Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has made five changes to the side that lost 1-0 at Orlando City, for the game against Columbus Crew tonight.
Steve Harper gets his first start in goal of the pre=season, and Jose Enrique, Sylvain Marveaux, Shola Ameobi and Demba Ba all start the game.
Ryan Taylor and Peter Lovenkrands are injured and will play no part in tonight’s game.
Teams:
Columbus Crew: Andy Gruenebaum, Sebastian Miranda, Chad Marshall (c), Eric Gehrig, Shaun Francis. Emmanuel Ekpo, Kevin Burns, Cole Grossman, Bernardo Anor. Emilio Renteria, Tommy Heinemann.
Subs: Chris Konopka, Josh Gardner, Julius James, Korey Veeder, Eddie Gaven, Santiago Prim, Robbie Rogers, Dejan Rusmir, Ben Sippola, Aaron Horton, Justin Meram.
Newcastle United: Steve Harper, James Tavernier, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique. Jonas Gutierrez, Cheik Tiote, Dan Gosling, Sylvain Marveaux. Shola Ameobi, Demba Ba.
Subs- Tim Krul, Fraser Forster, Paul Dummett, Alan Smith, Mehdi Abeid, Haris Vuckic, Leon Best
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Rotonda heights
Jul 27, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Comment #521GG
rather we bought through the taverniers, abeids and vukic’s thn pay 9M for crouch !