Speaking of the comical lighting situation for the game. I am standing here at the 69 st station waiting for my bus (yeah more freaking city budget cut gear grinder), I notice that the park and ride lot is better lit than the ATCO field. That's another irony in itself, ATCO Energy can't even keep their stadium bright enough....
Sorry that I am ranting and charting into drunkpuck.com territory....
The lighting was atrocious -- only bad part of the experience. Still, seems like such an easy fix. Must have looked awful on TV
I actually loaded up OneSoccer on my phone to compare it to real life. The cameras adjusted quite well and it looked acceptable on the stream. In person - let’s just say that the club should have been better prepared, but they are actually pretty good at correcting their mistakes.
The heroic floodlight is a metaphor for our little cup run. Standing tall, trying its best against a massive task. A classic underdog. In the end its lumens just couldn’t quite illuminate the entire pitch, but we are thankful for what we were able to see.
That was a fun little run though. If someone had told me that we’d host two MLS clubs this summer, I would not have believed them. And I love that there was no rolling over and submitting to Montreal.
Onward!
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For me Buescher was the man of the match until his legs fell off with about 5-10 minutes to go. Pasquotti was also excellent out there, Zator rose to the occasion as well.
I feel we really missed Brown and Camargo our there. We needed a worker in the middle of the pitch to try and open things up. Almost all the attacks came down the right side and unfortunately Escalante and Malonga couldn’t open things up on the other side.
It’s a shame we couldn’t convert one of our many corners, had a couple good headers off them.
Rest up, get healthy, beat Edmonton. Shame I’m at a wedding and won’t be there
Such a fun experience at Spruce Meadows last night. Will definitely come for a couple more games this year, and will seriously consider getting a game pack or season tickets for next year.
The shuttle service from Rose and Crown was phenomenal too.
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Disappointing draw.
So so call on the offside goal called back on Minatel. The defender kicked it out and bounced of a Cavs player, to Minatel, who was in offside position, if he got fed from a Cavs player, so imo should be not offside.
So so call on handball off a free kick. Very very close.
Malonga looked poor again. Best chance was his last kick he pulled wide, but didn’t cause any problem inthe 70 minutes I saw. Really really missing Brown as an option. Pebble came on but he’s overwhelmed.
Hamilton looked great and used pace, and Pasquotti really good, again also down the right side. As usual, his throw ins and the trouble he caused from them set up most of the Cavs chances, directly or indirectly.
Cavs also had a couple chances that needed a bounce, but got lucky in first half after a bad couple minutes of Edm hitting post and not converting rebound, and then a follow up sequence.
Paulus running on the field after the refs at the final whistle was exactly what you’d expect from a whiny team from Edmonton.
But, that’s 3 games now without a goal; as mentioned, Malonga a big part of that as he’s not able to run at defenders, not winning headers, and not hitting th net when he manages to get a clear shot. Chances are coming from Pasquotti throws and set peices, again, directly or because those had Edmonton hemmed in and scrambling, but Cavs couldn’t put it away.
Missing Camargo too. Elijah in the midfield is doing what he can, but he too is a bit overmatched for a #10, with some bad giveaways to boot today. Overall not a determinant and put into a tough position for a young guy, and certainly playing more defensive then being an offensive catalyst. Maybe that’s what’s missing for service to Malonga, but Cavs have to figure it out and put some behind goalkeepers.
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Nice to see Joel Waterman again. He's got excellent composure on the ball, and he adds a bit of pace that some of the more central defenders don't have. Nathan Mavila was solid, too.
Four games in ten days...hopefully they enjoy a bit of downtime this weekend.
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Nice to see Joel Waterman again. He's got excellent composure on the ball, and he adds a bit of pace that some of the more central defenders don't have. Nathan Mavila was solid, too.
Four games in ten days...hopefully they enjoy a bit of downtime this weekend.
Waterman back is huge as they can finally rotate some defenders and won’t have to rely on Trafford as much now
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York 9 here, which hopefully get get some goal scoring confidenceback, but then travelling to the Forge next weekend to take on 11 players, 3 officials, and whatever new rules CanPl put in place between now and then. Forge can go top of table with a win today as well, so it will be a meaningful game next weekend.
And oh yeah, the same people from the Forge that the CSA and CanPl are somehow still looking into from the racism allegations from the last game almost 3 months are still in the mix, left unpunished to this point, so that could cause some additional spice.
Forge do play Thursday at home in Concacf league, which means they will be a bit tired (though my guess is some Honduran club side isn't quite the same level as an Mls team like the Impact, where we had to play 3 days after that) , though the CanPl may deem next weekend "Forge Appreciation Weekend" and postpone the game until a date where it falls a day or two after a Cavalry game.
