Austin FC

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Verde! Cascante! 1-nil in the 6th!

[Chips O'Toole 1316]

1-0 Verde!

Cascante header off a corner in the 7th minute. SJ defended that corner poorly. 

1-1. WTF. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Welp. That was a Charlie Fox. 1-1.

[shadow_operative 15931]

 

[Mittens 8147]

Ha! That was quick, eh?

[shadow_operative 15931]

that's the flukiest goal i've seen in a long time.

[TexasMan 10785]

A Texas hopper does us in 

[Chips O'Toole 1316]

Ridiculous shot by SJ to go up 2-1. Wow. 

[shadow_operative 15931]

i said got damn. 👀 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

....um...... helluva shot and now down 2-1

[TexasMan 10785]

Goddamn. What an incredible goal. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Driussi with a bad touch and then a booking for simulation. Not looking like our night at least early...

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Verde!! X2!

Nice team set up... great finish by Driusi.

Honors even at 2.

[Mittens 8147]

4G in 25' is kinda fun

[ztejas 43244]

Like candy from a baby. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Stuuuuuuu!

[ztejas 43244]

Wtf is that advantage call? 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Wtf is that advantage call? 

I was just coming to ask the same thing....

[RamjetFDO 10554]

I do like Michael Lahoud as a commentator. His analysis just then about our midfield losing the plot and not keeping shape leading to these SJ attacks was very good.

[ztejas 43244]

Just give him the trophy. 

[Chips O'Toole 1316]

That was a hockey goal. 

[A-Tex Devil 2444]

Gabrielson is unsung given the rest of his back line.  He’s really good.  Not sure there are many CBs outside WZ and Chiallini in MLS that are better than him.  

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Verde!!! X3!

Driusi/MVP!

[Mittens 8147]

That's how you close a half!

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Stuuuuuuuu!

[RamjetFDO 10554]

[ztejas 43244]

Fagundez really sells the shit out of those Chevys. 

[Chips O'Toole 1316]

What a bonkers game so far. Just tons of action and some zaniness. 

[blacklab 11841]

What a game. 
first time here in person. What a great little stadium. 
 

we need to stop the long passes. I think we’re 0-7 on controlling goal kicks and 0-5 on long passes from left to right side. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

What a game. 
first time here in person. What a great little stadium. 

It really is.

Everyone needs to make the effort to attend at least one match at Q2.

[ztejas 43244]

Finlay's had a nice little game. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Pretty sloppy little spell from both teams here.

[ztejas 43244]

Man we are playing some lazy D. Wake up Verdes. 

[ztejas 43244]

Fal'on d floor nominee right there. 

[ztejas 43244]

Feels like we need a 4th. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Feels like we need a 4th. 

Should've been there

[ztejas 43244]

That's an awkward finish. You'd expect that to be on frame, though. 

[ztejas 43244]

Get Ring a breather Josh. 

and/or Pereira. 

Edited August 7, 2022 by ztejas

[ztejas 43244]

Jesus can anyone put one on frame? 

[A-Tex Devil 2444]

So this may be Redes’ last game given Rigoni showing up.  Let’s root for the kid. 

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Handbags!

[RamjetFDO 10554]

Welp. Sloppy D... leave points on the pitch.

[ztejas 43244]

That's just terrible from Wolff. 

[ztejas 43244]

And Redes has been fucking atrocious. Don't understand the subs tonight but whatever. 

[CooterBrown 17875]

I knew we were fucked when we took out all three players that can actually score. I don’t think sitting on a lead has ever worked for us. We are not good enough on defense to go prevent. They didn’t even know what to do once SJ equalized.

[The Maestro 749]

We’ve done this every time we’ve played SJ.  
 

Wolff subbing off all of our competent attackers means we have to play defense and we didn’t   Come on corch!

[Ghost of LL 15348]

That result was exactly what was deserved.

[blacklab 11841]

My 12yo and I had a great time. He's been dying to go to a game forever and I'm glad we finally did. 

He tossed a beanbag right in the hole on his first try and won a hat at the Ford display outside before the game.

We paid $25 to park at 2201 Donley. There was plenty of street parking available around there at 7pm. I'm sure the city charges something stupid to park there but it would have been way easier to get out had we parked on the street rather than the lot we did. Going to park on the street next time.

Prices in the stadium for concessions are fucking insane. $7 for a 20oz bottle of coke, $19 for brisket nachos. I honestly do not ever remember paying this much at any venue in my life.

Stadium is so small there really isn't a bad seat in the house. People in the south endzone are nuts. So much energy in the stadium.

Fucking team were idiots tonight. So different watching the game live rather than TV. TV is way too focused in on the ball, so great in person to see plays develop and see people open. I swear there were a dozen or so times someone was running free on the wing and rather than passing out just dribbled strait into 3 people and lost the ball. 

Need to work on long kicks. We lost 90% of the long balls. San Jose was not putting huge pressure on, just fucking kick goal kicks short and work it up.

The last goal was so stupid. 3 dudes allow a guy to cross without closing him out. Either park the bus in back or continue to attack. The half ass whatever the fuck that was cost us the win.

 

[BrickHorn 18176]

10 hours ago, ztejas said:

And Redes has been fucking atrocious. Don't understand the subs tonight but whatever. 

 

10 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

I knew we were fucked when we took out all three players that can actually score. I don’t think sitting on a lead has ever worked for us. We are not good enough on defense to go prevent. They didn’t even know what to do once SJ equalized.

 

9 hours ago, The Maestro said:

We’ve done this every time we’ve played SJ.  
 

Wolff subbing off all of our competent attackers means we have to play defense and we didn’t   Come on corch!

 

9 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

That result was exactly what was deserved.

All of this. Terrible substitutions cost us two points.

[A-Tex Devil 2444]

Thoughts -

- So I am surprised Washington isn't getting more run.  He looked good against Red Bull.  

- As I stated upthread, I imagine that is Redes last game of any real run.  Finlay will give way to Rigoni, but still be valuable off the bench.  Redes is buried with Stroud.

- Urruti is still our best up top, unless we move Driussi up there, but I would like to see Moose and Hoesen get some opportunities to start.  

- I am ready for Valencia to come back at CDM or to move Ring back there,   Is he still hurt or just benched?    Perreira has promise as an above average MLS player, but he's got ADD or something.  I've never seen a guy get the ball taken from him when he gets it as much as he does.  No awareness of the guys closing in on him when he receives a pass.  But we need more consistency back there, so I'll lose the runs upfield Danny gives us for possession and lack of turnovers in the back.  

- Finally, we need to find a way to get fucking Zan on the field more.  When behind against Red Bull, we had him and Gallagher on field as outside backs together.  That's probably not ideal, but both are smart players.  I really like Gallagher, despite that one horrible, horrible game earlier this summer.  

Dropped two more points to LAFC this weekend and they have a game in hand.  Pretty comfortably ahead of third place Dallas so we can get a home game in playoffs, but supporters shield looking tougher and tougher even if we win in two weeks.  Need 3 points next week, no excuses.