Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Results: Firsts 6/6/10 CSL DIv 1 FINAL
CSL Final pics by Ian Thomson
Matteo Lucky Strike sinks BRFC
story by Jay Mwamba and First Touch
Ex- MetroStar Jeff Matteo snatched a late winner against Barnstonworth Rovers at Icahn Stadium last Sunday to end Pancyprian Freedoms’ six-year wait for the Cosmopolitan Soccer League (CSL) title.
The Greek-Cypriots nicked the 2010 First Division championship match 1-0.
Matteo, a midfielder, who had stints with the Columbus Crew and the New York/New Jersey MetroStars [now Red Bull] in MLS, scored from long range in the 78th minute to hand Pancyprian their sixth CSL championship.
“After a long season it’s the best way to end it as champions,” said Pancyprian GM George Halkidis, whose season is far from over.
“Cheers to Stavros [Zomopoulos] and his Barnstonworth boys but there was no way we’d go home without the trophy. We are the team that brings out the best in every opponent we face and it makes us feel good about who we are as a team and as an organization.
Zomopoulos, Rovers’ coach, was gutted by the loss. He argued that his side, who edged Lansdowne Bhoys 4-3 on penalties in the playoffs, was the better team on the day.
“Heartbreaking to lose a championship I felt we deserved on the day, on a 40 [yard] misdirected, wind-aided [shot] minutes from time,” he moaned. “Our players were magnificent, as they have been all season long, and if our goal was not disallowed they would be champions.”
Zomopoulos went on: “Football is like that — the best team does not always win, we had the possession, we had the chances, we failed to convert our opportunities. They had the luck and it was all they needed on the day.
“We are already looking forward to next year. Congratulations to Pancyprians. We wish them a successful run at the US Open Cup and the [Manning] Cup Final. ”
Monday, June 07, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
BRFC featured in US 2018 World Cup Bid Official Video !
Look for BRFC's own Mark Kushemba and Andy Abramovits (about the 2 minute mark) in the clip and the rest Copa NYC US team that is organized by Mark (for BRFC)!
http://www.gousabid.com/blog/entry/mia-hamm-our-game-our-story/
http://www.gousabid.com/blog/entry/mia-hamm-our-game-our-story/
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Rovers Win League Semi Final, make CSL Div 1 Final for 1st time in their history !
One of the most important kicks in Rover's history (until June 6 2010) captured on video by Stephen Pugliese !
The shooter is Alan Alcade, and its the 5 and final penalty !
The shooter is Alan Alcade, and its the 5 and final penalty !
Results: Firsts 5/23 League Semi vs Landsdowne (H)
Barnstonworth Rovers F.C. 1 (4) Landsdowne Bhoys 1 (3)
BRFC reached its first ever League Final exorcising their penalty demons on the way !
Alan Alcalde non-chalantly slotted the 5th and last penalty (video attached) past the frozen Irish keeper to start the celebrations !
Andy had give the Rovers the lead with a brilliant solo effort in the 60 minute only for the Rovers to lose their 10th clean sheet in the final 90 secs. They recovered and booked their deserved spot in the final on penalties.
Ben saved the first 2 Bhoys' attempts giving the Rovers an insurmountable lead and the confidence to win their first shoot-out in memory.
The Rovers last and only other playoff appearance ended on a missed 5th penalty, after leading vs G/A for over 80 minutes, missing several clear chances to clinch the game before a freak goal tied it.
The large Irish fan contingent, full with national flags, were not that lucky this time. Sunday was for the Rovers.
In a blistering 1st half, BRFC showcased its superior technical abilities and could have put the score beyond dispute.
Scotty steered a powerful headed from inside the six at the crossbar, from a corner, and the Rovers failed to capitalize on the long rebound.
Pugli controlled a flick pass at the edge of the six, and slotted it past the keeper only for a Bhoy to clear off the line at the last minute, while the crowd cheered.
Then, Jordi broke on the right, gathered a ball deep inside the box, beat a defender but fired at the keeper, who parried it onto the post before recollecting the ball.
On the other side, Ben saved well from a dangerous free kick and then parried a long shot with a diving save to his left at the goal line.
The Irish were showing signs of wear and the Rovers, with few adjustments, took it to them at the start of the 2nd half.
Andy provided the spark and finish that finally broke the deadlock. He closed down the slow goon playing in the back, blocked his attempted clearance, collected the loose ball, turn him, put on the afterburners, raced into the box and finished with aplomb between the keeper's legs ! Rovers 1-0.
Landsdowne tried to respond immediately, but could not really threaten and when the Rovers regained control of the tempo, it was hard to see how the scoreline and the 10th Rover clean sheet could change in the final 20 minutes.
