Adu’s Tears Tell United’s Tale
A picture speaks a thousand words—a substituted Adu’s face hidden in shambles from ABC camera crews as DC United were crashed and humbled by the Revs. While DC United clearly were the better team, their inability to convert possession and attacking play into goals was mostly the product of their end-of-season form that was stagnate at best.
While the Eastern Conference final was anticipated to be a cagey affair between DC United and the New England Revolution, the Revs had other plans and took the lead in the 4th min. when Pat Noonan and Taylor Twellmen combined to give the ultimate wake up call to United.
Before either team could break a sweat, Noonan crossed in from the right side to Twellmen, who had peeled off his marker to latch on to the cross and found the back of the net with an off balance bender, putting the onis, and therefore, the negative pressure, on DC United to come back.
And in truth, DC United deserved to score a number of times in the next 30 min. as countless attacks from Adu, Moreno, and others allowed for numerous scoring chances that went a begging. In the 10th min., DC United created an excellent opportunity that really deserved more than Adu’s week shot could muster.
Minutes later Adu feed Moreno in at the near post, the Bolivian just missing on the wrong side of the net. By minute 20, DC United was all over New England from a corner kick and was definitely knocking on the door, but just couldn’t find the answer. And they were never going to score after the 21st min. when Moreno missed marginally at the far post after combining once again with the influential Adu.
Apart from the goal, Twellmen’s only other chance was an awkward volley that he rasped out at grotesquely. Otherwise, New England was the antithesis of soccer, a horribly negative team holding out luckily for the result, albeit a chance to be MLS Cup champions.
Carvings from the Dagger
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