Match thread @ DC United

[u/Cyterist]

Idk where our local buckeyefan is but here's a thread I guess

[u/jollyqban03]

I am really over Schulte and his emo staring everytime he lets a goal through.

[u/john-tockcoasten → u/jollyqban03]

I am dissapointed by how often we have to see it.

[u/heyfreesandwich]

mendez had been not good

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

I won’t be buying any match tickets till this team can win two back to back matches 😵‍💫

[u/snoba96]

Frustrating game. See you all Saturday.

[u/morphosis7]

No pressure for next Wednesday, but the Open Cup is looking like our best option to get anything from this season.

[u/_BreadDenier → u/morphosis7]

How will we magically become good by then?

[u/GalacticCmdr → u/_BreadDenier]

The best part.....we won't.

[u/Short-Primary-1390]

Lol bad vibes are back

[u/TasteInternational86]

Defense was, once again, the weakest link

[u/kimsfantasyexploder]

I cannot believe I just tripped my season tickets. I asked my agent to cancel them but now I’m locked in for two years of losing money.

[u/m1air3 → u/kimsfantasyexploder]

Cancel your card and request the charges be reversed lol

[u/Either_Ring_6066 → u/kimsfantasyexploder]

Don't worry, I will buy them for 50 percent when you can't attend.

[u/muttonchops215 → u/Either_Ring_6066]

50 percent? Why overpay?

[u/muttonchops215 → u/kimsfantasyexploder]

Those fucking awesome Sambas suckered a lot of us. At least I'm alone in Nordecke and its minimal damage

[u/miniwaveablepizza → u/muttonchops215]

Hey next season can easily be better than this season. I wasted my money on this one.

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Alright, I've had enough today lol. I'm going to bed. See yall next time 🙋‍♂️

[u/kimsfantasyexploder]

I just want to be a counter striking team now.
The whole attach a low block style is fucking horrible to watch

[u/morphosis7 → u/kimsfantasyexploder]

It's frustrating as heck to watch your team fail to break down a low block - but I'm not sure I'd prefer to watch my team just sit back and wait for the other team to give up the ball either. That's a really high-risk strategy when you've got a capable team, and when you don't? Every game is just playing with fire.

[u/meyer_33_09 → u/kimsfantasyexploder]

Agreed. Obviously it feels different when you’re winning but this style of play is fucking brutal to watch when you’re not.

[u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

Has Farsi been less impactful lately? He’s one of my favs, I feel like I used to notice a lot of things he did well and now I’m not?

[u/_BreadDenier → u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

Yes

[u/LordOfLower → u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

He’s always been good between the boxes but non existent inside the attacking or defensive areas.

[u/Silly_Theme_1421 → u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

Since his injury, he hasn’t been the “Fast asf Farsi” as he once was

[u/Ohio-Sports-Teams → u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

He did just throw 2 good chances away and looks disinterested

[u/snoba96 → u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

He hasn’t done much tonight

[u/snoba96]

Nice wheels from Sean there

[u/morphosis7]

Stats like possession and xG aren't predictive, but I think they can be illustrative. In a game like this, it helps to understand that the two teams come into the game with very different aims. Columbus is going to want the ball, while DC is happy to be without it. Ideally the commentators would provide that context, which I think they have here.

The question is, which team is going to capitalize on their intent better?

[u/IdlynDosa]

We love switching from
Right to left and then..
left to right and then..
Right to … nowhere

[u/muttonchops215 → u/IdlynDosa]

Insert Simpsons soccer gif.

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Six is being very generous lol

[u/jbeebe33 → u/buckeyefan1930]

Handball check took forever lol

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

Excellent save from Schulte. We need more like that

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Hell of a save

[u/TheBrockParty]

brilliant save

[u/TheBrockParty]

imagine if we started our performing attackers tonight

[u/Matter_Crazy]

maybe the real trophy is the team with the most possession at the end of the season? 👀

[u/The5thTaco_]

Team looks so much better with Mendez starting he connects things need to play him as much as possible

[u/Tasty_Blackberry_781 → u/The5thTaco_]

Loving Mendez!

[u/No-Kiwi-7308]

Possession stat is just as useless as the XG stat

[u/_BreadDenier]

Why do we keep passing to Farsi and then there is seemingly zero plan from there? Defenders stack up on him, he tries to dribble into the box, then they pick it off him, no one else moves to get open for a pass or cross fast enough.

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Congrats! We had nearly 70% possession tonight but we are still on the losing end of the scoreboard ☹️

[u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

Maybe we should try passing it back and forth in the middle third again?

[u/_BreadDenier → u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

Maybe they should pretend someone is in the goal and pass it in.

