Another Game, another meltdown

The Union once again outplayed their opponents. They have been dominating in the midfield and upfront in their first 4 games. With half their games being played a man down they never seemed out of the game and were always one pass away from scoring. At the end of the first half the games was a nil-nil draw.

The second half started out well. The 50Th minute saw a beautiful cross from the Red Bulls enter the box and Salou headed in the first goal of the game for a 1-0 Red Bull lead. Seitz could have made a play on the ball, but he hesitated too long and swatted his arm in a pathetic attempt to clear it. The ball fell to Salou who made a simple head strike.

Nine minutes later, Sebastion LeToux tied the game on a brilliant pass from Moreno on the left side. Moreno crossed the ball brilliantly from the right to a charging Le Toux who instead of crossing into the Red Bull defenders stayed outside and nailed it for a 1-1 score.

We had life back in the game until yet another back four melt down occured. The preseason strength of the team is now turning into a crutch. The Red Bulls crossed a ball into the box and Union defender Orozco lept to head it out and hit it with an over stretched arm. Penalty kick to the Red Bulls, second penalty kick allowed in as many games. I have no idea what Orozco was thinking. Looking back on the replay, it was a clear penalty and another Peter Nowak poorly coached melt down.

With Seitz in goal it was an easy Red Bull Penalty kick for a 2-1 lead in the game. The game ended 2-1 to the Red Bulls. As the announcer said: "Same old story for the Union." They are their worst enemy. Though I will say that Seitz played well, except for the mental mistake that lead to the first goal. He was composed at the back and the defenders passed well to him and he was cool under pressure.

As usual another poorly coached and undiscilplined team from Nowak lost another game. The Union have talent, they control the ball well and counter attack brilliantly. They are a team to be feared. They need discipline. They need to stop making these costly mistakes. We dropped points today. We dropped points against Toronto too. Crucial road points that mean a lot to a team that has so many road games in the beginning. Now I know what it means to be a Liverpool fan.

GO UNION