Sporting and Orlando Form Partnership as MLS Partners with USL Pro

In a move that will hopefully pay dividends for Sporting Kansas City's young players, MLS announced today the rumored partnership between the league and the US third division, the USL-Pro.  As part of the agreement, MLS teams can have partnerships with a USL side and have long term loans for at least four players with the USL side.  Along with that, the 13 USL teams will play two interleague games against an MLS reserve side. 

Sporting immediately came out right after the announcement between the leagues announcing that they would have a USL Pro affiliate team.  KC set up their partnership with arguably the best USL-Pro team, Orlando City.  The two year deal between the two sides will begin this year. 

As part of the partnership, Sporting will send at least four players on loan for the 2013 to Orlando.  Peter Vermes though hints at more players joining the Lions on loan though and also states that if they have to pull a player back from their loan, they will replace that player with another.

With KC setting up the partnership, Sporting will not be competing in the reserve league this year, instead using Orlando to assist them in getting games.  With the USL-Pro schedule likely to be between 22 and 26 games this season, over double the 10 MLS reserve league games they got last year.  And while it's a smaller number that will be competing, the games, I think, will be more competitive since it's an actual league with a goal of the playoffs and championship at the end, unlike the reserve games.  The end, at least for the near term, of the Swope Park Rangers is a sad and depressing one for me, but getting more games for players is the key.

There are still questions regarding the deal and questions as to why teams would have affiliates.  Like what the plans are long term for this deal.  Is the hope that MLS teams will field a reserve team of their own in the 3rd division?  As for the near term, there are a few questions.  Vermes already answered one I had in the earlier linked article, and that's that players can be recalled from their loan.  Other questions though remain.  Like how those players will be reflected when it comes to the MLS roster.  Will they still count against the clubs 30 man roster, or could they technically have like 34 or 36 man rosters and then just waive players when they bring guys back from their loans?  Will there be any effect on the salary cap, will the USL-Pro team cover some of the salary? 

There are also questions regarding why a team would choose a partnership.  While some players would get more games, is that going to be better for the team's development than having 11+ players getting playing time in the reserve league?  Cause that is what KC is giving up with this partnership.  While 4-6 players may get 20-24 games, what about the other 5-7 players that would have played in reserve games?  Players 19-24 on the roster, who don't make the game day 18 but aren't out on loan?  Doesn't that hurt their development as well?

There's still a lot of questions that have to be answered regarding this.  But on first glance, I like the start of this deal with the USL, I think it's a step in the right direction.  But I would like to see a more detailed layout of what the plan is in 5 years, or 10 years.  Even in 2 years when Sporting's deal with Orlando City expires.  I do like that some of KC's younger talent, the likes of maybe Jon Kempin, Kevin Ellis, Mikey Lopez, and Soony Saad could all be getting more game time in a more competitive environment than the current reserve league.

Rangers End Season with Loss

The Swope Park Rangers ended their reserve league season tonight down in Dallas with a 2-0 loss to FC Dallas.  Dallas got two goals from home grown forward, Bryan Leyva as they cruised to the win after Dom Dwyer got sent off late in the first half for a second bookable offense.  Leyva scored in the 34th and 79th minute to lead them to the victory.  The loss was the Rangers' 4th straight in the reserve league, as they fell to 2-6-2 to end their season, with 8 points in the Mountain/Midwest division.  It was also the 3rd straight game in which the reserves picked up a red card, previously Eric Kronberg and Jon Kempin have picked up red cards for KC.  The reserves gave a start to U18 academy midfielder, David Leichty in the midfield and also allowed academy player Isai Gutierrez to get in the game.  Also with the team were two Missouri Comets players as both John Sosa and Leo Gibson came on as second half subs for the reserves in the loss.

Nielsen Green Card, Rangers Fall

Ahead of tonight's USA game, where Graham Zusi is set to earn his 4th cap as a starter tonight, here is some news for you.

Nielsen Receive Green Card

Today on Twitter, Jimmy Nielsen announced that he had earned his green card.  With that, Nielsen will now no longer count as an international player on Sporting's roster.  US laws require that a green card holder be treated the same as a citizen, so Nielsen will now count as a domestic player.  He's the second player in the last month or so to pick up his green card, joining Julio Cesar.  Those two picking up their green cards allows KC some more roster flexibility heading into next season, which could be a way to bring in a striker.

Rangers Fall

The Swope Park Rangers dropped their 3rd straight reserve league match today out at Swope Park against Reserve Salt Lake (RSL, get it?) 1-0.  From reports, KC controlled much of the play but seemed to suffer from the same finishing problems as the first team.  Then in the 58th minute, Jon Kempin brought down Emiliano Bonfigli in the box, denying a goal scoring opportunity and the goalkeeper was sent off.  Academy keeper, Jacole Turner came on, but Bongifli scored the only goal of the game giving RSL the win.  The Rangers have 1 more game left in the reserve league this season, two weeks from today when they play Dallas down in Dallas.

Reserves Fall in Houston

The Swope Park Rangers got back to their reserve league season yesterday against the Houston Dynamo down in Houston.  Cam Weaver of the Dynamo scored both of the goals in the game.  The first in the 17th minute on a header from a Colin Clarke cross.  In the second half, goalkeeper Eric Kronberg earned himself a red card as he took down Weaver in the box.  League keeper Scott Angevine came off the bench and his first touch was to pick the ball out of his own net as Weaver scored to double the Dynamo advantage. 

Two Sporting Juniors players made appearances in the game as Eduardo Moreno started and played  66 minutes, while Joey Piatczyc came on at half time for Neven Markovic.  It was both players' second reserve league appearance them after both had previously made substitute appearances.  The game also saw the return of the beloved Trialist 1.  He also brought his friends Trialist 2 and 3 with him for the game.  The loss drops the Rangers to 2-4-2 on the reserve league season with two games left, one at home vs Real Salt Lake and they finish on the road against Dallas.

Kamara, Reserves, and Open Tryout News

With Roger Espinoza serving a one game suspension in Honduras' qualifier last night against Panama, Kei Kamara was the only Sporting KC player that competed in the latest set of qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.  Today in Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone took on the Nzalang Nacional in their second qualifier as they attempted to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.  Sierra Leone fell behind 1-0 early, before two goals in the 23rd and 30th minute put the Leone Stars ahead 2-1.  Another strike before half time leveled the score though.  A 52nd minute red card saw Sierra Leone reduced to 10 men, but they held on for the 2-2 draw.  Kamara went 90 minutes for the Leone Stars in the game.  Currently Sierra Leone sit second in the group on 4 points behind group leader Tunisia.  The top team in their group will advance to the net stage of qualifying.  Sierra Leone's next qualifier for the World Cup isn't until March of next year. 

The bigger match for Sierra Leone though occurs in a week, when the Leone Stars will try to keep their 2013 African Cup of Nations qualification hopes alive against São Tomé and Príncipe.  Sierra Leone trails in the head to head series 2-1 after their away leg back in February.  The Leone Stars need to win by a 1-0 score line of by 2 goals to advance.  A 2-1 win would cause extra time, while any other 1 goal win would see the Falcons and True Parrots advance on away goals. 

Reserves Fall in Colorado

Sporting KC didn't have a league game this weekend, but they did travel to Colorado for a reserve game against the Rapids.  Due to the number of injuries they've had though, there were quite a few Juniors players and trialists that not only dressed, but started for the reserves in the game.  The reserves were behind 1-0 at the half, and were down 3-0 early in the second half before Soony Saad pulled one back for the Rangers.  The game is the last for the reserves until mid August when they play Houston.  With the busy schedule for KC coming up it's a good thing at least that they don't have the reserve games to worry about.

Call Backs for Open Tryouts

I'd completely spaced out that the open tryouts were this weekend, the team made no specific announcement of it stating who the players were that were competing this year.  The team has posted the list of players that  made the second day of the tryouts though.  Here's a quick look at some of the players that I've found. 

Adolfo Armendariz - Looks like he's a soccer player from Oklahoma.

Matthew Baldeh - Is a local player from the KC Blaze.

Michael Bickerdike - Is a player from the Dallas area.

Jacob Braswell - Posted this training video of his training ahead of the open tryouts.

Jose Jesus Cabrera - Appears he may have attended Niagara Community College.

Josh Dopieralla - Is a Sporting KC fan from Little Rock.

Alex Brambour - A goalkeeper from Maple Woods.

 Sam Eid - Played at Creighton.

Danile Menyon - Appears to have played at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines.

Erik Gerhard Mueller - May have played for Cal State San Marcos.

Pablo Pagliani - Played for the University of Arkansas club team.

Chris Perez - May be the same player as from William and Mary.

Cole Walker - A local kid that plays at Harding University.

Tony Weber - Another local that played at Drake.

Jesse Welsh - Appears that he played at Coffeyville Community College.

Christopher Wenske - Another local from the KC area.

Collin Wylie - Attended Ottawa University.

Potential Opponent for Sporting KC Announces (and Other News)

Today, US Soccer announced the potential 4th round match ups and hosts for the US Open Cup.  Should Kansas City make their way past Orlando next Tuesday at Livestrong Sporting Park, KC will get the chance to stay at home.  KC will stay at Livestrong Sporting Park for the potential 4th round match up on June 5th.  A win over Orlando will see KC take on the winner of the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Colorado Rapids match.  The Rowdies and Rapids meet at Al Lang Stadium in Tampa next Tuesday in their US Open Cup match.

In other Sporting KC news, the Swope Park Rangers took to the field today against the local PDL side, the KC Brass.  The Rangers got first half goals from Luke Sassano and Soony Saad as the Rangers held the half time lead.  In the second half, Dom Dwyer scored twice as the Rangers comfortably won the game against the Brass.  A nice warm up for many of the players who are likely to see some time coming up next Tuesday against Orlando City in the Open Cup.

Reserves Beat Chicago

Of the two games this weekend, KC couldn't win the bigger of the two, but at least the traveling fans didn't go home without seeing one win.  The Swope Park Rangers took on the Chicago Fire this morning in Chicago, and came away with a 3-1 win over the Fire.  Three first half goals were enough to see the Rangers to victory. 

Korede Aiyegbusi opened the scoring in the 26th after receiving a pass from Luke Sassano.  Then in the span of about 3 minutes, the Rangers made it 3-0.  In the 39th, Teal Bunbury scored to make it 2-0.  Then 3 minutes later, in the 42nd, Bunbury got a brace after being played in by Konrad Warzycha. 

The second half saw the game get physical like the first team game did last night, with 7 yellows, including two ejections.  Daniel Paladini got a second yellow in the 61st minute.  The reserves only got 5 minutes with a man up as Paulo Nagamura picked up 2 yellows in the span of 2 minutes and was sent off as well.  A 79th minute goal from Orr Barouch was not enough as the Rangers took the 3-1 win.

Rangers Tie Dallas

The Swope Park Rangers have made it to the half way point of their 10 game reserve league season tonight when they took on FC Dallas under the lights at the team's Swope Park training complex.  The roster saw only 2 players that had played minutes in league play so far this season, in Luke Sassano who started, and Teal Bunbury who was a late sub.  KC grabbed the lead off a corner.  The first effort was partially cleared by Dallas, but KC won the ball back and the ball again found it's way into the box.  In there the ball pinged around until Soony Saad found Michael Thomas who knocked the ball home to give KC the 1-0 lead.  After the goal, though the game started to be played a lot in KC's end.  Jon Kempin came up with one or two good saves to keep KC in the lead.  KC tried to break on the counter, with Dom Dwyer hitting one just over the bar.  Late in the half though Dallas tied the game. Dallas got down KC's right side and a cross into the box was met by Ruben Luna.  Luna directed the shot on goal where Kempin got a hand on the shot, but was only able to push it onto the cross bar where it hit and went into the net to make it 1-1. 

Into the second half, Dallas continued to be the aggressive side and early on made it 2-1.  Scott Sealy slipped in Luna who beat Kempin to his near post to give Dallas the lead.  KC started to control more of the game from this point on, getting more of the possession and creating some half chances but not able to finish.  As time ticked by it looked like KC would lose their second straight game.  Instead late on Korede Aiyegbusi made a good run down the left and then laid the ball back into the middle for Dwyer who one timed his effort into the net to tie the game.  After the goal KC continued to be the aggressor, looking for a winner.  Bunbury came in for Dwyer after the goal and did a good job of pressuring the Dallas back line.  The Rangers almost got an amazing goal from Konrad Warzycha as he hit a chip from about midfield that almost caught Dallas' keeper out but he knocked it down and collected the rebound.  KC had a few more chances late but couldn't find a winner.  KC is now 1-2-2 in reserve play.

Reserves Lose, Sinovic Out, Gibson Training with Sporting

It's not a great day news wise for Sporting KC today, with two bits of bad news coming out today.  First, Sporting KC's reserves, the Swope Park Rangers, took the field against the Colorado Rapids in reserve league play.  From the beginning, KC was the stronger side, controlling the game and attacking consistently, but were unable to grab the lead.  The best chances of the first half felt to Korede Aiyegbusi.  The first he forced a good save at the near post by Steward Ceus, the second he went just wide from outside the box.  The "highlight" of the half came just before the half when the benches emptied and we had a fight basically break out on the far sideline.  Kevin Ellis had gone in for a tackle and won the ball.  Then Eddie Ababio came in late with a two footed slide tackle into Ellis.  This brought both benches to their feet.  Jacob Peterson took exception to Ababio's challenge and got into with the Rapids defender.  From across the field, it appeared that Peterson threw a few punches.  Ababio got his marching orders, while Peterson got a yellow.

In the second half, KC continued to control the game, especially with the man advantage, but couldn't finish.  Teal Bunbury had the best of the chances.  The first coming from a long ball over the top.  The ball was headed on to Bunbury by Dom Dwyer, but Bunbury took one touch too many, and Hunter Freeman recovered very well to tackle the ball away from Bunbury.  Later in the half though, the Rapids struck on the counter.  Wells Thompson fed the ball to Andre Akpan, who easily held off Konrad Warzycha raced into the box and fired a shot past Jon Kempin at the near post.  Some poor defending and poor goalkeeping put KC behind.  KC though continued to push and should have equalized very late through Bunbury.  Shawn Singh played a ball towards Bunbury who headed it on to Dwyer.  The Englishman controlled off his chest and flicked the ball over the defender to Bunbury.  His first touch got Ceus to go off his feet, but instead of trying to slot the ball under Ceus, he chipped it over the Rapids goalkeeper and the ball hit the top of the bar.  Off a late corner, the ball fell to Paulo Nagamura who fired just wide of the goal.  In the end, KC fell 1-0 to drop to 1-2-1 on the reserve season.  Here are the highlights:


Sinovic Out

The bad news continued for KC today with the Tuesday release of the injury report.  Starting left back, Seth Sinovic appears on the latest report as out.  A broken hand has put the outside back on the injury list, an injury that he picked up in the loss against Portland.  When I got back from Portland on Sunday, I road to The Parking Spot on the same bus as Sinovic.  At the time, he had an ace wrap on his hand, but it didn't seem to be bothering him too much.  Hopefully it's only a minor break that allows him to continue to play but with a cast.  Maybe the time off this week will allow Sinovic to recover enough to play against Montreal. If he can't, than this is good news for Michael Harrington, who would be the lead candidate to replace Sinovic in the starting lineup.  Harrington though played well tonight and I'm not sure it'll be a big problem should Harrington have to start.

Gibson Back Training with KC

In some small good news today, Leo Gibson is back with Kansas City training again.  Gibson had trained with KC last year and had played in a few reserve games.  The Comets defender was also on the bench tonight, but did not get in for the Rangers in their 1-0 loss to Colorado.  I'd expect him to hang around for most of the season, at least as a body.

Rangers Beat Chicago

Sporting KC got an early goal from Soony Saad off an assist from Luke Sassano, and that was all the Swope Park Rangers needed to get the 1-0 win. Things got testy towards the end, as two Chicago Fire players, Daniel Paladini and Kwame Watson-Sirboe both picked up red cards in the 87th minute as the Fire finished with 9 men. Michael Harrington picked up a yellow card in the situation as well.

The only other news really from the game, was trialist, Jairo Rodrigues Peixoto, a Brazilian center back to played in Santos' youth system. Not going to speculate on the likelihood of a signing, but I like that there are more CB's coming in to camp as I still believe that's the weakest part of our team, CB depth.

Rangers Drop Game Vs Houston

The Swope Park Rangers suffered their first loss of the season today at Swope Park, as the reserves gave up 3 second half goals, falling to the Houston Dynamo 3-0. The first half was interrupted by lightning. In the second half, in a 21 minute stretch, Cam Weaver, Alex Dixon, and Colin Rolfe all scored for Houston to give them the win over the Rangers.

The reserves lineup featured 2 trialists get time, draft pick, Kyle Miller and Edvin Worley, who spent the winter with the Wichita Wings. The one player that was missing for the Rangers today, was Soony Saad who was not to be found in the lineup for KC. The team's next game is Tuesday April 10th at 7:30 pm against the Chicago Fire reserves at Livestrong Sporting Park.

Bunbury News and Reserves Draw

US Soccer officially announced their 20 man roster for the upcoming Olympic qualifiers in Nashville, and potentially Kansas City. It's basically the same lineup that was named last week to the US camp. The only difference is that Joshua Gatt was recalled by his club team, and was replaced by Philadelphia defender, Sheanon Williams. Those 20 players will take on Cuba, Canada, and El Salvador in group play. Should they finish first or second, they'll advance to the semifinals and finals in Kansas City. The semifinal match is the important one, as winning that game clinches you a spot in the Olympics.

Out in Salt Lake today, some of Bunbury's teammates took the field against Real Salt Lake in the first game of the reserve league season for KC. Salt Lake grabbed a lead in the 58th minute, but late in the second half, Korede Aiyegbusi sprunk Dom Dwyer on a break away that Dwyer finished to give the Rangers a 1-1 draw.

Rangers Defeat Rockhurst

In the first game of the season at Livestrong Sporting Park, the Swope Park Rangers defeated Rockhurst University 2-0 on goals by Luke Sassano and Dom Dwyer. KC started the game with a lineup that featured only two players that defeated DC on Saturday 1-0. Jacob Peterson and goal scorer, CJ Sapong both started for the Rangers against Rockhurst.

As expected, Sporting KC dominated play from the start. For much of the half, Rockhurst was lucky to combine 3 passes before their build up broke down. KC attacked in waves, but had trouble beating Rockhurst's defense as they came up with numerous blocks. Finally in the 22nd minute KC broke through. Michael Harrington laid back a pass to Luke Sassano to the right of the goal. Sassano fired a shot that went into the side netting making it 1-0 KC. After the goal, Rockhurst had some of their best build up, as the Rangers defensive pairing of Lawrence Olum and Cyprian Hedrick seemed to struggle at times to stay organized. After the short flurry from Rockhurst though, KC was back down the field and scored again in the 34th minute. Sassano played a cross into the box that took a big deflection off a Rockhurst defender. Dwyer reacted first to the ball and headed it into the net to make it 2-0 KC. After the goal, KC subbed out Sapong for Michael Thomas. Earlier in the half, Sapong had come to the sidelines to have Chet North check him out. It is likely nothing, and he was probably subbed out as a precaution ahead of Saturday's game against New England.

In the second half, the Rangers continued to dominate play. They were especially working down the right hand side, first through Michael Harrington and Peterson, then with Kevin Ellis and Kyle Miller as the two subs came on later in the half. KC created numerous chances but were unable to add to their lead. The best came when Miller played a ball back to Olum whose shot towards the far corner was well saved by the Rockhurst goalkeeper.

Sporting KC Reserve Schedule Released

Today, MLS released this year's reserve schedule for all teams. Once again Sporting is in the Central Conference, where they will play each of the other 5 teams home and away to give them a total of 10 games. Sporting though, has already announced one other reserve game, on their schedule on their team site.

The Swope Park Rangers open their season against Creighton University, 3 days after the season opener against DC United. They then kick off their "league" season a week later in Salt Lake against RSL. They play their next 4 games at home, all at LiveSTRONG Sporting Park.

The full team will then travel to Chicago on the weekend of May 12th, because the day after the first team plays the Fire, the reserves play the next morning. Double the games for a Cauldron road trip, as long as at least 1 bus is willing to leave Chicago around noon.

After the Chicago game, the Rangers play only 1 game in June, 1 in August, and 2 in September. Certainly a front loaded schedule for the reserves. Hopefully some other games get scheduled in there as well.

The best part of the schedule for me though, has to do with the times of the games in Kansas City. Of the 6 reserve games that they've announced, 5 of them are at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, and will be played in the evening. That means, should the games be open to the public (and I have no reason to believe that they won't, there's a greater likelihood of fans being able to attend.

Here is the team's schedule.

Date	Opponent	Local Time	Location
Tuesday, March 13	CREIGHTON UNIV.	7:30pm	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Tuesday, March 20	at Real Salt Lake	11:00am	RSL Training Field
Tuesday, March 27	HOUSTON DYNAMO	7:30pm	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Tuesday, April 10	CHICAGO FIRE	7:30pm	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Tuesday, April 24	COLORADO RAPIDS	7:30pm	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Tuesday, May 1	FC DALLAS	7:30pm	LIVESTRONG Sporting Park
Sunday, May 13	at Chicago Fire	10:00am	Toyota Park Practice Field
Saturday, June 9	at Colorado Rapids	11:00am	DSG Park Field 20
Tuesday, August 14	at Houston Dynamo	10:00am	Houston Amateur Sports Park
Tuesday, September 11	REAL SALT LAKE	11:00am	Sporting Club Training Center
Tuesday, September 25	at FC Dallas	7:30pm	FC Dallas Stadium

Reserves Fall to Dallas

In the final game of the year for Sporting KC, the Swope Park Rangers finished out the reserve league season today at Swope Park against FC Dallas. The Rangers fell 5-3 to Dallas as Ruben Luna scored 4 goals to help Dallas to the win. Luna opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Jeferson equalized for the reserves in the 37th from the penalty spot after Soony Saad was fouled in the box. KC grabbed the lead at the end of the first half on a goal from the ever present Trialist 1 who put away a rebound on a shot by Jeferson. Dallas came out in the second half and equalized only 5 minutes in with Luna again getting on the score board. Luna completed his hattrick in the 60th minute. He added a fourth in the 73rd minute. In the 80th, Saad put KC within one goal, but then in second half stoppage time, Daniel Garcia finished the scoring to make it 5-3.

Rangers Fall to Dynamo

The Swope Park Rangers fell in their reserve league game today against the Houston Dynamo 2-0 at Swope Park today. The reserves dominated the run of play but were unable to find a goal, while the Dynamo scored on their two shots during the game.

Check out the highlights below.

Rangers Fall to Dallas

The Sporting KC reserves, the Swope Park Rangers, fell to FC Dallas in reserve team action today 2-1 down in Dallas. From reports KC had a good run of play today controlling large portions of the game, but couldn't capitalize on the chances. Dallas grabbed two goals in the first 16 minutes through Ruben Luna and Bobby Warshaw. KC pulled one back through trialist, Nick Cardenas off a Milos Stojcev corner kick. The team traveled very few players, only 11 players under contract traveled and only 3 more trialists made the trip for the game. The reserves now sit at 3-3-2 in the Central/Mountain conference.

Reserves Defeat RSL

It may not make up for the loss last night between the first teams, but the Swope Park Rangers earn a bit of revenge today defeating the Salt Lake reserves 1-0 thanks to an 88th minute penalty by Davy Arnaud. Both teams created some chances in the first half, the best was probably CJ Sapong hitting the post. In the second half, Arturo Alvarez hit the post for Salt Lake. The penalty kick came after Soony Saad was played in behind the defense by Peterson Joseph. Saad got brought down by goalkeeper Tim Melia. Arnaud stepped up and buried the PK even though Melia guessed the right direction. KC is now 3-2-2 with 11 points in the Central/Mountain division of the reserve league. KC still has 3 reserve games left, two of which are scheduled to be in KC. Eric Kronberg recorded the shutout in net for the Rangers in the victory.

Reserve Game Date Moved

If you were trying to figure out a way to make it from LIVESTRONG Sporting Park to Swope Park for the reserve game against the Houston Dynamo, you can stop your planning. Today the team announced that the Swope Park Rangers game against the Dynamo has been moved totally from this Saturday. The game will now be played on Tuesday October 18th.

Reserve Game Location Moved

This coming Saturday was supposed to see a double header at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park between Sporting KC and the Houston Dynamo with the reserves set to follow the first team. That plan has now changed, likely due to the deteriorating conditions of the playing field at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park. The reserve game will now be taking place at the club's training facility at Swope Park. It's about a half an hour drive from LSP to the training complex. The team said the game is supposed to start by 5:45, but I'm not sure that'll happen. 6 may be the earliest that the game could start, depending on how many players go from the first game to the second that day. The knock against this move is you'll loss the majority of fans that would have hung around LSP for the reserve game if it'd been there.