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Tale of three games. BB5 could have been 4 up in the first half...the young fit Faly boys controlled the second half but seemed to let up after the 2 - 2 goal. No more running at the tired looking BB5 defenders. From the 80th minute to the end of extra time Faly never looked like they were good for another goal. The veteran BB5 side took the game back with some muscle work on the young Faly defence. Great game to watch though.
 
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Tale of three games. BB5 could have been 4 up in the first half...the young fit Faly boys controlled the second half but seemed to let up after the 2 - 2 goal. No more running at the tired looking BB5 defenders. From the 80th minute to the end of extra time Faly never looked like they were good for another goal. The veteran BB5 side took the game back with some muscle work on the young Faly defence. Great game to watch though.
Yep, I would have to agree.

Great adjustments by Faly at halftime after getting it all wrong to start the match. Thought they looked like they would ride the momentum and fresher legs into ET, but it did not happen.

MOTM for me was the Faly keeper. He made some fantastic saves to keep them in it after they went behind 2-0 and then again at 2-2. Did not cover himself in glory on the 4-2 goal, but can hardly be faulted for them going out.
 

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Here's my highlights from the game. Cracking match. Game of three thirds! Agree Faly keeper was MotM. Faly looked like they'd win it after levelling but it just woke BB5 up. Both teams looked like they were missing some key guys.

Highlights are missing an amazing sequence moments after it went to 2-2 when BB5 hit the post after a scramble and clearance in the box. I was changing my camera battery at the time!

 

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BB5 4-2 Faly FT(AET)

Quite the game. For all the energy and pace from Faly they did not create near as many chances as BB5 over the 120 minutes. It was quite the ride seeing which way this one was going to go.

There were about 4 sets of cameras filming the game so there will no doubt be plenty of opportunities for everyone to judge for themselves whether or not the right team won on the night.

Fair play to the Faly players...not sure I would survive a full season under the Faly technical staff's unique "enthusiasm" on the touchline...

Should’ve been 4-0 bb5
 

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That's is for the Island in the A Cup this season...

Tigers 2-1 Nanaimo
Coastal 3-2 Bays

Tigers were less than dominant against a very defensive Nanaimo side but they got the job done to advance.

Any reports from South Surrey? The scoreline seems to indicate a good contest.
 

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Abbotsford 2-1 Metro Ford FT (AET)

Quite the extra 30...

Red card to CMF, Abby take the lead, then Abby miss a pen and half a dozen other point blank chances to ice it.

But they hung on...

FVSL vs. VMSL in the final. Just have to determine which teams!
 

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Coastal 3-2 bays

Coastal scored very early in the first half to go up 1-0. Coastal looked like they may have their way comfortably moving it around and creating a few more good chances. 15-20min in bays got themselves into the game playing the better football for the rest of the half. They carved out a few big chances and it could of been easily 1-1 at half. Coastals striker was very isolated for most of the half and they relied on individual speed and brilliance to carve out a couple great chances of their own right before half to almost go up 2-0.

Second half Bays made some changes and lost their threat of pace and power moving their striker into the CAM role and putting an big target man up top. It appeared to be a big mistake as Coastal regained control of the game and dominated the half. Their pace was causing all sorts of problems and eventually they made it 2-0 on an Izzy goal who was dangerous all game.

15-20 left Bays got one back as Coastal struggled to clear the ball. The ball came to their striker who had moved to the CAM role 2-1. It literally felt like it zapped the air/energy off the field. 5-10min later Bays added another one on a great finish from I believe the Bays captain. 2-2 and Coastal looked to be in trouble.

Coastal responded immediately with Jake ripping down the right wing and setting up a sitter that was scuffed. Soon after Coastal scored on a corner, the keeper miss judged it and poor marking lead to a free header back post 3-2. Coastal got a PK in the final minutes that was saved.

Great game honestly. Although all the drama was in the second half, the first half there was some great football on both sides.
 

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No surprise here, but rumour has it Tigers are trying to schedule the semi for 3pm Sunday…..Mother’s Day.

