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Halftime thoughts: Fire v. Toros Rojos
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Thanking God briefly for rojadirecta.com …
- Chad Barrett finished his first chance with the calm and touch of a real, honest-to-goodness forward. Given his already outstanding work rate and strength on the ball, is this the sign that Barrett is here to stay? I’m shocked and delighted.
- If you wagered anything on [...]
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Fire v. Evil: The emo preview
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So here it finally frickin’ is. A chance to snap a few (metaphorical and emotional! Ha! Haha! Heh. Eh…) tibias, a chance to show those febrile Dwellers in the Swamp that their man-parts are insufficient, etc. … and yet. And yet.
I hear rumblings that Wilman Conde is playing very well, and Lider Marmol will be [...]
Category: Team NewsNFR: It sure could be worse.
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So I’m working on a post about the down side of the Fire’s first quarter of the season, trying to think how to handle the fact that I’ve repeatedly called Chicago d-mid Wilman Conde a catamite, and now he might be here a while … well, what the hell. DC!! United!! There’s a Wednesday night [...]
Category: Team NewsFire at the quarter-pole
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…and into the first corner goes the pack … the Crew, yellow livery gleaming, a full length now on the Fire, who are nudged by the horse in orange and stumble slightly …
One-fourth of the season is in the can. The shape of the team has become much clearer, too. This is a hard-working team, [...]
Category: Team NewsSo, about those guys in orange …
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Welcome back, everyone. Since last we left our heroes, the Fire have risen in the MLS consciousness from ‘Blanco’s team’ to ‘Uh-oh.’ The defense looked impregnable, the midfield was working somehow, and going forward we’d create 6 to 8 fantastic chances a game.
Then came the Dyna-DynaDynamo-Dynamo, who administered a sharp lesson in championship grit: While [...]
Category: Team NewsI defeat Bret Michaels in the metaphor Olympiad
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Bret Michaels once noted that every rose has its thorn … and he’s gone on to note it every day since, several times. All it’s gotten him is millions of dollars and a show on MTV where hookers compete for his affection. Loser. I’m going to best Mr. Michaels by using this ‘every rose has [...]
Category: Team NewsAn embarrassment of riches
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There’s always that moment during a game when I think to myself, “That’s it,” putting a marker down on the isolated eyeblink that swung the game, or was emblematic of the situation that decided it. And then, yesterday, I kept thinking it, over and over again. Frustrating.
The Fire, at this point, look like a team [...]
Category: Team News3-0 stops wee Stevie’s whining
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Now, after a month of wondering, we know the answer to Steve Nicol’s week 2 puzzler: How would the Revs do against the Fire, at even strength, without the subtle favor that home-field lends, without that terribly unjust and egregiously over-reaching *sob* red card? How much of the 4-0 thrashing did those factors account for?
Now [...]
Category: Team NewsYeah, baby … yeah!
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In a parity league, it’s good to be the best above-average team.
MLS is all about parity, as they attempt to learn from the NASL. (Ever notice how the money men take the crudest lessons? Would it be too much to say “growing the sport entire should be the primary focus” as an adjunct to “a [...]
Category: Team NewsTonight, the Revs; tomorrow, tba
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Ok, finally that ‘opening month’ thing is behind us. It’s likely the next couple of weeks will either expose the Fire as a team with some growing to do, or reveal a group ready to challenge for league supremacy.
Since losing to NobodyBeatsTheWiz, though, the Fire have had a couple of decent weeks off the field. [...]
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