It did. The Bhoys started to throw everything forward, and forced repeated Rover turnovers in their half of the pitch. All of a sudden the Rovers seemed unable to exchange passes, looked tired and desperate to hang on.
One dangerous cross followed another, each corner became a series of corners and the Landsdowne pressure intensified. The back 4 superb all season, coped with the taller opponents as they swarmed the box.
Ben made several punch saves and 2 grabs from very close range flick-ons to keep the Rovers on top. When, with 4 minutes to play, an Irish free kick from a very dangerous spot just outside the D went wastefully high and wide, many felt again that the Rovers were home. Unfortunately they were not. With 90 sec to go another clearance to the middle of the pitch was played deep to the Rovers left catching them out of position. The winger come in and put a perfect cross to the far post where an unmarked Smythe headed (faced) it down before it bounce to the roof of the net. Rovers 1-1
Penalties followed almost without a further kick of the ball:
Landsdowne - Miss
Jordi - ripped the net
Landsdowne - Ben saved
Vidi - saved
Landsdowne - scored
Colin - send the goalkeeper the wrong side
Landsdowne - Ben got a very large hand on it but it squirmed in.
Ajene - upper 90
Landsdowne - scored
Alan - see the video ! that sent the Rovers to the FINAL !
With the Rover Ladies also playing their championship final on June 6th, THE WHOLE CLUB SHOULD COME, ENJOY, WITNESS THE UPCOMING BRFC TROPHY CELEBRATIONS !
Team: (the starting 11 have played a combined 625 matches for the Rovers) Ben Kartzman, Mark Kushemba, John Salvucci, Vidar Ekehaug, Colin Marshall, Jordan Chirico, Scott Waddell, Alan Alcalde, Andy Abramovits, Stephen Pugliese Subs (all played) Ajene Green, Pat Brown, Randi Lee
BRFC reached its first ever League Final exorcising their penalty demons on the way !
Alan Alcalde non-chalantly slotted the 5th and last penalty (video attached) past the frozen Irish keeper to start the celebrations !
Andy had give the Rovers the lead with a brilliant solo effort in the 60 minute only for the Rovers to lose their 10th clean sheet in the final 90 secs. They recovered and booked their deserved spot in the final on penalties.
Ben saved the first 2 Bhoys' attempts giving the Rovers an insurmountable lead and the confidence to win their first shoot-out in memory.
The Rovers last and only other playoff appearance ended on a missed 5th penalty, after leading vs G/A for over 80 minutes, missing several clear chances to clinch the game before a freak goal tied it.
The large Irish fan contingent, full with national flags, were not that lucky this time. Sunday was for the Rovers.
In a blistering 1st half, BRFC showcased its superior technical abilities and could have put the score beyond dispute.
Scotty steered a powerful headed from inside the six at the crossbar, from a corner, and the Rovers failed to capitalize on the long rebound.
Pugli controlled a flick pass at the edge of the six, and slotted it past the keeper only for a Bhoy to clear off the line at the last minute, while the crowd cheered.
Then, Jordi broke on the right, gathered a ball deep inside the box, beat a defender but fired at the keeper, who parried it onto the post before recollecting the ball.
On the other side, Ben saved well from a dangerous free kick and then parried a long shot with a diving save to his left at the goal line.
The Irish were showing signs of wear and the Rovers, with few adjustments, took it to them at the start of the 2nd half.
Andy provided the spark and finish that finally broke the deadlock. He closed down the slow goon playing in the back, blocked his attempted clearance, collected the loose ball, turn him, put on the afterburners, raced into the box and finished with aplomb between the keeper's legs ! Rovers 1-0.
Landsdowne tried to respond immediately, but could not really threaten and when the Rovers regained control of the tempo, it was hard to see how the scoreline and the 10th Rover clean sheet could change in the final 20 minutes.
It did. The Bhoys started to throw everything forward, and forced repeated Rover turnovers in their half of the pitch. All of a sudden the Rovers seemed unable to exchange passes, looked tired and desperate to hang on.
One dangerous cross followed another, each corner became a series of corners and the Landsdowne pressure intensified. The back 4 superb all season, coped with the taller opponents as they swarmed the box.
Ben made several punch saves and 2 grabs from very close range flick-ons to keep the Rovers on top. When, with 4 minutes to play, an Irish free kick from a very dangerous spot just outside the D went wastefully high and wide, many felt again that the Rovers were home. Unfortunately they were not. With 90 sec to go another clearance to the middle of the pitch was played deep to the Rovers left catching them out of position. The winger come in and put a perfect cross to the far post where an unmarked Smythe headed (faced) it down before it bounce to the roof of the net. Rovers 1-1
Penalties followed almost without a further kick of the ball:
Landsdowne - Miss
Jordi - ripped the net
Landsdowne - Ben saved
Vidi - saved
Landsdowne - scored
Colin - send the goalkeeper the wrong side
Landsdowne - Ben got a very large hand on it but it squirmed in.
