The one where we Nick’d a result

1: Tyler Wolff’s goal to salary ratio is getting more and more impressive. He’s got a goal scorers instinct. Tonight he did show other areas of his game that need developing and that’s completely ok. Things he needs to learn can be taught, things he already has cannot. 

 

2: Good quick response to going down early. Not something we’ve done a lot of actually lately. Usually takes us a while to get going and respond. NYC tried to pull a Memphis 901 and press a young rotated side and to their credit, it worked for them. But we didn’t fold. We didn’t collapse. We kept fighting and we dug out a draw and in truth, we had plenty of opportunities to even take all 3. 

 

3: Ibarra and Purata were excellent defensively. Goal saving interventions from both and consistent all night. The run from Purata in stoppage time to tackle AND win the ball was particularly impressive. Making those kinds of runs and efforts is huge, and not just for what winning the ball does in that moment but for what it does in terms of upping the will and fight of the rest of the team when you’re chasing the game. 

 

4: Not for the first, second or even third time, a late sub decision from Pineda gets us a result. Cristen and I were both asking the question, why not a little earlier tho. It didn’t feel like the goal was coming so let’s make the change at 75 or even 80. I mean if we’re chasing and only have the kids, F it, let’s give them a little more time to try to get something out of the game. BUT, we did get the goal and thus the draw so kinda hard to say it wasn’t the right choice. 

 

5: Like Blink 182 we stayed together for the kids. All things considered, I think we have to be happy with that performance and content with the result. It’s certainly miles above what we showed the last time we were missing a large contingent of players and the youth really showed up and showed out tonight. Wolff continues to make his case for starting and if you haven’t been watching Firmino play with the 2’s you should. He’s been finding the net with regularity and I had a feeling he was gonna have something to say tonight. The kids are alright.