1: We are still not pressuring enough and turning the ball over in dangerous spots. Furthermore, when we do, we don’t transition into attack quickly enough. In stark contrast, we are getting turned over more than pancakes at Waffle House. It’s a major part of our game that is and has been lacking. It was a better in the 2nd half. 

2: Injury FC returns. Did we really think our no injury luck would continue? We’re now missing Campbell and it looks Rossetto for an extended period of time. At least we have Purata with us now and Sosa back healthy to make up for these new defensive and midfield losses. Purata has added a much needed calm veteran presence to our back line. 

3: It was nice to see Luiz with some runs in behind today. He can be really threatening when he’s doing that and today he was rewarded with a great assist. We all know he’s great 1V1 and can bring the sauce anytime he wants, but if he would just do more of the simple things more often we would get more out of it. 

4: Small sample size but I look what I saw out of Mosquera. Good movement off the ball. Good control with it. He looks like a threat on the wing and he’s comfortable on either side. For just landing this week, he looks to be syncing up quickly. 

5: Don’t base your well-being on sports. It’s nothing but heartbreak and pure elation with absolutely nothing in between. I was ready to add this game to the every growing tally of matches where we actually play pretty good football and get nothing for our trouble. This is something we can build on and the winning goal coming from a player coming back from injury feels like a little bit, just a little bit, of justice. I’m glad we could send Darren off with a win.