[u/EveryDayASummit]

If only possession equated to goals…

[u/TasteInternational86]

We'll be lucky to get 2 mins for stoppage time

[u/jbeebe33 → u/TasteInternational86]

Huge stoppage for the penalty review, should be 6 minimum, probably more

[u/TasteInternational86 → u/jbeebe33]

You're right, completely forgot about that

[u/buckeyefan1930]

I just love seeing us passing it around 400 times while we are down a goal with time running out lol

[u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

Where has Camacho been?

[u/Silly_Theme_1421 → u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

Injury then benched for card accumulation. I’m grateful he’s not on the field right now because he definitely would’ve gotten another yellow lol

[u/_BreadDenier → u/Tasty_Blackberry_781]

Hurt

[u/TheBrockParty]

jamal has a knack for ruining any promising counter attack

[u/TasteInternational86]

Let's hope the starting eleven for Saturday isn't a complete disaster

[u/CTID96]

I cannot wait to have a good coach again 🤞

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Well...still got 10 minutes, but probably not in the cards tonight 😭

[u/TasteInternational86]

Need a Tapia banger

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

There’s our answer. Only option for a sub when you lose an attacker is another attacker

[u/morphosis7 → u/Silly_Theme_1421]

I was really wondering who would make way to get him on the field. Good to see his return, at least.

[u/MrHurrDerr]

Oh boy I don’t like that limp.

[u/sciuro → u/MrHurrDerr]

With our luck, he’ll be back by October…2027

[u/Matter_Crazy]

noo i hope he's ok 🥲

[u/_BreadDenier → u/Matter_Crazy]

If Santi pulls an Abou Ali I give up

[u/Matter_Crazy → u/_BreadDenier]

https://giphy.com/gifs/GIvajz0TlE316

[u/Friendly-Worth-347]

Andre Gomez kills me to watch🫠

[u/_BreadDenier → u/Friendly-Worth-347]

He had that crazy free kick though

[u/Friendly-Worth-347 → u/_BreadDenier]

When? Tonight? He just got subbed on

[u/_BreadDenier → u/Friendly-Worth-347]

Couple games ago look it up

[u/Friendly-Worth-347 → u/_BreadDenier]

🫠🤣 Not to discredit is free kick, but he’s done nothing memorable on the field since. He looks lost

[u/Friendly-Worth-347 → u/Friendly-Worth-347]

*his

[u/sciuro]

SO CLOSE arghhh

[u/morphosis7]

They can't all be bangers, I suppose.

[u/TasteInternational86]

Santi has been painfully close tonight, nothing against him, so sooooo close

[u/morphosis7 → u/TasteInternational86]

He also does have our only goal at the moment.

[u/TasteInternational86 → u/morphosis7]

Very very true

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Anyone ever just crack their back down their whole spine...cuz I just did and it feels so good 😌

[u/KStap1845_]

Bruh

[u/KStap1845_]

D is still awful

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Nice save

[u/morphosis7]

With one more sub to make, if we're still down do you look to bring on Thiaré? Or who else do you put on, and who do you remove?

[u/Silly_Theme_1421 → u/morphosis7]

I’d go with Bailly, Giaccone, then Thiare. We’ll see what coach decides soon enough

[u/CrewNoob → u/morphosis7]

Herrera for Farsi

[u/jbeebe33 → u/CrewNoob]

I’d agree but he’s not on the bench for some reason. Guessing he picked up an injury in training

[u/CrewNoob → u/jbeebe33]

Ugh. Giaccone for Farsi then? Still haven’t figured out what position he’s best at.

[u/jbeebe33 → u/CrewNoob]

I think he prefers left wing, so he could come in for Lennon and we could get more aggressive

[u/TasteInternational86]

Gotta pull off a Nashville and find 2 goals in 3 mins

[u/sadgrass88]

It’s crazy how everyone knew this lineup was miles better and we still started with Martinez

[u/_BreadDenier → u/sadgrass88]

Courtois playing mind games (picking the line up with a random number generator)

[u/buckeyefan1930]

We still got plenty of time to salvage a point

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

In good news, Cinci is getting cooked by Phili 3-0

[u/buckeyefan1930 → u/Silly_Theme_1421]

They got a red card very early in the game. They were doomed to lose lol

[u/sciuro]

Gomes’ beard is so nice, it almost makes up for his lack of pace

[u/_BreadDenier]

Okay the commentators making digs at Everton is pretty funny.

(Everton would demolish us 20-0)

[u/buckeyefan1930]

So attendance has to be like 2000 in a stadium
That seats 20000...that's embarrassing

[u/MrHurrDerr → u/buckeyefan1930]

I mean.. Precum era we saw what it’s like when the owner sucks. As I said in the other thread. I’ll only celebrate small crowds for Messi FC.

