First goal of the match was scored by former Harrisburg City Islander Carlos Morales. He is currently on trial with Crystal Palace. He had the header off of the very nice long cross. Love their youtube site, hope they do it all season! -Derek "Upper 90" City Islanders site http://blog.pennlive.com/upper90/
Hello lads.Sorry for not posting this week but work has been crazy busy. But Saturday is here and Palace are playing so all is good.Today at Loyal college in Baltimore county the mighty Crystal Palace hit the pitch at 5pm.Ofcourse we will be there tailgating at 2:30-3:00. So come on out and support the boys with us. Last weeks opener was a brutal cold,windy, miserable night in Northern Virginia.Sub 30 degrees, wind gusting 40 mph.But on the field palace looked good.Nothing special just good solid work.There maybe something special developing between Val Tex. and Harold on the left side.Those two seemed to flow very well in the game. Anyway big props to James Calder for posting the highlight video for us.And look forward to seeing my Red Blue Army at Loyal. KC Charm City Army
How did the team look yesterday? I'll eventually make one of the pre-season matches. How many members are there so far in the Charm City Army? Give me a call tomorrow in the office 410-933-8326 so we can discuss how to recruit more members. I may be able to get some support from the Baltimore based members from DCU's Barra Brava and Screaming Eagles. Thanks, Pat
Hi, My name is Dustyn Brim. I was just on trial with crystal palace usa. It is time for me to go home now as I will not be staying with the team. I just wanted to thank the fans that gave me such support and made my time worth every second. Good Luck to the team and to you guys. I hope you have a great season, and who knows, maybe you'll see me farther down the road. Take care. Dustyn Brim
Hey Keeeeeper,Keeeeper! Man Dustyn its a shame you will not be between the pipes for us this season.You organized the boys very well and you stood on your head several times making big saves. We have nothing but love, and respect for you and wish you well back home.You had our support from try outs mate.Keep working hard and who knows hopefully we see you in a red,blue jersey before its all said and done. Are you going back to your original team to play this season? If so let us know so we can follow you this year on-line.Much respect Keeeeper!! KC Charm City Army
Don't really know where I'm gonna be playing at the moment. New orleans PDL is still an option but I was also looking at Austin PDL since they will be getting a USL 1 team there next year. Might be a good way for them to get to see me for a while and hopefully get the call up. We'll see. Maybe Palace will fall into a little more finances and they'll call me back up. I'll try to keep ya'll updated and thanks again for the encouragement. Dustyn Brim
Good luck to Dustyn, pity it did'nt work out at CPB. Anyway, the rumour on cpfc.org is that the Palace (London) are coming over to Baltimore for a pre-season match or two in mid July - nothing official yet, but I know the guys who made it over in 2006 really enjoyed the trip and are already making plans to travel. Looks like CPFC USA have just signed Pat Healey - anybody know how good this fella is?
He was drafted by the Wizards with the first pick of the supplemental draft this year, but was waived before the team's trip to Argentina.
Hey Londonman confirm the rumors about the friendly between us and the parent club.Neil W. and the boys are coming over in the summer to play one game for sure with us.Which at that time we all hope over here that its the newly promoted Palace Eagles Premiership Parent Club!!Way to go you are only one point shy of the final playoff spot.We look forward to watching Lewwis Sp. this summer.His time with us was cut short last season by injuries. I've had the pleasure of catching both pre-season games and Pat Healey has looked very impressive.Young,aggressive, smart with the ball.i think his leadership skills will blossom playing with our captain Bryan Harkins.but its a great signing for a good local talent.His father is a football legond in Baltimore.Coaching for years here so its a great fit for us. KC Charm City Army
Lewwis Spence unfortunately hasn't played for us or even our reserve side since his injury in America. Although hopefully he'll be fit for this summer's pre-season. Were you impressed with him when he was playing for you? Also, out of curiosity, Jim Cherneski made a few cameo appearances last season aswell as a substitute appearance in the last friendly game, is he actually any good or is he used to make up the numbers?
