Bring on Columbus on Tuesday. We owe them some payback. We also need to start Barco and as many starters as are available for that one.
Shirley we can't lose to Columbus again? Pray for sunny weather. And yes I will continue to use that joke until it no longer makes me laugh, which will never happen.
Forgive me, but Brandon Vazquez and Justin Meram should start the next Open Cup game. I've seen enough of Romario Williams to know he will never be a part of the final puzzle pieces.
This is bizarre. Thanks to ESPN I can get all the cornhole I can take but I have to pay $4.99 extra to watch a soccer match. ESPN "the leader in sports".
Hey Yoss, how's your cornhole game? We could team up and win some money down at the gulch and then it is all free beer in the Benz.
Gameday, b*****s! I know, we all kind got swept up in all the other soccer going on, and/or you found yourself watching Some Kind of Wonderful on TV the other evening... Whatever, the Five Stripes are in Columbus tonight for their next USOC match vs the Crew. What we know going into the game: - Per Roberson @ the AJC Atlanta will be without Gressel, Kratz, and Villalba due to injury. - Barco has practiced with the team but is unlikely to be reactivated until the next MLS match. Josef, of course, is in Brazil for Copa America. Columbus squeaked past the Pittsburgh Riverhounds last week to reach this round. Prior to that they drew with Abu Dhabi: New York to end a 3 game losing skid. Coach Porter started his Crew career well but the team has slid down to 3rd from bottom in the east. Only Cinci has scored fewer goals in the east so far, a note that will become more critical as Steffen departs for Abu Dhabi: Manchester. Oh, by the way: Tonight's forecast for central Ohio is high 70's at kickoff with a 20% chance of rain. Up the Stripes! - Columbus are missing Zardes, Steffen, and Will Trapp due to international duty.
Like that weather forecast. Hup, Atlanta, Hup! Tonight I got the kick off time right, my ESPN+ Chromecast setup, and a cold brew in front of me. Not bad for a Tuesday night.
Looks like we are fielding a full strength squad... even Barco is back in the lineup and Guzan back in goal. Pretty much 1st team squad... with Meram and Vazequez getting well deserved 1st team starts. Looks like Frank really is taking this Open Cup game serious... perhaps some payback for that underwater loss that really should have been scraped.
JFC, we had more people at the match in Kennesaw last week than Columbus has in the seats tonight. WTF?
Couple early fouls on Pity, one called, on not called. I expect a lot more those hacking tackles tonight.
How many times does Pity have to be taken down before he gets a call? He just got run over and disposed.