Six Degrees: Home Shutouts Are Gold

Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY SportsI used that exact same headline in the 2015 playoffs, when we drew Vancouver 0-0 at home. We know how those playoffs worked out, so I’m using the headline again. We can do this.

1) I’m trying to think of an adjective to describe Sunday’s first half. Did we dominate? Watching the game, it didn’t feel like a domination. In the moment, it felt a little closer to 50/50. Maybe 60/40.

But then I saw this.

Wow. That looks like domination, doesn’t it? Defensively, at least.

How about our attack? How did they do in the first 45?

Not too bad. Jorge Villafaña nearly put us ahead in the 6th minute.

Then, in first half stoppage time, we nearly scored two goals in two minutes.

So,…