I know that this story is a few days old, but I really think that the goof-up that led to the equalizer from Monarcas was due to the inexperience of those guys in the center of defense.
Cochrane is pretty young. Ianni will be a good defender, but he's a new introduction to a back four who are solid mostly because they know each other so well. Then you have Wells in the net instead of an authority like Onstead who would have screamed at somebody if needed. It's no wonder that Waibel felt that he needed to get involved in the central coverage. Still, it was he who stood over the ball and had every chance to clear it. Morelia had not looked dangerous on set pieces.
I'm not sure why Pat was out. Robinson came out because Morelia was putting a beat-down on him and the ref seemed to be encouraging bloodshed.
Morelia looked the more skilled squad for most of the game, but they didn't deserve the goal that the Dynamo handed them.
Posted to Games and Sport at July 31, 2007 1:46 PM