Convey picks up a red card vs. T&T - meaning he will very likely not be called in for the next pair of US matches. Perhaps the most fortunate misfortune in a while. Let's hope he uses the chance to stay hot for Reading, and comes back still hot for country later this fall.
Highly unlikely. I don't see Bruce calling him out of England for the extended camp that these two qualifiers is going to require, when Convey is unavailable for one of the two. More likely we'll see a combination of Bocanegra, Beasley, and Lewis manning the left side of the field both games.
ive seen weireder things happen. i wouldnt discount convey coming in late for the second game after mexico. then again, if we beat mexico and are IN for germany he wont be called in, as arena will be in experiment phase. but we will see forza inter
We're pretty much through, right? We need to look for a point against Mexico, so a defensive lineup that isn't his strength, anyway. Hoping he flies back well. Agree with the thrust of this, it's a good thing.
Why? He's out for at least 2 games. His yellow card accumulation and red card together will mean at least that.
Arena could call in Bobby just for the second game. With the US having to fly to Guatemala for the second game, he could bring Bobby in with the intention of having at least one set of fresh legs starting on the left for the second game. Especially if the US don't wrap up a spot with the Mexico game. If Bobby doesn't get called in, we might have seen the last of him for this year. I'm sure if the US qualifies in the next two games, Bruce won't call in most of the YAs for the rest of the qualifiers. However, he'll probably call in one of Eddie, DMB or Bobby to man the left, so there's a possibility. Either way, it's good to see Bobby start to live up to his potential. Now if he could start putting the ball in the net regularly, he'd be a monster...
No it doesnt. The red overrides both yellows. So neither yellow counts for accumulation. Therefore 1 match ban. Next yellow would get him a ban though.
We no longer play Mexico to gain a point. Even if we had already qualified, you'd play this game to win.
It's a Saturday-Wednesday series, which means there's going to be some rotation between the two games, unless Bruce does play a snoozefest vs. Mexico for one point and the assured qualification. (I wouldn't put it past Bruce, given his penchant for allowing Chris Armas on the field) Besides, I believe that the Mexico game falls on the international game day, so Bobby won't miss a thing in England. And, btw, he has earned another cap by playing well. You gotta reward the kid.
yep, pretty much a full slate of games around the world http://soccernet.espn.go.com/scoreboard?league=all&cc=5739&date=20050903 Has MLS scheduled games?
Yup, 5 games for MLS on a full-international match day and a sixth game the next night (because Chivas and Galaxy are both home that weekend). That's got to be my biggest pet-peeve about our league.
I stand corrected, assuming he doesn't get hit with extra games. Do those yellows carry over to the World Cup? Also, Convey could very easily play in the second match. Reading has an 11 day break between games. Then again, the away match on September 7 is down in Guatamala, which makes his commute back to Reading a lot longer.
My guess is that Bruce will call Convey in for the second game - He played too well to keep off the field Bruce will call in a large squad designed to win both games with a minimum of experimentation - Even if we win against Mexico and qualify, there won't be enough time to put together a slightly experimental line-up between Saturday and Wednesday - Experimentation will come in October/Novemember and friendlies over the winter
You know, if this left winger instead of playing for Read-ing, played for the Red-Devs, and was Welsh instead of American, you would suspect he got himself suspended on purpose.