Winning Eleven: RSL vs. Portland

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty ImagesWinning Eleven is a series — or, it might be a series (this is the first one, after all) — looking at a potential lineup for the upcoming match and making some wild, ridiculous and not-very-good predictions.

Goalkeeper

Likely pick: Andrew Putna — I think he’ll continue in his starting role.

My pick: David Ochoa — That said, maybe Freddy Juarez was deflecting in his comments after last match about Ochoa, and we’ll see him start.

To make what I’ll propose later work, I think we need to build out of the back — we’ll lack height up top with what I’m thinking, and I think some passing action would help us achieve continuity between the defense and the midfield.

Defense

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