The real fans have pre-season game starting lineup reveal anxiety!
Preseason - All Matches
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I'd like to see something somewhat close to the final lineup, even if they don't get a full 90.
How uncomfortable do you really want the other players to be if Jacobson is sweeping?
On board with this, apart from it being upside down.
Matarrita is an offensive player naturally, forced into the LB spot because (1) it was a need for Costa Rica, and (2) he can handle it. He's both our best LB and LW.
I say push him up. Adding a third CB really releases him down the wing. Depending on how deep our wingers are at any given moment, we might look like a 3-4-2-1, 3-2-4-1, or 3-2-2-3. I think it's flexible without surrendering defense, and I'm optimistic about it.
I say push him up. Adding a third CB really releases him down the wing. Depending on how deep our wingers are at any given moment, we might look like a 3-4-2-1, 3-2-4-1, or 3-2-2-3. I think it's flexible without surrendering defense, and I'm optimistic about it.
So much for trotting out our Best XI and seeing how they do. Maybe next week.
And in a 3-2-2-3...cute.
Gall/Mullins/Gomez
Poku/Ballouchy
Bravo/Lopez
Ivanov/Hernandez/Iraola
Johansen
I bet someone has already done this but can I get some info on Gall and Gomez? Are they American? And isn't Ivanov another international slot that we don't have?
I know Romain Gall is a French-American and I believe he was in MLS before and has played for the US youth national teams.
I don't know anything on Gomez.
Believe Gall was in Columbus. I heard their podcast talking about him and it seemed like he had some promise but was squeezed out by numbers and lack of opportunity.
Time for Poku and Mullins to make their cases to be starters. Yes, the supporting cast around them is weaker than our best line up but we are also playing a lower division team.
Can we officially end the lets slide Villa out of position to LW so that we can start Mullins discussions?
I'm fairly certain that Shannon Gomez is 19 or 20 yrs old, is from Trinidad and has 1 or 2 caps for their national team.
Started the videocast late so it stopped on me with 20 minute to play - didn't really see any NYCFC subs/starters in action.
What I did see was that the team moved the ball better than the last game, but honestly, it was impossible to gauge Mullins with the subpar service he was receiving from two trialist wingers and a really makeshift midfield. In many ways the same goes for Poku because he was passing to the trialist wingers. Hernandez looks so nervous on the ball its sad to watch - he's in the Saunders club of wanting to kick it up field as quickly as possible.
I wrote a thing about them a while back.
http://thenycfcnation.sportsblog.co...trialists-revealed-before-montreal-game-.html