An enjoyable last game at BMO.

Pre-game.

Meh.  This is the most pointless game since our last game and until our next one.  MLSE is probably silently thanking the protesting fans for giving people a reason to come out and use their tickets they bought back in the day when we still had hope.

Academy kids, players playing for pride and next years paycheque, and maybe revenge for the annoying theatrics in Panama, that's all we've got to look forward to really.  I'll be amazed if the crowd gets over 5,000.

I can't imagine there's many people who read this who don't also read The Yorkies, but they've got a very funny pre-game post up, check it out.  It'll be by far the most entertainment you'll get out of this match.

Post-game.

I got to the stadium to find a bird had shat on my seat, but a win, even a meaningless one was a nice way to end the season at home, so I'll keep this post to the positives.  Nick Labrocca had a fantastic game, and Academy call-up Ashtone Morgan looked really good, linking up well with the attack from left back.  At about the 70th minute mark, he had a great move and one-two with De Ro and forced a good save from their goalie, that would have been a great moment if it had gone in . Nana Attakora's goal was a very nice free kick play, and a clean sheet is always welcome.  Another positive, to their credit, Arabe Unido were a lot less divey than most people would have expected.  All in all, 8 points and 3rd place in that group really isn't that bad of a result, if only Preki hadn't cost us the game in Panama, who knows where we'd be.

As for supporter protests, the Red Patch Boys and North End Elite were both quiet again, and their sections were very sparse, there was certainly a lot less green that at Saturday's game, though maybe that was due to people having to wear coats.  U-Sector was much more heavily represented, and especially towards the end of the game, they provided a good atmosphere, serenading Danny Dichio with Happy Birthday was a very nice touch.  The attendance was never annnounced, I'd guess somewhere at about 7,000 or so, under the circumstances more than I would have thought.

Overall, it's probably for the best that there's just the one away game left.  I'm personally looking forward to the MLS cup, and hopefully a very productive off-season.  I want to believe things will be better next year, I really do.