Busy last couple of days in Charger land, I missed my 2nd match yesterday while driving to a wedding. We won in the League as well as the Cup, and moved on the Playoff round. As for today....
We lost, 1-nil away, in CL as our midfield struggled and their defense shined. We only managed 3 shots on target in spite of earning 8 corners. We now stand firmly 3rd in our group on only 3 points, and basically need to win out to have a chance to advance.
Howard, Beasley, Grella, Califf, Johnson, Bjørge, Nogueira (Jóhannsson 68'), Gómez (Cerny 68'), Frost, Green, Bilali (Altidore 85')
From that offensive struggle we moved on to our League match, which we won, 3-1 away. In spite of facing a lineup full of 6* players and a 7* goalkeeper, we controlled possession and rattled off 21 shots, 11 on frame. Jozy Altidore opened the scoring just before the interval, and Garath McCleary and Gabriel Gomez hit the back of the net within minutes of each other in the 2nd. The showing puts us in 8th place on 9 points, with that disastrous outing the other day continuing to haunt our goal differential.
Howard, Woods, op den Kamp, Ikhide, Donné, Rowland (Frost 68'), Cerny, Carrizo (Gómez 68'), McCleary, Altidore (Grella 85'), Jóhannsson