U.S. Open Cup Final: Chicago Fire vs. Seattle Sounders Projected Lineups & Statistical Overview
by Tweed Thornton on Oct 4, 2011 10:13 AM CDT
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We collaborated with Sounder at Heart on projected lineups for tonight's game. All the credit goes to them in the creation of this interesting statistical and visual look at the lineups. The stats are for MLS Regular Season play because those lineups and statistical set represent a much better picture of the style of play and quality of opponent each squad will face tonight. There is are USL squads, no holding guys back, no reserves tonight. This is an all-out battle.
A big storyline of the day is whether or not Mauro Rosales will go for Seattle and if Sebastian Grazzini will go for Chicago. Both players remain gametime decisions. As updates come out, we will report. Daniel Paladini would be the first choice to start in Grazzini's spot if the Argentine can't go. We saw this game plan against Real Salt Lake where Paladini picks his spots at being creative and Marco Pappa plays a much more aggressive role of offense.
Seattle has a huge edge from a pure numbers point of view. There are more goals and more assists spread among more players. Seattle has been doing this winning thing all year long. The Chicago Fire found their winning recipe in August. Make no mistake that the Sounders have the edge in this battle for that very reason. Add in the fact that Seattle is hosting and it makes it that much worse. What Chicago lacks in more fine tuning, they must take advantage of in surprise moves if any are left in Frank Klopas' playbook. The Fire have 11 goals before the 30th minute in the their last 11 games. Dominic Oduro said the game plan is to score early and that seems to have been the game plan for awhile now. The full stats are after the break.
If you need more stories and background to catch U.S. Open Cup Fever, check out our stories from the past 48 hours:
Dominic Oduro Poised to Join Chicago Fire U.S. Open Cup History
Chicago Fire's 2011 U.S. Open Cup Journey: How they got here and where we have been
Seattle Sounders vs. Chicago Fire: A Brief History
Seattle's Mauro Rosales and James Riley questionable for USOC Final
Seattle Sounders vs. Chicago Fire - U.S. Open Cup Final: Three Questions
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Great work on this...
nice graphical display of the important stuff. I think it’s safe to say that we are the underdogs, but if we can go into Rio Tinto and kick RSL around, we can win tonight too. Can’t wait, just under 11 hours to go!
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Good stuff
I’ve been away from the site for a while cause I just moved overseas for year-long teaching job and I’ve been getting settled in. I’ve been able to watch the last two games comfortably since they were afternoon starts but this one will have me up at 4:00 am. Still struggling with that a bit, but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end. Can’t wait for the match, I’ve been eating up this coverage all day, it’s been great.
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