Get. It. Done.

 

Great Sand Dunes National Park

Tomorrow is simple.  Get the three points, take the lead in the Rocky Mountain Cup, stabilize the season.  Anything less and we're looking up from the bottom of a deep hole.  We're going to have to do it without one of our top guys, but FSL is suffering too.  No excuses.  Kickoff tomorrow is at 7:30 and the first team game will be followed by the Unified Team taking on their counterparts from Salt Lake as well, with their Rocky Mountain Cup on the line.  The Unifed Team are two-time winners of the RMC and they go for the hat-trick (they only face each other once a season).

Availability Report:

OUT: M Ali Fadal (knee); F Rafael Navarro (ankle)

QUESTIONABLE: GK Zack Steffen

Do not like.  Apparently Steffen is likely to be available but I still don't like the question mark.  And not having Navarro could be crippling.  On the plus side FSL has 3 players out and 4 questionable, though only two of them have had significant minutes this season.

Yeah, I don't like this one much either.  I have to hope Armas realizes things aren't working and goes back to what did work, the 4-2-3-1 with Djordje in the middle and Bassett sitting in the hole behind him.  I picked Larraz over Atencio as I find them fairly equal right now so play the homegrown that understands the rivalry over the new guy.  The wingers are a pick-em.  I'm not sure we have good choices but this seems like the best options.

The key to this one is getting a midfield back and keeping Luna under control.  Awaziem and Maxso have to know where he is at all times, and the midfield cant' let FSL tee off on our goal.  Whatever we get out of Yapi up top is a bonus.

Prediction: 2-1 loss, goal by Mihailovic.  FSL breaks our hearts with a late goal to win, again.  Given our run of form and Navarro being out I just don't see where we get points in this one.  Hopefully they can prove me wrong but I'm not getting my hopes up.