Post by account_disabled on Apr 29, 2024 6:48:35 GMT -5
Such was the text that pinged this author’s phone shortly after the Boys in Blue took a point from the soulless cavern that is Gillette Stadium. A brief scroll through Union Twitterverse on the night or through the comment sections of this site’s own Match Report confirmed the friend’s sentiments: few fans were happy with what they saw, on multiple dimensions, from the team’s return to play after the MLS is Back Tournament.
From this seat, the draw looked like some old school defensive pragmatism and the net effect of trying to have control of a soccer ball on the worst turf in professional sports.
Either way, points are points. For those rubbed raw, perhaps this piece will be a balm.
“When everyone’s super… no one will be”
This statement by Disney villain Syndrome is about knocking the great ones down a peg. It also applies in the case of MLS, where salary caps, weird schedules, and general “That’s so MLS”-iness levels the proverbial playing field just as evenly.
So the Union weren’t great, but two things were Denmark Email List true from this round of matches.
THING ONE: The third season of 2020’s Major League Soccer campaign started off with a “meh” everywhere
There has been some terrible attacking soccer being played since MLS teams went back into their home markets.
If current results hold in these next 20 minutes, 12 of the 20 sides who have competed in the 10 games played so far have been shut out. That’s not great.
— MLS Buzz (@mls_Buzz) August 22, 2020
That probably doesn’t make the reader feel any better, but here’s the point: scoring a goal is hard, requiring its own minor miracle in almost every instance.
From this seat, the draw looked like some old school defensive pragmatism and the net effect of trying to have control of a soccer ball on the worst turf in professional sports.
Either way, points are points. For those rubbed raw, perhaps this piece will be a balm.
“When everyone’s super… no one will be”
This statement by Disney villain Syndrome is about knocking the great ones down a peg. It also applies in the case of MLS, where salary caps, weird schedules, and general “That’s so MLS”-iness levels the proverbial playing field just as evenly.
So the Union weren’t great, but two things were Denmark Email List true from this round of matches.
THING ONE: The third season of 2020’s Major League Soccer campaign started off with a “meh” everywhere
There has been some terrible attacking soccer being played since MLS teams went back into their home markets.
If current results hold in these next 20 minutes, 12 of the 20 sides who have competed in the 10 games played so far have been shut out. That’s not great.
— MLS Buzz (@mls_Buzz) August 22, 2020
That probably doesn’t make the reader feel any better, but here’s the point: scoring a goal is hard, requiring its own minor miracle in almost every instance.