R2D2 3 Scala 2
CONGRATULATION TO R2D2 – WOMENS 2ND DIVISION CHAMPIONS
After a dissapointing 1-0 loss against the NY Smoking Aces last week, it was make or break for R2D2 this Sunday. A win would ensure that at worst, our Rovers would have a play off game against the Skulls for the title. That was of course if the Skulls won their game too.whether it was stress or just the early hour, R2D2 started the game confused and disorganized. Passes were scrappy, ball possession absent and the enthusiasm just somewhere else. Just 30 minutes in the game and the Rovers had allowed Scala to score twice. Not a great start. A great effort from Emily minutes before the end of the first half allowed
R2D2 to come back 2-1 and keep the suspense on. A few words from Omar (who was kindly filling up for Nicolas on holiday but glued to the
phone) at half time and a few adjustments in the line up and an entirely different Rovers team took to the field for the second half.
Within seconds R2D2 took control of the game and never lost it.
Captain Bridget having switched her usual sweeper's post for a stint as striker proved the legends of her past were true by quickly scoring for the tie. Then Steph took advantage from her offensive midfield game to take a great shot and make it 3-2. From there on, R2D2 never looked back and finished in control. 2 hours later, news came of the tie between the Skulls and Smoking aces and THE TITLE WAS OURS.
This is R2D2's first title. A great collective accomplishment for an always enthusiastic, cheerful and close knit team which has come a huge way in the past 2 years. With Rovers 1 having finished a solid 3rd in the A league, the ladies Rovers have promising years ahead of them.
For the stats fan out there, R2D2 finished 14 for 2 with 49 goals scoreds and 11 goals conceded making it the second best offense in the league and by far the best defense in the league.
Stay tuned for the big celebration to come soon!!!
Nicolas
Monday, June 15, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
BRFC Premier O'30's Match Report: League Semi-Finals - by Kevin O'Donovan
NY Dinamo 5 Barnstonworth Premier 2
Evander Childs High School
Nedgy Nazon 55' Duane Pena 60'
The Rovers Premier crashed out of the semis as they did two years ago against Pele Masters in their inaugural season. It was a bit like the Manchester United experience in the Champions League final: we started brightly and then got shellshocked. In the first 10 minutes, we created 3 decent chances but we were unable to convert. Dinamo, on the other hand, subsequently scored their chances with ruthless execution. We managed to contain the left footed #9 reasonably well this time, but it was their Latino striker that killed us today. In a spell of ~25 minutes, Dinamo virtually killed the game off with 4 unanswered goals, 3 by the aforementioned striker. It couldn't have been worse. Though it is no excuse, at least one, possibly two of the goals were offside but matter it did not. We were down and out.
But after Kendall's inspirational speech at halftime, we lifted it and played much better, forcing the issue on a Dinamo side that was likely sitting back a bit. First Nedgy scored on a looping ball over the keeper and soon it was Duane who scored the second after some nice work from Stav, Pompey and Chivon. 4-2 and we had belief. Carl, who had pushed up to attacking midfield, had a few headers go begging, Chiv had a shot go wide and later Carl's long range strike hit the crossbar. But it was not to be. We left ourselves a bit exposed at the back and eventually, their number 9 scored on 1v1 to make it 5-2. Game set and match. These guys were classy in victory, sharing beers and food (fresh Albanian byrek) with us post-match.
What the future holds for Rovers Premier is uncertain. Our workaholic manager Chivon Thornhill returns to his native Trinidad and Tobago next month and a large void he will leave. Love him or hate him, Chiv will be greatly missed by our squad as well as by the club. At one time or another over the years, your registration was probably taken care of by him, he probably gave you a ride to more than a few games all the while calling you 'sexy' and spamming you about his parties. In my experience, he would routinely drive in from BFE New Jersey, pick up carless Brooklynites and show up at the game in Queens on time with the uniforms, nets, ID cards etc. Perhaps only Zee is more selfless. Chivon, good luck in T&T.
