The starting lineup for last night's friendly with Notre Dame listed in the box score as a 4-4-2
although Justin Davis played up front making it more of the 4-3-3 as Fishbein said he'd
use.
Substitutions/times in parentheses.
Chris Wright (Masashi Shibuya-43) - PJ Wilson (Stephen Brown-27/Andrew Parsons-45)
Justin Davis (James Urbany-33) - Lance Rozeboom (Michael Green-29) - Michael Reed - Jack
Smithson
Gal Yaar - Zach Tierney - Simon Ejdemyr - Mike Porter (Ryan Farquharson-27)
Eric Staver
Second half lineup and substitutions:
Wright - Urbany (Wilson-55/Farquharson-71/Wilson-82/Urbany-89)
Davis (Shibuya-71/Davis-82) - Rozeboom (Green-78) - Reed - Green (Smithson-62)
Yaar - Tierney - Ejdemyr - Farquharson (Porter-60)
Staver (Justin Fite-60)
Overtime lineup and substitutions:
Wright - Urbany
Davis - Green - Reed - Smithson
Yaar - Tierney (Farquharson-103) - Ejdemyr - Porter
Fite
Full box score
Some observations:
Michael Reed still commits more dangerous turnovers than I'd like but the team's defensive
positioning and recovery speed was evident for the most part.
College Soccer News has the Lobos ranked 19th and the National Soccer Coaches Association of
America (NSCAA) ranks them just outside the top 25 also receiving votes (28th).
Somewhat disappointing based on the tradition of the last half decade, the 10 returning players and
the quality of transfers and freshman coming in.
Wednesday August 20th the Lobos host Notre Dame in their only exhibition game this year.
The evening has a second major purpose in addition to getting ready for the 2008 season. The Lobos
are teaming up with the American Cancer Society in a variety of ways to raise money and awareness
prior to, during, and after the game.
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Coaches Poll is out today and once again the Lobos
are picked to win it (just ahead of Denver).
http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/stories/080608aai.html
2008 MPSF Preseason Coaches Poll
1. New Mexico - 24 pts. (4 1st Place Votes) - 12-5-2/7-1-2 (1ST/NCAA Tournament First Round)
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