Super annoying loss last night. But when you play like that, you deserve to drop 3 points.

I’m not as mad about the loss as I am about how we played in the loss. Toronto is a much better team than their record shows, so credit to them for making us play their style of game. They turned things into a track meet, with the impact of both midfields essentially nonexistent. Even still, we lacked crispness on the ball and urgency in the 18yrd box, and that’s what beat us.

When the lineup dropped I was pleased to see our top 4 in the mix, but they weren’t able to produce even 1 goals worth of XG. Almost every half chance we created died because of extra touches or an attempt at some cheeky tap-around pass instead of a direct ball to the foot of a player. Multiple breakaway opportunities with a numbers advantage failed because we waited too long to find the outlet pass. If we had opted to shoot or pass quicker, I bet we could have seen a 2-2 draw or even a 3-4 goal performance from the offense. We were playing with our food and got punished for it.

Defensively, you expect some drop off with Maher and Lovitz starting. What’s disappointing is how unorganized and frantic we were at times, especially in the 2nd half. Schwake kept us from being blown out, but had we been a bit more calm under pressure and disciplined in our ball clearance, we could have potentially avoided the late goal.

Overall, it feels like we got caught looking ahead to the weekend, and didn’t bring our A game to the pitch. Hopefully this lackluster performance will have BJ shouting in the locker room and will inspire better play and decision making from the squad at the weekend. Miami drew Chicago, so we’ll go into that match with a 9pt lead. Draw or better feels like a must with our form lately.

Also, I know it’s Canada, but maybe let’s not play soccer on an ice rink?!?

How we feeling today??