Squad: Kevin, Maurice, Carl, Andy, Duane, Marc, Stav, Lex, Robbie, Kendall, Pompey, Peter, Nedgy, Chivon
Evander Childs High School
Nedgy Nazon 55' Duane Pena 60'
The Rovers Premier crashed out of the semis as they did two years ago against Pele Masters in their inaugural season. It was a bit like the Manchester United experience in the Champions League final: we started brightly and then got shellshocked. In the first 10 minutes, we created 3 decent chances but we were unable to convert. Dinamo, on the other hand, subsequently scored their chances with ruthless execution. We managed to contain the left footed #9 reasonably well this time, but it was their Latino striker that killed us today. In a spell of ~25 minutes, Dinamo virtually killed the game off with 4 unanswered goals, 3 by the aforementioned striker. It couldn't have been worse. Though it is no excuse, at least one, possibly two of the goals were offside but matter it did not. We were down and out.
But after Kendall's inspirational speech at halftime, we lifted it and played much better, forcing the issue on a Dinamo side that was likely sitting back a bit. First Nedgy scored on a looping ball over the keeper and soon it was Duane who scored the second after some nice work from Stav, Pompey and Chivon. 4-2 and we had belief. Carl, who had pushed up to attacking midfield, had a few headers go begging, Chiv had a shot go wide and later Carl's long range strike hit the crossbar. But it was not to be. We left ourselves a bit exposed at the back and eventually, their number 9 scored on 1v1 to make it 5-2. Game set and match. These guys were classy in victory, sharing beers and food (fresh Albanian byrek) with us post-match.
What the future holds for Rovers Premier is uncertain. Our workaholic manager Chivon Thornhill returns to his native Trinidad and Tobago next month and a large void he will leave. Love him or hate him, Chiv will be greatly missed by our squad as well as by the club. At one time or another over the years, your registration was probably taken care of by him, he probably gave you a ride to more than a few games all the while calling you 'sexy' and spamming you about his parties. In my experience, he would routinely drive in from BFE New Jersey, pick up carless Brooklynites and show up at the game in Queens on time with the uniforms, nets, ID cards etc. Perhaps only Zee is more selfless. Chivon, good luck in T&T.
Squad: Kevin, Maurice, Carl, Andy, Duane, Marc, Stav, Lex, Robbie, Kendall, Pompey, Peter, Nedgy, Chivon
Friday, June 05, 2009
BRFC o40's Bring Home the BEER ! by Ben Weiner
The winter gloom hung heavy into this past spring as the ranks of the Barnstonworth Rovers travelling squad withered one by one. Was yet another Rovers annual trip to be cancelled?!? Ladies and Gentlemen - This club has travelled to Finland, Ireland, Norway, Estonia, Hungary, and Argentina - but we could not seem to field a squad for international travel for the last 3 years. In the end a meager squad of six determined old men made the trip this last week to Barbados for the largest Master's O-40 Soccer Tournament in the world. This fateful lack of manpower would turn out to be the best thing that has happened to a Rover's travelling squad in its entire travelling history.
The trip was organized by Mastermind Mike Messmer so we all knew, at very least, we would have a few warm beers to drinks. While holding out that scenario as our "worst case" scenario, we ran into the Pele Master players at the airport (a perennial winner of our NYC league) all getting on the same flight to Barbados obviously going for the same tournament. In Barbados, however, they were known as the Vincy Masters and were last years champion. Our motley crew sighed, assessed our crippled status and diminished chances, and dreamt of warm beer.
Due to our lack of numbers, Mike had set up a co-joining of forces with a local team, Empire, to help swell our ranks and perhaps field a full squad for our first game. We knew nothing of them and assumed that the situation would be similar to NYC in that we would get a smattering of decent players who were friends of friends to maybe show up for the match. It would be disorganized and a hassle. We could not have been more wrong. Not only did they show up with more than enough players to play all our matches, but they showed us the finest hospitality and introduced us to a far better experience then we could have possibly had on our own.
They even came with a coach! - Coach Julian. Although most of us could only understand every third sentence he said in his thick Barbadian accent, his points always managed to get home, and he lead us to a very respectable showing in a tournament we fully expected to get trounced in.
