• Preview: Crystal Palace at the Charlotte Eagles, 7:00pm kickoff USL2 Playoffs, Semi-Final［Club HP］
＊クリスタル・パレスはリーグプレーオフ準決勝、シャーロッテ戦のプレビューを掲載しています。ケガ人が出ている模様で原田選手はCBでプレーすると伝えているようです。
Crystal Palace FC USA make the long trek down to Charlotte this weekend for their USL2 Playoff semi-final against the top-seeded Eagles of North Carolina ("The Eagles" is also the nickname of Crystal Palace.) This is Palace's first experience of the playoffs having missed out in their inaugural season last year. The winner of this contest will earn a berth in the Championship Final on Saturday August 23rd at 7:30pm against the winner of the other semi-final in which Richmond hosts Cleveland.
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Palace will be missing a key player for this crucial game. Paul Robson is still nursing a hamstring injury that he picked up two games ago. This means Andrew Marshall will slide over to the right back position as he did against Harrisburg on Wednesday, with Shintaro Harada moving to center back to partner Lookingland. "You'd like to keep a steady line-up at the back, but these things happen," remarked Lookingland. "We've had a lot of injuries and cards, affecting not just the defense but the whole team." As for playing their third game in seven days: "We may be a little tired, but it's just a matter of digging deep and if any of the starters can't go the distance, it's up to the guys coming of the bench to ensure we don't miss a beat."
• Result: Crystal Palace 2 (2) Harrisburg City Islanders 2 (1) A.E.T. - Palace win 7-6 on penalties
［Club HP］ ＊クリスタル・パレスはリーグプレーオフ第1戦、ハリスバーグ戦をPK戦の末に破りました。原田選手はDF（CB？）でフル出場し、前半10分深い位置からのロングクロスが先制点のアシストとなったようです。
Palace knocked the Harrisburg City Islanders out of the USL2 playoffs at UMBC tonight, earning a semi-final trip to Charlotte on Saturday August 16th to face the top-seeded Eagles. The game stood at 2-2 as the whistle blew for the end of regulation, forcing 30 minutes of extra time. But the teams remained tied and a penalty shoot-out was needed to break the deadlock. Palace defeated Harrisburg in similar fashion earlier this season in the 2nd round of the US Open Cup.
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Each side started a little hesitantly, but after a few minutes the pace picked up and both goalkeepers were called into action. In the 10th minute, Shintaro Harada sent a long, looping cross from the right to the far post where Gary Brooks outjumped his two defenders and headed home.
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Crystal Palace Line-Up:
Brian Rowland, Andrew Marshall, Shintaro Harada, Mike Lookingland, Mateus dos Anjos, Dan Lader (Alex Ughiovhe 84, Sergio Flores 105), Val Teixeira, Larry Mark (Bryan Harkin 73), Pat Healey, Matthew Mbuta (David Feazell 61), Gary Brooks
Goals:
Brooks 10
Healey 30
Cautions:
Teixeira 59
Subs not used: Zak Thompson, Cecil Lewis, Ibrahim Kante
Harrisburg Line-Up
Danny Cepero , Ryan Pierce (Adam Clay 78), Nigel Marples, Dustin Bixler, Anthony Calvano, Brian Devlin, Nate Baker (Steve Fisher 71), Mo Oduor (Jason Pelletier 90), Brett Wiesner (Brian Schofield 45), Brian Ombiji (Geoff Bloes 105), Ryan Heins
Subs not used: Brian Pope, Yu Hoshide
Goals:
Heins 14
Oduor 75
Cautions:
Scholfield 119
Referees: Bryan Roslund, Adam Wienckowski, Brett Lally, Dean Fairweather
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