Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Martinez Sent Off in Crazy Finish - Former SKC Wizards Update

Former Sporting KC midfielder, Alex Martinez was sent off this past week for Orange County in a crazy finish in their 2-1 loss to Wilmington. The craziness started in second half stoppage time with the game tied 1-1. Orange County won a corner kick. Martinez went over to take the kick, but before he could, some pushing in the box, just in front of the goalkeeper, led to a pair of red cards, one to a player on each team. Wilmington's Andrae Campbell had to be restrained by his teammates. As he left the field, a Wilmington coach followed him to escort him to the locker room. As he passed the corner flag where the ball was still set up for the corner, with the referee's back turned, the Wilmington coach kicked the ball away from the spot. Martinez took exception to this and after a quick appeal to the referee, followed after the coach and gave him a push. Th referee came over and spoke with Martinez and eventually gave him a red card. After Martinez appealed for a minute he turned and ran after the Wilmington coach who had kicked the ball away. The field cleared as the rest of the teams followed Martinez. After everything was cleared up, Wilmington scored a late winner.  Check out the game here, the fun begins around the 2 hour 25 minute mark.

Here's the rest of this week's update.

Active without a club or unknown
Vicente Arze
Federico Bessone
Jose Burciaga
Julio Cesar
Edson Elcock
Adnan Gabeljic
Mechack Jerome
Peterson Joseph
Neal Kitson
Michal Mravec
Nelson Pizarro
Akeem Priestly
Peter Schmetz
Scott Sealy
Konrad Warzycha

MLS
Davy Arnaud - DC - Started and played 90 minutes in DC's 3-0 win over KC.
Teal Bunbury - New England - Came off the bench and played 31 minutes in New England's 1-0 win over Chivas.
Bobby Convey - New York - Did not dress in New York's 4-2 win over Montreal. Did not dress in New York's 2-0 win over FAS.
Luis Gil - Salt Lake - Started and played 90 minutes in Salt Lake's 2-1 loss to Dallas.
Michael Harrington - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 4-2 loss to Seattle.
Jack Jewsbury - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 4-2 loss to Seattle.
Eddie Johnson - DC - Suspended for DC's 3-0 win over KC. Play LA tonight.
Chris Konopka - Toronto - Dressed but did not play in Toronto's 2-2 draw with Chicago.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Portland - Did not dress in Portland's 4-2 loss to Seattle.
Khari Stephenson - San Jose - Dressed but did not play in San Jose's 4-2 loss to Philadelphia.
Tyson Wahl - Columbus - Started and played 90 minutes in Columbus' 3-0 win over Houston.

NASL
Stefan Antonijevic - Fort Lauderdale - Started and played 90 minutes in Fort Lauderdale's 2-1 loss to Edmonton.

USL
Brian Fekete - Pittsburgh - Came off th bench and played 2 minutes in Pittsburgh's 3-1 win over the FC Dallas reserves.
Cyprian Hedrick - Oklahoma City - Started and played 90 minutes in OKC's 1-0 loss to Arizona. Came off the bench and played 60 minutes in OKC's 2-0 loss to Charleston.
Jonathan Leathers - Charlotte - No game this week.
Alex Martinez - Orange County - Started and played 89 minutes, recording an assist before being red carded in Orange County's 2-1 loss to Wilmington.
Rauwshan McKenzie - Orange County (loan) - Back with Portland.
Kyle Miller - Oklahoma City - Did not dress in OKC's 1-0 loss to Arizona. Started and played 30 minutes in OKC's 2-0 loss to Charleston.
Michael Thomas - Oklahoma City - Did not dress in either of OKC's games.
Yomby William - Richmond - Started and played 90 minutes in Richmond's 3-2 loss to Orlando.
John Wilson - Charleston - Started and played 90 minutes in Charleston's 2-0 win over OKC. Play Sacramento tonight.

Indoor
Jamar Beasley - St. Louis - Offseason.
Pat Healey - Baltimore - Offseason.

International
Korede Aiyegbusi - Auerbach - Germany - Did not dress in Auerbach's 6-0 loss to Hertha BSC II.
Scott Angevine - Sporting Kristina - Finland - Lost 3-0 to P-Iirot.
Omar Bravo - Chivas - Mexico - Started and played 71 minutes in Chivas' 0-0 draw with Veracruz.
Mitchell Cardenas - Atlético Coatzacoalcos - Mexico - Defeated Tlaxcala 2-1.
Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - Offseason.
Eloy Colombano - AD Berazategui - Argentina - Lost 4-1 to Deportivo Riestra.
Daneil Cyrus - Ha Noi T&T (W Connection) - Vietnam (Trinidad) - Lost 2-0 to Erbil in the AFC Cup.
Pablo Escobar - Cúcuta Deportivo - Colombia - Started and played 90 minutes in Cucuta's 2-1 win over Deportivo Rionegro. Did not dress in Cucuta's 1-1 draw with Patriotas Boyaca.
Roger Espinoza - Wigan - England - Dressed but did not play in Wigan's 1-0 win over Blackpool
Herculez Gomez - Tigres - Mexico - Did not dress in Tigres' 5-1 win over Morelia.
Jermaine Hue - Harbour View - Jamaica - Offseason.
Jeferson - América RN - Brazil - Did not dress in either of America's games.
Will John - AZAL - Azerbaijan - Game against Neftci was canceled.
Kei Kamara - Middlesbrough - England - Did not dress in either of Middlesbrough's games.
Igor Kostrov - Veris - Moldova - No game this week.
Carlos Marinelli - Universidad San Martin - Peru - Did not dres in San Martin's 2-1 loss to Juan Aurich.
Neven Markovic - Servette FC - Switzerland - Dressed but did not play in Servette's 8-0 win over Sirnach Swiss Cup.
Yura Movsisyan - Spartak Moscow - Russia - Did not dress in Spartak's 2-1 win over UFA.
Pablo Punyed - Stjarnan - Iceland - Started and played 90 minutes in Stjarnan's 2-2 draw with Breidablik.
Oriol Rosell - Sporting Club de Portugal - Portugal - Started and payed 45 minutes in Sporting's 1-0 win over Arouca.
Yann Songo'o - Blackburn - England - Did not dress in Blackburn's 3-2 win over Bournemouth.
Milos Stojcev - FK Sarajevo - Bosnia - Started and played 90 minutes in Sarajevo's 3-2 loss to Borussia Monchengladbach. Started and played 87 minutes, scoring a goal in Sarajevo's 1-1 draw with Mladost Velika Obarska.
Matt Taylor - Saarbrücken - Germany - Started and played 85 minutes in Saarbucken's 1-0 win over Baunatal.
Ivan Trujillo - Deportivo Lara - Venezuela - Did not play in Lara's 1-0 loss to Carabobo.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Think SKC could use Mechack Jerome. Had some good performances last year. Better than Igor

Anonymous said...

beside the debacle in Mexico against Cruz Azul.

MOUF said...

haha, Mechack Jerome better than Ijor Juliao

Peter Vermes certainly doesnt think so and if you cant get a single minute in the Impact's backline, its rather telling