The tournament itself was proving to be a fairly well oiled machine. In its 13th year and held mainly at the Wanderers clubhouse, our host "Starsky" (a native of Manchester - yes- nicknamed after THE Starsky & Hutch) kept a lively, organized, timely, friendly eye on everything. Another main organizer, Grant, sported pink colored cornrows to match his squads pink and black uniforms. These men and all the other locals we met in a drunken stupor on the final match day (having been eliminated at this point) showed us a little mercy and bestowed us with the "Fete Trophy". Basically it is given to the team that shows the best tournament spirit, but you can translate that into "which team drinks the most while maintaining a friendly disposition". Our pride of six Rovers drank like 20 men that day. I am so proud of each and every one of you! I believe this is the first international trophy that the Rovers can now display in their clubhouse.....if we had one.
After our first game (which we won with goals from Mackers, Weiner, and a Barbadian Striker who's name escapes me - sorry!) the best part of the trip began. The Empire team took us all back to their clubhouse. The experience was humbling and exhilarating. Empire Club was founded 95 years ago! Almost every club there was multiples of years older than Barnstonworth (a mere babe at 16 years old...). They had their own field and a clubhouse bar with changing rooms and showers. They had a room where they had tea and scones in the middle of cricket matches! They had rum and a local beer known as "Banks" that made us very drunk, jolly, and hungry. They solved all of this by giving us more drinks and showing us to the local rice, fish, and chicken shack round the corner from their clubhouse. They fed us, watered us, enthralled us with their history, and drove us home in time to rest for the next day's match. One of their most enthusiastic players known as "Tweety" even subdued Olli out of a minor rage with sweet words. For this brave deed we gave him his new nickname - "Conan the Barbadian".
Our second match was against the host team, the Wanderers. They were the heavy favorite in the match but we gave them a decent run for their money, holding them 0-0 at the half and even after they scored Olli managed to loft a direct kick into the upper right corner. They took the lead again in the final 3 minutes. 2-1.
Our third match was against the Combined Forces (police and army guys) who suffered from a lack of players as we might have without Empires help. They were beaten fairly easily by all their opponents and luckily we triumphed as well with 1 from Weiner and 2 from Conan the Barbadian himself. Apparently the first goals he has scored in years - the crowd went wild. This win got us 2nd place in our group and a thrashing the next day from the winner of another division, Black Rock 2-0. A respectable 2-2 finish for the tournament.
Did I mention crowds? On the day of the semi's and the finals, the crowd at the club slowly built until it peaked somewhere between 6-800 people - this on the only rainy day we had. Apparently a crowd of 2000 is not uncommon. In fact, once we were far enough into seeing double we were convinced they were going to run out of beer due to overcrowding so we hurried to drink faster.
We worked hard for that trophy. We earned every drop of it. I can tell you all one more thing - we'll be back to win the "Fete Trophy" again next year but at the same time we are going to go after the second most important trophy - 1st place. Although we will have even more old men over 40 by next year in the clubhouseless club called Barnstonworth, don't any of you feel forced into going because we and the Empire Boys can take care of business if you can't make it.