Honestly, are there no depths that these scum won’t sink to? Do these prima donnas not have mothers?

They are all clones created by the good Doctor!!

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Tigers-Abby confirmed for 3pm Sunday on BC Soccer site. Disappointed! Not for Mothers Day but because I'll be at Whitecaps-TFC game. They were originally trying for 6pm. Guess they couldn't.

Coastal-BB5 at South Surrey on Saturday afternoon at 4pm.
 

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After four really well contested quarter finals, the stage has been set for the final four teams. The noisy neighbours of the FVSL will be guaranteed their third shot in the last four tournaments at claiming their first ever Men's A Provincial Cup. To get there, though, they will, of course, need to triumph over the big, bad VMSL who have long overshadowed their, mostly, eastern colleagues. No matter who makes it to the final, there are storylines aplenty. Hopefully these semis will provide the same level of entertainment as the quarters.

QF - 3/4; Overall 8/12

Completely Baseless Predictions - Men's A Cup Semi Finals

FC Tigers Vancouver (FVSL) v Abbotsford United (FVSL)
For the fifth time this season Abbotsford will have a chance to take on the team that has replaced them as the Golden Child of the FVSL. So far, they are zero for four, trailing the aggregate score by a margin of 12-2. That said, in the most recent meeting of the two teams, the Pakenham Cup Final, Abbotsford quite possibly deserved a better fate. Tigers, as they are wont to do, took an early lead in that match. However, after bossing the first part of that match, arguably it was Abbotsford who were in the ascendancy and looked most likely to find a winner after scoring the tie goal. Alas, the star power of Tigers was too much, with Erik Edwardson and Farivar Torabi combining to engineer a last gasp winner. Still, it will be interesting to see what impact, if any, the fallout from that encounter has on this next clash. Will it serve as a wake up call to Tigers to not take Abby lightly, despite their dominant record? Or, will Abby be able to use this as a blueprint for how to, potentially, slay the dragon? The defensive solidity of Nanaimo did seem to frustrate Tigers at times in their quarter final. Tigers did have chances to score more goals, but they were not nearly as frequent and clear cut as the Saudi-funded side have been used to at times during this season. As Nanaimo, stubbornly, refused to go quietly into that good night, the Island side created a handful of counterattacking opportunities of their own. As long as it was a one-goal lead, it was only going to take one moment of brilliance, or one mistake by their opponents, for Nanaimo to put a potential shock on the cards. In the end it was the latter that did end up providing a way to goal for the visitors, as a goalkeeping error on a freekick from Tigers's keeper Lukas Strauts left an easy headed finish for the Nanaimo number nine at the back post. Unfortunately for the travelling side, that goal came just too little too late as their valiant effort to keep Tigers within touching distance had come undone when one of the Nanaimo centrebacks was unable to get out of the path of an Edwardson shot rebounding off the post and turned it in to his own net for a regrettable own goal.

Where will this leave Tigers, though? Much of the post match chatter surrounded lamentations over the quality of the pitch chosen for this match and how it did not the FVSL champions to play "their game." In yet another odd twist, Tigers have not really had a true home field this season, and that has been evident in this competition. They played at Cloverdale Athletic in first round which, while they did play their "home" matches at CAP this season" ended up actually being played on the home field of their opponents Surrey United. Next, they were at Burnaby Lake for the game against Nanaimo, and now they will host Abbotsford at Hjorth Road. In contrast, Abby enjoyed a raucous home field advantage last time out as a boisterous home crowd cheered them on to an extra time victory over Coquitlam. The FVSL runners up were bolstered by the return of several players who had missed their trip to the Island the previous week. Most notably, the O'Neill brothers, Connor and Colton, were bank in the side and that proved pivotal as Connor scored both goals in their victory. One player who is not clicking at the moment for Abby, though, is former Daniel Davidson. Davidson has been a hive of activity and he cause both the Lakehill and Metro Ford defenders fits, but he simply cannot put the ball in the net at the minute. He missed a hat full of chances to kill the game off against Coquitlam, including seeing his penalty saved in extra time when he had the chance to make the result safe. Surely he will not be able to spurn chances like that if Abbotsford are to pull off yet another upset and head for the Final. Abby have been the underdog all the way along in this competition, but they have bucked the trend at every time of asking. Could they possibly pull of the biggest upset of them all? Or will Tigers make it five for five and coast to the Final they have had circled on their calendar since last summer?

