Saturday, March 3, 2018

Orlando City 1 - 1 DC United and Saturday Roundup

AOC got another assist today.  It's amazing what a little coaching can do.  There were some other games in the EPL too, but who cares?  I just hope Stoke gets relegated.

Szczesny was all smiles on the sideline hugging his new dad Gigi after Juve got a last minute winner at the Stadio Olimpico over Lazio.  Since Roma defeated Napoli 4-2 in Naples later, Juve is a point behind Napoli and has a snow-delayed game in hand, it's looking good for them.  I believe Juventus is home for their remaining game.  Just as in the EPL, there will be a mad scramble for the last ECL slot.  At least one of Inter, Roma, and Lazio will miss out.  Milan has a decent shot at making it too.

DC managed to bottle an easy three points tonight after getting a 1-0 lead (having missed a penalty earlier) and going a man up for a deserved red on the oddly named PC.  United looked a bit dodgy for the remainder of the half, and in the second, they were terrible.  Orlando deserved more than the point they earned with a too-easy equalizer in stoppage time.  I don't think I've ever seen a worse performance from United, given the situation.  They couldn't keep the ball and they could not prevent chance after chance for the undermanned Orlando.  The 11 men always get a few breakaway chances when the 10 men are pressing, but DC never looked like scoring on them, constantly making wrong decisions or failing to attack the goal.  It's going to be another long, painful season if they don't improve dramatically.

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