Where are the Mexican internationals? Are they in? It must suck for coaches to have to wait for everyone to get in.
Well it is part of the deal when Federations put up the cash (salaries) then teams are at the mercy of the Federations.
Maybe that is the extent of the contract obligation; play the season and pre-season is up to the player.
I wonder if there's some issue with the Mexican Federation. Neither of the Thorns' allocated players will be with the team. The Federation apparently dropped one saying she wasn't ready for this level of play and the other won't be playing for some physical reason.
Yeah, there's definitely something up with the Mexican Fed and their players... But what I want to know is Where was Lori??? =-(
If it was up to me, I'd have the Costa Rican girls in the league. I'm always impressed by the Mexican NT.
Looks like on Wednesday April 3rd in South Bend, IN there will be a doubleheader with Haiti playing Mexico at 4:30 pm followed up by Red Stars vs. Notre Dame at 7:00. This will be a good test for the Red Stars going against ND. Maribel Dominguez may meet her new CRS teammates for the first time and Lauren Fowlkes plays again at her college school field. Too bad Shannon Boxx won't be there. http://www.und.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/031913aaa.html
Because I didn't see a separate thread for the preseason games in Austin, I'll drop in here. Took a day trip down to Austin for the game on Saturday. CRS looked good. Masar and Chalupny will be a dynamic duo up top. They're already starting to connect on runs and passes without looking to one another. Osborne is like a coach on the field with a lot of the younger players but it's a good thing as they're listening. Sorry I can't go into detail on more as there were no names on the back of kits and I was focusing on taking pics. Speaking of, for your viewing pleasure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/70248537@N03/ If you repost pics elsewhere, just give credit for to me under Flickr account account name. Those new kits look really good. Might have to pick me up one when they go on sale.
Wait, is that why Chalupny's been scoring so much? They're using her as an actual forward instead of a midfielder? That's different. And kinda fun. It's obviously working for them. =-) Agree on the kits!
Should clarify, Lori is positioned as the attacking midfielder. She's trailing behind Ella a lot. That being said, there were several times they were making runs parallel to one another. It all depending on how the play built up. Either way, they'll be an attacking force defenses of other teams will need to look out for.
DeigoRedD, thanks for the insight and pictures. Well done. I like these uniforms. If they have a male version with XL, I would def. buy one and the shorts as well.
Check this out folks. Red Stars partcipate in a fashion show on Channel 7 in Chicago. Very cool and gets the CRS some publicity. http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=9049629
Red Stars beat Notre Dame 4-1 in South Bend. http://chicagoredstars.net/2013/04/03/red-stars-defeat-notre-dame-4-1-in-south-bend/
So is the CRS website not up to date with final team rosters? 2013 Chicago Red Stars squad 1 CM; Shannon Boxx (USA) 2 CB; Amy LePeilbet (USA) - Out for the year ACL 3 MF; Dinora Garza (MEX) 4 GK; Erin McLeod (CAN) 5 DF; Carmelina Moscato (CAN) 6 FW; Maribel Dominguez (MEX) 7 FW; Jessica McDonald (USA) - FA 8 CM; Leslie Osborne (USA) - FA 9 FW; Ella Masar (USA) - FA 10 MF; Lori Chalupny (USA) - FA 11 DF; Taryn Hemmings (USA) - FA 12 FW; Zakiya Bywaters (USA) - Rookie 13 FB; Rachel Quon (USA) - Rookie 14 GK; Taylor Vancil (USA) - Rookie 15 FW; Jennifer Hoy (USA) - Rookie 16 FW; Lindsay Tarpley (USA) - SD 17 DF; Lauren Fowlkes (USA) - SD 18 DF; Michelle Wenino (USA) - SD 19 DF; Jackie Santacaterina (USA) - SD 20 MF; Alyssa Muntz (USA) - SD 21 DF; Lydia Vandenbergh - FADiscovery CRS allowed 1 extra player to replace LePeilbet. 1 NT allocation player/spot traded for 2014 considerations. http://chicagoredstars.net/roster-2013/ http://www.nwslnews.com/chicago-red-stars-sign-lydia-vandenbergh-and-rachel-quon/
2013 Chicago Red Stars squad 1 CM; Shannon Boxx (USA) 2 MF; Dinora Garza (MEX) 3 GK; Erin McLeod (CAN) 4 DF; Carmelina Moscato (CAN) 5 FW; Maribel Dominguez (MEX) 6 DF; Taryn Hemmings (USA) - FA 7 FW; Jessica McDonald (USA) - FA 8 CM; Leslie Osborne (USA) - FA 9 FW; Ella Masar (USA) - FA 10 MF; Lori Chalupny (USA) - FA 11 FW; Zakiya Bywaters (USA) - Rookie 12 FB; Rachel Quon (USA) - Rookie 13 GK; Taylor Vancil (USA) - Rookie 14 MF; Alyssa Muntz (USA) - SD 15 DF; Lauren Fowlkes (USA) - SD 16 DF; Michelle Wenino (USA) - SD 17 DF; Jackie Santacaterina (USA) - SD 18 DF; Lydia Vandenbergh - FADiscovery 19 MF; Hanna Gilmore - FADiscovery 20 MF; Julianne Sitch - FADiscovery Cut/Traded FW; Jennifer Hoy (USA) - Rookie Not on list (Injured for the year) CB; Amy LePeilbet (USA) - Out for the year ACL FW; Lindsay Tarpley (USA) - SD
Baby + Knee Inj + 30 yrs old = No surprise. As they say in Brasil, Simone Jatoba was on the wrong side of 30 for the Olympic roster.
Santacaterina and Wenino is my guess. And when Jen Hoy returns from school I'd expect to see Hanna Gilmore cut.