Seattle Sounders Vs. Portland Timbers, Reserves: Gamethread

by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 1:30 PM PDT in Sounders: Academy, U23 PDL and Reserves

I'm a bit late to the proceedings, but I'm here now. We're 0-0 in the 24th minute. The Sounders have Michael Tetteh playing left mid, Pat Noonan at the target forward spot, Taylor Graham and Jeff Parke at center back, and the rest of the normal characters.

I'll probably only update for big moments and probably some random observations.

Lineup and Bench

		Noonan
		Fucito
Tetteh				Neagle
		Estrada
Gonzalez		Seamon		Scott
	Graham		Parke
		Boss

Bench	Levesque	Montano	Ford
Gray	Hepple	Ubiparipovic	Sakuda

The lower four are guest players

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Wish I was there.

Ended up not being able to make it to the game at Starfire.. was hoping the Soundersfc.com blog would update, but it seems like they might be too busy to do updates on the live blog. :(

Hopefully this will help. :)

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 1:32 PM PDT reply actions

Same here

We were hoping to get down to the game today, but it was already 1pm by the time we were in a position to leave from Shoreline.

by Targaff on May 15, 2011 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

i dont get why montano isnt playing.

and noonan :(

by Sandra_R on May 15, 2011 1:34 PM PDT reply actions

Noonan is a big

and the only one that didn’t play yesterday.

I haven’t heard that Montano is injured

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Because Montano has a loooong way to go?

CougCenter

by Brian Floyd on May 15, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Looks like Montaño might start the 2nd half

He’s warming up on the field w/ the assistant trainer while the team is in the locker room.

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 1:58 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

NM

He’s coming in at the 63’ for… Noonan!

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 2:26 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Noonan

According to the lineup, Pat Noonan is playing.

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 1:36 PM PDT reply actions

Right, it says right up there

I’m dropping a formation into Jer’s opener

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions

I am hearing

that are are having more chances for goal compared to Portland, is this true? For those there, how is the crowd and away support looking?

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 1:38 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah

Portland not really doing much. Sean Morris, SU alum and supplemental pick of the Sounders, is playing at RB for the Timbers.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't think there's more than 3-4 people in Portscum garb

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 1:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

How authentic

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

There are about a dozen or so

young guys in the stands wearing Timber warm-ups. Are they academy players?
Otherwise I see no jerseys and 3 scarves.

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 2:08 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Tetteh clearly read Dave's analysis on his play

in the last reserve game, because he’s gotten in on a couple good slide tackles and got stuck in for another couple of good challenges.

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 1:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

So as a Defender he defended like a Mid

Now as a Mid he defends like a defender…

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions

AKA

Proving his versatility

"But who would listen to Little old me anyway?"

-by thehemogoblin

by Little old me on May 16, 2011 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Lamar Neagle scores

I’d almost call it accidental. He slid what looked like a cross in from outside the penalty area and every defender and Sounder in the area missed it, including goalkeeper Adin Brown. 1-0 sounders in first-half stoppage time.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 1:50 PM PDT reply actions

Neagle was even surprised that it went in

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 1:54 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Goal!

Looks like Sounders FC just went 1-0 with a shot from Lamar Negal! Hope we maintain the score and put it in the bag.

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 1:51 PM PDT reply actions

on the main post it has alonso in the lineup fyi

by Sandra_R on May 15, 2011 1:51 PM PDT reply actions

huh?

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions

dave added the lineup to the main post

and it says alonso is playing next to estrada

by Sandra_R on May 15, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Ha! Yeah looks like we've got a starting 12

W/ Ozzy playing right center mid between Estrada, Seamon, and Neagle.

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 1:56 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

I fixed it.

CougCenter

by Brian Floyd on May 15, 2011 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Not sure about Alonso..

He is there and was interviewed but he is not playing according to Soundersfc..

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 1:55 PM PDT reply actions

he isnt playing.

by Sandra_R on May 15, 2011 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Who looks to be playing better than expected?

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 2:05 PM PDT reply actions

Man ... it's pretty sloppy

I don’t know that anyone has looked all that great. Neagle has been good. Noonan had some good moments.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Estrada has looked pretty good again

at that attacking center mid position.
Other than a few poor short passes I think Tetteh has looked good.
Fucito’s speed continues to amaze me.

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 2:12 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

I meant to say that I like what I've seen

No necessarily that they’ve looked good.

by MicahRowe18 on May 15, 2011 2:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Kevin Sakuda enters at RB for Zach Scott

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:17 PM PDT reply actions

Am I right in saying

that academy kids have yet to make the 18 in these reserve games?

by jelky on May 15, 2011 2:18 PM PDT reply actions

yes because of the high school season

by Sandra_R on May 15, 2011 2:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

You are right

There happens to be a conflict with the High School soccer season that would effect eligibility (according to Sigi), though there are a few who aren’t playing who could be options.

I think the bigger issue is that right now this is the only games that several Sounders can get, and so they only way they can be ready to contribute is by actually playing.

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions

neagle with nice assist to Noonan

Neagle sends in ball from about 25 yards out on teh left wing to Noonan who heads it past Brown. 2-0 Sounders.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:21 PM PDT reply actions

The ball movement that led up the goal was very nice.

by Kiliman2004 on May 15, 2011 2:33 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Is Timbers Army there?

