The friendly you guys had against Chivas USA: Can someone tell me how many of your usual starters were involved in that match?
Someone please enlighten me! Thanks
Some of the other replies you've received here fail to mention all of the many players missing:
Of the "usual" or potential starters missing were: #1 goalie Glen Moss, very experienced defender Ben Sigmund (last World Cup), defender/ defensive midfielder Ivan Vicelich (former Dutch First Div. pro and most experienced member of team), Tim Payne (Blackburn Rovers, England, defensive midfielder), Leo Bertos (wing-back/ winger - very experienced veteran of last World Cup)
And most of our first-choice strikers - Rojas, Smeltz, Wood, Killen (none of them traveled and Killen will miss the Mexico games) They are our main goal-scoring threat (Rojas = Stuttgart, Bundesliga; Wood = Leicester City, England; Smeltz = top-scorer in most seasons of A-League in Australia). The remaining strikers who played v Chivas don't score many e.g. Brockie has never scored for NZ and Fallon plays in the Scottish Premier League but is more a target man and doesn't score many.
So, actually nine potential first choice players missing due to injury (Moss, Vicelich and Bertos picked up injuries on the tour but are not serious injuries).
Fair comments, but Sigmund, Payne, Bertos, Smeltz, Killen more than likely won't be playing, and Rojas might also not be fit.