Ajene - upper 90
Landsdowne - scored
Alan - see the video ! that sent the Rovers to the FINAL !
With the Rover Ladies also playing their championship final on June 6th, THE WHOLE CLUB SHOULD COME, ENJOY, WITNESS THE UPCOMING BRFC TROPHY CELEBRATIONS !
Team: (the starting 11 have played a combined 625 matches for the Rovers) Ben Kartzman, Mark Kushemba, John Salvucci, Vidar Ekehaug, Colin Marshall, Jordan Chirico, Scott Waddell, Alan Alcalde, Andy Abramovits, Stephen Pugliese Subs (all played) Ajene Green, Pat Brown, Randi Lee
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Barnstonworth Rovers Thirds
09-10 Season Statistics
09-10 Season Statistics
Top: Brandon Rowley, Jeremy Brown, Okey Obudulu, Mackers, David Bernfeld, Gavin Dick, David Schlatter, Sergio Restrepo and James Krapp.
Bottom: Jason Moore, Dusan Zivanovic, Tommy Chenoweth, Juan González Casares, Gustavo Garro and Derek Kilfedder.
Missing from the picture: Jeremy Wine, Michael Dirolf, Thomas Obaseki, Darrell Crane and Bruce Sholl.
Barnstonworth Rovers - Metro 2 League
Games Played: 16
Wins: 9
Losses: 4
Ties: 3
Points: 30
Percentage: 0.656
Goals in Favor: 53
Goals Against: 25
Goal Difference: 28
Last 5: 3-1-1
Final Standings:
Gotham Argo 38 (one more game to play)
Homenetmen of NY 32
Barnstonworth Rovers 30
FC NY Bravehearts 23
Astoria Gaels 22 (one more game to play)
Maltese Dolphins FC 20
NYPD FC Metro 2 15 (one more game to play)
SC Eintracht 10 (two more games to play)
NY Galicia 7 (one more game to play)
Barnstonworth Rovers - State Cup
Games Played: 2
Wins: 1
Losses: 1
Ties: 0
Goals in Favor: 3
Goals Against: 3
Goal Scorers:
Rowley: 17
Gav: 12
Sergio: 7
Thomas: 5
Bern: 3
Duca: 3
Okey: 2
Bond: 2
Garro: 1
Mackers: 1
Crane: 1
Sarge: 1
Brown: 1
Wine: 1 (OG)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Results: Firsts 5/16/10 vs Manhattan Kickers (H)
Barnstonworth Rovers F.C. 5 Manhattan Kickers S.C. 0
The Rovers clinched their first ever senior trophy, trouncing the Manhattan Kickers 5-0 and effectually relegating their downtown rivals (for the 3rd time !)
Its a historic achievement and the first time any independent club has done it. NYAC is the only other Manhattan club, whatsoever, to have ever won a CSL D1 trophy.
Barnstonworth was superior in every aspect and clinically dismantled the opposition. The icing on the cake was an absolutely superb Waddell 2nd half goal to complete his hattrick. It was a goal even Mesi would have been proud of and highlighting the difference in quality between the 2 sides.
He collected a ball on the far side-line just outside the box, eliminated one defender, then teased another with the ball before he was double team near the corner flag. He megged one, then split them both, pushed the ball into the box, took 3 strides to the six and almost casually slotted it to the far side netting !
Scotty had also opened the scoring with a header from the corner in the 1st half, after an exploratory first 20 mins. Rovers 1-0
Colin hit one from inside the box to the far post, easily beating the Kicker keeper to make it Rovers 2-0.
With the start of the 2nd half Scotty made it 3 with a tap in Rovers 3-0,
Bringing us to the wonder goal to seal his hattrick. Rovers 4-0
Sam came on as a late substitute and notched his 1st goal for the firsts this season to close the scoring.
Ben playing as the second forward had several good chances to further embarrass the Kickers but his best effort went over the bar. He also set up Pugli whose finish was saved once, before setting up Sam's goal.
The back 4 steady as always and Broach superbly controlled the area to record his 3rd clean sheet of the season and the firsts 9th !!!
Playoffs semi final at home beckons vs Landsdowne !
Team: Dave Borchard, Vidar Ekehaug, Mark Kushemba, John Salvucci, George Tagaris, Colin Marshall, Scott Waddell, Alan Alcade, Andy Abramovits, Ajene Green, Stephen Pugliese. Subs (all played) Randi Lee, Oren Nhaissi, Sam Minaya, Ben Kartzman
The Rovers clinched their first ever senior trophy, trouncing the Manhattan Kickers 5-0 and effectually relegating their downtown rivals (for the 3rd time !)
