So, about those guys in orange …
By: Sean | May 20th, 2008
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 Señor White wandered around the field berating a first-time MLS ref for 30 minutes, Houston buckled down. Meanwhile, the Fire just looked disinterested.
That the Dynamo were sharp enough mentally after 82 minutes to spontaneously get forward for a quick restart shows the kind of grit I’m talking about. Forcing yourself to concentrate isn’t easy, and it’s only learned by doing. By the time Boswell knocked it in, I had the feeling the boys in red were thinking as much about the official and Blanco’s reactions to him as the game actually being played.
A disturbing way to lose a game, to be sure, but it could be important. Can the Fire learn the habit of concentration? Can Blanco intuit when he’s not helping, and will he care? This is a season with everything on the table. No trophy is out of reach. Now what?
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