Steady Branislav Ivanovic 6/10 That the most noticeable element of his performance were a succession of long throw-ins says much.
Ten minutes later, Lawrence Olum scored the would-be winner for Kansas City as a result of long throw-in into the box by Seth Sinovic.
Have to say so far they look very disappointing, a mix of long throws and upfield hoofs.
The goal came from one of a series of long throws by Ben Tozer, a couple of which had already caused some consternation.
Stoke scored from one of only a handful of long throws in the drawn FA Cup tie between the sides on Saturday and clearly felt it was worth eschewing the element of surprise here and peppering the City penalty area from the off.
Buoyed by having beaten Manchester United at Old Trafford in the last round, this performance will give the Eagles further heart, even if they found themselves under early pressure from a succession of long throw-ins by Aron Gunnarsson.
"We had a lot of long balls to deal with, a lot of long throw-ins to deal with and a lot of corner kicks to deal with, but defensively we were on it and so I was pleased with that".
Chasetown's ground is a couple of long throws from the M6 toll road at Burntwood and in 2005 they played in the Midland Football Alliance - the ninth tier of English football.
He displayed the ability of long throw-ins, which he initially developed while in the Hull youth team, on several occasions, including a 3 2 victory over Scunthorpe, where he also scored.
The risk comes in attack when Tom Croft, at the end of a long throw, becomes the target.
Friedel, who has great hand skills from his basketball days in Ohio -- he could have been a walk-on at U.C.L.A. -- was proud of his long throw, as well as the tie.
