Knights of Columbus, that was hard to watch!
Yes, against our better judgment, we've made an Anchorman reference. The three-day turnaround from Roots’ weekend “home” fixture against Austin Bold meant the starting lineup saw a bit of rotation. Kai Greene and Saalih Muhammad got their first starts of the year, featuring on either side of Tarek Morad in what played as a back 3. Akeem Ward and Memo Diaz appeared to slot in as wingbacks, with Fissore and Mbumba through the middle. Jeremy Bokila again got the start up front, often joined up top by Chuy Enriquez, with Danny Flores providing the ostensible link to the midfield. The game played out…a lot like Saturday’s. Loyal dominated possession for the first 15 minutes or so, but couldn’t put the ball on net. Zeus made a snazzy looking save in the 11th minute, but on replay it seemed like the ball was headed wide. In the 13th minute, Loyal winger Moshobane tuned Kai and fizzed a dangerous looking cross into the box, but the resulting Loyal shot went wide. Roots started to get a foo...