Soccer Blogs Posts Tagged Starting Lineup

DCU @ FC Dallas: Starting lineup

2008-09-28T18:59:55+00:00

Coming to you live from Dallas, er, Frisco... actually, I'm in D.C. and my esteemed colleague, Boris Flores, is at Pizza Hut Park today. Regardless, here's the starting lineup the coaches have decided on today.

Louis Crayton; Bryan Namoff, Gonzalo Peralta, Devon McTavish, Ivan Guerrero; Fred, Clyde Simms, Santino Quaranta, Boyzzz Khumalo; Jaime Moreno, Luciano Emilio.

TFC - Dynamo Preview

2008-09-27T05:41:53+00:00

Tomorrow marks Houston's second visit to Toronto. The reigning MLS Champs will be looking to extend their lead atop the Western Conference, while TFC will be hoping to keep their faint playoff hopes alive. In the Reds' short history, they have done surprisingly well against the Dynamo, beating them 1-0 at home in a rain soaked affair last May, and getting a point on the road in July.

Mexico-Chile at the Coliseum

2008-09-25T02:58:09+00:00

Smaller crowd than usual for a Mexico game tonight, perhaps because of the relatively high ticket prices given the squad of youngsters and "B" team players trying to force their way back into the international reckoning.

BTW, Mexico and Chile last met June 4 in the Copa America when they played to a 0-0 draw.

Michael Bradley makes German debut

2008-09-22T19:12:00+00:00

Like Maurice Edu with Rangers, a pre-match injury shoved daddy's boy into the starting lineup for Borussia Monchengladbach.

And according to this report from Goal.com, it went fairly well.

Donning the number 26, Bradley played well in his debut forcing an early save by Berlin keeper Jaroslav Drobny.

Fernando Torres Needs Matches Not Rest, Says Rafael Benitez

2008-09-22T16:15:00+00:00

Rafael Benitez, previously renowned for his rotation policy, has indicated that Fernando Torres will remain one of his "untouchables" despite the goals drying up for the Spain striker. The Liverpool manager, who was left frustrated by Saturday's goalless draw against Stoke City at Anfield, argued that the 24-year-old will be better off playing his way back to full sharpness rather than resting.

Wizards Cruise in Friendly

2008-09-18T00:01:00+00:00

The Wizards played a friendly today at their Swope Park training complex against the U-23 Arkansas Wizards. Hillcrest Road has a more indepth write up on the game. The Wizards, though, had no problem taking out their Arkansas counterparts, as they beat them 13-0. All healthy Wizards players got into the game and most played a half.

Puerto Rico UP, DC United DOWN, Pumas QUE?

2008-09-17T18:51:00+00:00

Quick responses to the CONCACAF Champions League results from last night...

Puerto Rico just keeps on keeping on, doing what Chivas USA couldn't do with a 2-1 home win over Tauro of Panama. WHO WILL STOP THE ISLANDERS??? We'll see when they play Atlante...
I knew DC was in trouble when I saw the starting lineup.

I guess the better team doesn't always win

2008-09-14T04:20:00+00:00

A tie at home against a lesser Western Conference opponent certainly should feel like a loss. Somehow for me though, this one doesn't. Maybe it's because we outplayed Dallas, to the point where I think we really deserved the win. This felt like it should have ended at 2-1. Oh well. I guess we'll just have to steal back those extra two points when we play them again on the road in two weeks.

Ralston Keys Big Revs' Win

2008-09-12T18:45:00+00:00

Steve Ralston's return to the starting lineup after being sidelined with back spasms proved just the spark the Revolution needed to end their run of bad form.

Ralston assisted on two goals and scored one of his own and the Revolution scored four goals for the first time this season in a 4-0 home walloping of Chivas USA during primetime Thursday.

Theo Walcott, Arsenal, And England

2008-09-11T06:29:55+00:00

In case you haven't heard (and if so, where have you been?), our very own Theo Walcott got a hat-trick with England in Zagreb. The 4-1 win was an amazing result, even with 10 men on the Croatia team. Croatia hasn't lost in Zagreb since 1994, England have been generally terrible for two years (and not hugely impressive for years before that), and no one was expecting much.

MLS Seeks An End To Scheduling Fracas

2008-09-08T23:34:00+00:00

Following the latest barrage of criticism over the league's failure to acknowledge FIFA international dates, the Toronto Sun reported today that Major League Soccer is ready to admit that it has a scheduling problem and will take the first steps towards correcting it. Later this month, the league's competition committee will meet to discuss how MLS can do better to prepare a schedule that is not in direct conflict with the rest of the world.

QPR Snippets

2008-09-08T07:03:00+00:00

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Whether hooped socks really go with hooped shirt and blue shorts...? QPR's Hoops (Given that many - if not most - other Championship clubs already have their team photos up on their websites, presumably QPR will soon have their team photo posted.)

Ex-QPR loan, Ben Sahar, Profiled
Haaretz/By Neil Allen and Uzi Dann - Slow down, Ben, you move too fast
Ben Sahar really wants to make it in the Premier League.

DC United Reaction - No Nostradamus Required

2008-09-07T13:47:00+00:00

Predictable. Utterly predictable. Combine an emotional mid-week cup win with a cross-country flight; stir in half the regular starting lineup being out through suspension, injury, or national team duty; blend with a couple of starters shaking off the rust; add an opponent riding a good deal of momentum and looking fresh with an infusion of new blood; and dust liberally with Dyachenko going the

DCU @ San Jose: Starting lineups

2008-09-06T19:31:47+00:00

No Namoff. No Peralta. No Olsen. No Fred. No Moreno. No Emilio. No matter.

