So Nat Borchers is out for Real Salt Lake, but Jamison Olave is in. It’s not exactly what Jason Kreis wanted in the center of his defense as he’d have liked his powerful duo to be back there, but it’s not too bad. Chris Schuler will step in for Borchers and he’s plenty capable so there is no real weak link back there. Had both Borchers and Olave missed so Chris Wingert would have had to slide in to the center then RSL would have been in real trouble, but the Olave/Schuler pairing is plenty fine.
LA Galaxy Vs. Real Salt Lake Live, MLS Cup Playoffs 2011: Lineups
As for the Galaxy, it is the same starting lineup that they’ve gone with whenever they’ve been at full strength this season. The big note is Juninho in the center of the midfield as he returns from a red card suspension. How he closes down the space on Javier Morales and keeps the Salt Lake playmaker from opening things up for the visitors is the key match-up to watch in this Western Conference final.
Los Angeles Galaxy (4-4-2): Josh Saunders; Sean Franklin, Omar González, A.J. DeLaGarza, Todd Dunivant; Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Juninho, Mike Magee; Chad Barrett, Robbie Keane
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2): Nick Rimando; Robbie Russell, Jamison Olave, Chris Schuler, Chris Wingert; Kyle Beckerman; Andy Williams, Will Johnson; Javier Morales; Fabian Espindola, Alvaro Saborio
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