Its a historic achievement and the first time any independent club has done it. NYAC is the only other Manhattan club, whatsoever, to have ever won a CSL D1 trophy.
Barnstonworth was superior in every aspect and clinically dismantled the opposition. The icing on the cake was an absolutely superb Waddell 2nd half goal to complete his hattrick. It was a goal even Mesi would have been proud of and highlighting the difference in quality between the 2 sides.
He collected a ball on the far side-line just outside the box, eliminated one defender, then teased another with the ball before he was double team near the corner flag. He megged one, then split them both, pushed the ball into the box, took 3 strides to the six and almost casually slotted it to the far side netting !
Scotty had also opened the scoring with a header from the corner in the 1st half, after an exploratory first 20 mins. Rovers 1-0
Colin hit one from inside the box to the far post, easily beating the Kicker keeper to make it Rovers 2-0.
With the start of the 2nd half Scotty made it 3 with a tap in Rovers 3-0,
Bringing us to the wonder goal to seal his hattrick. Rovers 4-0
Sam came on as a late substitute and notched his 1st goal for the firsts this season to close the scoring.
Ben playing as the second forward had several good chances to further embarrass the Kickers but his best effort went over the bar. He also set up Pugli whose finish was saved once, before setting up Sam's goal.
The back 4 steady as always and Broach superbly controlled the area to record his 3rd clean sheet of the season and the firsts 9th !!!
Playoffs semi final at home beckons vs Landsdowne !
Team: Dave Borchard, Vidar Ekehaug, Mark Kushemba, John Salvucci, George Tagaris, Colin Marshall, Scott Waddell, Alan Alcade, Andy Abramovits, Ajene Green, Stephen Pugliese. Subs (all played) Randi Lee, Oren Nhaissi, Sam Minaya, Ben Kartzman
Monday, May 17, 2010
CSL 1st Division West 2009-10 CHAMPIONS !
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CONGRATULATIONS ROVERS !
FIRST AND RESERVE TEAMS 2009/10 1st Div West Champions !
CONGATULATIONS TO BRFC LADIES !
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BRFC Ladies top of the 1st Division at the end of the regular season
FIRST SENIOR LADIES TITLE
Lady Rovers - Finish 2009/10 Regular Season Top of 1st Division !
BRFC Ladies 3 CPR Lady Red 2
After Rovers 2 great performance, it was time for Rovers 1 to shine. The news at kick-off was rather bad however. Vendaval was already 2 goals up in the first half of its game which meant we needed to win no matter what, and Shannon "The Shamrock", was stuck at work, which brought Rovers 1 down to 10 players. Against an excellent team like CPR Red (3rd in the league), being short is not exactly a coach's dream. Quickly though, Omar had the team warmed up and organized.
The referee whistle the kick-off 15 minutes late, Rovers recovered the ball, one, two, three, four first touch passes, Courtney Carter, flicks the ball cross the goal line and Rachel Sweeney finishes the movement neatly. 20 seconds and 1-0 for Rovers 1. From there on, you could have expected it to be a walk in the park. Well, it was … not. After 10 minutes during which Rovers dominated and toyed around with the ball, CPR got organized and started taking command of the game, forcing us to run frantically in all directions to try and make up for playing one short. As things had to happen, the pressure became slightly overbearing and they scored one then two before half time.
"Don't chase the ball, stay in formation, pass to feet, control the movement of the ball and use first touches to beat them" were in short the instructions given at half time. To avoid stress, Omar and I kept to ourselves the fact that Vendaval was already 4-0 in its game and that if we didn't come back they would win the regular season, not us. Slowly, little by little, the Rovers reversed the game and took possession of the ball. With one man down, there is no space for anything but perfectly accurate passing and 100% commitment and it is what Rovers 1 delivered. After 20 minutes, a great movement on the right side, then through the middle finished with a short pass to KG who slotted the ball in from 4 yards. Rovers 2 – CPR 2. Then, Lorena, our 19 year old rookie who is promised to a great future in college soccer, started playing her magic again and wreaked havoc with sheer speed and agility through CPR's defense. Twice she worked her way to a one on one with the goalie. The first went out just past the post, the second bounced off the post, back in the heels of the goalie who miraculously managed to get hold of it. When you are 1 player down, such opportunities don't come often and seeing them go is just a heartbreaker. On the other side, CPR stayed dangerous on counters and Annie "the X-factor" had to make a couple of brilliant dives straight in the feet of the strikers to protect her goal. With 10 minutes to go, news came that Vendaval had won 5-1. A tie was just not enough. And Vendaval, very much aware of it, was waiting on their field, hoping for a reason to celebrate. 2 minutes to go and on the side-line, we pretty much started thinking about what we'd say to Vendaval to congratulate them on their season. 60 seconds to go, Rovers 1 is still on the attack, still believing. A counter is quickly played from Susan (or was it Abbey) to the midfield, in two touches a through ball for Abby running wide on the right side in the back of the defense. She gets the ball, beats the defender, takes it straight towards the goalie and with incredible cool adjusts her foot and places the ball past the goalie. Let's just say that I screamed so loud I lost my voice. The last 60 seconds were heroic with both teams throwing everything in the game and Courtney beating the goalie who had come out of her goal and just not putting enough strength in her kick to score the 4th one in an open goal.
