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Happy Spursday, Spursland! After a couple of months off from doing this matchthread thing, Tottenham Hotspur is back for preseason. They kick off their campaign on America's west coast against the Seattle Sounders, who are off from MLS action this week.
Here are your lineups.
#THFC team: Friedel, Naughton, Dawson, Fryers, Rose, Holtby, Capoue, Sigurdsson, Townsend, Kane, Lennon. #COYS
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 19, 2014
#THFC subs: McGee, Fredericks, Kaboul, Veljkovic, Walker, Carroll, Ceballos, Eriksen, Falque, Lamela, Mason, Soldado.
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 19, 2014
Your @SoundersFC XI: Frei Yedlin Marshall Scott Anibaba Neagle Alonso Pineda Pappa Martins Dempsey - C @xbailey_17 #SEAvTOT
— Sounders Matchday (@LIVESounders) July 19, 2014
That looks like a 4-3-3 with Etienne Capoue as a single holder, while Lewis Holtby and Gylfi Sigurdsson play in front of him. Siggy and Michael Dawson, who starts at center back next to Zeki Fryers, wanted to prove to Mauricio Pochettino that they deserve a place in the first team. Poche's giving them that opportunity Just kidding! Siggy's out..
Kickoff is at 9 p.m. UK, 4 p.m. ET and 1 p.m. local from CenturyLink Field in Seattle. You can catch the game on BT Sport 1 in the UK, ESPN2/ESPN Deportes in the US and TSN2 in Canada. You can also find it on the online streaming platforms of all of those outlets.