PBP: Kansas City v. Crew

Finally, I get a chance to see what I've been asking for: Duka in the middle. He has the skillset for it; let's see if he can deliver the goods.

 

ok so matchcenter has the following

[LINEUP-4-4-2]Renteria, Gaven, Rogers, Ekpo, Burns, Duka, balchan,james,marshall,miranda,hesmer[/LINEUP-4-4-2]

So, personnel is probably accurate, but formation? Not so much, but we will see I suppose.

 

I have been practicing the fist pump all day

 

Not shocking...This weather SUCKS.

 

Always makes for fun post-game threads.

 

47 and rainy isn't great walkup weather. 3 goals in the games isn't great walkup offense, either.

How many people really want to pay $25+ to watch Kevin Burns?

Oh, and it can't be worse than our CCL games.

 

What's it doing right now?

 

I was going to take the boy as cunningham was on autograph alley. He has developed a chesty cough last few days so decided against it (not cunningham, as far as I know, my boy)

 

His tweet is as follows

http://twitter.com/#!/smitchcd/status/59396347224268800

 

KC broadcast on the MDL feed. Should be annoying as hell.

 

matchday live just showed a 4-2-3-1 with ekpo playing in the center of the 3, duka and burns as the 2.

 

Cunningham, Andy Mendoza (sic), Meram, and Caveman all on the bench according to the KC broadcast. Let's hope we don't have any backline injuries!

 

First glimpse on TV confirms this. East Stands deserted.

 

They may have filmed that pregame bit before anyone got to the stands. I know they do that frequently to make sure they get everything right.

 

yeah, the lineups probably would have come out an hour before the game

 

Nordecke half full at best. Everything else, not so much.

 

Looks like Ekpo playing alongside Burns, with Gaven, Duka and tRR playing behind Emilio

 

if we do not hold 60% of the possession then I will be very disappointed

 

And why is the team with 3 straight clean sheets playing only 1 forward against a real 4-3-3?

 

If the attendance is ~7k, how many will be non-season ticket holders? I assume whether a season ticket holder turns up or not they are still counted in the attendance.

 

Hesmer making a decent save against Kamara. Probably should have done better really

 

because in theory we should be able to push to 4-2-4 if played correctly on offense.

 

Rain, 18mph Cold Wind, Temp at 48 and dropping. Yeah, Columbus aint gonna show up for it.