Final score: Rovers 1: 3 – CPR Red: 2.
Rovers 1 finished the regular season with 33 points (10 wins, 1 loss, 3 ties). With 44 goals scored and 11 goals conceded, Rovers has both the best offense and best defense of the League. And our own Jen North is golden boot.
We are tied with Vendaval for points but have a much better goal difference (33 v 22).
This makes Rovers 1 the official champion of the regular season, the first time ever in Rovers history. A great achievement for what undeniably is the best women's team to ever play under the Rovers banner and probably one of the best women's team to ever play in the League. Congrats to Omar and to all the players.
Rovers 1 now has a play-off game against Vendaval on June 6 to finish things off in beauty. We'll try to make sure we don't only win the regular season on goal difference but win it properly by kicking some Vendaval ass.
Roster of the day:
- "X-factor" Annie
- Susan "please don't make me play before 3 pm on a Sunday"
- Abbey "The tower"
- Rachel "I might be small but I do bite"
- Annie "the headhunter"
- Liz "Rovers 1 Ms. Congeniality"
- Abby "Enough with the twin fantasy, please"
- KG "Is that vodka I smell on your breath?"
- Lorena "the swirling rookie"
- Courtney "the locomotive"
And on the side-lines Jennifer aka "the nicest person on hearth".
After Rovers 2 great performance, it was time for Rovers 1 to shine. The news at kick-off was rather bad however. Vendaval was already 2 goals up in the first half of its game which meant we needed to win no matter what, and Shannon "The Shamrock", was stuck at work, which brought Rovers 1 down to 10 players. Against an excellent team like CPR Red (3rd in the league), being short is not exactly a coach's dream. Quickly though, Omar had the team warmed up and organized.
The referee whistle the kick-off 15 minutes late, Rovers recovered the ball, one, two, three, four first touch passes, Courtney Carter, flicks the ball cross the goal line and Rachel Sweeney finishes the movement neatly. 20 seconds and 1-0 for Rovers 1. From there on, you could have expected it to be a walk in the park. Well, it was … not. After 10 minutes during which Rovers dominated and toyed around with the ball, CPR got organized and started taking command of the game, forcing us to run frantically in all directions to try and make up for playing one short. As things had to happen, the pressure became slightly overbearing and they scored one then two before half time.
"Don't chase the ball, stay in formation, pass to feet, control the movement of the ball and use first touches to beat them" were in short the instructions given at half time. To avoid stress, Omar and I kept to ourselves the fact that Vendaval was already 4-0 in its game and that if we didn't come back they would win the regular season, not us. Slowly, little by little, the Rovers reversed the game and took possession of the ball. With one man down, there is no space for anything but perfectly accurate passing and 100% commitment and it is what Rovers 1 delivered. After 20 minutes, a great movement on the right side, then through the middle finished with a short pass to KG who slotted the ball in from 4 yards. Rovers 2 – CPR 2. Then, Lorena, our 19 year old rookie who is promised to a great future in college soccer, started playing her magic again and wreaked havoc with sheer speed and agility through CPR's defense. Twice she worked her way to a one on one with the goalie. The first went out just past the post, the second bounced off the post, back in the heels of the goalie who miraculously managed to get hold of it. When you are 1 player down, such opportunities don't come often and seeing them go is just a heartbreaker. On the other side, CPR stayed dangerous on counters and Annie "the X-factor" had to make a couple of brilliant dives straight in the feet of the strikers to protect her goal. With 10 minutes to go, news came that Vendaval had won 5-1. A tie was just not enough. And Vendaval, very much aware of it, was waiting on their field, hoping for a reason to celebrate. 2 minutes to go and on the side-line, we pretty much started thinking about what we'd say to Vendaval to congratulate them on their season. 60 seconds to go, Rovers 1 is still on the attack, still believing. A counter is quickly played from Susan (or was it Abbey) to the midfield, in two touches a through ball for Abby running wide on the right side in the back of the defense. She gets the ball, beats the defender, takes it straight towards the goalie and with incredible cool adjusts her foot and places the ball past the goalie. Let's just say that I screamed so loud I lost my voice. The last 60 seconds were heroic with both teams throwing everything in the game and Courtney beating the goalie who had come out of her goal and just not putting enough strength in her kick to score the 4th one in an open goal.
