The game from an objective standpoint was AWESOME. Especially the last 20 mins when Hans and Jeff came in.. Jeff hasn’t had enough time to learn playing with the team, but i can already see that he will find himself in the right spots. Dennisson however turned the game around. In the end the finishing is what killed us.. Others may disagree but i felt our “one game loan” keeper did a good job and was hung out to dry on both goals from us.

The team doesn’t look nearly as aggressive away from their turf and crowd.

We know the refs in the NASL stink and we badly need better refs from the top down in U.S. soccer. But I do have some sympathy for them. NASL is a very watered down version of MLS with its play. It is a very aggressive, often clumsy, and not very skilled league. It is what it is. So it can be very hard game for the officials to manage. You see the same problems in USL-Pro games.

The Scorpions have been the positive recipient of some awful calls this year at Heros with the bulk of those calls going against the visiting team. I started to do some research on this a week or so ago but never found the time to complete it because it’s going to be a lot of work. But from my recollection, the Scorpions have gotten an awful lot of penalty kicks given to them at Heros. And this is not just me spouting but what I am hearing from others as well.

I watched the whole match and felt the ref did a pretty good job of allowing the teams to play but keeping things under control. It was a great match for the neutral fan.