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For anyone who cares about such
things, I’m trying to choose how many items to cover in these daily things. I’m
hung up between three topics and five. Split the difference today. But one of ‘em
feels weak. Shit. Anyway…
More MLS Cup Crap
The work of hyping a cup final takes
many shapes and runs from good to bad (not to pick on that last one but it's only of interest
to someone who hasn’t paid attention at all for the last month). As for
the good stuff, I bumped into a couple today: one a tactical preview (but with
a shitty title, at least on mobile: “Jordan Morris Poses Problems for TFC,”
which really sells it short), which dives decently deep into things
(personally, I found the Armando Cooper stuff enlightening); the other, which
also didn’t promise much by title, looks at how the MLS contestants, (again) Seattle
Sounders and Toronto FC, built their rosters. It’s more of a how-to than it
looks, especially the stuff about both club’s academies. If I had to give a
long-term edge of any kind between the two teams, it’d go to Toronto. Take away
Jordan Morris (please!), and I’d rate Toronto’s pool higher.
On a note that relates only because
these two teams are in the Cup, I read somewhere that Nick Hagglund has “become
a force” on set-pieces. I’m hung up on “maybe” for now, because I don’t think
TFC can count on the absolute shit marking that Montreal put on Hagglund in the
first leg.
One more on MLS Cup, and those
participating in it. It’s cool to see TFC’s Jozy Altidore pick up a littlehype, because he’s playing out of his goddamn mind right now. I’m thinking back,
specifically, to a back-heel that he used to set up one of Toronto’s goals
against Montreal. Next-level shit, kid. and from a guy I still call the
smartest man in MLS.