Final score: Rovers 1: 3 – CPR Red: 2.
Rovers 1 finished the regular season with 33 points (10 wins, 1 loss, 3 ties). With 44 goals scored and 11 goals conceded, Rovers has both the best offense and best defense of the League. And our own Jen North is golden boot.
We are tied with Vendaval for points but have a much better goal difference (33 v 22).
This makes Rovers 1 the official champion of the regular season, the first time ever in Rovers history. A great achievement for what undeniably is the best women's team to ever play under the Rovers banner and probably one of the best women's team to ever play in the League. Congrats to Omar and to all the players.
Rovers 1 now has a play-off game against Vendaval on June 6 to finish things off in beauty. We'll try to make sure we don't only win the regular season on goal difference but win it properly by kicking some Vendaval ass.
Roster of the day:
- "X-factor" Annie
- Susan "please don't make me play before 3 pm on a Sunday"
- Abbey "The tower"
- Rachel "I might be small but I do bite"
- Annie "the headhunter"
- Liz "Rovers 1 Ms. Congeniality"
- Abby "Enough with the twin fantasy, please"
- KG "Is that vodka I smell on your breath?"
- Lorena "the swirling rookie"
- Courtney "the locomotive"
And on the side-lines Jennifer aka "the nicest person on hearth".
Lady Rovers 2 - secure 1st division spot ! - by Nicoloas
R2D2 3 NY Magic 1
Sunday was what you call a big day for our ladies.
- In short, Rovers 2 needed a win against Magic to guarantee it would not finish its first year in the A division at the bottom of the table and risk being relegated. Also, R2D2 had the important task of stopping Magic's number 6 from scoring too much so as to guarantee that Rovers 1 Jen North (aka "the nicest person on hearth" according to some of her team-mate) would finish the season with a golden boot on top of the boot currently covering her broken ankle (did I mention it was recently broken by a Magic player...).
- As for Rovers 1, after dropping 2 points two weeks ago against Rovers 2 in the home derby, they were equal in points with Vendaval with one game to go for both teams and needed a win to guarantee it would, at worst, be champion of the regular season on goal difference and go to a play-off final against Vendaval, if Vendaval won its own game.
As it happens any given Sunday, our Sunday actually started on Friday afternoon, when an emergency email from the League informed us that both our games were being moved from early Sunday morning at East 6th to late afternoon at Randall's Island. The East 6th field that got ripped by a helicopter landing 2 weeks ago was still not repaired… And right there and right then, Rovers 1 went from having 14 players available for the game to 11… Not the kind of start of a weekend you want.
On Sunday itself, Rovers 2 took to the grass of field 71 at RI at 3.30 pm with a spring in its step and a plastic bag full of puke collected in the car on the way to the game, courtesy of our very hungover sweeper Abbey. It was the last game of the season and with 4 subs we were decided to have fun and give it all, puke or not. And yes, we'll admit, we were happy to see that Magic didn't have a full team on the field. Yet they remain one of the most dangerous team in the league and showed it early when after 10 minutes, their number 6 left footed one of the best free-kick I have seen in my career from 20 yards out straight past "yes-I-can-play-with-a-torn-hip-labrum" Emily B to take an early 1-0 advantage. Little by little, R2D2 tried to find its rhythm and to get the ball to circulate and swing around the field. Our movement stayed a little too slow however and we allowed too often a very efficient Magic team to fold back and defend in a block thereby loosing our numerical advantage. Towards the end of the first half however a nice movement along the line saw "I-too-can-play-with-an-injured-thigh" Emily K cutting in and slotting her first of the day in the goal. A good pep up talk at half time got our ladies craving for much more and they took back to the field in the second half with guts and glory. There was contact, there were grunts, there was fast flowing movement down the aisles creating space in the middle in which our midfield finally starting moving and there were 2 more great goals from Emily K who took her first hat-trick in 2 years with the Rovers. Final score R2D2 3 – Magic 1.
We won't know the final standings before the Slackers and CPR White play their last game next week but no matter what happens R2D2 will officially not end up lower than 6 out of 8, a pretty good result for our first season in the A division.
