31.   He decided that Frankie Hejduk would be a more active choice at left back than the slumping David Regis.

32.   Lapuente has reconstructed the Tricolor around the midfield attacking skills of Ramon Ramirez, who had been a left back under Milutinovic.

33.   Left back Frankie Hejduk will sit because of yellow card accumulations.

34.   Left back Ian Harte is a free-kick specialist whose defense remains suspect.

35.   Lalas was the lone center back with Tyrone Marshall on the right and Adam Frye at left back.

36.   Now he must sit on Sunday, after playing three very decent games at left back.

37.   Regis was the regular left back until slumping just before the World Cup and losing his job to the right-footed Hejduk.

38.   Since the loss of Greg Vanney to the French First Division, Frye has been a mainstay at left back this season.

39.   So has utility player Adam Frye, who has been starting at left back.