The Sanford case allyuh, that weighin on my mind.
Anyway my quick 2 cents.
Sorry I didn't meet up with any of the crew. I said hello to a few Trinis in my section but I didn't recognize anyone.
I was in 141, across the field from the thickest Trini section where I know a few forumites went. Mostly old Haitians around me. I went with the family, and it was the first T&T game for my boys.
This game was a return to the clueless brand, not as bad as I've seen but we still looked like we didn't have a good game plan.
We looked disinterested in stretches, we played with low energy, not enough movement.
Several times when the ball was on the wings I saw large holes in the middle which meant if Haiti cut off the nearest offensive pass then we couldn't go to the middle, we had to go back.
Slow attacks, a lot of time spent looking around to find a good outlet, again due to lack of movement off the ball.
Those floating crosses boy,
the Haitians eatin dat up like a box a griot with pickles
Seriously, just whip the ball in and make everybody scramble.
Defensively we were ok, but I saw us make some risky plays. Several times a high bouncing ball gave us trouble.
Men letting the ball bounce when they facing their own goal! That was nerve-wracking.
I think I saw Mitchell let the ball bounce and then the Haitian was on him giving him problems.
Midway through the 2nd, CE had to chase a high bouncer heading out toward the sideline with a Haitian right with him in hot pursuit, Seon Power DID NOT OFFER SUPPORT! Power just jogged back I guess assuming that CE would win it. Luckily it eventually went out for a throw but man that was an unnecessary risk.
Theobald did not have a good day, and the bad pass for the second goal was inexcusable.
Then we had some injuries right when we needed impact from the bench.
Molino when he came on was playin like he wanted to get sent off. In a short time he got a yellow for a foul, then proceeded to commit another reckless foul and an intentional handball that the ref didn't see. He was lucky to stay on the pitch.
With all that negativity goin on, we coulda still won if a few things happened differently. If Jan had pushed the ball out wider, if KD hit the back of the net instead of the post. We had KJ and somebody getting in each other's way trying to get a point-blank header at the far post, and that ricochet for the second could have easily gone somewhere else. Darryl Roberts' chance should have been at least on target.
Haiti didn't even play particularly well. Some players hustled but they were very beatable.
After the effort and heroics of the first game, this was very disappointing.
Plus now my kids tellin me how T&T not good, they only backin USA from now on.