Son of a Gun!

We lost to Northside Arsenal again. This time 2-0.

We started the game with some defensive players running a little late. There were some traffic issues in the metroplex that caused consfusion and delay. The starting fullbacks were Pele Julio, Mickey, Georgie, and Todd. Preston, Brett, and Tutt eventually found their way to the field.
Boones started the game poorly. We gave up a goal during this early game confusion when Northside Arsenal had the ball on offensive. The Boones defense could not clear the ball out and the ball ended up rolling perfectly in the middle for a charging Northside Arsenal halfback. His shot was low and in the corner - just out of Bent's reach. We were down 1-0.
In what is becoming a horrible trend in this Spring 2010 season, the next goal we gave up was a blocked shot that was not secured or cleared and Northside Arsenal put back the deflection.
We were down 2-0.
We could not get much going on offensive. Some pressure - but most of our shots were off target. We played better defense in second half and Bent had some really good saves. We ran our plan in the second half by trying to work the wings, but for whatever reason we could never really generate any solid chances.
Quick Hits: This is all Chad's sick ace fault. I think that turf was 50% grass and 50% wax - I was sliding all over the place. Northside Arsenal had 10 subs and some of their slow guys didn't even get to play. I said in a previous blog that I would like to play Northside Arsenal again with Tutt, Dave, and Brady. What the hell happened? Don't forget about our mid-week game this week - we play Baron United Thursday night at 8:45 pm Premier Park. By the way, Darkhorse beat Baron yesterday. Todd got a yellow card for pulling down Northside Arsenal soccer guy's shorts. I think Brady might have received a yellow card too. It looked like the ref either warned or gave Brady and that Northside Arsenal defender a yellow card for constantly bumping into each other. Mucio is having a party soon. I think that ref had a Scottish accent. Joel - how did the Mav's do?
We suck.

From 2-0 to 2-2

That was a tough one pal.

Boones went from 2-0 to 2-2 last night. Here is a super fast recap:

Missing in action and those that are to blame for the loss - Brady, Dave, and Tutt.

Stu Dawg returned to action and played keeper. Hell of game! He probably made over a dozen saves.
Pup was playing as the only true forward with Joel and Clay and the other halfbacks making runs when possible. We had some good runs but unfortunately only had a handful of shots on goal.

Their only goal was when Stu Dawg made a block save and one of their players was able to finish the loose ball. Unlucky!

Good effort overall. Would like to play that game again with Dave, Brady, and Tutt!

#10

Big Loss

I'll wait for the always great update from #10 Pele Julio, but I wanted to offer a few words of encouragement after the 5 - 0 whooping.

Everybody has bad weeks. This was ours. I'm glad we got this out of our system now before we make our playoff run. Don't fret on this loss too long, we are still 2-1 and I think we have a good shot to play very well the rest of the season.

Enjoy Easter weekend next week and go get some Jesus.

Talk to you soon,

Stu Dawg

2-0

Boones Players and Fans,

We are 2-0. Not too shabby. Another 3-2 victory. Here are some of the highlights:

1. Pup with a hat trick. He was on fire. You can thank him for this win.
2. Pup's first goal was a one man show. Pup stole the bouncy ball from their keeper as he was trying to grab it. Then pup used his left to finish it off. Boones 1 - Real Suburbia 0.
2.5. An unfortunate incident happened in the first half with one of Real Suburbia's players. During a throw in, this player about ripped his torso in half. Seriously though, he did something pretty bad. He instantly fell to the ground and did not get up for about 10 minutes until one of their players drove on the field. He was loaded in the car (with a little help from Big Dave) and taken to a hospital. Hopefully he will be o.k. Half time score Boones 1 - Real Suburbia 0.
3. Pup's next goal was awesome too. Either Dave or Mickey gave him a sweet assist. 2-0 Boones.
4. Defense screwed up a little bit to let Real Suburbia back in it. Defense was trying to play keep-away from Real Suburbia when Chad passed it outside to Brett and then Brett attempted to pass it back inside to Chad. That pass got a little out of control and landed right at the feet of their best player #11. #11 lined it up and lazered it in. Boones 2 - Real Suburbia 1.
5. That goal really gave Real Suburbia some momentum. They were putting a lot more pressure on us as the second half wore on. #11 was especially giving us some problems. Bent made some good saves and the defense made some good stops.
6. Pup got his final awesome goal. Either Dave or Mickey gave him a sweet assist. Boones 3 - Real Suburbia 1.
7. Real Suburbia continued their pressure and kept winning corner kicks. After continuing to stop them, they finally got lucky when #11 put an average header right to Bent that somehow slipped out of Bent's arms and into the goal. Boones 3 - Real Suburbia 2.
8. We got the win but we need to secure these two goal leads we are getting.
9. Dawg and Todd were missing.
10. Peer did great in his first game except for bringing the wrong jersey. We made it work though.
11. I've got to go now, I am going to drive 9 hours down to Padre and party may ace off for the rest of Spring Break. Beer Bong Me!!!

Game Three (Two)

Men of Boones,

It looks like there may be a bit of rain moving in tomorrow, but hopefully it will hold off for you. #10 Pele Julio has the cards and money for the next 4 games. I will not play the next two weeks and the two weeks after that I will be out of town for work. Hopefully that will give my hip enough time to heal properly. I'm not too optimistic after an initial meeting with an orthopedist, but you never know what will happen. MRI scheduled for 3/11, then I don't meet with him to get the readings until 4/2. His advice to me after readying an x-ray about the shape of my hips was, "you should not be playing soccer". Interesting.

Anyway, I'll try to make the game next week and coach if possible. Hope you guys are feeling well and make sure you dominate in fantasy points.

Brett White will miss again this week. He is traveling to Korea today.

Take care of business this week,

Coach Stu Dawg

P.S. I think you guys are number 1! Jacket and headband provided by Nutz courtesy of Ross.