Roster for the first ever RSL game?

[Jim Umber]

So we're going into our first game next week and what's the actual roster? I looked on the RSL site and found:
Nelson Akwari
Matt Behncke
Nick Besagno
Chris Brown
Jordan Cila
D.J. Countess
Brian Dunseth
Brian Kamler
Cameron Knowles
Luke "Use the Force!" Kreamalmeyer
Jason Kreis
Michael Lookingland
Clint Mathis
Jay Nolly
Noah Palmer
Rusty Pierce
Eddie Pope
Marlon Rojas
Dipsy Selolwane
Jeff Stewart
Jamie Watson
Evan Whitfield
Andy Williams

By my count that is 23 and I thought the final roster was to have 28. Who are the other 5? And where did Jeff Stewart come from (he's not even listed on our site and I don't recall any discussions about him)?

Line-up of the KC game:
GK - Countess; DF - Behncke, Pope (Cila 83), Akwari, Pierce; MF - Kreamalmeyer, Kamler (O'Brien 69), Williams, Brown; FW - Kreis, Mathis (Dunseth 46)

From the CRapids game:
GK - Countess; DF - Behncke, Dunseth, Akwari, Pierce; MF - Rojas (Kreamalmeyer 76), Kamler, Williams, Selolwane (Whitfield 76); FW - Kreis, Brown (O'Brien 46)

From the Cheetos game:
GK – Countess (Palmer 46); DF – Rojas (Halilovic 46), Behncke (Lookingland 46), Akwari (Knowles 46), Pierce (Flores 46); MF – Whitfield (Brown 46), Kamler (Cutler 46), Williams (O’Brien 46), Kreamalmeyer (Novak 46); FW – Kreis (Watson 46), Selolwane (Cila 46)

So it looks like we need to add:
Leighton O'Brien
Senad Halilovic
Sergio Flores
Kenny Cutler
Kevin Novak

And that looks like the final 28. Or am I missing something (I quite often do)? Is Coach Ellinger still deciding?

Also, looks like our site is by far the most accurate!

PS: If you look at the Meet Sergio Flores article, it lists the rest of the team as, "Comming soon..."

• Nelson Akwari
• Matt Behncke
• Nik Besagno
• Chris Brown
• Jordan Cila
• DJ Countess
• Kenny Cutler
• Brian Dunseth
• Senad Halilovic
• Brian Kamler
• Luke Kreamalmeyer
• Jason Kreis
• Cameron Knowles
• Michael Lookingland
• Clint Mathis
• Jay Nolly
• Kevin Novak
• Leighton O'Brien
• Noah Palmer
• Rusty Pierce
• Eddie Pope
• Marlon Rojas
• Dipsy Selolwane
• Jeff Stewart
• Jamie Watson
• Evan Whitfield
• Andy Williams

So it looks like that is, in fact the final roster!

[Loyal1]

Originally Posted by Jim Umber

Also, looks like our site is by far the most accurate!

That's what some random guy in Park City told me too.

Big props to Soccerprime for the webite.

You too, Jim, for your detective work on the roster.

Stewart may have to retire because of injury. I don't recall the whole story.

[Czar Jake]

Excellent work Jim, nice to look over that squad. Also I want to thank Ethan for continuing to update theloyalists.com .... As you know Ethan I needed to find rosters and info on a few teams recently, and using theloyalists.com made finding RSL info by far the easiest! Kudos you guys

[Jim Umber]

Now we just need to get the pictures of the rest of the squad. I hope they get those pics to Soccerprime soon. I want to get to know what they all look like, so I can recognize who I'm screaming at. 😲

[SoccerPrime]

Working on pics, Trey says we should have them soon.

[Czar Jake]

A related question:

If Mathis and/or Pope play for the nats on Wednesday, will they be available to play for RSL on Saturday at Metrostars?? Anybody have an idea?

[SoccerPrime]

I don't think Mathis and Pope are in Alabama today, so I guess they will be in New Jersey for Saturday.

Are you guys excited!!!!?

[Aero]

Originally Posted by SoccerPrime

Are you guys excited!!!!?

Nope, not at all. 🙄