Final tune-up before the 2009 campaign. Prediction: Fire 2-1 LAG Goals: McBride, Donovan, Nyarko Matchtracker Audio Webcast (courtesy of LAG)
You ain't he only one. "The Battle of the Big Cashes" LAG - CF'97 Donovan - McBride (and Blanco?) Saneh - Mapp AEG - Andel Buddle was left behind in LA with an injury, word from the AZ Central is Blanco will sit most of this out to a knee injury, Rolfie is back in Chicago "sick" (unknown).
LA: 4-4-2 Dunivant, Lewis out as well. CHI 4-4-2 Robinson, Pappa, Nyarko... Blanco supposed to be in the 2nd half.
FIRE's starting lineup: GK:Busch D:Segares D:Robinson D:Soumare D:Ward M:Conde Mause Mappa M:Mapp F:McBride F:Nyarko
Wow this audio feed has a nice background hiss. Not only that sounds like the announcer is broadcasting over a cell phone. EDIT: Something is better than nothing though.
Oh great.... background hiss, cell phone sound, tinitis, voices in my head... and no matchtracker. Donovan=Dunivant to me...
Donovan's in, Dunivant's injured. The guy keeps saying Sanneh and Kovalenko. And then throws in Magee. LA confuses me. Is it really Okulaha? I love the preseason!
In which case we're lucky Pickens isn't between the sticks. Pappa with a shot wide from 23' from his right.
No subs for either side to open the 2nd half. LA announcer said (paraphrasing) "We should see Blanco come in around 60'"... shouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuld, but. Oops, this is the money man. 60' seems right. edit: Blanco apparently warming up now.
I bet Hamlett takes out McBride when Blanco comes in. What I would like to see is take out Pause when Blanco comes in, that way Conde could play the defensive midfielder spot. So you would have Pappa,Mapp,Conde and Blanco in the midfield with McBride and Nyarko up top.
Here it comes... Mapp down on the field (knee?), Blanco readies... Fire @10 men so far So Pappa would link between d-mids and Blanco--Nyarko-McBride? 2subs! In: Blanco (1 bum knee in for another), Noble Out: Mapp, Busch 61' Now LA GK Ricketts out with a right leg injury (knee-quad)... Josh Saunders in for LA. Magee also out.