Sentence examples for prior friendly from inspiring English sources

Elway, who had a prior friendly relationship with Manning and to whom Manning will be able to relate as an elite quarterback, was a critical element in swaying Manning to a team that had seemed like a long shot to land him when the chase began.

It is envisaged Hodgson will complete the Premier League season with West Brom before taking up his duties prior to the friendly in Norway on May 28.

The two sides last met in a friendly prior to the 2010 World Cup, when goals from Sergio Ramos and David Villa handed Spain a 2-0 win at the Stade de France, but Del Bosque is aware of how much the French side has changed in the intervening two years.

Now with Bruin surging with the Dynamo, he will likely have his first opportunity on the international stage next Tuesday when the U.S. will take on Canada in its final friendly prior to the start of the final round of World Cup qualifying.

He joined Everton's pre-season tour of Thailand last week prior to their friendly with Leicester.

The Republic of Ireland boss claimed prior to the friendly with Serbia earlier this month that he was confident of convincing all four of his veterans - Keane, Duff, Given and Richard Dunne - to continue playing during the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.

One reason for the pessimism may have been Mali's unusual preparations, with the federation dismissing Giresse's assistant coach without the Frenchman's approval last month as well as the failure to organise any international friendly prior to the finals.

England Under-21s last played Norway in a friendly prior to Euro 2011, winning 2-0 at Southampton in June, but Pearce insisted there is no comparison with the side they will face this time around.

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"We didn't have enough of a threat from midfield and that [area] was where we were most conservative," he said prior to the friendlies against Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

The Union now head to Reading and Harrisburg to take on their PDL and USL-PRO affiliates in friendlies prior to their June 16 home game against United, before playing Harrisburg again on June 26 in the USOC.