Chris Leitch was benched today for Ryan Suarez, giving us another casualty, and making the Metrostars the third team to be totally wiped out. And, Bobby Boswell got a yellow, so he may be suspended for the next game. Unsure of that. 14 players left (6 goalkeepers) 2005 Candidates Ezra Hendrickson Simon Elliot Nat Borchers Joe Cannon Scott Garlick Bobby Boswell Nick Garcia Bo Oshoniyi Todd Dunivant Kevin Hartman Jay Heaps Michael Parkhurst Matt Reis Pat Onstad
I am pleased to learn we will be losing two more players: Bobby Boswell is suspended for caution points (link). Nick Garcia has been suspended two games for trying to elbow Know Cameron (link).
No changes tonight, so we're still at 14 players. But, in addition to the Boswell and Garcia suspensions, Jay Heaps picked up a yellow card and will miss the next Revs match. So after 8/6, we'll be down to at least 11.
Jay Heaps, Nick Garcia, and Bobby Boswell were all suspended, and Scott Garlick was benched. 10 players left (5 goalkeepers) 2005 Candidates Ezra Hendrickson Simon Elliot Nat Borchers Joe Cannon Bo Oshoniyi Todd Dunivant Kevin Hartman Michael Parkhurst Matt Reis Pat Onstad
Hendrickson was subbed off at halftime tonight, and we are down to nine, and only four field players. Borchers is in yellow peril. 9 players left (5 goalkeepers) 2005 Candidates Simon Elliot Nat Borchers Joe Cannon Bo Oshoniyi Todd Dunivant Kevin Hartman Michael Parkhurst Matt Reis Pat Onstad
You beat me to this one. I almost came in to post this as soon as the play happened, just to beat you to the post.
8 players left (4 goalkeepers) 2005 Candidates Simon Elliot Nat Borchers Joe Cannon Bo Oshoniyi Todd Dunivant Kevin Hartman Michael Parkhurst Pat Onstad
This seems like a good place to add a brief comment about the Hex ... going into tonight's games, only 5 players had played every minute for their respective teams. Two of them -- Blanco, PAN (suspended) and Keller, USA (back in Germany) -- are unavailable, leaving just C.Salcido, MEX J.A.Torres, PAN D.Yorke, TNT All three started tonight. Yorke seems to be a bit of a sacred cow; coming into tonight's action, he has yet to score a goal and has provided only one assist.
Nat Borchers red carded tonight. 7 players left (4 goalkeepers) 2005 Candidates Simon Elliot Joe Cannon Bo Oshoniyi Todd Dunivant Kevin Hartman Michael Parkhurst Pat Onstad
Sacred Cow? rflmao. I love that expression. That what happens when you're the only real superstar your country ever produced and you decide to come out of 'international abandon' when you realise that not even a second rate english club would want to pay your salary anymore. If you want to find out how sacred he is, figure that they named him captain although he didn't play before the Hex...
About Yorke: He drops deep for Trinidad and often makes himself the first outlet for defenders. He plays in the midfield, essentially. He's only a striker nominally and by reputation. I wouldn't read anything into his goals/assists numbers. Unfancied Trinidad are still alive, mathematically, and he's certainly helped more than hurt his team, wouldn't you say? Back on topic...c'mon Parkhurst! Surely ROY. Surely!
In addition, Cannon has been subbed off. Exciting night. Now we just need Elliot to pick up a yellow...
Indeed all five: Bo, dunivant, parkhurst, elliot and onstad finished regular without missing a minute