| 1 | Home Ice | Every since Leonel Alvarez left there has been no killer instinct on the Burn. As one MLS opponent once said, “There are too many nice guys on that team.” Too many players are just along for the ride. Where is that win-at-all-costs desire? |
| 2 | Broken ROB | Man was this kid in form. Ronnie was really looking forward to the year and came into camp in amazing shape with a point to prove. He would have been Burn MVP this year in my estimation. |
| 3 | 0 | As in the number of goals which that have been scored by a forward not named Jason Kreis. |
| 4 | Age | As in the number of goals that have been scored by a forward not named Jason Kreis. |
| 5 | Snake Bit | Karma is king, the gods of soccer are punishing the team for Turf. Losing is habit forming and the bounces have gone the other way. |
| 6 | Vaca ’02 | What happened to Vaca from the first half of 2002? He was contributing and making a difference on the outside. And then he just disappeared. |
| 7 | 2002 Defense | I agreed ‘the switch’ was worth a shot, and I still think Ryan’s future is at center back. But now that they are back to the old set up we can hope the good D of 2002 will return. |
| 8 | El Capitán | Oscar Pareja has only been back for two games, both have been better as a team and Oscar is still a couple levels from his real game. He WILL get better and so will the team. |
| 9 | Chivas Off Kilter | Chivas has not been bad, but he has not been in his form of last year either (1 assist in 7 games). He is making attacking moves but not enough of them are ending in the box. Chivas is not gonna score a ton from out deep. He needs to penetrate and create chaos in the box. Don’t get me wrong I am not pointing a finger of blame here, but Chivas can be so much better. |
| 10 | Thinking Good | Does this team think it is good? Starting last year they were picked to stink, then went out and proved to everyone they were strong by getting to the top end of the table. Maybe now they know they are good. Is the desire gone? Maybe they need to get that attitude back and work a little harder. |
| 11 | Killer Instinct | Every since Leonel Alvarez left there has been no killer instinct on the Burn. As one MLS opponent once said, “There are too many nice guys on that team.” Too many players are just along for the ride. Where is that win at all costs desire? |
