexandre is being readied to come on for Caicedo. Whitecaps showed that they can create chances when they're attacking, no clue why you would depend on a defense that was missing a third of what would be its usual starters (Godoy, Gaspar and Adnan).

After the subs, I had no idea what formation MDS was playing and it looked like the Caps didn't know either.

When healthy, and barring any new signings, I'd like to see a lineup of:

Creapeau

Gaspar - Godoy - Cornelius - Gutierrez

Caicedo - Alexandre - Bikel - Adnan

Dajome - Cavallini

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

I absolutely hate 5-4-1 to preserve a lead. This is coming from a fullback too. It makes it harder to get the ball up the field and keep possession there. Also makes it harder to keep the ball in the opposing corner at the end of the game. As long as there is good communication between the defenders and midfielders there is no need for a 5th back. One year I played for a team that played 3-5-2 and there was no problem holding on to leads.

 

[Petey O]

Watching this game...and same issues persist.

Long balls galore. Midfielders lack any real quality and seem unable to maintain ball possession. Baldisimo sucks.

Cavallini draws a PK by himself! Team needs to signs a decent midfielder asap. Feel like he's being wasted..

This team needs Pyerre so bad. Like, it goes from a bubble calibre squad to a likely playoff squad with his addition. Potentially even division threatening. I think the supplement talent is there in other parts of the pitch.

The good thing is, he wants to come to Vancouver, so we'll see if they are willing to pay a bit more to convince Gremio to let him go.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

LOL goes up 2-1. Has insane momentum and Dos Santos flips the switch and tries to park the bus. VWFC doesn't have the horses to play defensive football. Now they look content with a tie.

I know it's frustrating but 100% of managers would have done the same thing in MdS's shoes.

 

[Jyrki21]

I thought the first half was lacklustre (particularly against something of a B-squad from Toronto), but it they didn't look outclassed like years past – they actually were able to generate a little and largely match Toronto until they finally went up. To the point where it's disappointing that a keystone kops moment undoes two out of three points so close to the end...

All the same, still encouraging. The Caps are playing undermanned now too and there seems to be some chemistry between Caicedo-Dajome-Cavallini. Gutierrez has been excellent. And I thought Baldisimo looked rather good, seems like an odd one to pick on... :shrug:

 

[Petey O]

I don't want to get my hopes up, but: