The game in pictures + some observations

By: Melissa | May 11th, 2008

I’ll start off with my personal highlight of the match: Crew dude getting smacked in the face by a giant Microsoft sign. Ha Ha. (Does it make me a terrible person because I laugh at the misfortune of others?)

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We started off happy.

But then we were sad.

Halftime = the art of sausage. Oh really?

Second half, still feeling sad.

There were some substitutions.

We got happy again.

Towards the end of it, we got a little mad, but really, we were mostly sad.

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Here are some observations. Feel free to add your own in the comments.

Shea Salinas has THE FEAR. The guy won’t shoot. I hear Rob Schneider lives in San Francisco. If I ever meet him, I will ask him to come to an Earthquakes game and the moment before Shea subs in, I’ll have him yell out “You can do it!”

Jean-Phillipe should watch more Sesame Street. We need to see a little less diving and a little more cooperation with our Kei.

Ian Russell looks heaps more confident. Just a few games ago, he was hunched over that book of his, looking about two seconds from sneaking out the fire exit. Now he’s up, pacing around, talking to Yallop, talking to the subs, etc etc etc. I’d like to add here that both he and Yallop had words with Johnson before Johnson subbed into the game. Then our Ryan scored. Coincidence?

I totally jinxed this game. A few minutes before Cannon got nutmegged, I made the unfortunate comment that Cannon was “on fire.” Well, he was on fire. The first half was a fantastic game for him I must say.

I thought our strategy was to just injure the entire Crew starting 11 so they’d be forced to play only their reserves. It sure seemed that way didn’t it?

The 3-4-3 is great when our defense doesn’t fall apart. Columbus certainly took advantage of our re-formation and managed two goals off us. Ouch.

The Man of the Match was the parking control guy. We parked a few blocks from the University. The parking guy told us: “The Quakes strongly encourage you not to park here.” After the game, we realized the appropriate comeback would have been: “The fans strongly encourage the Quakes to win some games.”

The Food of the Match was that hot dog. We were a little late (my fault) so we had some overpriced food inside the stadium. But we were sooo hungry, it was delicious. Our section also won a free In N Out burger but I wish they just gave us the burger on the spot instead of a coupon.

I think this is Eric Denton’s last start. I saw Ryan Cochrane dressed, and kicking the ball around during half time. I say, it looks like he’ll be back to his old position by the next game. I mentioned my little observation to our group and we all had a moment for Denton – who, during the Dallas game, we lovingly renamed, “that guy.” See ya next time on the bench, that guy.