I predict this thread will be almost unreadable and contain more LOL's than a text chat between two high school girls.
As for the fixtures:
Serbian White Eagles v Rino's Vanc. SC "A"
Lobbans CCB FC "A" v Akal FC
AC Campobasso v TSA Royals "A"...
piv·ot·al /'pivətl/
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
2. Being of vital or central importance; crucial: "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions" (Henry A. Kissinger).
3-2 final. As expected, Olympics came out flying in the 2nd half and had us under a lot of pressure. Scored a laser free kick from the edge of the box and another nice header off the under side of the bar with about 18 to go to set up a hectic finish. They had a couple of chances late including...
Thanks Berg, likewise. Army got off to a bit of a slow start with two ties and a couple of losses against a solid Chile side and Akal but have most of our key guys back from injury and are turning it around with two wins in our last two. Quite a few new faces this year but all solid players and...
Well, I have read some ridiculous posts on this site but this is right up there. I think we would have been fine to avoid any further embarrassment to your player and your team by leaving the red card incident off TTP and letting the ref and the league deal with it. However, since you raised it...
Thanks anjin. We got the news about Andrew last night and were obviously shocked and saddened. He was a great person, teammate and friend. One of the best people I have known, in or outside of soccer. He will be misssed.
And well done to the Rino boys for stepping up on what must have been a...
Fair enough, thanks CS. If there is discretion there, then I stand corrected.
I should have also mentioned that the ref had a pretty solid game today. Kept control of the game for the most part and interacted well with the players. Hope we get him again.
Full credit to Chile. We got a lesson in possession football today. Clearly you need the skill and running to play that style but it's also mental and we just gave the ball away way too much to get anything going or mount a serious comeback. Souza was definitely on his game today (timely falls...
One good half of soccer, followed by a 45 minute cluster-fcuk. I have been taking out my frustration on Twitter but can anyone give me one halfway sensible explanation for why you would take out Hassli down 3-1 with 10 minutes to go? If you want to bring in Long Tan, fine. How about take out one...
All-right PD, you win! I was going to note that your game reports are already in mid-season form. Good stuff.
Binger’s Army 1 – 1 Lobbans
Rather un-inspiring start to the season for the new-look Army. We started strong in the opening 15’ with some nice passing and Andrew Cooke’s speed...
Quiz time! Which of those 20 players has zero goals, zero assists and shown basically no promise whatsoever?
Hint: de Guzman has two goals and two assists.
I'd say Janicki is a fcuking pilon but as far as I know, pilons are not capable of fouling people with the same consistency as him and I'm even more sure they don't head the other team in on breakaways with 10 minutes left in a tie game.
Looking sketchy as all get-out in the back but pretty...
That was funny. Good on Jordan Harvey for getting in Balotelli's face though. Guy's got some grit and some quickness, I like him already.
Seems to be a lot of different views about the game, whether they should have planned it at all, the field debacle, etc. but I had a blast last night. Like...
Yep, fair enough. He is still just a prospect. Looks like a good one though with the kind of offensive flair I don't think Dunfield or Harmse had in their prime, let alone at 16. Hopefully he pans out and we can look back and laugh at the day we traded TD for a future star and allocation money.
Yep, that is the deal. Bizarre MLS rules and I don't really understand them either but the players rights are still owned by the team unless he moves to another league (e.g. Europe) or his rights traded to an MLS squad. Minimal risk for TFC since he was released anyway but great for...