Preseason Gamethread: Seattle Sounders v Chicago Fire
by Dave Clark on Feb 26, 2011 10:07 AM PST
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PrintI expect the first half to be a game between mainly first teams for both sides, while the second half is likely to be guys on the bubble. Roster and Salary compliance day is March 1st so for Seattle this is the last game action.
For all of our complaints about the Sounders only doing a Live Blog - FOLLOW HERE - at least they are doing that, today starting at 11AM. The Chicago Fire are only doing updates over twitter. We will get an appearance by #TheTrialist?
Lineups added when they are available
Seattle Runs out the Full First XI
| Nkufo | ||||||
| Zakuani | Montero | Fernandez | ||||
| Evans | ||||||
| Gonzalez | Alonso | Riley | ||||
| Hurtado | Parke | |||||
| Keller | ||||||
Second Half starters
| Nkufo | ||||||
| Zakuani | Montero | Trialist | ||||
| Evans | ||||||
| Gonzalez | Alonso | Riley | ||||
| Hurtado | Parke | |||||
| Keller |
This is your final pre-compliance day preseason gamethread.
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Surprising to see Keller out there
I had thought we’d see Ford and Meredith one last time
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Fire continue their 3-5-2 experiment
3-3-2-2 style
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Possibility of #TheTrialist in 2nd Half
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This from the Sounders page....
Fire Lineup: GK Sean Johnson, RB Jalil Anibaba, CB Josip Mikulic, LB Corey Gibbs, RM Logan Pause, CM Bratislav Ristic, CM Baggio Husidic, CM Marco Pappa, LM Gonzalo Segares, F Patrick Nyarko, F Gaston Purari.
by Matt Gaschk at 2/26/2011 7:04:53 PM1:04 PM
Many of those players would never play those positions but hey, they are reporting more than the Fire at least and we know the Fire lineup.
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by Tweed Thornton on Feb 26, 2011 11:09 AM PST reply actions
That's the data the Fire game them
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Interesting
Ristic has only played on the wings and Pause has only played in the center. It would be interesting to see this played out on the field over 90 minutes. Posted positions don’t always dictate real field position. That must be the case here or Carlos is really going experiment wild. Perhaps the 30 minute ‘triads’(?) are giving him some inspiration.
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by Tweed Thornton on Feb 26, 2011 11:28 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Pause doesn't seem to fit into a traditional 3-5-2 very well
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Nyarko didn't start
some guy who I can’t remember
one of your dozens of non-returnees
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Chicago is another rebuilding team
I tend to forget that Chicago lost some key offensive players in the off-season and will need to do some rebuilding. Too much focus on the expansion teams, the Crew and DCU.
Interesting
They are playing 3 periods
The teams will be playing 2 45 minute periods and a 30 minute period.
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That should give opportunities for every healthy player
But which keepers we see should indicate something
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matt noted
why Levesque was sent off during the UCF game when someone asked about that.
“The UCF player came in high on a tackle and Levesque pushed him down in retaliation”
i don't
blame Levesque for shoving down the player after that although as long as he doesn’t do it during the mls season and tournaments.
I'm very glad I haven't seen readers here asking Trialist questions over there
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I feel bad for Matt.
They keep persisting.
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by Brian Floyd on Feb 26, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Agree wholeheartedly
I understand people’s curiosity, but why undermine our team’s strategic advantage, however small that may be, by trying to get his name out on the interwebs?
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by Tacoma Sounder on Feb 26, 2011 12:03 PM PST reply actions
Trialist with a yellow card
during a double yellow confrontation
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Changes
Boss for Keller
Noonan for Nkufo
Fucito for Montero
There will be blood tonight! or goals rather
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Already made the decision is the guess.
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by Brian Floyd on Feb 26, 2011 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
That's what Dave and I were wondering.
Or Terry Boss may take the final 60 after Keller got the first 60.
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by Brian Floyd on Feb 26, 2011 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Fucito on and more offense
Not a surprise
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New lineup
Boss, Richard Martinez, Taylor Graham, Zach Scott, Tyson Wahl, Trialist, Servando Carrasco, Jonathan Prieto, Miguel Montano, Fucito Noonan.
