Boners have had a tough year after the team's starting CB and two best attacking players from last year decided to play up a couple of divisions for Norvan, as well as the loss of a few other of the usual starters.
The Bowen/Falconetti affiliation has partially solved Bowen's chronic inability...
Final Bowen league game today, Boners versus Celtic at Andy Livingston. We had 10 they had 11 but to get that they had to recruit an over 35 player who looked like he was, like, 50. With nothing at stake for either team, the match felt a lot more like a Sunday pick up game than a league game...
End of the Cinderella run for Bowen this afternoon against Coquitlam. I thought they were taking us a bit too lightly early on and we created 3 clear chances in the opening 15 minutes, including a couple of 1 v 1s with their keeper that our striker missed. But they grew into the half and scored...
Strathcona are much stronger physically than Westside, and defend better as a team, although, I'll reiterate my earlier comment that Westside's attack was slightly more effective than Strathcona's when we have faced them. Unless they completely choke, Westside should be able to hang on and win...
Bowen 0, Strathcona 0
Ugly, physical game, where our two main central mids weren't able to come and we had to improvise at the last minute, and gave up a LOT of possession as a result. Still, we man marked their key playmaker and he got frustrated very quickly. Their guy and our guy were doing a...
Westside 3, Bowen 1
A disappointing game in many ways for Boners although it was a far better match than the last time we played these guys. The way the match unfolded was also indicative of the Island boys' strengths and limitations.
Boners took the match to Westside early on, scored around...
Bowen 3 - PCOV 0
We've moved a few things around, picked up an outstanding left back from the Bowen coed league, got a key player back from an injury sustained in our opening game, and the Bowen kid who played as a freshman striker for Cap U. this past fall is back with us. So the Boners have...
Bowen 3 - America 0
Tough game for America who showed up with a depleted side of only 11 guys. Even so they played pretty well in the first half before giving up a late goal. But in the second their guys started to tire and Boners were able to take advantage of the spaces opening up as a...
Bowen 1-Lobbans 1
Boners got off to a good start and played well early on, getting a goal on a long angled shot that hit the inside of the post and spun in.
We only had 13 guys and two got injured in the first half, so the 11 remaining guys got pretty gassed in the second half, leading to a lot...
Thanks for the report SM.
Lobbans up next for Boners and they always give us a good game.
Nice to see Trece on the touchlines last week, although without his starting forwards, and only 11 guys for most of the game, Celtic struggled to get much going. In contrast, we had a near full team...
It was bloody cold and windy in Ladner and you had the impression that the team that scored first would likely win the game.
SD had several good chances in the first half and I thought Boners were lucky not to give up a goal.
With the wind in the second half, we were the ones who got lucky and...
Trece, #9 is their leading scorer and most dangerous forward, and #6, who sets up as a holding midfielder, but has a free role in attack, is the guy that a lot of their play goes through.
They played three forwards pushed up on our back line and they counterattack quickly. The good news is...
Strathcona played Boners off the park on Saturday. As Soccer Mom noted earlier, they were fast, physical and competitive, playing out of what looked like a very old fashioned, but very effective, WM formation with three back, two central mids, two attacking mids and three forwards. There was...
Yesterday's Boners - Westside clash was far from the Div 3 matchup that C4E mentions above. It was one of those days for us where everything that could go wrong, did. To start, it was Bowen 'Apple Fest' and the island was over-run with tourists. Great for local businesses, but it meant that the...
Boners 1, PCOV Benfica 1.
A fast physical game that could have gone either way, with both teams missing good opportunities late in the match to snatch the 3 points.
Maybe it is just me, but I have the sense that there has been a noticeable jump up in the overall level of play in Div. 3 since we...