Crew SC hopes to become the first team to travel to Los Angeles and beat the Galaxy this season. First, it needs to round up 18 healthy and eligible players to fill the lineup card.
Injuries and international call-ups have depleted a team that was just starting to resemble a competent and confident unit. Fighting to remain on the outskirts of the Eastern Conference playoff picture, the Crew (5-9-11) could be missing five starters for Saturday night’s game against the Galaxy.
Harrison Afful (Ghana), Justin Meram (Iraq), Tony Tchani (Cameroon) and rookie reserve Rodrigo Saravia (Guatemala) are away playing for their national teams this week.