PBP: 07/01/08 - US OPEN CUP vs Richmond

Live broadcast coming up at 6:55pm: http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/

Not sure if it'll be video or just audio. Probably the latter.

Matchtracker: http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=07012008_ZZZNE (Ignore the Rochester logo, the lineup is Richmond's)

Revs lineup (formation based on what I've seen at reserve games):

---------Twellman - Mansally----------
Tierney ------------------- Germanese
----------Phelan ---- Tyler-------------
Hilgenbrinck - Valentino - Brill - Igwe
-----------------Warren----------------

Bench: Knighton (GK), Larentowicz, Parkhurst, Castro, Nyassi, Manzonelli

 

Revolution Line-up:

Starting Lineup
12 - Doug Warren (GK)
2 - Amaechi Igwe
5 - Joe Germanese
8 - Chris Tierney
20 - Taylor Twellman
22 - Rob Valentino
25 - Chase Hilgenbrinck
28 - Pat Phelan
29 - Kenny Mansally
30 - Brandon Tyler
34 - Sam Brill
Substitutes
24 - Brad Knighton (GK)
13 - Jeff Larentowicz
15 - Michael Parkhurst
16 - Mauricio Castro
31 - Sainey Nyassi
32 - Brandon Manzonelli

 

00:00 -Match Delay Started @ 6:27 P.M. ET. Reason: Thunderstorm

 

The storms look bad but should pass quickly. So much for the idea it could be a sell out.

 

after looking at the animation, the storms seem to be popping up, this could take awhile.

 

New Britain radar:

 

Sitting at my desk 15 minutes from New Britain....it is pouring and thundering here

 

Audio feed: http://rm.world.mii-streaming.net/ramgen/broadcast/Patriots3/revs_radio.rm

We've got some Milli Vanilli playing at the moment... guess what song.

Very funny, guys.

 

Revs blog has these lineups:

New England Revolution

Doug Warren
Rob Valentino — Sam Brill — Amaechi Igwe — Chase Hilgenbrinck
Joe Germanese — Pat Phelan — Brandon Tyler — Chris Tierney
Taylor Twellman — Kenny Mansally​

Bench: Brad Knighton, Mauricio Castro, Jeff Larentowicz, Brandon Manzonelli, Sainey Nyassi, Michael Parkhurst

Although, I'd venture to guess that Valentino and Igwe should be swapped.

As for the opponents...

Richmond Kickers

Ronnie Pascale
Trevor McEachrom — Kelvin Jones — Anthony Catalono — Evan Harding
Mike Burke — Luke Vercollone — Stanley Nyazamba — Sascha Gorres
David Bulow — Adrian Bumbut​

Bench: Mark Murphy, Ralph Pace, Freddie Smith, Adam Chavez, Ian Bennett

 

Oh and here's what the pitch looks like:

 

Anyone know anything about the kickers. Are they a good side or are we looking at a one sided match?

 

Damn, is the game going to be able to be played?

 

Teams warming up, about 20 minutes tell kick off

 

The sun is now shining

 

Brad says kickoff in about 25 min. I'm glad the Revs broadcast people have good music taste.

 

So, how long do we expect Twellman to play? I imagine this is just a warm up for Friday when he shows Donovan how a real goal-scorer operates.

 

Maybe a half? Not too long, especially with a wet pitch.

 

Anyone else find it odd Nyassi is on the bench but no Thompson?

 

Depending on field condition, I'd like to see a full half. Maybe 60 minutes for Friday. Hopefully able to go the distance come Superliga time.

 

Nah, the bench is people we want to be able to bring in if the game starts going poorly.

 

No, Tompson got injured in the reserve game Sunday:

 

US Open Cup games when it's MLS vs non-MLS are always tremendously over physical, right? I see why Nicol only has one of his starting eleven out there, but must it be newly recovered Twellman? I'm nervous...

 

Yeah, they tend to be physical when it's not MLS/MLS.

 

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