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Shalrie and the Giant Road TripSounders FC at New England
Revolution
Trips to New England for Sounders FC have always started with
excited hopes of bountiful
returns. Yet both trips ended yielding no gains. In fact,
Sounders suffered disappointing losses
in both.
Steve Nicol Juggling Water Bottle - after losing 3-nil in
Seattle 2010
The inaugural season road trip started with a stunning Montero
6th minute strike from long-
range. Shalrie Joseph, their tall attacking midfielder,
eventually beat down the Sounders and
knocked in two second half goals. Including the match
winner.
Shalrie Joseph is at the center of everything good, bad, and
ugly that New EnglandRevolution bring against the Sounders.
Whether sliding a cheeky ball past Keller while falling,
slapping Patrick Ianni on the neck out ofthe sight of referees, or
rifling in perfectly timed headers. Shalrie is catalyst of the
Revolution. If
he is in form, Sounders will struggle. If he is quiet, as in his
visit to Seattle in June, they will be
the ones suffering a loss.
In the Sounders 2010 road trip, they again took a 1-nil lead on
the strength of a Steve Zakuani
goal. And again proceeded to meltdown from the 70th minute on.
Instead of finishing strong,
or even holding on for a draw, Sounders conceded three late
goals. A result they would rather
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reverse than repeat this time around.
Sounders silenced Shalrie in the clubs first meeting in
June.
Shalrie was ineffective as the Sounders did to the Revolution
what they have done to the
Sounders in the previous two matches at Gillette Stadium. Give
up the first goal, then come
back to win. Tyson Wahl, leveled with a perfectly placed
free-kick and Fernandez gave the
Sounders the finishing lead in the 40th minute.
Letss take a road trip.
Every match has one good storyline. A long road trip is the one
for Sounders FC in this
match. Starting last Saturday, the Sounders began a near 10,000
mile road trip with a bus
to Vancouver, then flew to Guatemala, caught a plane to play in
New England, and finally fly
back across the country to Seattle for a Tuesday Championship
match in the US Open Cup
Final against Chicago. It is a self-imposed journey, but
enormous undertaking nonetheless. For
starters, I love Vancouver, and I would love to visit Guatemala
City. But next time I take a one
week vacation you can be sure it wont be doing both in one
week.
Sales on Sounders by Gabi Campanario - 8/5/09 at Barcelona
Friendly
time alone is difficult enough, but who he can and can not beat
at a game of cards must also be
weighed.
Speaking of story-lines, if the clich, third time is a charm is
true, then miles and miles aside,
this will be the Sounders tThe Seattle Sounders have prioritized
Champions League and US
Open Cup competitions from the clubs inception. Succeeding in
these competitions has made
them one of the most successful soccer clubs in North America in
short order. They havesix weeks before completing only their third
season. But that success has come at a price
that players pay in travel. It also underscores why head Soccer
Coaches are referred to as
Managers and not Coaches. Sigi Schmid, has so far successfully
managed this road trip, but
the final evaluation wont be in until after New England and the
US Open Cup final. Managing
players and playing hird attempt in New England. No doubt the
lineup will look like a colonial
patchwork quilt, but maybe that is exactly what it takes to
survive the Revolution in New
England.
