I will admit that going into this away match against the Crew I stated that I would've been ecstatic coming home with a point. With this mindset I found myself in a weird place because I came away not feeling all that bad about the loss. After watching the replay again and being able to find a few bright spots certainly helped my demeanor. For as much as our defense had some hiccups, our movement towards their goal at times was just great.
The 16-pass sequence that lead to a goal that was called back for offsides:
The 17-pass sequence that leads to Clint Dempsey's first goal:
If we're a bit liberal with the first 2 touches - the 15-pass sequence that leads up to Dempsey's second goal:
Dempsey's wonderfully curled first goal which is nominated for Goal Of The Week:
Clint is all "no big deal":
Dempsey touches in his second after Obafemi Martin's chance was "deliberately saved" by Steve Clark:
Oba is not feeling the Crew's complaints so Oba does what Oba wants:
Tyrone Mears has a chance to tie the game but Clark comes up big:
Great players have that sense another player is closing them down; Clint Dempsey has that and that Dempsey flair*:
(*also known as "Dempsey just doing sh*t")