Good luck Dustyn. You showed well. Last year we were desparate for another keeper, but this year the numbers forced an early cut. Hope you team up with Josh in Austin. Probably a few more cuts after this weekend. Gary Brooks is now in camp but the remaining "indoor" players will not arrive probably for another month. Any final word on Matteus dos Anjos? Team looks far more organized and confident this year than the same time last year. With the core group back and several competent additions (Texiera, Healey, Robson) on the pitch, team should avoid that horrible 0-0-4 start of last season.
Re: Crystal Palace USA - DeOrsey Cup Check out: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=669718&highlight=real+maryland Also: www.palmbeachcup.com
Happy to be back and eager for season to start. Looking forward to stronger play throughout the league. Palace Army: let's support the team by coming to the matches this year! We were spoiled playing at USNA Stadium last year, but UMBC is a nice stadium (3-5,000), cozier, with a new surface like the one in Ravens stadium, and is easy to get to and park. A lesson learned: Rochester Rhinos - one of the best USL-1 franchises now on its death bed; might survive this season but maybe a $32 million stadium was not such a good idea. http://www.democratandchronicle.com...?AID=/20080318/SPORTS05/803180320/1007/SPORTS
Re: Crystal Palace USA - DeOrsey Cup Matt was someone that crossed my path once or twice down here in South Florida. He was wonderful person and will be sorely missed. The Treasure Coast Galleons will be taking on the special guest team on Friday evening, April 25th in West Palm Beach. On a seperate note to CP supporters, you should check out Palm Beach sometime soon, it might be worth your time.
Re: Crystal Palace USA - DeOrsey Cup Way to go boys.Starting off 3-0 this pre-season.Would of loved to make the game this past friday but a noon kick-off and work don't mix.But rest assure that on Wed we'll be back at the Naval Acad. for the game. Good to see Gary Brooks back in the mix.We desperately need another finisher up front.So far I like the back four,our keepers are solid,very steady mid-field which I think will be our biggest asset as the season goes on.But another Striker or Center Forward to take the pressure off of Gary B. is needed. Anyway see ya on Wed. Casey Charm City Army
Can anybody tell me how Kevin King did on Saturday and whether it's likely if he'll get a contract as he seems to have a decent pedigree.
This doesn't seem to be on the CP USA website yet: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=...Si071o&usg=AFrqEze9zqLcRjmOVFOz_SzT4y2HBimrHw
15 on roster? Plus a backup keeper = 16. At least 1 or 2 others are probably "signed" leaving about 4 open spots for trialists. Hopefully coaches will not take up any of these positions. Also, let's pull for lads in UK with key matches coming. The promotion playoffs are within their grasp.
Way to go !Palace extends there unbeaten streak to 3 this pre season. Winning 2-0 at the Naval Academy last night. Two world class finishes in the second half broke the game open for our boys in blue.The attack force really picked apart Navy in the second half. Kevin King and Gary Brooks are probably two of the best forwards in the league.Great pace,skill and passion up front. Harold was a second half sub and with a bum knee still was pure class to watch.The other midfielders were solid again lead by our captain Bryan H. who is just everywhere on the pitch.Pat Healey never quits and this kid is gonna be money as the season rolls on. Andrew M and Val T were solid as a rock on Defense and keep the lads organized. Way to go Lads keep it up on Saturday. KC Charm City Army
Great article about Palace from our local sports talk Station WNST. Finally getting some great media coverage here. http://wnst.net/WNSTBaltimoreSportsRadio/tabid/36/EntryID/5039/Default.aspx Hope to see you all this Saturday for Palaces next game KC
He has been signed, but will not be playing for us until the Blast season is over. So if the Blast make the finals then he will not be available until May 4th or May 10th. Even though i want to see him right away I hope we give him a week or two to recoup after a long indoor season