Chicago Fire manager Frank Klopas facing selection headaches – MLS News
With Major League Soccer season drawing to a close, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chicago-Fire-c38795 is depleted with injuries and international calls. Only three games remain in the regular season and the outfit is struggling to name its starting eleven.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Dallas-c39095, owing to a 105 degrees Fahrenheit fever. The player missed Monday’s training session and was referred to the team doctor for check-up.
“He was sick, he had a 105 degree fever so we sent him straight to the team doctor,” Klopas said. “Hopefully he’ll use the couple days to take some meds and recover, but the fever was high so I don’t know.”
Oduro leads the roster with 12 goals in the current season. His presence will be greatly missed when the Fire host FCD at the Toyota Park on Wednesday.
Star midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Guatemala-c2913 national team. The player will not be available to the Illinois-based team until Tuesday.
Despite his arrival at the Toyota Park a day prior to the MLS game against the Toros, interim head coach Frank Klopas plans on resting the midfielder because of the tiring schedule he has undergone of late.
“We've got to be smart,” Klopas said of Pappa. “He’s played a lot of minutes and traveled a lot. The pace at the international level is a little bit above league play and he’s a key player for that team, too.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristian-c9491 Nazarit will also miss the upcoming game owing to the injury he picked up in Sunday’s reserve game against Real Salt Lake. The player has not seen any minutes with the Fire’s first team since August 21.
Owing to a depleted regular line-up, Klopas has been forced to call up replacements from the reserve squad. With Pappa sidelined, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sebastián-Grazzini-c32727 is likely to get the nod.
With three games remaining in the season, the Fire are a mere six points behind New York Red Bulls, who occupy the last spot play-offs berth. Their only chance of progressing to the postseason lies in winning all the remaining fixtures.
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