West and Barrett start, as usual, but West off with a very early injury. West's replacement Hornseth scores in minute 33, 1-0 to Fred.
Wade goes the full 90 in a 1-0 win ... [result] With Bodo/Glimt and Stabaek losing, Frederikstad have ensured their top-flight survival. [/result]
The race looked over only ten matchdays ago: 1.Rosenborg 15 8 5 2 31-18 29 2.Tromsø 15 9 1 5 26-17 28 3.Lillestrøm 15 7 5 3 33-15 26 4.Ham-Kam 15 7 4 4 23-21 25 5.Vålerenga 15 6 5 4 16-15 23 6.Lyn 15 6 4 5 18-15 22 7.Brann 15 7 1 7 27-27 22 8.Odd Grenland 15 5 6 4 27-24 21 9.Molde 15 4 6 5 19-21 18 10.Stabæk 15 5 3 7 15-22 18 11.Viking 15 3 7 5 14-21 16 --------------------------------- 12.Bodø/Glimt 15 4 3 8 17-28 15 --------------------------------- 13.Sogndal 15 3 5 7 24-30 14 14.Fredrikstad 15 2 3 10 21-37 9 And here is the table now with one matchday to go: 1.Rosenborg 25 13 6 6 48-33 45 2.Vålerenga 25 12 9 4 37-22 45 3.Brann 25 12 3 10 44-38 39 4.Tromsø 25 11 4 10 35-31 37 5.Lyn 25 9 10 6 29-27 37 6.Ham-Kam 25 10 7 8 32-31 37 7.Lillestrøm 25 8 10 7 43-31 34 8.Odd Grenland 25 9 7 9 45-42 34 9.Fredrikstad 25 9 5 11 40-49 32 10.Viking 25 6 12 7 26-31 30 11.Molde 25 6 10 9 31-37 28 ----------------------------------- 12.Bodø/Glimt 25 7 6 12 28-38 27 ----------------------------------- 13.Stabæk 25 7 6 12 25-37 27 14.Sogndal 25 5 7 13 38-54 22 Wade and Brian both have contributed a great deal to the turn-around.
YA Press Box Report West was called up to the Jamaica match, more on that tomorrow. However, with him injuring himself today, that is looking like it's not gonna happen. Unfortunate timing.
You would think that with the defensive turn around that has occurred at the end of the season, and with Barrett's role in that turn around, that he would get some interest for his second cap. Afterall, he did the same at Aarhus, helping a defense that was lagging, and as a result, Aarhus won their relegation battle. As I recall from his MLS days and his run with San Jose to the MLS Championship, he is first a top flight defender who can also enter the offense. Afterall, in his first few years with the Clash, when he played defensive midfielder, he had lots of assists to his record.