Game 5 and 6 Recaps

Game 5:
Boones vs Rangers at Five Star
Rangers got 2 lucky goals - one was on a break-away and one was a PK. On the break-away there forward got past our defense with a through ball. Iceman rushed out of the goal. It was the right move because that guy usually panics. He lofted the ball over Chris and it bounced in. Pele Julio was called for a hand ball in the penalty area on the PK. Rangers forward somehow didn't panic again and made the shot.
It is a good thing that Boones has Franchise. He single handedly scored 3 goals for Boones. These were not lucky goals, they were made with precision and incredible skill. Oddly enough they were all from the left side of the field (I though Franchise played right halfback).
Notes: Boones played our first 4-5-1 and dominated the mid-field. Semi-pro is not on the Rangers anymore (at least for this game). Their new keeper wasn't bad, but I doubt he played semi-pro soccer. What is that anyway - semi-pro soccer?
Final Score - Joel "Franchise" Durbin 3 - Rangers 2.

Game 6:
Another scorcher. Boones vs Fury at Grapevine. Boones pulled out the Sunshine Yellow jerseys. Chuck got to wear our extra yellow jersey - #54 XL. He looked like the Man-ster out there.
Fury was one of the better teams we have played in terms of ball control. Boones was having issues with ball control in the first half. Our first touch was letting us down repeatedly. Pup and Joel had some decent looks in the first half, but neither team could score. It was 0 - 0 at halftime. It didn't take long for the score to change in the first half. Speedy had pushed forward and had gained possession of the ball. Speedy made a move and took a shot, the ball was deflected by a Fury defender and rolled over towards Big Dave. Dave quickly launched the shot and found the back of the net. Boones 1 - Fury 0.
Our second goal was similar. Big Dave found the ball headed his way after another deflection near Fury's goal. This time the ball was in the air. Big Dave volleyed a lazer right back at the goal. A Fury defender tried to block it with his head and was almost decapitated. The ball hit the top of his head, then the top of the net for our 2-0 lead.
The third goal was the best (sorry Dave). Big Dave's goals had pretty much taken most of the fight away from Fury. Boones was starting to dominate possession. Pele Julio received a pass on our defensive end and passed the ball up to Todd along the right sideline near midfield. The pass must of had a voodoo spin on it (or Todd made an incredible fake out move) and a Fury defender whiffed and fell. Todd turned and took the ball towards goal. There was no one from Fury in Todd's way but the keeper. Todd kept looking over his shoulder to see if someone was trying to chase him down - but there was no one. Todd was getting close. Surprisingly, Joel was wide open on the left side and yelling for the pass "send it!". But Todd knew that this was HIS goal. The keeper rushed out to challenge Todd. In what could only be described as soccer perfection - Todd took the shot. Just before the keeper could make the play and with just the right amount of arc, Todd's shot rolled in for a Boones 3-0 lead.
Notes - 4-5-1 in the first half, 4-4-2 in the second half. Zero goals in the first half. Three goals in the second half. We must have had 8 to 10 corner kicks in that game. Brett brought fans to the game, then left at halftime for the airport. Joel and Dave have a very nice battle going to see who will score the most goals this season. Pup and Chuck (or anyone else) - it is not too late! Iceman kept trying to score with his booming punts in the second half.


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Game Five Pre thoughts

Check out this link if you haven't seen it.  I was at the team meeting about a year ago when they decided to vote on whether or not the league should buy one of these.

http://www.ntpsa.org/Life-saving-assist.htm

We will more than likely go to a 4-5-1 this week if we can get everyone to show up.  Please respond if you are not going to make it to the game.

For game 5, Claire will be in attendance with me.  If you have children that you know of, she could use a friend or two to help occupy her time while I'm trying to kick the ball into the back yard of the houses across the alley.

See you guys Sunday.

Stu Dawg

Game 3 and 4 Recap

This is a combined recap from games 3 and 4 - both against Franchise Grill.
Combined score = Boones 6 - F.G. zero.
Goals: Big Dave (2) both in game 3; Chuck (2) both in game 4; Joel (2) one in each game. I think everyone had an attempted shot towards their goal during these two games except the follow players - Brady, Mucio, and Preston. Those guys missed both games from either injury, sickness, or PowerPoint presentations.
Maybe two of our best passing games ever. Our central midfield is very strong these days with Eric, Tutt, Pup, and Todd. Iceman was hardly tested during these two contests thanks to strong efforts from defenders like Georgie and Speedy.
Congratulations to Nutz for somehow avoiding getting his nutz hit while playing at Premier Park.
Eric has a nickname already - Tatu. We will need to get him many, many extra jerseys.
Pup celebrated his birthday during game 3 by missing a wide open goal "Brady style".
We are now 2-2. Not bad.
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Game 2 Recap

We lost 2-1.
It was very hot.
Excellent goal by Tutt off of a corner kick.
One of their goals was off of a free kick from a terrible hand-ball call (it hit my chest I swear). Their other goal was after Iceman made a save but Inferno Red finished the deflection before the Boones defense could clear it out.

Coach Stu Dawg got very pissed at the refs for giving us too many water breaks.
Sorry I missed that goal - nice pass Pup.
Not a good start to the season.

Did I mention it was really hot.

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