Wednesday, February 20, 2008

The Starting Lineup Is In

The Galaxy will open the Pan Pacific Championship in a 4-3-3 formation.

Steve Cronin will start in goal with Michael Gavin, Greg Vanney, Troy Roberts and Chris Klein across the back from left to right.

Alvaro will be the defensive midfielder with Josh Tudela and Kelly Gray together in central midfield.

Ely Allen starts on the left wing and Beckham is on the right with Edson Buddle playing as the central forward.

As the match is on TV there won't be a running diary, but leave your comments here and we will add on as the game kicks off.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Youve made some mistakes. A 4-4-3 would mean we would play with 12 players, and you only listed 10 players. SO you essentially listed a 4-4-1....

Anonymous said...

actually, my bad i did make a mistake...but its still a 4-5-1

Anonymous said...

what channel is this on on Charter cable? Channel 406 ESPN News isn't showing anything

charlesj27 said...

NO... I believe the original post did get the formation correct. One normally does NOT mention the goal keeper. In a 4-3-3... the team will have to put 4 in Defense, 3 in Midfield, and 3 in Forward/Attack. Now, the players that Ruud wants to start with... WOW! That is BOLD! I can say I'm surprised. Beckham as Right-Forward... and, Chris Klein as Right-Back. This is going to be very interesting to watch! Josh is going to handle the Left-Midfield Side???

Anonymous said...

where's donovan? ruiz? and who are all these ppl i've never heard of?

charlesj27 said...

Poor David Beckham... I could see the frustration in his face. It's okay - It's fine... the first half went as I had expected. RAW!!! The players on field hadn't been a part of a true competitive match in a long while... they have to get their "whereabouts" back! I like the ball passes and decisions that Alvaro Pires, Michael Gavin, and Ely Allen. Josh Tudela made quite a few mistakes in the first half... and, so did Troy Roberts. But, again - these players have not been a part of competitive full-field soccer play in so long. At first half, score is 1 - 0 , with Gamba Osaka leading. LA Galaxy seems to be having more displeasure playing on the field-turf!