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[Green Hornet]

Semifinals
Team 1...........Agg....Team 2...............1st leg.......2nd leg
LA Galaxy.......SF1....Monterrey...........Apr 2–4....Apr 9–11
Sounders FC..SF2....Santos Laguna...Apr 2–4....Apr 9–11

Finals
Team 1.............Agg.....Team 2..............1st leg.......2nd leg
Winners SF2................Winner SF1.......Apr 24.......May 1
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No.............Position Player (*key players15) 36
*01 Mexico GK--Oswaldo Sánchez (captain)
02 Mexico DF--Oswaldo Alanís
*03 Colombia FW--Carlos Darwin Quintero
*04 Mexico DF--Jorge Iván Estrada
*05 Mexico DF--Aarón Galindo
*06 Spain MF--Marc Crosas
07 Mexico MF--Édgar Lugo
*08 Mexico MF--Juan Pablo Rodríguez (vice-captain)
*(sub)09 Colombia FW--Andrés Rentería
10 Argentina MF--Mauro Cejas
*11 Mexico MF--Néstor Calderón
15 Mexico MF--Alejandro Martínez
*16 U.S. FW--Hérculez Gómez
*17 Mexico MF--Rodolfo Salinas
*19 Mexico DF--Rafael Figueroa
*20 Mexico DF--Osmar Mares
21 Mexico MF--Enrique López
*23 Panama DF--Felipe Baloy
*24 Mexico FW--Oribe Peralta
25 Mexico GK--Miguel Becerra
32 Mexico GK--Julio González
36 Mexico FW--Alejandro González
*(sub)37 Mexico MF--Cándido Ramírez
38 Mexico DF--César Ibáñez
40 Mexico GK--Luis Rubio
43 Ecuador FW--Ely Esterilla
44 Mexico FW--Edgar Martínez
49 Mexico FW--Carlos Parra
53 Mexico MF--Eduardo Palacios
54 U.S. MF--Benji Joya
55 U.S. FW--Daniel Cuevas
57 Mexico D--Kenyi Adachi
64 Mexico FW--Mario Cárdenas
66 Mexico DF--José Abella
67 Mexico DF--Carlos Torres
69 Mexico DF--Luis Alberto García

01,03,04,05,06,08,09(sub),11,16,17,19,20,23,24,37(sub)

Typical lineup
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===========24Oribe Peralta Moronest============16Herculez Gomez=======================
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03Carlos Darwin Quintero==17Rodolfo Salinas==08Rodriguez Ramirez Juan Carlos==11Nestor Calderón
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20Osmar Mares=======19Rafael Figueroa=======23Felipe Baloy========04Jorge Estrada Manjarrez
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==============================01Oswaldo Sánchez====================================
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Clausura 2013 - Torneo Clausura 2013 Table(pts)

01 U.A.N.L..........24
02 Atlas...............23
03 América.........20
----------------------------04 Santos.......18
05 UNAM............16
06 Tijuana...........16
07 Pachuca........16
08 Guadalajara..15
09 Querétaro.....14
10 Puebla..........14
11 Monterrey.....13
12 Morelia.........13
13 Toluca...........12
14 Cruz Azul......11
15 Atlante...........07
16 Chiapas........06
17 León..............05
18 San Luis.......02

[Hawk Talker]

You left out the fact that Eddie Johnson scored 14 goals in one season in the MLS. Zigi Schmid tends to get the most out of his players minus fredy ljungburg or what ever his name is. Eddie was once thought to be the most talented player with great upside that the U.S. had to offer. All the talk gave him a bit of over confidence when he took his talents to Fulham, then bounced around England, then Greece and Mexico. He has the chance to revitalize his career with the Sounders and maybe show something to Jurgen Klinsmen. It is Sad to see Lamar Neagle go because I thought we were just beginning into tap into his talents but I wish him the best in Montreal. As for Mike Fucito. He brought energy and speed to the pitch and he certainly was a fan favorite. But I think fans will also enjoy the talents of Eddie Johnson along side Freddie Montero. He will have to prove himself to Zigi Schmid of course. I don't think he should start right away. Maybe Obrien White (if he is still on the team), or Nate Jaqua up front to start things off until Eddie gels with the rest of the team. I'm nervously excited for things to kick off here. The sounders are going to have to work hard to get through to the Semis of the Concacaf Tournament.

[Green Hornet]

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[vikinglifeguard]

This trade says something to me about the players on the team and potential forwards. It says the experiment with two short forwards wasn't working (we all knew this). Fucito was a sub for Montero and not a complement. From what it sounds like, it sounds like Estrada is making strides and thus is coming up to where Fucito may be so we had 2 players who were backups for 1 and we can't keep Estrada down forever. OBW is still a ways from getting back. I don't know if we will ever see him hit the pitch, which is sad as he was producing well (in his very short time). Ochoa is apparently sluggish and has digressed. They have come out and said he isn't where he needs to be. So I see EJ actually starting. He comes in as a Blaise type. Someone who has a bit of history scoring (at least in the MLS) who can take pressure off Montero and score some.

Getting rid of Lamar is sad, but we have 3 or 4 left wingers. We have El Flaco, Zak, and Christian. Zak I think must be getting a lot closer to starting then has been said. In reality, we just have too much of a log jam there. It makes sense in reality why those two were sent. I hope the trade was worth it as a good forward may be our missing link.

[sounder211]

I don't see us being shut out down there, so I'm not concerened about that one goal we gave up here. Santos have had problems defensively all year, especially on set pieces. That'll be key for us, converting our set pieces. We do that, we advance imo. Our defense is looking to be the tops in all of MLS, so i don't see us giving up more than 2 goalsl, if that.
If we keep our heads (you know they're going to try to "fight" us and be physical to get us red carded), and hold possesion like we did last night, we'll be fine.
#BeatSantos!