Happy Monday/Reserve Game

Greetings Kansas City, it’s good to be back. After a 0-1-1 trip to Columbus, sleeping on a friendly bed last night was nice. The reserve squad tied Columbus yesterday morning 1-1 on a first-half free-kick goal from Ryan Pore. Pore stayed behind in Ohio with family after the game and had a small contingent at the reserve match. They were excited to see him score.

There was an Argentine consulate of sorts set up behind the north goal at The Crew’s Obetz Training Center. Wizards Claudio Lopez, Carlos Marinelli and Eloy Colombano chatted with Crew members Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Gino Padula for most of the reserve match. Another Argentine, Nico Hernandez, played all 90 for the Crew reserves.

Little Argentina.

Scoring Summary:
KCW - Ryan Pore (unassisted) 22'
CLB - Steven Lenhart (Emmanuel Ekpo) 43'

Columbus Crew Reserves (0-1-1) - Andy Gruenebaum, Ryan Junge (Andrew Peterson 65), Andy Iro, Jed Zayner, Ryan Miller, Nicolas Hernandez, Emmanuel Ekpo (George Josten 45), Stefani Miglioranzi-C, Brad Evans, Steven Lenhart (Guilherme Só 85), Jason Garey

Substitutes not used: Casey Latchem, Steve Traeger

KCW Reserves (2-0-2) - Eric Kronberg, Matt Marquess (Nelson Pizzarro 45), Aaron Hohlbein, Rauwshan McKenzie, Jonathan Leathers, Roger Espinoza (Michael Kraus 64), Sasha Victorine, Kerry Zavagnin-C, Ryan McMahen (Kevin Souter 45), Ryan Pore, Ivan Trujillo (Scott Sealy 45)

Substitutes not used: Boris Pardo, Geoff Miles

Misconduct Summary:
CLB - Jed Zayner (caution) 59'
CLB - Brad Evans (caution) 67'
KCW - Kevin Souter (caution) 77'

Goalkeeper Eric Kronberg was on quite a roll during the game. After a whistle stopped play while the ball was still in the air and heading toward goal, Kronberg decided he didn’t want to let it into the net even though it would not count. He scrambled back quickly and jumped to grab the ball. He misjudged the ball, however, and it fell through his arms, off his knee and straight into the goal. Everyone on the bench had quite a chuckle. Moments later as the ball was in the Crew end of the field, Kronberg turned to the bench and took a bow, again eliciting quite a laugh.

In the second half, forward Scott Sealy was taken down by Columbus in the penalty area for a spot kick. Everyone let out a loud appeal for the call, with Kronberg the loudest of the bunch. As the referee pointed to the spot and quieted the masses, Kronberg let out a yell of “RED CARD” from his goal area, taking everyone by surprise. The entire bench burst into laughter again and Kronberg gave his supporters a wave.

Hillcrest Road did not win any card tournaments for the trip, but again showed moderately well on the return flight. In 6-man and 5-man tournaments, Hillcrest came in 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Hillcrest did win a three-man game, however, so that was good.

Thoughts from the trip:
-Captain Kansas City plays some mean MarioKart on Nintendo DS.
-Aaron Hohlbein sat next to Kansas City Royals pitcher Luke Hochever’s wife on the way back to KC. Very nice girl.
-One lady from the plane claimed to be an “analyzer” and was telling our players their personalities based on their signatures. Pretty humorous stuff.

Hillcrest out.