Rino's VSC Coastal (VMSL) v BB5 United CCB (VMSL)
Perhaps this all VMSL semi final should be as easy to pick a favorite in as its FVSL counterpart. In all fairness, the head to head record between these sides this season is heavily tilted in BB5's favour. A 4-0 in South Surrey in September saw the Provincial Cup holders lay down a marker to the VMSL new boys, and they won the return fixture 4-1 as well. So it would seem as though BB5 should feel rather confident coming into this one. However, there is slightly more to the tale. First off, it is difficult to put too much weight on a result from September in the third match of the season when both teams have gone on an piled up the points since then. On the VMSL's Opening Day, BB5 failed to beat a Burnaby White Eagles side that would go on to be relegated. Results in September are certainly worth the same number of points in the table as those that come in March, but teams are generally still figuring things out during those nescient stages of the season. As for the second meeting, it was cut short at 1-1 with 16 minutes remaining thanks to a lighting issue. The final minutes were played mid-week in February and in that kind of artificial environment, with an unclear picture of which players were available from the original match in December, makes it tough to put too much stock into the fact that BB5 exploded for three goals in the final quarter of an hour. So, yes, BB5 have looked good against Coastal this season, but they have not really met since before the holidays. Both teams rounded into form down the stretch and reached the semis of the Imperial Cup. Both sides also were picked as clear favourites in their quarter final matchups, but were pushed all the way, proving just how much of a unique environment the Provincial Cup tournament can create. BB5 looked as though they might run away with things against an energetic Faly side, only to see their early 2-0 erased in the second half as their opponents forced extra time. In the end, BB5 found the goals they needed to advance, but it certainly could not be described as smooth sailing. It was a similar story for Coastal as they could not hold onto a lead either and needed a late winner to save them from playing an extra half hour against a Bays United side that seemed to enjoy its trips to the Mainland this season.

Which bring these teams to this game, which will be played in South Surrey in front of a fairly decent crowd one imagines, especially being just 20 or so minutes down the road from BB5's home at Newton Athletic. There is plenty of well documented firepower on both sides of the ball. Nic Morello was the extra time hero for BB5 against Faly in a game that his strike partner Caleb Clarke missed. Stalwart midfielder Bobby Jhutty, who scored the opener for the Surrey boys in that win, did pick up an injury, although BB5 have plenty of midifeld maestros to call upon, including for SFU standout Mark Talisuna, who iced the match with a late fourth against Faly. Mercurial winger Ramsey Alfantzi will be looking to get on the score sheet, as well as veteran midfielders Yassin Essa and Boris Si, both who have yet to leave an impact in this tournament in front of goal just yet. One question mark for BB5 may be in goal, though, as Andrew Metcalfe, who was their first choice all season, did not exactly cover himself in glory on the two Faly goals against. Noticeably absent last week was talismanic former UBC goalkeeper Luke O'Shea, who had previously been given the start against Rovers Hurricanes in the first round. Regardless of who is in goal, the defense corps of Eric de Graaf, Elie Gindo and Marcel de Jong will be a vaunted shield to insulate the BB5 net. Although de Jong was unable to finish the match against Faly and it is unclear whether that was due to injury or simply fatigue. For Coastal, Taylor Richardson had his coming out party in the opener against Cowichan and he forms a fairly formidable attack alongside the pacey Isaac Kyei and, of course, the talisman himself Jake Starheim. Coastal have been here before and come up short, losing out to Inter in 2015 to set this carousel of league hopping all in motion. It has taken seven years to get back to this point and to say it has been a winding road would be an understatement. After a highly competitive return season in the VMSL, they hope they finally have all the pieces in place to take that next step. BB5 are likely slight favourites just due to their previous wins over Coastal and their title win, but it sure feels as though this match is a toss up.
 