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new lineup
Sounders current lineup: Boss, Richard Martinez, Taylor Graham, Zach Scott, Tyson Wahl, Trialist, Servando Carrasco, Jonathan Prieto, Miguel Montano, Fucito Noonan.
New lineup
Left to right
K:Boss
D: Wahl, Scott, Graham, Martinez
M:Montano, Carrasco, Prieto , TheTrialist
F: Noonan, Fucito
Outside of Fucito and Boss this looks really 3rd team/bubble doesn’t it?
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Yep!
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by Brian Floyd on Feb 26, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
yep minus a couple of players
i think 3rd period we will see estrada, cruz, neagle etc.
Jeremiah has a great post about Neagle up
I dont think Neagle is on the bubble at all
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yeah but he is third team probably
and they might want to get him playing time..
i read it!! and i agree he most likely made the team! im hoping him making the team bumps noonan out of the team
Nothing is certain outside the starting 11-13
I think we know the starting 11 with maybe 1-2 that we know will be on the 2nd team. I think everything is open after that. Recent quotes by Sigi indicate that anyone who slacks can still get the axe before roster compliance.
Oh, i think the certains go much further than 13
if its only 13 you have Ianni and Friberg added to starters
Which means no Fucito (they protected him) no Jaqua, no Earls, no Tetteh, no Wahl.
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No Boss. Yeah, I think it’s less of an open field than that. I suspect Sigi makes the comments he makes to keep players from slacking and to keep everyone else guessing.
What I'm taking away from Sigi's quotes...
Is that anyone whom feels secure in their position is playing with fire. I’ll give you Tetteh because he has a contract already through G.A. I’m not willing to call anyone else a lock until the final roster comes out unless they have had their contract extended. And that’s a smallish list AFAIK.
yeah i agree
and for me what im taking from sigi’s quotes is that no one’s spot is safe. if you are a starter and you slack then you are going to get dropped and so on and so forth.
They aren't going to drop Montero for not practicing hard
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Yeah, but they might give a start in MLS play to someone else
After a somewhat slack off-season last year it seems like they want everyone on the roster to fight for something. Those with contracts are fighting for starting spots. Those without contracts are fighting for spots against younger, hungry players.
For a team that did well the number of players with guaranteed contracts is pretty small. Adrian Hanauer told the media at the end of last season almost no one had a guaranteed contract for the next year. Just Nkufo and Fernandez that I remember. Since then we’ve had:
-Montero signed as a DP
-Keller’s contract extended
-Alonso’s contract extended
-Tetteh (has a contract through G.A.)
-Friberg (I assume he signed a contract when he moved)
-And I’m sure I’m forgetting 1 or 2 others
It has to be quite a bit alarming for some of these starters and role-players whom haven’t had their contracts extended or their options picked up this far into preseason training.
All I’m saying…I’m not taking anyone’s spot for granted…and they probably shouldn’t either…
There is a difference
between pressure for a roster spot, and pressure for minutes played.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we see an unexpected cut or two, but there have to be 20+ roster spots pretty much locked up at this point.
Don't really expect anything that out of left field.
It’s fringe veteran role players vs. younger guys.
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Estrada on for The Trialist
Only change in the third.
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Neagle Neagle Neagle
Made in Federal Way
Neagle Neagle Neagle
Gonna score today!
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Love it, but
isn’t he from Tacoma? I know it doesn’t rhyme, but that’s what Jeremiah’s article said. Not that important of course, but T-town gets never gets any love.
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by Tacoma Sounder on Feb 26, 2011 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
Tetteh on for Martinez
Gets a whole five minutes of action today.
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He does!
So good that a feature on him may just magically show up here soon.
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Also, I'm not even gonna hide it.
I like Tetteh. He’s a nice kid and was an enjoyable interview. I love his attitude.
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Carrasco at the 120th min
Servando Carrasco scores!!! Sounders FC go up 1-0 when Zach Scott sends a long pass to Roger Levesque, who brings it down, then drops it back to Miguel Montano, who crosses to Carrasco in the middle of the box and he blasts it in for the goal.
Nice.
Sounds like some decent play.
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Look at that play
RB from well away to TF who drops back to LW who crosses to CDM
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