Kenny Cooper played like a man possessed.
But is he on his way out? This Toro would hate to lose him, but his performance vs. the LA Beckhams was among the most inspiring sights of the Hoops’ 2008 campaign. In 100+ degree heat, up against a team which had taken us to the woodshed (to the tune of 10 goals against) the past two times out, with Toja all but gone and a team of Pips, rookies, and scrubeenies (Pitch, Wileman, Dello-Russo, Avila, all of whom played well) backing him up, he gave us something to remember: 9 shots, 2 goals, and all of his heart.
Will he or won’t he go? A couple of tea leaves to read:
- KC Sr. was crying on TV at the end of the game.
[Verdict: Going. Anyone who was at the game was too dehydrated to waste moisture if it wasn't a truly worthy moment.] - KC Jr. went and got the gameball.
[Verdict: Inconclusive. He could have been giving it to Schellas, who recorded his first MLS win.] - He went andthanked theInferno for their support and gave away his jersey.
[Verdict: Inconclusive. He's done this before after big results. But it was poignant, nonetheless.] - Klein of the Gals went up to him after the match and asked him a question. KC shrugged with his giant (and very expressive) shoulders, and clearly said “I don’t know.”
[Verdict: Unclear. He may not really know where he's going.] - 2 goals? Playing like a beast?
[Verdict: Unclear: KC is the Chuck Norris of MLS.] - The rest of the team playing out of their gourds? Pitch playing like he was the answer at fullback?
[Verdict: Staying. It could have been due to the fact that: (pick one)- (A) Schellas is a master motivator
- (B) the team was fired up after getting their coach fired with their performance last time out
- (C) Hitch bought a win from Don Garber with the Toja money, or
- (D) they were showing some heart in the face of adversity.
I doubt if you get that fired up just because your leading scorer's going off to Cardiff, however. But then again, what do I know?]
Final score? 4-0, Dallas. Nothing else matters right now.
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Pitch played center-back. Pitch at full back would be scary, going 1-on-1 with Landon Donovan.
But Wales? Wales?
BTW, its 10:30pm and I just got home, so don’t be expecting a MMP tomorrow morning. This will serve as the official notice. You’ll just have to wait. Be strong.
The set of fullbacks includes the set of CBs, no? At least that’s what they taught me in Prep school… Then again, I played soccer in American HS, which means nothing in the real world of *football*, right?
It’s funny but someone brought this up to me the other day. The only time I heard the word full backup used as a position was in rugby, but I believe in the US that full backup simply means defender.
I’m used to right backup, left back, centre half/centre back and sweeper.. but there’s some debate as to what a sweeper does these days.
Great game.. unfortunately for my wife they don’t get Fox Sports SW at Baylor Hospital, so she’ll have to watch the taped edition.
Yeah, we used to play an archaic 4-2-3-1 at school: 4 “fullbacks” (a LB, a SW, a CB, and an RB), what amounted to 5 mids (2 CDMs, (which we called ‘rovers’) whose job was to essentially pad the back line and to help get the ball forward), 2 wings, and a CAM (which we called a ‘link’), and a striker.
http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2008/07/cooper-headed-t.html#more
Seems to be almost a done deal now
Yes, well . . . supposedly JT was gone before the LA game, then after . . . and now the deal is possibly stalled (or not — I guess we should know eventually). So nothing is done until it’s done/final/officially announced/signed in ink. If I’ve learned anything the past several weeks, it’s to not believe everything (anything?) I read.
Well.. currently the deal if off according to Hitch.. So.. here we go again.