Primarily the youngsters who will be on parade against DC United. No Stockdale, Parker, Taggart or McCormack. And presumably will be led by "Captain" Hugo. Goalkeepers: Marcus Bettinelli, Jesse Joronen Defenders: Fernando Amorebieta, Cameron Burgess, Tim Hoogland, Shaun Hutchinson, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Kay Voser Midfielders: Chris David, Thomas Eisfeld, Emerson Hyndman, Ryan Williams Forwards: Moussa Dembélé, Patrick Roberts, Hugo Rodallega, George Williams Link to story, which confirms that we will play two friendlies when we go next week to Austria (guess against 'local' teams) - http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2014/july/23/pre-season-update
There's enough players left behind to possibly play a friendly at the Cottage. I think that will happen or else there's a lot of players going without a game for 2 weeks which can't be helpful.
For whatever reason we're not going to get a friendly at the Cottage this year, it would seem. The nearest will be the Open Training Day on 5th August. Details: http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2014/july/23/opening-training-day Felix appears to be treating the trip and the game in America as a distraction. His focus now beinging on getting the main squad to join up in Austria and use the two friendlies when there to give the rest a game.
Brian McBride on DC United and, of course, Eddie Johnson "Brian on D.C. United... I haven’t seen much of them this season but I know Benny [Ben Olsen], the Head Coach, very well. He’s an ex-player and a few of the guys who play there, I’ve played against, but I don’t know loads about them this year. Last year they struggled a bit – I know Benny was trying to rebuild and add some young players. They had a few injuries and were never able to really get going. This year they’ve made some changes and brought in a few different players and that mixture, I think, has helped. Brian on playing alongside Olsen for the national team... We played together for a little bit and Benny was just a really nice guy, energetic, always was a worker for the team. If you’re playing a three-man midfield he was either the number eight or six; not completely attacking but would know where to be in the midfield for his team. That knowledge will have helped him with the transition of going from playing to coaching, and I’ve got a lot of respect for him. Brian on Eddie Johnson... Eddie’s always going to be dangerous, especially in this league. I think the main thing for Eddie is finding someone who can give him service, because he has pace, he’s definitely strong running forward. With Eddie in the team, the quicker you get him settled, the better he’s going to be. I don’t think he ever really quite settled at Fulham and made that transition – it’s hard for a lot of us. But he’s done well, he’s motivated. Put him alongside some players who can feed the ball and, in this league, he’s going to do really well." It's going to be a tough challenge for our youngsters but I reckon this starting XI will be up to it - ……………….Joronen…………….. Voser…Burgess…Hutchinson…Stafylidis.. ………………Hoogland………… ……Roberts……..……Hyndman... ……………....Eisfeld……….. ………Dembele…….Hugo…
Don't know if there are any Live streams but we will be able to listen in via the Club site - "Fans can follow the Whites’ pre-season friendly fixture with D.C. United by listening to live radio commentary on our Match Centre page on Saturday. Felix Magath’s side take on the MLS outfit at EverBank Field – home of the Jacksonville Jaguars – with kick-off at 11pm BST. Coverage will be provided courtesy of Jax Sports Radio, with commentary coming from Bill McDermott, US soccer’s longest-running broadcaster with 42 years behind the microphone. Co-commentary will be provided by Derek Marinatos, the head men’s soccer coach at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville."
And the actual team starting tonight is: ..................Joronen............... ..Voser..Hutchinson..Burgess..Stafylidis.. .................Hoogland......... ......David....Hyndman... Williams R.. ..........Rodallega..Dembèlè.. So it looks like the Diamond formation again.
And Moussa Dembele completed his hat trick to make it 3-0 to the lads at full time. please log in to view this image Other subs were Tom Eisfeld for Chris David after 74 minutes and George Williams for Moussa Dembele after 80 mins.
I like yourself was hoping to see at least the highlights, as i am sure that the club must film these games.
The highlights - [video=youtube;f3AvVygTpr8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3AvVygTpr8&feature=player_embedded[/video] Two pleasing things - we looked comfortable on the ball and there was a lot of movement off the ball.
The defence worries me. This was DC United's second string side and still caused us a few problems. Better teams will punish us.
