Sandon's Comments As always, Sandon is insightful. Having watched the team play, there are some significant holes. For example: o no offensive...
Canada Goals The first goal was allowed by Klaus. Stone made a good defensive play on the 2nd goal to save the back line only to get turned...
Clark's 2nd Game For 20 minutes in the 2nd half, I saw the Clark everyone talked about. He is good.
Clark I got a chance to watch the game and agreed with most of Tron's and Sandon's comments - save one. Clark was not impressive or I expected...
Dallas Texans Professional players who were formerly Dallas Texans: Nick Garcia Carl Bussey Jordan Stone
Roster Comments: 1) I too am surprised about Magee not making the team. 2) As to the starting line-up, it will depend upon the formation...
Palomeres - DM He could switch to DM except he is not strong defensively (tacticly) and is not good at ball distribution. Clark, Stone, and D....
Raul Palomeres The word is that he is a physical player, a hard worker, and is good at holding the ball. Unfortunately, as an attacking...
Colorado The Burn will use reserves against Colorado or New York and the starters against the Galaxy. Playoff position is less important at this...
Barclay Digitaltron may be correct about Santino but probably only in a 3-5-2 formation. If the team plays a 4-4-2 expect the line-up to look...
Starters Rest? Despite what we think, the most important game of the three is the Open Cup game because it means $$$. Even if the Coach wanted to...
Projected Line-Up After evaluating the week in Spain, here is my early prediction for the 18 in Charleston (assuming no injuries in the mean...
GNK's Comments about EJ You are correct. EJ is not rotting on the Burn bench but he is not improving quickly. And he would get more playing time...
New York Colorado is important because they are closer to the Burn in points and are in the West. LA is important because it is for money. New...
EJ's Playing Time I know I sound like a broken record, but here goes again. EJ's playing time with the Burn is based upon two factors - the...
2nd Half Formation Change One small side note. It is interesting that Rongen switched to s 3-5-2 for the first time in the tournament in the...
Line-Up Rongen will have to answer several questions: Do I risk injuring some of my starters because tired players are more prone to injury?...
Line-Up Expect to see the same lineup used in the Italy game with maybe 1 change. The more interesting lineup will be tomorrow's game. If they...
Sandon's Pick Right on. The wildcards are Quaranta, Simek, and Whitbread. All three are questionable for the qualifying round - Quaranta...
Quoted "So if Whitbred identifies himself as an American first, and wants to play for us, who are we to say he shouldn't be allowed to?" Agreed.
Trade Value Change is inevitable with this team to move to the next level. The real question will be, how do you do it. One of the biggest...
Festival Comments Vs. Canada The U.S. dominated but found it difficult to stuff in a goal against 8 and 9 in the box. EJ though working hard...
Defensive Mid in the Current Burn Formation In the current Burn 4-4-2 formation, the Defensive Mid has the following responsibilities (somewhat...
Shirley Follow-Up No idea on the club. The reason Simo was playing right back was because Klaus was injured. Rongen probably took the opportunity...
Jordan Stone Having not seen the games, I cannot comment on whether he is rusty or not. It would be my expectation that since he has played in a...