Becoming habitual this, reflecting on yet another Montreal Impact defeat.
A Happy Birthday, it was not!
Twelve games into the season, it’s not unreasonable to expect progress and a new team taking shape. Sadly though, for a multitude of reasons, the Impact in 2018 are to competitive football, what Donald Trump’s tweets are to integrity and truthfulness.
Holiday Monday was a case in point. LA Galaxy, one-time glamour club of MLS, came to town complete with their latest star asset, a certain Swedish #10. Reputations may have spooked the home side, particularly with their constantly changing defence, including at its centre a Finnish left-back and an aging Italian midfielder, returning from injury, with only 6 minutes under his belt in 2018.