Some More Thoughts on the Galaxy-Crew Game
By: Laurie | October 4th, 2007I finally got to watch most of the first half of Sunday’s game. And since there is NOTHING going on in Galaxy-land this week, aside from David Beckham working hard to kick the ball around without getting reinjured, I thought I’d offer up a thought or two.
– Boy, that Troy Roberts goal was flukey, wasn’t it? I’ve watched it a few times and I’m still not sure what body part caused it to dribble into the net. (Kind of like Nate Jaqua’s one and only goal awhile back.) I have to credit bad Crew defense more than stellar Galaxy offense, but whatever. We’ll take it.
– The second goal, though? The one by Kyle Martino? Really pretty. Hey, all you Martino haters! He can dribble past defenders and blast it directly in the goal. And that nutmeg on the way into the goal made it even more fun to watch. For me at least.
– And to continue along those lines, I found it touching how many fans Kyle still has in Columbus. His goal got almost as many cheers as the Crew goal. (Question for you: Are there any former players you’d cheer for if they scored against your team?)
– Something the mom in me noticed. A few weeks ago, right after Josh Tudela started playing but before he was playing well, I noticed that he went up to join in a goal celebration and was kind of frozen out. Not intentionally, but it was kind of like the circle was complete without him. On Sunday, though, he was definitely right in the thick of the group. This warms my maternal heart, and I also think it speaks well to how far he’s progressed in the past few weeks.
– And the Galaxy continue to not play badly as other teams fall apart. How odd is it to watch things finally come together this season after everything the team’s gone through? I’m almost afraid that getting back the injured players will somehow jinx it.
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