As if their resources were not depleted enough, Sounders FC will have to allow Mario Martinez to fly to Texas this week.
He has been called in by the Honduras National Team for a November 14 friendly against Peru at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston.
The Seattle side have a second leg match against LA Galaxy on Sunday having lost the first leg 3-0.
There is better news for both sides from Stockholm. Neither Adam Johannson or Christian Wilhelmsson have been selected for the Sweden squad to face England in a friendly.
Martinez, 23, has 21 caps for Honduras, including four recent World Cup Qualifiers, and he also participated in the 2012 London Olympics.
He scored the winning goal in Seattle’s Western Conference Semifinal Series against Real Salt Lake last week.
Martinez will return to Seattle on Thursday. FIFA regulations require that a club release a player for a 48 hour period for a friendly.
November 12, 2012 at 7:10 pm
WTF?! A Friendly. C’mon Honduras give us some love here wouldja?
November 13, 2012 at 1:12 am
It is ok just put him on the bench for sunday and bring in Zakuani or Estrada !!!
November 13, 2012 at 11:21 am
Tell Sigi to start this line up:
F – Johnson,Montero
M – Martinez, Tiffert, Alonso, Rosales
D – Evans, Hurtado, Parke, Johannson
K – Gspurning
bench: Rose, Zakuani, Ochoa, Estrada, Cato, Gonzales, Hanhnemann
others: Scott, Caskey, Carrasco, Seaman, Tettah, Duran, Ianni, Burch, Steres, Sodade
keepers- Ford, Merideth, Weber
November 13, 2012 at 12:37 pm
I’ll call him. Shall I tell him whose idea it was?