It was by all accounts a very weak performance by Arena's men. According to Ives' report, only Dane Richards had a good game--an assessment BigAppleSoccer agree with (they called Richards' performance "superb"). But the Red Bulls' defense certainly wasn't superb. Or even adequate. Chris Leitch helped out the other team again, this time going as far as to score for them himself (in the past he would just leave their strikers unmarked on set pieces. I suppose this is more efficient. When is Bruce going to sit this guy?) But I don't mean to pick on Leitch. I mean I do, but the defense as a whole deserves to be ridiculed. Is it true that Toronto had gone three months without a victory prior to tonight, as Metrofanatic point out? Pathetic. Even more depressing from a RB perspective, the Canadian club has scored a whopping 22 goals this entire season--including tonight. The last time Toronto scored two goals in a game? Try July 4. This does not bode well for the playoffs--assuming the Red Bulls even gets there. Earlier this week I was talking up Red Bulls' chance of sneaking up to fifth place. Now? It may be time to prepare for the worst, RB fans. It's sad how a season that started so promising appears to be going down in a ball of flames.
Oct 4, 2007
Lackluster Red Bulls Fall To Toronto
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Regardless of what Benny Feilhaber does in England, he'll be forever guarunteed a spot in my personal USA players top 10 for his gamewinner against Mexico this past summer.
I can't begin to describe how beautiful a thing it was to personally witness 50,000 jaws drop in disbelief, while the 5 or 6 red shirts in our section were going crazy.
A lot of American players could occasionally make that shot. The real point here is, in the 78th minute in the Cup Final against Mexico, how many would even try it?
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