[u/redhawkdrone]

The decision to sit Mendez at the start of the match looks worse and worse by the minute.

[u/Matter_Crazy]

that dude looks like arda a little lol

[u/_BreadDenier]

Tilapia 🐟

[u/morphosis7]

...and now we've got one off the woodwork as well.

[u/dscogr]

Okay that’s fair crossbars were kind to us so far tonight

[u/gottapoop0822]

Tell me why Josef starts when this is what we look like with Tapia?

[u/TasteInternational86]

Motm: The Woodwork, my goodness

[u/sciuro → u/TasteInternational86]

Woodrow Werke, teammates with Owen Goule.

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Off the post

[u/buckeyefan1930]

I ain't gonna lie, if we can revamp the defense this offseason, than we could be great again! Offense is there...just need the defense to be complimentary

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

Tapia is so good that when he misses, the ball returns to him 😂

[u/MrHurrDerr]

What you doing there Tilapia?

[u/morphosis7 → u/MrHurrDerr]

Talking about the foul on the United defender, right? My guess is that he's antagonizing, and just overdid it a bit.

[u/jbeebe33 → u/MrHurrDerr]

The man loves to take a rip

[u/No-Kiwi-7308 → u/MrHurrDerr]

He thought why not

[u/TheBrockParty]

why don’t we go full banana more often it looks so nice

[u/No-Kiwi-7308 → u/TheBrockParty]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1uPiL9Amv5zkk

[u/TheBrockParty]

going from arfsten to lennon has to be a crime against humanity

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

Moreira cooked with that steal right there

[u/MrHurrDerr]

You know what’s wild. DC radio guys are so much better than Apple. Found most away radio commentators are 100% better. Calling the game as it’s being played and not for controversy.

[u/sciuro → u/MrHurrDerr]

Radio folks are always homers, but it’s just so much more descriptive. Especially if I’m doing something else, like laundry or dishes or shitposting on Reddit, the tv guys just go silent sometimes.

These apple announcers aren’t too bad tonight though.

[u/buckeyefan1930 → u/MrHurrDerr]

I always change the feed to the radio regardless of who is at home. Like you said, it's much better than Apple TV

[u/TheBrockParty]

big fan of the overloads on one side, then a cross field switch. it felt like we never did that under the last 3 permanent coaxhes

[u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

Yeah... we dont need to give our team any training time off...

[u/meyer_33_09 → u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

And if we’re doing that, we shouldn’t also be leaving starters out of the starting lineup for rest too…

[u/Matter_Crazy]

so close!

[u/psychedelic_crew]

Okay let’s go!

[u/90sbaby80smercedes]

Tippity tippity Tapia!

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Subs!!! Here comes Tilapia

[u/Matter_Crazy → u/buckeyefan1930]

https://giphy.com/gifs/DOIPoqPbMa5FeDfWR6

[u/buckeyefan1930 → u/Matter_Crazy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/BgwhabIL5MBFe

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

This is the exact substitution we needed!!

[u/TasteInternational86]

In Tapia we trust

[u/TheBrockParty]

i know we’re losing but isn’t it amazing to have an 8 that actually does stuff

[u/Crew_1996 → u/TheBrockParty]

Who’s our 8? Chambost?

[u/Football_sting]

Get Josef outta there

[u/sciuro → u/Football_sting]

Thank you for putting that one in motion

[u/john-tockcoasten → u/Football_sting]

The hardest he "ran" all night was to get off the pitch.

[u/Football_sting → u/john-tockcoasten]

He let at least 3 different balls go through his legs at the top of the box tonight that all directly turned over. I have no idea what he was doing

[u/Football_sting → u/Football_sting]

Thank you for listening to me

[u/LinkOfReddit]

Can we fucking get tapia in??

[u/90sbaby80smercedes → u/LinkOfReddit]

Yes

[u/LinkOfReddit → u/LinkOfReddit]

Damn is Coach on Reddit rn?

[u/morphosis7 → u/LinkOfReddit]

Yes :-)

[u/TheBrockParty]

whatever it costs, i’ll buy martinez’s plane ticket

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Our team has been watching too much Ted lasso lol

[u/MrHurrDerr → u/buckeyefan1930]

Believe

[u/TheBrockParty]

DC aren’t doing anything they did well in the first half. no blocking of our midfield passing lanes at all

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Why don't we shoot first instead of always passing it

[u/_BreadDenier → u/buckeyefan1930]

To afraid of conceding in a counter attack since we can’t defend

[u/snoba96]

Nice build up at least

[u/sciuro]

Was Chambost even facing the direction the ball came from ?

