Game 10 Recap

Game 10: Boones 3 - Inferno Red 1

Out - Mucio, Chad, Brady, and Brett

Joel is on fire (see the neat picture of Joel above). Joel had two goals. He got things started when he received an excellent through pass and ran past the defenders. He drove the shot far post for our first goal. Later in the second half, Iceman punted the ball past midfield. Dave was there to win the ball, one touch the ball forward, run past the defenders, and then finish with an excellent shot. We had a nice lead at half.

Inferno scored quickly after the second half started. They beat a few of our defenders and got a crossing shot off that rolled out of Ice's hands and on to the foot of another Inferno player that kicked in the deflection.

But thanks to Tutt, others, and Joel we were able to get a third goal late in the second half to secure the win. Joel got the goal, Tutt was blamed for a high kick, and other stuff was going on too??? Basically we got the goal, won the game, and now we are off to the playoffs.

Notes:

The ref was bad.

There was a lot of whining, complaining, and arguing going on in that game. Actually pretty typical this season.

All of the Inferno players and the ref really dislike Preston. On the contrary, I think Preston is kick ace!

Claire is the best fan ever! She offered me a pretty flower to put in my hair when I was taking a breather. She cheers for Stu Dawg like no other.

Eric must have dribbled around 4 or 5 Inferno players, then barely missed his shot. I think he has done this in every game he has played with us.

We had two standing bicycle kicks in the game (by Mickey or Nutz and Stu Dawg I think). Both were effective. Both were show-boating. Nice.

Chuck had a goal last week. In a previous blog post I said I thought it was Tutt that got that goal. Sorry Chuck, you are way better at soccer than Tutt and we still lost that game.

Joel is on fire.

Playoffs.

Game Ten and Playoffs

Good win yesterday guys.  I was impressed with the effort and our ability to hold on to a win.  We have let a few of these get away from us this season.  Julio can recap the game for us.

It ends up that we are in 3rd place and will play the same team on Sunday at 5:00PM at Premier Park #2.  Don't be surprised if a few new faces show up for the other team.  They are a club team and generally carry large rosters for playoffs. 

We were knocked out of 2nd place by .07 of a point.  Please make sure you are on time.  The walk won't be so bad this time since it is the second field.

Be ready to hustle and give it everything you have.  We can win this thing.

See you on Sunday,

Stu Dawg

Games 7,8, and 9 recap

Game 7:
Frisco United 3 - Boones United 3
Boones had a 3-1 lead. Then we gave up goals on some free kicks late in the game and flushed the win down the toilet. We foul too much.

Game 8:
Rangers 2 - Boones United 2
We again had the lead in the game - then gave it up late off of a free kick. Joel got both goals (that is 5 goals against the Rangers this season). We foul way too much.

Game 9:
Welcome back Brady to Boones United! His first game back from injury ... and we lose. Not his fault though. I blame everyone that took a shot and missed (including me). They only had about 4 or 5 shots all game (a few missed, one hit the cross the bar, and two went in). We had about 10 shots per half and almost all of them were not on goal. Every shot we missed in the second half was costing us about 4 to 6 minutes of play time because their keeper took so long to retrieve the ball. I barely remember the play - but I think it was Tutt that scored our only goal.
Fury 2 - Boones 1

Yea I know - the recaps suck. But I am busy and stuff. So suck it.

Your pal,
#10 Pele Julio

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.


- #10

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