Roster of the day:
-"Yes-I-can-play-with-a-torn-hip-labrum" Emily B (GK)
- "Pukey" Abbey
- Dani "the veteran"
- Megan "the legs"
- "I already got more tickets for speeding in my BMW than your dad in his entire life" Caroline
- Lindsay N "Ms. Congeniality 1"
- "C'mon, I only had sex with him once…" Lauren
- "Blue is the color" Stephanie
- Lissa "Ms. Congeniality 2"
- "Blame Canada" Lindsay
- Kerri "don't ever call me Tonya Harding"
- "You are my bitch" Kristen
- "I-too-can-play-with-an-injured-thigh and score a hat-trick" Emily K
- "I'll kill you if you make me take that earring off" Amy
- Jaimee-Lynn "Ms.Congeniality 3"
Sunday was what you call a big day for our ladies.
- In short, Rovers 2 needed a win against Magic to guarantee it would not finish its first year in the A division at the bottom of the table and risk being relegated. Also, R2D2 had the important task of stopping Magic's number 6 from scoring too much so as to guarantee that Rovers 1 Jen North (aka "the nicest person on hearth" according to some of her team-mate) would finish the season with a golden boot on top of the boot currently covering her broken ankle (did I mention it was recently broken by a Magic player...).
- As for Rovers 1, after dropping 2 points two weeks ago against Rovers 2 in the home derby, they were equal in points with Vendaval with one game to go for both teams and needed a win to guarantee it would, at worst, be champion of the regular season on goal difference and go to a play-off final against Vendaval, if Vendaval won its own game.
As it happens any given Sunday, our Sunday actually started on Friday afternoon, when an emergency email from the League informed us that both our games were being moved from early Sunday morning at East 6th to late afternoon at Randall's Island. The East 6th field that got ripped by a helicopter landing 2 weeks ago was still not repaired… And right there and right then, Rovers 1 went from having 14 players available for the game to 11… Not the kind of start of a weekend you want.
On Sunday itself, Rovers 2 took to the grass of field 71 at RI at 3.30 pm with a spring in its step and a plastic bag full of puke collected in the car on the way to the game, courtesy of our very hungover sweeper Abbey. It was the last game of the season and with 4 subs we were decided to have fun and give it all, puke or not. And yes, we'll admit, we were happy to see that Magic didn't have a full team on the field. Yet they remain one of the most dangerous team in the league and showed it early when after 10 minutes, their number 6 left footed one of the best free-kick I have seen in my career from 20 yards out straight past "yes-I-can-play-with-a-torn-hip-labrum" Emily B to take an early 1-0 advantage. Little by little, R2D2 tried to find its rhythm and to get the ball to circulate and swing around the field. Our movement stayed a little too slow however and we allowed too often a very efficient Magic team to fold back and defend in a block thereby loosing our numerical advantage. Towards the end of the first half however a nice movement along the line saw "I-too-can-play-with-an-injured-thigh" Emily K cutting in and slotting her first of the day in the goal. A good pep up talk at half time got our ladies craving for much more and they took back to the field in the second half with guts and glory. There was contact, there were grunts, there was fast flowing movement down the aisles creating space in the middle in which our midfield finally starting moving and there were 2 more great goals from Emily K who took her first hat-trick in 2 years with the Rovers. Final score R2D2 3 – Magic 1.
We won't know the final standings before the Slackers and CPR White play their last game next week but no matter what happens R2D2 will officially not end up lower than 6 out of 8, a pretty good result for our first season in the A division.
Roster of the day:
-"Yes-I-can-play-with-a-torn-hip-labrum" Emily B (GK)
- "Pukey" Abbey
- Dani "the veteran"
- Megan "the legs"
- "I already got more tickets for speeding in my BMW than your dad in his entire life" Caroline
- Lindsay N "Ms. Congeniality 1"
- "C'mon, I only had sex with him once…" Lauren
- "Blue is the color" Stephanie
- Lissa "Ms. Congeniality 2"
- "Blame Canada" Lindsay
- Kerri "don't ever call me Tonya Harding"
- "You are my bitch" Kristen
- "I-too-can-play-with-an-injured-thigh and score a hat-trick" Emily K
- "I'll kill you if you make me take that earring off" Amy
- Jaimee-Lynn "Ms.Congeniality 3"
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Match Report 5/16 o30's vs Guyanna o30 - by Martin McKinnon
BRFC o30's 1 Guyanna o30's 3
Not sure if the Coach is gonna send a proper one but we lost 3-1 to Guyanna with the 3rd coming from a drop ball they were in the sporting terms of the game supposed to give back to us but they decided to run up field and score instead...interesting!
we had lots of pressure inc. post and bar and blown chances.....think Wisnom had the last touch on our goal but since he's a wanker we're officially calling it an o.g.
so meaningless final game next week but it's been a pretty dandy spring by the lads - considering we were 4 points adrift and obvious relegation candidates at the start and ended up within 1 game of making the playoffs by the end - kinda amazing actually.
