Maybe, but we'll see Wed. PM. I can almost promise we'll play better with Mais back. Hopefully Greg will start Dante and bring JC on in the 65th min. I think even McB can get excited for this match.
Hopefully Martino starts. I think he needs to be in for us to win this game. Pelusa is too slow to play against Donovan in the mid.
Quakes are only missing Mulrooney....Yellow card slate is clean, therefore Graziani and Corrales are in the lineup. The last match at Spartan Stadium vs the Crew, I felt that Cunningham and Buddle were constantly dangerous and when Martino came on he also became a threat. If those 3 start, the Crew has a good chance. Your D was the weakness in that match. Cunningham seems to thrive on the small field.
Raoul, The Crew are playing IN San Jose, a place where they have NOT played well. Their last game was absolutely atrocious. A little negativity is to be expected. I am hoping for better tonight.
I know their last game was atrocious, Andy, but I've not seen them play 2 bad games in a row since July. Plus, they have some scores to settle from last year's embarassment. 2-1 Crew or 3-1 Crew. As I mentioned I really want to see JC come in around the 65th for Dante. LDB is trying to suck us into starting JC on a small field where short passing is superior to dribbling in a crowd. I saw the last LA-SJ game and the ball moved up and down the field in 10 seconds -- unless some idiot dribbled all over and let the D completely reset. Confidence....Confidence