DC @ Deportivo Saprissa :: 10/9, San Jose

[Bison1997]

Who: DC United @ deportivo saprissa
What: CONCACAF Champions League
When: October 9, 2008
Where: Estadio Saprissa - San Jose
TV: FSC
Radio : 1050 AM (Eng), SRN

Is anyone stateside heading down for the match?

[Billtimore]

I'm headed there with 11 or so other folks....

[Bolivianfuego]

Who's ready to see us throw our reserves to the lions and possibly see another RSL/Turf Outcome??

[AlecW81]

Let's see... no Gallardo, Emilio, or Fred. I'd imagine we'll save Jaime's knees by not playing him on their concrete turf.
I'll take a stab here:

--------------------Wells----------------------
Thompson----Peralta-Janicki----------Burch
------------------Vide-Martinez--------------
Kirk----------------------------------Cordeiro
--------------------D-Rod---------------------
-------------------Boyzzz---------------------

Subs:
Thorpe
McTavish
Namoff
Simms
Doe
Zaher
Arriaga #2

[AlecW81]

Oh, and our reserves will walk away with a 2-3 loss. It would have been a 2-0 win if we had OTC in goal, but Wells will inexplicably jump out of the way of the ball on all 3 goals.

[BBBulldog]

Is anyone stateside heading down for the match?

quite a few from Barra

unfortunatelly our flags didn't get here in time so all they have is city flags and our striped ones hehe

[JB252]

quite a few from Barra

unfortunatelly our flags didn't get here in time so all they have is city flags and our striped ones hehe


There may or may not be a flag dress in attendance as well :D (it'll be a gameday decision)

Vamos 'those-formerly-known-as-reserves'!

[lemonstarbursts]

quite a few from Barra

unfortunatelly our flags didn't get here in time so all they have is city flags and our striped ones hehe

I got a DCU one too but nothing that says Barra or has the skull & cross bones on it :(

We leave tomorrow morning!

[BBBulldog]

never mind, flags are here and they say Barra pretty clearly :p

[Count]

According to goff we only sent 16 players down and I counted 3 first team players (McT, Burch, Martinez) on the list.

Should be super-entertaining.

[Reignking]

I'm so sorry that you are spending good money to see this match. I hope you are making it a loooong weekend.

Goff sez:
GOALKEEPERS: Zach Wells, James Thorpe.
DEFENDERS: Marc Burch, Pat Carroll, Greg Janicki, Devon McTavish, Gonzalo Martinez, Mike Zaher.
MIDFIELDERS: Ryan Cordeiro, Rod Dyachenko, Quavas Kirk, Joe Vide, Craig Thompson, Ryan Miller.
FORWARDS: Francis Doe, Thabiso Khumalo.

[freekickwiz]

What time is this match on Thursday?

[dcchelseafc]

glad i put this match back in my dc united travel piggy bank for next year!


good luck to those going down, have fun n stay safe!

[lemonstarbursts]

What time is this match on Thursday?

10:00 pm EST

¡Vamos Reserves!

[The Grump]

Screw the match i'm going for the cheap Imperial and the beach on friday!

[DocAnaheim]

According to goff we only sent 16 players down and I counted 3 first team players (McT, Burch, Martinez) on the list.

Should be super-entertaining.


Never Know! The rookies got one thing going for them,
spirit. The drive that can be expressed when winning a
game comes down to who wins or loses, not who advances.
Maybe the Rookies will show us what has kept them in High
in the Generation Adidas standings. You just never know!!

IT Ain't OVER till it's OVER !!!

UNITED WE STAND !!!

[Rjbatzler]

http://www.saprissa.co.cr/content/articles/366/1/Morados-se-incorporan-a-la-Seleccion-y-son-baja-contra-DC-United/Page1.html

Maybe we have a chance; 5 of their guys are gonna with their national team, at least thats what my terrible Spanish tells me :p

[Bolivianfuego]

It seems like they too will be playing mostly reserves, as they are hinting towards using young guys like we are to play vs. our team.

Hopefully our mostly reserve squad might have a chance vs. theirs.

[La Barra Blonde]

Given how our reserves played against Cruz Azul and how our main team played against Chivas, I'd rather watch the reserves. :D

[AMERICANS SC]

http://www.saprissa.co.cr/content/articles/366/1/Morados-se-incorporan-a-la-Seleccion-y-son-baja-contra-DC-United/Page1.html

Maybe we have a chance; 5 of their guys are gonna with their national team, at least thats what my terrible Spanish tells me :p

You sir are correct.

We did know that the first time we played them (it had been widely reported in teh press), what we did not know was that most of DC United would be out with injuries... :o

ps-Sorry for the diverting the subject, but I just read that Gallardo, Fred, Emilio (hamstring) and Moreno (denied appeal) will be out of the Houston game. This is the end...