The one where we have at least Juan reason to he hopeful

1: First half was very much the story of the season. The first half of the season anyhow. We were in complete control of the match. Quality chances created. Couldn’t find a goal. Even with a PK chance. The team did look better and more cohesive with Dwyer up top and Araujo more out wide. Luiz even looked better tonight, even with missing the PK. Why is that? Does it have something to do with Josef not being there? We could speculate all day, but to my eyes, we looked like more a unit today than we have in any prior match for a long time. 

 

2: Gudiño is not comfortable with the ball at his feet at all. Unless he’s got time and is under no pressure, his distribution isn’t great. He just kinda hacked at the ball the few times he was under some pressure. It’s a problem and not someone we will probably be able to look to long term unless we completely change the way we play and become a team that wants to play direct and hit on the counter. 

 

3: Help us Obi-Juan, you’re our only hope. The first player to hit a hatty with his head in this league since 2010. What an addition he’s been to this team. For all the criticisms the FO gets, some justified, some not, credit has to be given when they get things right. He’s one they’ve gotten right. When people talk about “wiping the slate clean” you really wanna get rid of players like him? 🤷‍♂️ I think we thought he’d be a solid presence in the back and offer up some much needed leadership but I don’t know if we expected him to be the aerial threat that he is. That’s a great weapon to have. If it’s not going our way and we’re finding chances hard to come by, let’s take the ball down and win some corners and give him a chance to go up and win it. 

 

4: I really really like Mosquera. I’d like to see what we can do as a starter. He’s bringing that intense 20 minute injury, fighting for every ball using his insane speed. Could he spread that out over 90? Is he better suited in that Jake Mulraney super sub type role? Something tells me he’s got a bit more to give and good potentially be a really vital component of this team going forward into next year. 

 

5: This was good. Is it too late? Mathematically no. Realistically? I still think it’s too steep a mountain to climb. Tonight gets us a little purchase on the playoff chase slope, but the incline certainly gets steeper than Toronto. Toronto was also missing several key players. So, another good performance against a less than great team. Now we have to go on a run the likes of which we haven’t seen 2019.