PBP: San Jose Earthquakes - Portland Timbers (Sunday, 3/13) in-game thread [R]

Starting lineup:

25 F Quincy Amarikwa
8 F Chris Wondolowski
1 G David Bingham
4 D Marvell Wynne
5 D Víctor Bernárdez
21 D Clarence Goodson
27 D Fatai Alashe
91 M Alberto Quintero
30 M Anibal Godoy
49 M Simon Dawkins
18 M Kip Colvey

 

Well if they're going to leave one out to make room for Fatai, Salinas is the right choice.

 

Fatai at left back, Colvey at left mid. All those attackers available and Kinnear playing not to lose at home.

 

Two very bald announcers for this game and no sight of Lalas yet, thank God!

 

I hope that is not for real. Doesn't really make sense.

 

I was all ready to come on here and flip out over the formation, but

It's been fixed now: Colvey at LB, Alashe at DM alongside Godoy, Dawkins to their left...

 

Colvey is starting! Cool!

 

I think Kinnear just sniffed the lady interviewing him.

Odd

 

LOL, I thought I saw that too!

 

We shall just have to see. Also, what does this portend for MPG?

 

Was that one of the kids they featured fo childhood cancer last year? Sad!

 

Eliza Sheckley died? Oh my. RIP!

 

Zarek Valentin used to be pretty mediocre, could playing in Norway really have changed that? I doubt it. Porter clearly has a soft spot for his former Akron guys... they just traded for Darren Mattocks who has been a total bust.
Quakes need to attack down Valentin's side.

 

Jair looks pretty fit.

 

Sounds like Brad Friedel got his American accent back....

 

OMG, did I just see Wondo win a ball in the defending third???!!!

 

Who is Ameekwa?

 

Nice job by Quintero beating Valeri.

 

Looks like 5000 people are in the LOBINA again. Perception is terrible on TV.

 

Colvey looked like a midget next to a giant on that cross.

 

Terrible marking by Colvey there. We got lucky.