MacKinnon
Not sure if the Coach is gonna send a proper one but we lost 3-1 to Guyanna with the 3rd coming from a drop ball they were in the sporting terms of the game supposed to give back to us but they decided to run up field and score instead...interesting!
we had lots of pressure inc. post and bar and blown chances.....think Wisnom had the last touch on our goal but since he's a wanker we're officially calling it an o.g.
so meaningless final game next week but it's been a pretty dandy spring by the lads - considering we were 4 points adrift and obvious relegation candidates at the start and ended up within 1 game of making the playoffs by the end - kinda amazing actually.
MacKinnon
Results: Reserves 5/16/10 vs Manhattan Kickers Res (H)
Barnstonworth Rovers Res 2 Manhattan Kickers 3
The Reserves finished their regular season by dropping a meaningless match vs Kickers. The Reserves played the entire game with 10 players, then 9 when Corey had to withdraw with a pulled hamstring, so a great warm up match for the returning Kaplan. Still, they managed to tie the game at 1-1 when Oren hit a blinder, and then Oren again double his tally and pegged the Kickers back to 3-2. At that end and the match evened at 10 for a short time, after the Kicker goalkeeper got sent off, the Rovers pushed but failed to get the equalizer. Now on to the real matches and the playoffs.
Team: Matthew Kaplan, Felix D'Ambrose, Bond Griffin, Daniel Cardozo, Michael Martocci, Corey Dempsey, Lucas Werthein, Oren Nhaissi, Sam Minaya, Randi Lee.
The Reserves finished their regular season by dropping a meaningless match vs Kickers. The Reserves played the entire game with 10 players, then 9 when Corey had to withdraw with a pulled hamstring, so a great warm up match for the returning Kaplan. Still, they managed to tie the game at 1-1 when Oren hit a blinder, and then Oren again double his tally and pegged the Kickers back to 3-2. At that end and the match evened at 10 for a short time, after the Kicker goalkeeper got sent off, the Rovers pushed but failed to get the equalizer. Now on to the real matches and the playoffs.
Team: Matthew Kaplan, Felix D'Ambrose, Bond Griffin, Daniel Cardozo, Michael Martocci, Corey Dempsey, Lucas Werthein, Oren Nhaissi, Sam Minaya, Randi Lee.
Premier Match Report 5/16 vs Greek American o30s - by Robbie
BRFC Premier 3 Greek American o30 2
It was a showdown at high noon at Randall's Island. The Greek American's all on the field warming up while Premier players one by one trickled in. Emmon in goal, Nedgy anchored the defense, with Roger in front of him flanked by Kenton and Kendell. The middle, left to right, Maurice "The Zeek" Wellington, Alec, Carl and Robby. On top was Duane and Marlon "The Nox" Johnson. Duane scored the opening goal, followed by goal by Rob. Leading 2-0 the game took a "Saturday Night" twist.Now, anytime a ball was lost, play broken down or someone talk it was followed by a "What the #$%*, football 101'" from Nedgy. The Greeks got a penalty that was well played by the Greek player. Duane replied with another strike and put us ahead 3-1. The Greek's scored made it 3-2 and Yes, the football 101 speech from Nedgy saw us with eleven players behind the ball for the last 10 minutes.At the end of the day we had fun and left the field with a well deserved win. So we are in 2nd place and await the results from the Greeks vs Tersoro game next week. If they draw we are in the play-offs, either team win, they are play-off bound.
It was a showdown at high noon at Randall's Island. The Greek American's all on the field warming up while Premier players one by one trickled in. Emmon in goal, Nedgy anchored the defense, with Roger in front of him flanked by Kenton and Kendell. The middle, left to right, Maurice "The Zeek" Wellington, Alec, Carl and Robby. On top was Duane and Marlon "The Nox" Johnson. Duane scored the opening goal, followed by goal by Rob. Leading 2-0 the game took a "Saturday Night" twist.Now, anytime a ball was lost, play broken down or someone talk it was followed by a "What the #$%*, football 101'" from Nedgy. The Greeks got a penalty that was well played by the Greek player. Duane replied with another strike and put us ahead 3-1. The Greek's scored made it 3-2 and Yes, the football 101 speech from Nedgy saw us with eleven players behind the ball for the last 10 minutes.At the end of the day we had fun and left the field with a well deserved win. So we are in 2nd place and await the results from the Greeks vs Tersoro game next week. If they draw we are in the play-offs, either team win, they are play-off bound.
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