Juan Pablo Angel, that old Aston Villa foe has crossed the pond and has begun harassing the MLS. We were the victims tonight, the first goal was sheer class and the keeper a spectator. It was like his feet were stuck in cement which had been drying for a week. The second goal not so much, mostly attribute that one to bad defending and not knowing where your man is on the pitch. The ball went through three FC defenders straight to Angel who had no business scoring from there. After dominating the game for long stretches and even hanging on to a lead for 45 minutes I think we deserved better. Maybe if Buddle hadn’t been foolishly caught offside late, we’d have a great chance to equalize, but oh well, shit happens.

Look at the bright spots, Edu and Cunningham are keepers. If Edu just learns to not fire his shot 25ft too high he could be a force to be reckoned with. He’s got a fine knack for finding space in midfield but too often you’ll find him either firing it off from too far out or giving the ball up too early for a hopeful cross, but he’s still young and with us for a long time. The most important part is that he’s getting better with each game, something that can’t be said for Andy Boyens - more on him later. Jeff Cunningham is a great player to watch, he knows exactly what he’s going to do and goes about doing it in a smart way. He was distributing perfect passes for his midfielders to make runs but they were either not expecting it or were too late. I’d like to see him just shoot the ball more without getting all fancy but the guy obviously knows what he’s doing, the man now has 94 MLS goals.

Andy Boyens’ best game for Toronto FC was Game 1 against Chivas, from then on its been downhill. He was making so many mistakes that its surprising none of them lead to a goal. From weak downward headers to overrunning attackers, he did it all. At times even clearing the ball was an issue and its not because he doesn’t have the talent, he just loses focus and starts doing dumb shit. We need to sure up that central defense position because we’re getting exposed in that area and are forced to commit a lot of fouls to make-up for shoddy defending.

The man of the match for Toronto FC was Ronnie O’Brien. He shall not rest until he has made something out of nothing. The best part of the night for him was when he anticipated that the defender was going to head the ball backwards and read it perfectly, the ball came to him and his volley came within a couple of feet of tying the game. He is our creator down the right side, if him, Cunningham and Edu form a triangle on the right side and feed off of each other, we can score a lot of goals.

The fans need to calm down, I know we’re all enthusiastic and into this but throwing toilet paper when the players are taking corners is embarrassing. Same goes for the beer throwing after Angel was celebrating, the celebration was nothing excessive and if anything, pretty toned down and definitely didn’t deserve the reaction it got from the fans. Instead of getting pissed off at Angel for scoring, we should be more concerned with the three defenders who were watching the ball sail past them and onto his feet. Even the New York TV guys were praising the fans all throughout the game and then stuff like this happens and all the negativity comes out. There’s literally no point in doing this.

So, Toronto FC loses but plays well enough to deserve points, and if it weren’t for some Angel, we would’ve had all three.

PS: I hate to say this but I don’t even remember what Eskandarian looks like.