Tom Soehn has named his starting lineup for tonight's match in San Jose. These are the men charged with bringing a result back to the Nation's Capital:

Louis Crayton; Gonzalo Martinez, Devon McTavish, Marc Burch, Mike Zaher; Santino Quaranta, Clyde Simms, Rod Dyachenko, Marcelo Gallardo, Ivan Guerrero; and Francis Doe.

MLS 2, USL 2

2008-09-04T14:39:00+00:00

Shockingly, the USL has just as many teams in the group stages of the CONCACAF Champions League as Major League Soccer. Montreal did their business with a 0-0 draw away after winning 1-0 in the home leg. Puerto Rico definitely took the hard road, but made it work. After last week's thrilling match in Costa Rica, they gave up an early goal at home.

DCU vs. Charleston: Lineups

2008-09-03T23:34:25+00:00

Tom Soehn has named his starting lineup for tonight's championship battle against the Battery. The same players who started Saturday's game against New York will take the field, with the only change being Santino Quaranta moving to the middle of thte park and Joe Vide pushing out wide (where they played the second half).

Michael Bradley to Borussia Mönchengladbach - analysis

2008-09-03T04:29:00+00:00

Michael Bradley's move from Heerenveen in the Dutch League to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the German Bundesliga is a great move. It is a step up for Bradley in terms of competition, and after the success he had last season its the next logical step for him. Many Dutch players follow this path of moving to a club in the Bundesliga for this exact same reason.

Award 1: The Richie

2008-09-02T21:43:00+00:00

By definition, the Richie Award goes to the hardest working, most underrated player on the United roster. The award's namesake Richie Williams is probably most famous for his diminutive stature, but he is second most famous for his work rate. The dude just went nonstop, constantly interrupting plays for the opposing team.

Who should the USA start vs. Cuba?

2008-09-02T17:54:52+00:00

Photo by ISIphotos.com

The U.S. men's national team is set for a historic trip to Cuba this weekend when it travels to Havana for a World Cup qualifier against the Cubans.

Catching up on the long weekend

2008-09-02T12:45:51+00:00

Let's do this in chronological order, since it was a big weekend in Fighting Talker-land. Arsenal Toys with Newcastle En Route to 3-1 Win Now that's the kind of Arsenal performance we all wanted to see. With the return of Cesc to the starting lineup, and Van Persie to full effectiveness, we finally looked like a [.

Rojas to face D.C. United, Red Bulls sign Gambian

2008-08-30T02:12:02+00:00

Photo by ISIphotos.com

Venezuelan playmaker Jorge Rojas has joined the New York Red Bulls in Washington D.C. today and will play against D.C. United in tomorrow night's Eastern Conference clash at RFK Stadium.

Never Too Early To Start Second-Guessing Skeletor

2008-08-29T14:28:43+00:00

Sure, the U.S. MNT doesn't play Cuba until September 6, but like a kid a week from Christmas, I just can't help speculating as to what Santa (er, Skeletor, er, I mean Skipper Bob Bradley) will deliver to me in the starting lineup. He's checking his list (some say, twice) and soon we'll find out who has [.

Chivas USA Old-timer Grabbing A New Lifeline

2008-08-27T10:46:00+00:00

Zach Thornton's return to an MLS starting lineup is giving hope to both his club and himself.

Edu Eager For Rangers Debut

2008-08-26T19:15:00+00:00

US midfielder Maurice Edu has been on the go non-stop over the past few weeks, having represented his country in the Beijing Olympics and a World Cup Qualifier in Guatemala, as well as pulling club duties with Toronto FC and flying to Europe for negotiations all within the span of 10 days. Now, the 22-year-old midfielder is finally getting set for a calmer spell at his new home, Ibrox Stadium, which will officially begin when Edu joins Rangers in Scotland later this week.

Pre-season friendly - UNM 1, ND 2

2008-08-21T14:40:00+00:00

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.

Guatemala v. USA: Play time is over

2008-08-20T21:43:00+00:00

We're not playing Barbados anymore, I don't think Guatemala has to put up ads looking for players on their federation website.

The semifinal round of CONCACAF qualifying begins tonight, with the US playing probably its most difficult game of the round first. Guatemala should advance with the US into the Hex, and this game will be a chance to gauge where both teams stand.

Lampard Paired With Gerrard in England’s Starting Lineup

2008-08-20T18:34:44+00:00

Yes, you read correctly. We've seen this story before. Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard can't play together in the same midfield, but yet England boss Fabio Capello is going to give it another try in today's friendly against the Czech Republic. This should be interesting. The other surprise in the starting lineup is Gareth Barry, not [.

Lampard Paired With Gerrard in England's Starting Lineup

2008-08-20T18:23:00+00:00

Yes, you read correctly.

We've seen this story before. Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard can't play together in the same midfield, but yet England boss Fabio Capello is going to give it another try in today's friendly against the Czech Republic. This should be interesting.

The other surprise in the starting lineup is Gareth Barry, not because of his inclusion but because of his position.

Squad For The Ukraine Game. No Boruc. What Is Our Tactics?

2008-08-20T14:40:26+00:00

Leo decided to include some surprises in our starting lineup for the Ukraine friendly. Have a look.

Observations of England U-21 Friendly Against Slovenia

2008-08-20T13:37:00+00:00

• I was disappointed to see how many empty seats there were at Hull City's KC Stadium. I know this was only a friendly, but come on. These players are the future of England's national team, and the already small stadium wasn't even half-full to watch them.

• I liked the 4-3-3 employed by Pearce.