OneKeg said:

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It sounds like Mark Mckenzie (27yo, Toulouse - French Ligue 1) will replace the injured George Campbell in the USMNT November senior team roster. Mckenzie's Toulouse takes on Gio Reyna's Strasbourg today.

Presumably the other possible replacement I thought of, Josh Wynder, will be with the U-23 camp.

Not sure if Weston Mckennie will also be replaced or whether he is healthy enough for camp.

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Too bad this injury happened when your guy was establishing himself as a second team center back. I like him a lot better than McKenzie. I like the US being big and athletic at all back positions. McKenzie is neither.

Josh Wynder was not a good player when I last saw him last a year or two ago. I doubt he is a good player now. He does not have enough juice.

I like Ellis as Reyna's backup at the 8/10 position if McKennie cannot make it. I think McKennie should take Adams position when healthy. Or Reyna's and move Reyna back. A Tillman, McKennie, Reyna midfield is what I would like.

Quick Friday Nov. 6th match review involving US players and prospects. Lots of relegation peril:

Gio Reyna and Strasbourg traveled to Toulouse to face Mark Mckenzie's side in a Ligue 1 match, which appeared to be played in a downpour. Each American scored a goal. Mckenzie played the whole match at right center back in a back 4, scoring Toulouse's second goal on a point blank header off a corner, cutting in front of the goalie. Reyna played the first 70 minutes and scored just before he came out to pull Strasbourg within 2-1. Reyna's goal arguably was Mckenzie's fault as Reyna was the recipient of a nice give-and-go, but was shouldered off the ball by Toulouse's left center back, but then Mckenzie and the LCB got in each others way and the ball kept rolling and Reyna stayed with the play, blasting it home from about 10 meters out. Final was Toulouse 3, Strasbourg 1. Strasbourg are in some relegation danger with 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in 10 Ligue 1 matches.

Joe Scally played the whole match for Monchengladbach at right wing-back in a back 5 (or 3-4-2-1) on the road against Bundesliga foe Hamburg. Scally got an assist on his team's only goal which evened the match at 1-1 in the first half. It was really a shot by Scally on a ball that came out centrally after a cross, but it was barely/glancingly deflected in by one of his teammates (might have gone in anyway). Nevertheless, early in the second half, a red card reduced Monchengladbach to 10 men and Hamburg won 3-1. Scally did make an early mistake with a back pass header that ended up playing a Hamburg player through, but his goalie picked him up with a great save.

Diego Kochen played the whole match at goalkeeper for Lyngby in the Danish League in their 1-0 road loss to Silkeborg. Have not watched highlights (not sure if any are available) but looks like Lyngby got 0 shots on goal and gave up 2 shots on goal. Kochen saved one and the other was a goal for a 1-0 loss, putting Lyngby firmly in relegation danger.

Update on my son's high school soccer team, Bay, who are the 1 seed in the D1 (top division) North Coast championships for Fall soccer going on right now. After a bye in the round of 16 (12 teams in the D1 tourney this year), Bay played 8 seed Fort Bragg tonight under the lights at the San Francisco Beach Chalet Fields (right by Ocean Beach) in front of a crowd of several hundred. Fort Bragg was coming off a 1-0 win against the 9 seed in the round of 16.

Bay dominated the midfield and defensively as is often the case. Forwards are the weak link of the team and there were several missed chances, along with 2 goals called back, one for a close offside and the other I'm not sure why. Still, Bay was up 2-0 at halftime and toward the end of the match, put a third one in on a beautiful passing sequence between five different players leading to a nearly uncontested tap-in with the outside of the foot by our star center midfielder. 3-0 final, Bay wins.

Next up in the semifinals, probably on Wed., is Arcata from even further north up the coast than Fort Bragg. Arcata is the 4 seed and in their quarterfinal, they beat 12 seed Fortuna (who had previously upset 5 seed Calistoga) in a penalty shootout. Bay and Arcata already played once in an early season non-conference match, which finished in a 1-1 draw.

OneKeg said:

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Update on my son's high school soccer team, Bay, who are the 1 seed in the D1 (top division) North Coast championships for Fall soccer going on right now. After a bye in the round of 16 (12 teams in the D1 tourney this year), Bay played 8 seed Fort Bragg tonight under the lights at the San Francisco Beach Chalet Fields (right by Ocean Beach) in front of a crowd of several hundred. Fort Bragg was coming off a 1-0 win against the 9 seed in the round of 16.

Bay dominated the midfield and defensively as is often the case. Forwards are the weak link of the team and there were several missed chances, along with 2 goals called back, one for a close offside and the other I'm not sure why. Still, Bay was up 2-0 at halftime and toward the end of the match, put a third one in on a beautiful passing sequence between five different players leading to a nearly uncontested tap-in with the outside of the foot by our star center midfielder. 3-0 final, Bay wins.

Next up in the semifinals, probably on Wed., is Arcata from even further north up the coast than Fort Bragg. Arcata is the 4 seed and in their quarterfinal, they beat 12 seed Fortuna (who had previously upset 5 seed Calistoga) in a penalty shootout. Bay and Arcata already played once in an early season non-conference match, which finished in a 1-1 draw.

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Congrats and good luck!