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After four really well contested quarter finals, the stage has been set for the final four teams. The noisy neighbours of the FVSL will be guaranteed their third shot in the last four tournaments at claiming their first ever Men's A Provincial Cup. To get there, though, they will, of course, need to triumph over the big, bad VMSL who have long overshadowed their, mostly, eastern colleagues. No matter who makes it to the final, there are storylines aplenty. Hopefully these semis will provide the same level of entertainment as the quarters.

QF - 3/4; Overall 8/12

Completely Baseless Predictions - Men's A Cup Semi Finals

FC Tigers Vancouver (FVSL) v Abbotsford United (FVSL)
For the fifth time this season Abbotsford will have a chance to take on the team that has replaced them as the Golden Child of the FVSL. So far, they are zero for four, trailing the aggregate score by a margin of 12-2. That said, in the most recent meeting of the two teams, the Pakenham Cup Final, Abbotsford quite possibly deserved a better fate. Tigers, as they are wont to do, took an early lead in that match. However, after bossing the first part of that match, arguably it was Abbotsford who were in the ascendancy and looked most likely to find a winner after scoring the tie goal. Alas, the star power of Tigers was too much, with Erik Edwardson and Farivar Torabi combining to engineer a last gasp winner. Still, it will be interesting to see what impact, if any, the fallout from that encounter has on this next clash. Will it serve as a wake up call to Tigers to not take Abby lightly, despite their dominant record? Or, will Abby be able to use this as a blueprint for how to, potentially, slay the dragon? The defensive solidity of Nanaimo did seem to frustrate Tigers at times in their quarter final. Tigers did have chances to score more goals, but they were not nearly as frequent and clear cut as the Saudi-funded side have been used to at times during this season. As Nanaimo, stubbornly, refused to go quietly into that good night, the Island side created a handful of counterattacking opportunities of their own. As long as it was a one-goal lead, it was only going to take one moment of brilliance, or one mistake by their opponents, for Nanaimo to put a potential shock on the cards. In the end it was the latter that did end up providing a way to goal for the visitors, as a goalkeeping error on a freekick from Tigers's keeper Lukas Strauts left an easy headed finish for the Nanaimo number nine at the back post. Unfortunately for the travelling side, that goal came just too little too late as their valiant effort to keep Tigers within touching distance had come undone when one of the Nanaimo centrebacks was unable to get out of the path of an Edwardson shot rebounding off the post and turned it in to his own net for a regrettable own goal.

Where will this leave Tigers, though? Much of the post match chatter surrounded lamentations over the quality of the pitch chosen for this match and how it did not the FVSL champions to play "their game." In yet another odd twist, Tigers have not really had a true home field this season, and that has been evident in this competition. They played at Cloverdale Athletic in first round which, while they did play their "home" matches at CAP this season" ended up actually being played on the home field of their opponents Surrey United. Next, they were at Burnaby Lake for the game against Nanaimo, and now they will host Abbotsford at Hjorth Road. In contrast, Abby enjoyed a raucous home field advantage last time out as a boisterous home crowd cheered them on to an extra time victory over Coquitlam. The FVSL runners up were bolstered by the return of several players who had missed their trip to the Island the previous week. Most notably, the O'Neill brothers, Connor and Colton, were bank in the side and that proved pivotal as Connor scored both goals in their victory. One player who is not clicking at the moment for Abby, though, is former Daniel Davidson. Davidson has been a hive of activity and he cause both the Lakehill and Metro Ford defenders fits, but he simply cannot put the ball in the net at the minute. He missed a hat full of chances to kill the game off against Coquitlam, including seeing his penalty saved in extra time when he had the chance to make the result safe. Surely he will not be able to spurn chances like that if Abbotsford are to pull off yet another upset and head for the Final. Abby have been the underdog all the way along in this competition, but they have bucked the trend at every time of asking. Could they possibly pull of the biggest upset of them all? Or will Tigers make it five for five and coast to the Final they have had circled on their calendar since last summer?

