I find a couple men very harsh in their critisism of Jabloteh. The biggest disappointment was in the result, otherwise it was a good (if not always intelligent) effort.
Olliver obviously wasn't fit and therefore didn't run a lot and certainly killed the speed of some of the counter attacks. Peltier has a lot of speed, as does #13 (Marcano?), but they both lack spacial awareness and the ability to anticipate. Jabloteh generally were more reactive than proactive and their inability to stay composed in the attacking third cost them the match.
They dominated possession, had really good scoring opportunities and seldom looked troubled at the back yet they lost the match. Peltier needs to learn how to position his body to capitalise on room in front of him. Too often he couldn't exploit space in front of him because he is facing his goal and not pre-scanning the field. Number 13 and Peltier depend on their speed to recover from bad positioning to get to passes, but with better reading of the game can put themselves in positions where their speed is being used to attack the goal directly rather than run past a defender to get to the ball. The shooting was atrocious. Peltier tried to beat the DC keeper from basically the baseline rather than do what he eventually did and that was come infield to create a better angle. The left back was unlucky to miss a couple good attempts in the first half but made a mess of an indirect freekick in the DC box that needed a calmer attempt.
Defensively they were a bit laid back and against a more attacking minded team might have conceded a few more. In the end they have only themselves to blame as the name of the game is to score goals. They had the chances and failed to do anything with them. I can’t see them winning any matches playing the way that they do. They are more athletic and individually gifted than they are tactically savvy.
