Sunday, July 2, 2017

It's Becoming A Chore To Watch The Revs


A few days after a nice Open Cup win, the Revs were back in MLS action, visiting Philly and the Union. I guess I've been in a bit of denial this season, but the Eastern Conference standing that FS1 showed before the game woke me up. The Union went into the game in 10th place. The Revs, 9th. Actually bad! Classic Revs to have so much potential and completely piss down their legs (so far).

Looking at the Revs lineup, it was, well, a lineup...
A real interesting backline with Donnie Smith and Joshua Smith getting starts with Anguoa and Farrell, while Delamea and Tierney starting on the bench. Koffie somehow back from international duty with Ghana, even though he didn't play last night against the USA. Watson and Bunbury also get rare starts. The Revs were a bit depleted, with Kelyn Rowe and Juan Agudelo on international duty with the US, and Diego and Daigo out.

Right from the jump...


CJ Sapong puts it home from the spot.


THIS TEAM MAKES ME DRINK.

Philly almost made it two in the 9th minute, thankfully Cody Cropper made a great save to rush out and slide tackle the ball out of harms way.

Kei Kamara had a decent chance from a Bunbury strip-and-pass, but couldn't finish. Credit to Philly keeper Andre Blake for his positioning and quick close down time, but Kamara just cannot finish for shit.

CJ Sapong has always played well against us and nearly made it two (again), but Cropper came up with a another huge stop (again).

SCISSOR KICK!!!

There was minimal contact from Kei to Onyewu, but that absolutely could have been horrible.   Onyewu is super lucky he didn't get a cleat to the face.

Opening minutes of the second half annnnnnnndddddd.....


What a finish. This team still makes me drink.

Not that it would have even mattered but Philly had another good break that Andrew Farrell was able to track down and beautifully slide tackle out of bounds.

One thing that has been slightly annoying is the FS1 announcers saying Koffie like Coffee instead of Koh-fee.

Nail in the coffin...



This is where I will say Cuncel da Saeson without formally Cunceling da Saeson.

As much as I love Juan and especially Kelyn getting the call-up and Kelyn getting his first cap with the USMNT, we NEED them in order to be successful. It's so apparent they influence our play just as much as Lee or Diego. Kei Kamara is no longer a focal point of an MLS team. So without Diego or Kelyn or Juan, Philly was able to focus solely on Lee and snuff out his creativity.

I also think I have one foot on the Heaps Out Train. He needs to light a fire under this team, and needs to do it by Wednesday, or else his job and this season will be sunk before July ends.

Basically it's exactly as the title describes, this team has become a chore to watch when you haven't been tailgating for hours beforehand. They can't finish, continue to have defensive lapses, especially when Toni isn't in, and have the most frustrating potential ever. It's torturous. WE HAVE ZERO (0) ROAD WINS THIS SEASON. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE???? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON???

Man of the Match
Nah. Andrew Farrell was a bright spot of sorts with a few really good tackles, but no way am I giving this award out.

Next up: Red Bull at home on July 5. Whatever.

REVS 0-3 PHILLY
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