Crew finish Florida friendlies on a winning streak
By: Matt | February 19th, 2009
In their continuing efforts to prepare for the upcoming MLS season, the Crew were victorious in two 60-minute matches against local colleges Wednesday. The Black and Gold beat the University of Tampa 2-0 and the University of Central Florida 6-0 respectively. Robert Warzycha looked to solidify his starting line up, as most of the same starters for the Crew’s 2-0 victory over the US U20 team also started against Tampa. This week saw many of the Crew players who were on international duty make their training camp debuts, including Alejandro Moreno back from his time with the Venezuelan National Team and Robbie rogers returning from his duties with the USMNT. Midfielder Emmanuel Ekpo got the first goal of the match against Tampa in the 11th minute and Robbie Rogers got the assist. Brian Carroll got the other goal of the day in the 46th minute unassisted.
Crew Lineup
Kenny Schoeni, Jed Zayner, Danny O’Rourke, Chad Marshall, Gino Padula, Eddie Gaven, Emmanuel Ekpo, Brian Carroll, Robbie Rogers, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Alejandro Moreno
The Crew’s second match of the day saw them unleash six goals against an unsuspected University of Central Florida squad. This match featured a completely different line-up than the first game. Pat Noonan, Kevin Burns, Duncan Oughton, Ty Shipalane, Jordan Seabrook, and Jason Garey all added goals for the Crew. Andy Gruenebaum, the Crew’s backup keeper, was also back on the pitch after picking up an injury the week before.
Crew Lineup
Andy Gruenebaum, Chris Clements, Anthony Peters, Andy Iro, Alex Grendi, Steven Lenhart (Ty Shipalane 45), Kevin Burns, Duncan Oughton, Cory Elenio (Jordan Seabrook 30), Jason Garey, Pat Noonan
The Crew will be traveling back to Columbus today for a few more days of training before shipping off to jolly ole England to take on a few EPL reserve teams, including the Everton reserves.
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Do you think Noonan will play more this season? After all that hoopla to get him last year, he hardly saw the field! Cannot wait for the start of the season!
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Ben-I certainly think so. After all, like you said, they kind of gave him some big money to ditch Norway. Competing in the Champions League, the MLS, and the Open Cup will give everyone some playing time and even if he doesn’t make Robert’s initial starting XI plans, I think Noonan will play a big role in some competition. It seems to me that he will eventually take over GBS’ role with the team once he retires.
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A winning streak? University of Tampa, UCF, US U-20! 10-0 combined in 3 games. Wow! Congrats to the champions…
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Congratulations for your winning streak.
It was an error the publication of the defeat against the Puerto Rico Islanders.
Oh yeah………
FAIL!
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No word about the the PR Islanders?
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Jesus Tap Dancing Christ…
ATTENTION IDIOTS WHO THINK THAT THE MLS IS A GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY: http://columbus.theoffside.com/team-news/the-schedule-some-small-international-game-and-training-camp.htmlREAD, INSERT FOOT, AND GET SUPER SIKED FOR YOUR AWESOME USL SCHEDULE!
I mean, why actually read more than one post when you can look like complete morons, amirite?
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Love Ekpo…he’s going to have a big year
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