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1. Not a good game for Dempsey tonight and Morris was pretty anonymous too. To be fair to those guys I have no idea what sigi is trying to get the sounders to do on offense.

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2. Castillo and Morales don’t play.
   Finlay comes off the bench.
   Accosta on the bench for at least the first half.
   FabJo still hurt and Jozy picking up an injury.
   As good as last week looked for 40 man roster guys, this week is looking bad.

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   • Yeah you’re going to have some ups and downs,

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3. Manneh with two goals and an assist, how ever will SBI name Gio Player of the Week?

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   • Dos santos or seba? Seba had two goals and an assist as well

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     • Jozy would get the assist

     • Dos Santos, who has been named POTW or GOTW three weeks in a row.

     • Johnny- true true, just curious.

       Bryan- another classy comment that has no contextual relevance…

4. Dempsey slipped Jones in perfectly but Jones can’t put it away.

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5. Every week it seems like a vet on Seattle’s back line is giving up a pk

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6. I wish manneh was on the team instead of josimer

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   • I wish messi was on the team over both but what’s the takeaway from that? Our pool is defined.

     Are you a fan of our NT? Do you mock every USNT player when they get injured?

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     • Manneh is going to play for usmnt at some point. Messi will not

     • Lemme borrow that crystal ball, I’ll pay you after I win the lottery…

     • You don’t think manneh is going to suit up when he gains citizenship? Didn’t take Nagbe long, Manneh will get his call up.

     • I’d like for him to get a try but I would certainly never say he “IS” going to play with certainty

   • They said last November that he is supposed to be approved Sept. 8 if there are not any complications.

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   • Menneh is still awaiting his citizenship (I think he gets it in Sept.). Hopefully by years end we’ll have some more options for striker & wide attackers. Hopefully between players getting healthy, young players maturing, and a couple new additions we won’t have as much concern when a player(s) have minor injuries.
     Forwards: Jozy, Dempsey, Wood, Johannsson, Morris, Zardes, Rubin, Agudelo, Boyd
     Wide Players: Fabian, Pulisic, Gyau, Menneh, Finlay, Lleget, Arriola, Green, Kiessewetter

     A 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 really does appear to be in our future based on the attacking talent we’ll have if we can ever get everyone healthy.

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     • I read an older article that said he may have to wait until late 2017 to meet the 5 year residence rule even after he gets citizenship. Zelalem got a waiver because his family’s move was not soccer related. Manneh moved for soccer, but not to play for the national team so its more complicated. Not sure if that issue has been resolved.

7. How’s his hold up play looking?

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   • It was quite well actually, thanks for asking. He created several scoring chances and won a PK

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     • Did he flop so hard on the pk it caused injury?

     • No sir he did not but are we adding “flopping” to the list of unwarranted Jozy criticism?

8. Jozy draws a pk but it is saved. Limps off field injured

   Commence commenting……. lol

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   • I was watching the Revs game and heard at half that it was his hamstring. With the Copa right around the corner the question becomes is he going to be sidelined? With the lack of forwards on the Preliminary Roster (Dempsey, Wood, Zardes, Morris, Wondo) his absence could be a problem as once again we really don’t have a replacement/backup for Jozy.

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     • Wood, Zardes and Morris are all better options as a lone forward than anyone we had in Brazil anyway.

     • If we stick with the lineup we used in Columbus up front it makes no difference as Jozy was just subbed on. You have Morris can play on the right, Pulisic can play on the left and Wondo can sub in the middle. Finley didn’t even start tonight for Columbus, but if Jozy and FJ are both out he may still sneak a spot on potential.

     • Just checked the rules, FabJo and Jozy could be named in the 23 and replaced before the first game with someone else on the 40 man roster if need be.

   • Looks on the replays like he rolls his ankle on his plant foot. Where you watching in DLOA what were the trainers looking at?

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9. Jozy blocks a pass on the sideline that slams into a fans face; leaving a bloody nose.

   Let him have it Bryan, scold away…

   Guffaw

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10. Is this Zlatan’s last match for PSG?

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11. Yesterday Bob Bradley’s Le Havre came as close to promotion as they could possibly get. They improbably closed a six point GD, but the goals-for tie breaker sank them. Literally one more goal scored over the entire season — or one less conceded — would have seen them through. Rough.

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12. Not much excitement in Germany today, no Pulisic, FabJo still injured, Chandler relegation playoff bound, AJ still up but hurt, Morales didn’t play, Brooks in Europa qualifying next year.

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13. T-minus 21 hours…

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    • This was a solid contribution

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14. Is it true that the NE Revolution match is blacked out on CSNNE? This is the first time that I’ve ever seen a match blacked out and it coincides with Kamara’s debut.

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    • It’s not going to motivate fans to go see them at dumpy Gillette either.

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      • “This was a solid contribution”…

      • At least it wasn’t some lame self promotion of your overused shtick

      • Let it go bro…

        Guffaw

      • No

      • I wish you would reconsider you stance but, hey, it’s your bitter life. I hope we can move past this and continue enjoying this wonderful soccer blog.

        Cheers!

        guffaw