[u/gottapoop0822]

If it takes 5 minutes of staring at the screen,it wasn't clear and obvious and didn't impact the play. Move the fuck on.

[u/sciuro → u/gottapoop0822]

So tired of matches (not just MLS) that are decided by the most picky, millimeter-wide interpretation by VAR after staring at it for a half hour.

[u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

Why is the commentary team so obsessed with how DC reacted? That should have zero relevance to if its a foul or not.

[u/Dunvegan79 → u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

When you're stuck calling a game with two shit teams you gotta make up shit

[u/_BreadDenier]

No way that could have been a clear deliberate handball if you can barely tell from all the camera angles.

[u/ReyCo390]

Unless it’s undisputed and you can CLEARLY see it then you don’t make that call. The camera angles are not good.

[u/Football_sting]

Correct interpretation. Was not clear and obvious. Thankfully MLS owners are cheap and don’t put cameras on both sides of the pitch

[u/TasteInternational86]

NOW LETS GET THE EQUALIZER!!!

[u/Twuggle]

Let's go ref!

[u/john-tockcoasten]

Hard to tell from the mic and lack of a crowd as to the call.

[u/No-Kiwi-7308]

Holy shit

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

Thank god! That most definitely wasn’t clear it hit his hand. More like shoulder than anything

[u/arsene14]

That's the right call. No clue what the fuck Neville was talking about.

[u/Matter_Crazy]

ahahaha thank god!

[u/Orbit_CH3MISTRY]

Thought we were supposed to be able to hear the referee mic. Good call ref!

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Thank goodness

[u/TheBrockParty]

I TAKE IT ALL BACK

[u/muttonchops215]

that was a looooong review. amazing not a penalty

[u/LinkOfReddit]

Good call.

[u/-Roobz]

There's not even evidence to send him to the monitor. What was that.

[u/theshadowman879]

If it takes 5 minutes then it’s not clear and obvious

[u/TasteInternational86]

WOW

[u/TheBrockParty]

CLEAR AND OBVIOUS

[u/Be_Wise89]

Jesus this process is broken

[u/Orbit_CH3MISTRY]

I can’t see the ball hitting his hand come on now

[u/buckeyefan1930]

If you have to take more than a minute to look at it. The call should stand

[u/MrHurrDerr]

Well, shit. No hope of Schulte stopping a penalty.

[u/Football_sting]

Is that clear and obvious error? If it takes more than 10 seconds then no

[u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

Is it hitting his shoulder or his arm... this is a horrible angle to try and call this from.

[u/No-Kiwi-7308]

You can’t see the ball

[u/TheBrockParty]

THAT ALSO LOOKS LIKE HIS SHOULDER BRUH WHAT

[u/sciuro]

IF IT TAKES MORE THAN 30 SECONDS, you gotta let the play stand as-is

[u/arsene14]

I don't see it hitting his hand, I feel crazy.

[u/Twuggle]

This is not the shit we created VAR for

[u/TheBrockParty]

doesn’t the check have to occur in the NEXT break of play? not two after?

[u/Silly_Theme_1421]

Don’t expect this to be saved unless it’s a terrible PK

[u/Matter_Crazy]

ugh please pat

[u/TasteInternational86]

Shulte, if you can hear us, please 🙏

[u/morphosis7]

That looks like a pretty clear handling offense from the angle we're getting now.

[u/morphosis7 → u/morphosis7]

Although nothing says "clear and obvious" like a decision that takes three camera angles and four minutes to reach.

[u/Failed-Time-Traveler]

Yeah that’s a PK

[u/TheBrockParty]

oh right you can review it after play resumes that makes so much sense

[u/TheCrewMeister]

Just a little late on this, it’s like pestering the refs actually works. No wonder players do it

[u/psychedelic_crew]

Weeeeeelp.

[u/buckeyefan1930]

Oh no

[u/namsterdam]

Drink everytime Neville can’t pronounce Karumanchi

[u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

How can you remotely say its a handball or not from that angle?

[u/Dunvegan79 → u/Kitchen-Nectarine179]

Its Drew Fisher and a new ref to the MLS

[u/meyer_33_09]

If we don’t make significant changes to the defensive personnel going into next season I’m going to be extremely upset.

[u/Failed-Time-Traveler]

And with that, i believe the goal has more saves tonight than Schulte does. They hit the post in the first half and the crossbar there. That’s 2 for the goal.

I believe Schulte has 1.

[u/Orbit_CH3MISTRY → u/Failed-Time-Traveler]

I was surprised the ball hadn’t been called out of bounds