Match will be at 2pm on Sunday, February 25. http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news_article/show/874454?referrer_id= Do you think any of the LAFC investors will make the trip up and sit in the VIP section? Would be funny to see Will Ferrell or Magic Johnson taking in Papa Murphys Park.
Who wants some more preseason action @PapaMurphysPark before #SACvLAFC? We got you. 😎Republic FC will welcome the 2016 MLS Cup Champions @SoundersFC for a preseason friendly on Feb. 15. This match is included in the 2018 season ticket package.📝 | https://t.co/O7iGdcSMvT pic.twitter.com/2q25rlj60F— Sacramento Republic FC (@SacRepublicFC) January 29, 2018 Individual tickets go on sale 1/31. Don't know how they can claim that Dempsey, et. al. will play, but maybe there's been the promise.
Very cool. I'd imagine we'll get a few Sounders fans making the trip down just to visit a Republic match. With how much turnover we're having this season, will be interesting to see the team that's put together in a couple of weeks
Well this game is the last game before Seattle's CCL game 7 days later. So I'm sure the thought is to play at full strength to shake the rust for the first team.
That makes sense and may very well be right. I'm just concerned that, given the recent damage to ownership's reputation, that to say Seattle's star players "will look to...play significant minutes in the friendly" is creating a certain expectation upon which no one on the Sacramento side has any influence.
Small crowd last night. No Dempsey although most of the guys that Seattle started (including Morris, Marshall, Lodeiro) went the full 90. Some observations... Partain played RB and showed well. Villareal looked pretty good distributing from the center of the pitch, connecting well with Bijev. Turnley is no Kiffe offensively but I think he's probably solid defensively. Taintor had a couple of horrendous turnovers. Kneeshaw on the right wing? Meh. Eissele credited with our goal but it was clearly an own-goal by Seattle. I think we'll put pretty good pressure on the goal this season. We'll see about finishing. It was odd that a vast majority of the 2nd half subs were academy players - not a single trialist. Cohen played the full 90, Aleman, Espino and Gomez were 2nd half subs. The other seven were academy kids, including Hategan. The kids hung in there and kept the match pretty competitive.
Too many new faces to assess everyone for me.. I wasn't particularly impressed with anyone and players like Bijev looked awfully rusty... That's totally on Simon Elliot.
Yeah, there were signs of rustiness throughout the game. The mis-timed passes and crossups on defensive coverage will work themselves out as they get time together (i hope). I thought we showed more speed than last years team, although its hard to tell - i just assumed that Seattle is probaby faster than most usl teams we typically play. There seemed to be more emphasis on pushing balls through the center. Several runs cutting into the box were initiated when last year, it would be pushed wide and crossed. The academy players getting time is odd, but I have a hypothesis...... Coach Elliot knows the academy is in a fight for area talent with other MLS affiliated clubs. What better marketing is there than to showcase SRFC's wilingness to play academy players and give them opportunities? I dunno, if it were me, id want to see what the trialists could do, but maybe he is playing the longterm bet? PS - those kids did bring a ton of energy into the game, though!
SRFC family reunion... Want more ⚽️? We got you 👊Republic FC will face @FFCFoxes on Mar. 4 at @stan_state in a preseason friendly. Tickets on sale now in the link below.⏰ 7PM🏟 Warrior Stadium🎟 https://t.co/ScUcx9MWgQ pic.twitter.com/xhuDcVVdHO— Sacramento Republic FC (@SacRepublicFC) February 19, 2018
Good crowd for the LAFC game, and great weather, too. LAFC supporter group also in attendance. There were about 50, I'm guessing. LAFC looks pretty good. That could have easily been a 4-0 result. A lot of shots were just wide, and Cohen looked pretty stout in goal. Republic looked a little more cohesive this week, but opportunities inside the 18 were few and far between. LA played mostly starters for about 75 minutes. We began subbing in our few healthy, senior roster reserves and the academy kids beginning about 60' in. Rodriguez came on in the 2nd half - good to see him out there again. Hope we see more of our senior roster play '90 vs. Fresno and Cincy.
LAFC game was fun, but felt like a dressed down match, with warm up kits and Elliot putting out basically all academy players for the last half hour... was cool to see Bob Bradley here and there were a TON of LAFC traveling fans. I think they’re going to be quite successful in LA and challenge the Galaxy. Cohen looked really good and made a lot of saves, thanks to our crappy back line.. Need to see full games so deserving judgement on the rest of the newbs.
the match vs FC Cincy has already started - you can watch it at the following: Shout out to @brentsasaki for being our eyes and ears on the ground! Live faceboook stream of #CINvSAC here: https://t.co/ZQ8vpGYZJ8— Omar Gonzalez (@OGtweeted) March 10, 2018 Cheers