I think 2nd div team would beat their prem and div 1 team any day. Would be interesting to see all three rino teams competing in div. 1.
They would have a better chance to get promoted back to prem.
Huge Win for Vancouver Strikers in 2B against the top of the group Rino's Fury. Assuming they get 3 points from their game in hand they will be only 3 points behind the leaders. It will be a very interesting race to follow in both groups during the remaining last third of the season for the promotion and relegation spots.
Astro 0 - 2 Campos
or A rivalry makes a competitive match.
On a sunny but cold afternoon, Campo Atletico and Astro met to settle a brewing and growing rivalry.
Astro players fought very hard and intensively, but their efforts were no match to a well organized Campo team who displayed a good treatment of the ball.
The first goal came within the first three minutes of play. A nice combination between three midfielders that were timed with distracting runs from the forwards completely confused the Astro back line. An ocean of space appeared between the two centre backs, and through pass was easily converted by the forward. It seemed too easy of a goal. Complete silence fell upon Astro's bench.
Campo dominated possession for the next 30 minutes and created two more clear goal scoring opportunities, but the ball went wide or was saved very well by the keeper.
Towards the last few minutes of the first half, Campo players needed a bit of break, and retreat and lowered the tempo of the play. Astro became more active and the game was leveled. Astro was not giving up and almost scored to goals from a long ball and a corner. The ball was saved on the line and the second time our keeper made a miracle save.
Campo made several substitutions. The fresh legs made the difference. Control of the game was regained, and Astro back line greatly suffered with each attack. Eventually they were beaten. One of the forwards went by two Astro defenders on the touch line, then proceed to pass the ball to the other forward who shaked off the centre back and then approached the keeper. He sent the keeper to the left and then calmly tap the ball to the right of the net. Four Astro players were on the ground after those dribles.
Kudos to Astro for not giving up and playing with effort. This time they had a very decent team. One of the best teams in the division, perhaps the results do not reflect their quality.
The only issue for us is that after the second goal Astro resorted to frequent fouling (about 15 in 10 minutes and some were completely unnecessary including late body checking into our short and light forwards).
A lot more than what you think, my friend, a lot more than what you think...this is for you to figure out... if you were at the game, it might be more evident for you to see.What in the actual f*ck does Riquelme have to do with Campo vs. Astro?! You are one strange fella.
The only issue for us is that after the second goal Astro resorted to frequent fouling (about 15 in 10 minutes and some were completely unnecessary including late body checking into our short and light forwards).
Obviously Soccer coach has us pretty focused on 2A here but over in 2B Strikers inability to find the net vs bottom of the league Bombastic has essentially undone all the good work they did beating Rinos before Xmas.