The proud squad of Rover diehards: Olli, Mackers, Weiner, Messmer, Artis, and Alexander (posing as a kit lady)
BRFC 1st Team Apps & Goals 2008/9
| Name | 1st Apps | 1st Goals | |
| Vidar Ekehaug | 21 | 1 | |
| Randi Lee | 21 | ||
| Stephen Pugliese | 15 | 12 | |
| Andy Abramovits | 20 | 7 | |
| Einar Benediktsson | 20 | 3 | |
| Jordan Chirico | 18 | 3 | |
| Oren Nhaissi | 18 | 1 | |
| Dave Borchard | 18 | ||
| Alfonzon Nanclares | 16 | 1 | |
| Mark Kushemba | 16 | ||
| Colin Marshall | 15 | 3 | |
| Sam Wiggin | 14 | 1 | |
| Andrew George | 13 | ||
| Sam Minaya | 20 | 1 | |
| Ron Baskin | 9 | 1 | |
| Jon Nessa | 9 | ||
| Alex Cruz | 11 | ||
| Austin Harris | 3 | 1 | |
| Yuri Krym | 4 | ||
| Michael Martocci | 2 | ||
| Alex Schardt | 2 | ||
| Bobby DeLeonibus | 2 | ||
| Yannick James | 1 | ||
| Arnor Arnarson | 1 | ||
| Mat Kaplan | 1 | ||
| Matt Borchard | 1 | ||
| Zach Chandis | 1 | ||
| Tamu Bowen | 1 | ||
BRFC Reserves Apps & Goals 2008/9
| Name | Res Apps | Res Goals | |
| Yannick James | 17 | 8 | |
| Stavros Zomopoulos | 16 | 5 | |
| Austin Harris | 14 | 5 | |
| Daniel Cardozo | 14 | ||
| Stefan Lysak | 14 | ||
| Sam Minaya | 13 | 2 | |
| Alex Carabano | 12 | 1 | |
| Simon Caton | 12 | 1 | |
| Mat Kaplan | 10 | 1 | |
| Stash Rutkowski | 10 | 4 | |
| Nick Reynolds | 10 | ||
| Andrew George | 9 | ||
| Hirofumi Takeuchi | 9 | ||
| Alex Cruz | 8 | 1 | |
| Yuri Krym | 7 | 2 | |
| Bobby Hanifin | 7 | ||
| Vilhelm Klareskov | 7 | ||
| Michael Martocci | 5 | 4 | |
| Bobby DeLeonibus | 5 | ||
| Zach Chandis | 5 | ||
| David Ferguson | 5 | ||
| Randi Lee | 3 | ||
| Arnor Arnarson | 3 | 1 | |
| Felix D'ambrose | 3 | ||
| Oren Nhaissi | 2 | 1 | |
| Alfonzon Nanclares | 2 | ||
| Ron Baskin | 2 | 1 | |
| Zach Rubin | 2 | ||
| Stephen Pugliese | 1 | ||
| Alex Schardt | 1 | 3 | |
| Tamu Bowen | 1 | 1 | |
| Jazirnhio Zont | 1 | ||
| Robby Davis | 1 | ||
BRFC 1st Team Apps & Goals to Present
| BRFC TOTAL | Apps | Goals | |
| Stavros | Zomopoulos | 135 | 33 |
| Ron | Baskin | 118 | 46 |
| Par | Holmberg | 96 | 6 |
| Mark | Kushemba | 89 | - |
| Stephen | Pugliese | 88 | 62 |
| Mike | Alexander | 88 | 4 |
| Yuri | Krym | 83 | 3 |
| Andy | Horan | 83 | 3 |
| Andy | Abramovits | 79 | 23 |
| Mattias | Gustafsson | 72 | 32 |
| Chris | Vega | 71 | 16 |
| Vidar | Ekehaug | 69 | 6 |
| Bazza | O’Driscoll | 66 | 26 |
| Martin | Mackinnon | 64 | - |
| Jeff | Martino | 62 | - |
| Mackers | McLaughlin | 62 | 18 |
| Gary | Sisto | 61 | 7 |
| Dave | Borchard | 60 | - |
| Colin | Marshall | 56 | 11 |
| Eoin | Quane | 53 | - |
| Anto | Howard | 51 | 2 |
| John | Salvucci | 50 | 5 |
| Will | Sykes | 47 | 9 |
| Eirnar | Benedtksson | 46 | 5 |
| Patrick | Wisnom | 46 | - |
