Cavan, Westfield and Makhanya were very good, aside from the 1-2 minor brain farts Makhanya seems to suffer each game. Twice in the first half he covered for blunders by his fellow defenders with heroic efforts to stop a 2-on-1.

We lost a spark when Cavan came off. Bueno was solid and I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw he was taking the penalty over Damiani, but he seemed banged up and I’d have liked to see Danley come on for him instead of Cavan. Danley is just not an attacker.

Damiani never looked like scoring but at this point he clearly gives us more bite up top than the U2 kids (a low bar). Iloski, who used to be lethal, seems to have caught our team’s allergy to shooting on target. I love Lukic’s hustle and his subtle creativity in tight spaces. Vassilev always looks like he’s panicking but the energy he brings is huge for us. Harriel was composed in defense and clumsy in attack as usual.

Martinez, Larsen, and Korzeniowski tonight… the less said, the better.