He's getting forward enough in the last few minutes, sometimes he's been the furthest player upfield.
Penalty to Leeds, Miller fouled. Hulse is set to take, I wanted Eddie to take it, but Hulse blasts it into the top corner. 3-0.
Yeah it would have been nice if they gave it to him for the goal as he has been the main reason why they had the first 2 goals...oh well.
They're definately trying to get him a goal though. Gary Kelly just went for an ambitous ball to the far side where Eddie was, when there were easier options for him.
True. Wouldn't it be great if Leeds somehow took over Sheff U in the 2nd half? We'd have 3 more Yanks in the Premiership.
Full time 3-0 Leeds 8pts behind Sheff U with the same amount of games. Sheff U playing Myhill and Hull tommorrow.
They were queueing up in the box right there, Eddie almost had yet another assist as he put in Hulse. Definately our MOTM, but we are a little bit biased aren't we. Finished 3-0.
Well Lewis is MOTM officially!! Richard Cresswell gives Eddie the bottle of bubbly. Cresswell asked about being upset about not being able to take the penalty and he said "It's past. It's one of those things. Strikers always want the ball but he did well to put it in the top right corner." Watching the replay of the goals. Lewis' cross on the second goal actually went in front of FOUR!!! defenders...amazing.
Sky post game announcer saying that Lewis typified Leeds' performance. Can't wait for him and Beas to overlap each other on the left in June.
Another interesting nugget gleamed from the Sky commentators is that if Leeds do indeed get to the playoffs, Eddie Lewis won't be available to play for them. It behooves Leeds to make a serious run at Sheffield Utd.
Don't think this is true. FIFA originally announced that no WC players would be allowed to stay with their clubs after a certain date, but they later said an exception would be made for the Championship playoffs. Many thanks to all for the PBP! Great game from Eddie.
Hmm. I think the only exception being allowed is for the FA Cup Final. I haven't heard anything about playoffs.
FIFA have reversed themselves and said players WOULD be allowed to play in the Championship playoffs. The other exception is for the UEFA Champions League Final. Let's hope Leeds go up automatically and Eddie gets a few weeks vacation before reporting to camp.
Thanks for the clarification. I was under the impression that only the Champions League Final and the FA Cup final were the only matches where players would be allowed to play. Gazing over the preliminary US schedule heading into the World Cup, it doesn't look like any CCC playoff matches overlap with any prep matches for the US. The Championship Final match is on Sunday, May 21st. The US is tentatively scheduled to play on May 23rd, 26th and 28th. Lewis will probably have to sit out the match on the 23rd due to travel but should be available for the other matches, provided Leeds get that far of course. It also doesn't look like Eddie will miss either of the matches in March in Germany.
One more slight clarification, the FA Cup final has been brought forward a week to May 13th (and format modified so that any UEFA cups teams still alive will not have to play replays in the fifth or sixth rounds and Champs League teams will have no sixth round replays) so the FIFA would not have applied to it in anyway, only the UEFA Champions League Final and the Championship playoffs are impacted as far as I can tell. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4316423.stm Where did you get those dates for the USA games? They sound reasonable given the schedule we played in 2002 before the WC but I hadn't seen those dates etched anywhere yet.
More praise for Eddie: http://www.leedsunited.com/article....ack=0&Title=Lewis+Turns+It+On&navlid=newsroom
hey looks like someone put the highlights up on youtube http://www.youtube.com/w/Leeds-United-vs-Plymouth?v=7CtetbmsitQ&search=leeds
The first 'assist' was actually underwhelming to me. I guess he meant to sling it in there, although from that position (tons of bodies in front of goal), you have to hit a hard, low shot- and hope for a deflected goal. That's the 'odds' play. If Eddie was shooting, he hit a weak, mishit shot that was not even on frame. I guess there is possibility that he meant to cross in the box- but even then, it was at a weird height. And you don't lob it, you hit it hard in that case. But it all worked out. The 2nd assist was pure determination, and nice pace to place ball in channel correctly. A good play, but not great. One you would expect from veteran w/talent. Nice hard-charging effort.