The Cartographer traveling to Spain

[ursula]

Mappy has been invited by Mr. Thomas Rongen and other U-20's in Spain in late August- the 24th-29th, I believe. There are five total MLS players going: Mapp, Capano, Stone, Johnson and oh I forget. One of those other kids. You know. Convey was excused for club commitments. I'm sure that there's a thread already in the Junior teams forum but so far I've been too lazy to click over to there. Someday... Anyways, ussocceruk.com has it here:

http://www.ussocceruk.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=47&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

[DigitalTron]

As usual, Skip is right. :)

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=7244

I think this is a great opportunity for Mapp to develop ahead of next season. Too bad Rongen doesn't teach wing defense. :(

-Tron

[Victory]

Devin Barcly from SJ is the 5th. Just for those of you curious who do not want to forum jump

[DigitalTron]

Justin FINALLY got some minutes on the pitch in OT vs. the eQuakes (look elsewhere for the result), and acquitted himself fairly well. Nice dribbling, solid responsible passing. He used his speed and size effectively, played defense and even did a little ball-winning, which was clearly a Hudson-taught skill. ;)

I was very happy to see him get the opportunity, particularly given our bottom-of-the-table position and extremely slim playoff hopes.

Nice debut Mapp, and on National TV no less. Thanks Ray! :)

-Tron

[DigitalTron]

The U-20's are training right now and according to GersMan's post, Justin Mapp played the entire first half but not the second, then re-entered in the 80th minute. At sometime he scored as the U-20's beat a local team 5-0.

Here's GersMan's post from the Junior Nationals Forum:

Originally posted by GersMan
The U20 team scrimmaged a local amateur team Thursday night, winning 5-0.

Grabavoy scored two goals, Magee, Clark (header) and Mapp one each.

1st Half Line-up
Steve Cronin; Chefik Simo, Ryan Cochrane, Chad Marshall, C.J. Klaas;Justin Mapp, Ricardo Clark, David Johnson, Ned Grabavoy; Knox Cameron,
Ed Johnson.

2nd Half Line-up
Ford Williams; Jordan Harvey, Chad Marshall (Chefik Simo, 80), Chris Lancos, Craig Capano; Mike Ambersley (Justin Mapp, 80), Jordan Stone,
Raul Palomares, David Johnson (Steve Cronin, 81); Mike Magee, Ned Grabavoy.

The team's first match in the tournament is against Brazil, Saturday.

-Tron