Thursday, August 27, 2009

Blues choked by Railhawks, USL rumors and other stuff

First off, Miami FC received a spanking of unnatural proportions! To say they choked is an under-statement!
This is what the USL site said was the beginning of the end for the Blues:
It started with Daniel Paladini’s free kick in the 30th minute. From 30 yards out, Paladini took the shot as Miami goalkeeper Pat Hannigan was still trying to set the wall. He curled it in at the far post for his sixth goal of the season.

“I asked the ref for 10 yards, and then he backed them up, and he blew the whistle,” Paladini said. “Kupono [Low] was like, 'Take it, take it, take it!' So it just clicked in my head real quick, and the goalie was setting up the wall, and I just put it in the corner.”

As Paladini took off on his celebration, Miami players were irate, and a handful of them charged toward referee Tony Crush. Within seconds, Crush flashed a red card toward the group of players, and it went to midfielder Edwin Miranda.
Losing a man at the 30th minute on what seems to have been a bad call sucks. Playing with 10 players is bad, but for the whole team to fall apart and concede 5 goals in 15 minutes is just plain nuts! It's not like the team didn't have all it's starting defenders either. Carolina had 20 shots, so basically every other shot they scored. Goalkeeper Hannigan, a solid player all year, made 7 saves but couldn't prevent the spanking. Here is more from the Miami Herald

More rumors on the sale of USL has been all over the news and I'm impressed by the level of misinformation that is out there. I don't claim to be the most knowledgeable person on the subject but some people need to do some research before posting something. Here are a few examples:
Miami New Times
New York Times
I think the best response to all this tomfoolery is made by the Kartik Report. Whether you love or hate Kartik (cause I know he has a lot of haters) I think he is usually on the money.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

FC Dallas draft pick Brian Shriver , who was playing PDL this summer, is headed to Miami FC for the remainder of the USL-1 season

Seattle MLS fan said...

The future of soccer in Miami is MLS not USL. You guys in Miami i just don't get it. You want MLS. but just don't do what it takes to get the the attention. I have read on different sites that what you guys need to do is set up a big rally to get attention.

Anonymous said...

MLS,MLS,MLS Miami!!!!!!

Adam said...

"Losing a man at the 30th minute on what seems to have been a bad call sucks."

lol, how is that a bad call?

Anonymous said...

Miami FC is awful!!!!

Anonymous said...

I fell bad for soccer fans in Miami. Lousy team and ownership.

Anonymous said...

MLS is what Miami wants. Lest see what the new USL owners going to do.

Uncle Ed said...

@ Adam. I'm just biased... It was Miami FC's fault for not having a player in front of the ball to make sure the Railhawks didn't do what they did.

Uncle Ed said...

Crazy How NuRock bought USL. I didn't see that one coming. I guess we can look for Birmingham and Atlanta to join USL but I wonder where that leaves Traffic?

Anonymous said...

Hey Traffic move Miami FC from USL to MLS.

Anonymous said...

Hey Miami What do you want USL or MLS?

Anonymous said...

Move San Jose Earthquakes to Miami.