I was wondering about the exact same thing. Nanchoff always starts, what was the reason for him not playing an entire half? And not only did Caldwell not start, he didn't play the entire match. Really peculiar. I didn't start watching until I realized the game was online, when there was about a half hour left, so maybe I missed this too, but the box score lists Enrique as playing 0 minutes and having one shot on goal, what was up with that?
The thing that I couldn't help but wonder, and maybe this was probably just coincidence, but could Kofi's absence from the field have effected the team that greatly? I think I am just making excuses for the team's loss, but if we can just say that him not playing somehow led to this, at least that really supports the argument for him being the most deserving of the Hermann Trophy!
Nanchoff has been nursing his hamstring. He wasn't supposed to play at all.