Rino's VSC Coastal (VMSL) v BB5 United CCB (VMSL)
Perhaps this all VMSL semi final should be as easy to pick a favorite in as its FVSL counterpart. In all fairness, the head to head record between these sides this season is heavily tilted in BB5's favour. A 4-0 in South Surrey in September saw the Provincial Cup holders lay down a marker to the VMSL new boys, and they won the return fixture 4-1 as well. So it would seem as though BB5 should feel rather confident coming into this one. However, there is slightly more to the tale. First off, it is difficult to put too much weight on a result from September in the third match of the season when both teams have gone on an piled up the points since then. On the VMSL's Opening Day, BB5 failed to beat a Burnaby White Eagles side that would go on to be relegated. Results in September are certainly worth the same number of points in the table as those that come in March, but teams are generally still figuring things out during those nescient stages of the season. As for the second meeting, it was cut short at 1-1 with 16 minutes remaining thanks to a lighting issue. The final minutes were played mid-week in February and in that kind of artificial environment, with an unclear picture of which players were available from the original match in December, makes it tough to put too much stock into the fact that BB5 exploded for three goals in the final quarter of an hour. So, yes, BB5 have looked good against Coastal this season, but they have not really met since before the holidays. Both teams rounded into form down the stretch and reached the semis of the Imperial Cup. Both sides also were picked as clear favourites in their quarter final matchups, but were pushed all the way, proving just how much of a unique environment the Provincial Cup tournament can create. BB5 looked as though they might run away with things against an energetic Faly side, only to see their early 2-0 erased in the second half as their opponents forced extra time. In the end, BB5 found the goals they needed to advance, but it certainly could not be described as smooth sailing. It was a similar story for Coastal as they could not hold onto a lead either and needed a late winner to save them from playing an extra half hour against a Bays United side that seemed to enjoy its trips to the Mainland this season.

Which bring these teams to this game, which will be played in South Surrey in front of a fairly decent crowd one imagines, especially being just 20 or so minutes down the road from BB5's home at Newton Athletic. There is plenty of well documented firepower on both sides of the ball. Nic Morello was the extra time hero for BB5 against Faly in a game that his strike partner Caleb Clarke missed. Stalwart midfielder Bobby Jhutty, who scored the opener for the Surrey boys in that win, did pick up an injury, although BB5 have plenty of midifeld maestros to call upon, including for SFU standout Mark Talisuna, who iced the match with a late fourth against Faly. Mercurial winger Ramsey Alfantzi will be looking to get on the score sheet, as well as veteran midfielders Yassin Essa and Boris Si, both who have yet to leave an impact in this tournament in front of goal just yet. One question mark for BB5 may be in goal, though, as Andrew Metcalfe, who was their first choice all season, did not exactly cover himself in glory on the two Faly goals against. Noticeably absent last week was talismanic former UBC goalkeeper Luke O'Shea, who had previously been given the start against Rovers Hurricanes in the first round. Regardless of who is in goal, the defense corps of Eric de Graaf, Elie Gindo and Marcel de Jong will be a vaunted shield to insulate the BB5 net. Although de Jong was unable to finish the match against Faly and it is unclear whether that was due to injury or simply fatigue. For Coastal, Taylor Richardson had his coming out party in the opener against Cowichan and he forms a fairly formidable attack alongside the pacey Isaac Kyei and, of course, the talisman himself Jake Starheim. Coastal have been here before and come up short, losing out to Inter in 2015 to set this carousel of league hopping all in motion. It has taken seven years to get back to this point and to say it has been a winding road would be an understatement. After a highly competitive return season in the VMSL, they hope they finally have all the pieces in place to take that next step. BB5 are likely slight favourites just due to their previous wins over Coastal and their title win, but it sure feels as though this match is a toss up.
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Great work by the BB5 backline. Must have played Coastal's front line offside more that a dozen times. Keeper continued to collect through balls when they were onside. Talisuna again a different level for BB5.
 
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