I assume the ECS is there, how is the turn out for the Timbers Army? Any good noise level coming from both SG’s?

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 2:27 PM PDT reply actions

they aren't here, at least not in an organized manner

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I think part of the away support arrangement last night...

…was that TA had to get bussed back to Portland immediately after the game. It might not be that appealing to make the trip twice in one weekend for the sake of a reserve game.

by ubelmann on May 15, 2011 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I’ve only observed about 8 regular Timbers fans who do not appear to be affiliated with the timbers organization.

by Kiliman2004 on May 15, 2011 2:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Montano in for Noonan

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:28 PM PDT reply actions

Thats a little surprising

I would of thought the Timber’s Army would of showed up.

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 2:30 PM PDT reply actions

poor little fellers

must be all tuckered out from trying to out yell 36,000 sounders fans and had to go home early.

by Dan Olson on May 15, 2011 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions

And to be fair...

There’s not exactly a huge contingent of ECS either

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions

timbers cut lead to 2-1

David Horst gathers rebound while laying on his back and pokes it past Terry Boss. Boss had made a nice save on the initial shot from close range.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:32 PM PDT reply actions

So their Set-Play only offense is at the Reserve level too?

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Watching Portland score on set pieces gets really old.

by Kiliman2004 on May 15, 2011 2:35 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Maybe they went home after seeing the two tifos?

After seeing the ECS Tifo and the Tifo from North end that answered the question they had for us “Who Are You?”. They probably took the tie and ran back home to their log cabins in the woods.

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 2:35 PM PDT reply actions

Or it really could be that chartering busses for an overnight stay dramatically increases costs

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Crazy Talk

"But who would listen to Little old me anyway?"

-by thehemogoblin

by Little old me on May 16, 2011 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Looks like Roger is back on the field.

This time for Fucito.. Hope he gets a goal.. I want some tree chopping celebrations..

by TheDarkPassenger on May 15, 2011 2:37 PM PDT reply actions

Roger Levesque on for Mike FUcito

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:38 PM PDT reply actions

Michael Tetteh scored 3-1 sounders

Nice speed to break away off a feed from Timbers killer Roger Levesque.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:39 PM PDT reply actions

A very pretty goal. Tetteh one on one against Aldin Brown.

by Kiliman2004 on May 15, 2011 2:41 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Amazing! 19 hours later and the rain has finally stopped.

by Kiliman2004 on May 15, 2011 2:44 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Rain records were set for both May 14 and May 15

And the total from just this storm is nearly the May Monthly average

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

The scary part about that is that it didn't rain a drop until 7:30 or so.

by Aaron Campeau on May 15, 2011 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions

The previous May 14 record was barely over .5 inches

yesterday it got 0.97" of rain

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions

I think all of it ended up in my shoes

by Aaron Campeau on May 15, 2011 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs

Miguel Montano with a yellow card

Basically playing keep away after a foul call

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

He's lucky he didn't get that card earlier

when he got way up in the ref’s face just after he entered the game. He even waited around after the final whistle to give the ref some more advice. He’s not doing himself any favors by continuing to lose his cool over nothing, especially with Sigi over there watching.

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by Tacoma Sounder on May 15, 2011 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions

exactly

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions

3-2 Sounders in stoppage time

no. 35 for timbers just score don a long shot

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:56 PM PDT reply actions

Bim Ogunyemi

a PDL Timbers player

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by Dave Clark on May 15, 2011 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions

we are now 3-0-0 in the reserves league

by Sandra_R on May 15, 2011 2:59 PM PDT reply actions

Love the depth

Hate how much of it we are using

by Derek R on May 15, 2011 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Final score 3-2, Reserves now 3-0-0

Michael Tetteh looked very comfortable at LM. Estrada seems to be looking decent as a CM. Montana continues to show why people want to see more and why we’re unlikely to. Lamar Neagle had another strong game and it’s no wonder that Sigi keeps giving him shots at ends of matches.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 2:59 PM PDT reply actions

Just got back from the match.

I was very encouraged by Tetteh. He was excellent on his goal and did a good job running up and down the left side. He did have a few poor passes, but overall I liked what I saw.

by Greg Pirkl Lives on May 15, 2011 3:42 PM PDT reply actions

how did montano and fucito do up top together?

Cause neither of them are target forwards

by Sandra_R on May 15, 2011 4:02 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

I don't think Fucito and Montano were every paired together

And neither looked very good

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I guess this reinforces Sigi's choices

in not using either last night (or putting Montano on the bench)

by Derek R on May 15, 2011 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions

when montano came on for noonan, according to matt he was playing up top

with fucito until levesque came on

by Sandra_R on May 15, 2011 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah, that could be right...

Don’t think they played together very long and in any case, don’t remember them linking up particularly well.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 15, 2011 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Montano must have really screwed up

He seems perma stuck in the dog house.

by blakec on May 16, 2011 10:31 AM PDT reply actions

I think he displayed why that's the case on Sunday...

By all rights, he should have been sent off with two yellows. The first time, he got up into the face of the referee and didn’t get a card. Then he acted like a petulant child by playing keep-away with teh ball after a foul, which he was carded for. It’s stuff like that that makes it very hard to trust him in a real match.

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by Jeremiah Oshan on May 16, 2011 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions