Saturday, April 11, 2009

Playing Not to Lose

Well, the Quakes did score 3 goals today (Johnson, Convey, Alvarez), but so did Chicago. Ball control for the Q's was inconsistent, including some awful passing at times. What bothered me the most was that it seemed so clearly that when the Quakes had a one goal lead (2x), they sat back and tried to play defense in a way that I can only describe as "playing not to lose". Two of the three goals scored by Chicago were not the fault of Joe C - the defense let him down horribly.

We did get one point, but it was still hard to take. Plus - there were so many Blanco fans there. Didn't feel like any home field advantage.

Up Next week: LA Galaxy at the Oakland Coliseum

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