Islanders visit Tauro
By: BoriQa | October 28th, 2008
The Puerto Rico Islanders will face Tauro in Panama on Wednesday October 29th to define the 2nd qualifier from Group D to the Quarter Finals in the CONCACAF Champions League.
The Islanders defeated Tauro 2-1 at home on the Group D opener on September 16th, and are looking forward to beat Tauro again in the final week, to clinch the 2nd qualifier spot for the Quarter Finals next March.
The Islanders need a win, or a 1-1 (or 2-2…) tie, to move on to the Quarter Finals. A win by Tauro, or a 0-0 tie, will push the Panamanians through to the next round.
The Islanders are winless since October 5th when they defeated the Rochester Rhinos 3-0 in overtime to clinch a spot in the USL Finals. Since then, the Islanders fell 2-1 to the 2008 USL Champions Vancouver Whitecaps in a controversial final, and 1-0 to Municipal from Guatemala in the 5th week of the CONCACAF Champions League.
The Islanders will have most of their players available except for Nigel Henry and Taiwo Atieno who are injured; while Tauro will be shorthanded as they have 4 players unavailable due to accumulation of yellow cards or red cards (Cristian Vega, Jean McClean, Johan Melo and Ricardo Amor) after their last game against Santos Laguna, and Rolando Rojas may be disabled due to an injury. Additionally one of their main strikers Brunet Hay (3 goals in the tournament) may not play due to a disagreement with the club’s owners regarding his contract renewal for next year. Hay missed the last two games due to this dispute with the Tauro management.
In the last game of Group D on Thursday, the already classified Santos Laguna from Mexico will face the already eliminated Municipal from Guatemala, in a game for which the Mexican champion has already advised will be playing with their bench B-team.
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Category: CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09, Match Previews, Puerto Rico Islanders, Tauro FC - Panama
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