| Jerome | Albertini | 45 | 12 |
| Sam | Wiggin | 44 | 5 |
| Lee | Williams | 44 | 3 |
| Mark | Artis | 43 | - |
| Doug | Goodwin | 42 | 3 |
| Brian | Nobie | 41 | 3 |
| Marvin | Jones | 38 | 5 |
| Brendan | Walsh | 38 | - |
| Dave | Brooks | 36 | 5 |
| Tom | Hertel | 36 | - |
| Gary | Prott | 36 | 6 |
| Jordan | Chirico | 35 | 11 |
| Diogo | Dos Anjos Burgos | 34 | 1 |
| Randi | Lee | 31 | - |
| Luc | Perrot | 31 | 1 |
| Stash | Rutkowski | 31 | 2 |
| Jorge | Pirra | 31 | 5 |
| Tamu | Bowen | 30 | 7 |
| David | Bonthrone | 30 | 1 |
| Donnie | Schreier | 30 | 23 |
| Karl | Bateson | 29 | - |
| Jon | Nessa | 28 | 1 |
| Musa | Shannon | 27 | 22 |
| Aaron | Samulcek | 27 | 3 |
| Scott | Moulder | 27 | - |
| Bryan | Wrightson | 27 | - |
| Sel-Rey | David | 25 | 2 |
| Patrick | Duff | 24 | - |
| Xavier | Egurbide | 24 | 2 |
| Dixon | Hayes | 24 | - |
| Nate | Kipp | 24 | - |
| Alfonzo | Nanclares | 24 | 1 |
| Jonathan | Pillow | 23 | 2 |
| Scot | Gallin | 22 | - |
| Sam | Minaya | 20 | 1 |
| Alexander | Berscheid | 20 | 12 |
| Thomas | Sonberg | 20 | - |
| Marc | Zigo | 20 | 1 |
| Andrew | George | 19 | 1 |
| Bily | Libby | 19 | 1 |
| Scott | Martino | 19 | 15 |
| Michael | Zahavi | 19 | 1 |
| Oren | Nhaissi | 18 | 1 |
| Jason | Godfrey | 18 | - |
| Michael | Heinkel | 18 | 17 |
| Hector | Rolotti | 18 | - |
| Gary | Sofizade | 18 | 5 |
| John | Keogh | 17 | - |
| Kieran | Mahon | 17 | 2 |
| Felix | D’Ambrose | 16 | 1 |
| Niall | Donlon | 16 | 1 |
| Justin | Geri | 16 | 5 |
| Steve | Harrigan | 16 | - |
| Ralph | Highnam | 16 | - |
| Steve | Hutchinson | 16 | 1 |
| Richard | Hyder | 16 | - |
| Jamie | Macdonald | 16 | - |
| Eamonn | Reynolds | 16 | 1 |
| Bill | Siegmund | 16 | - |
| Giles | Standing | 16 | - |
| Tony | Touchene | 16 | - |
| Martin | Zimmerman | 16 | - |
| Mika | Tapio | 15 | - |
| John | Beech | 15 | 1 |
| Jonathan | Rea | 15 | 1 |
| Justin | Saffold-Geri | 15 | - |
| Charles | Sorel | 15 | - |
| Giancarlo | Cavallo | 14 | 1 |
| Sean | Horton | 14 | 3 |
| Rob | Perman | 14 | - |
| Chris | Repa | 14 | 1 |
| Dominic | Gromley | 13 | 1 |
| Paul | Brady | 13 | - |
| Colin | Rand | 13 | - |
| Isamu | Sumiyoshi | 13 | 2 |
| Danny | Power | 12 | 1 |
| Nate | Friends | 12 | - |
| Neil | Lacey | 12 | 2 |
| Alex | Cruz | 11 | - |
| Bobby | Hanifin | 11 | - |
| Cidee | Niang | 11 | 2 |
| Brian | Gilroy | 11 | - |
| Paul | Halcomb | 11 | 6 |
| Andy | Mace | 11 | - |
| Edward | Shamwana | 11 | 3 |
| Pascal | Ambauen | 10 | 1 |
| Mat | Levine | 10 | 6 |
| Sam | Prentki | 10 | - |
| Brady | Butterfield | 10 | 1 |
| John | Dunne | 10 | - |
| Dean | Elliott | 10 | 1 |
| Peter | Majer | 10 | - |
| Zak | van Buren | 10 | - |
| Alex | Schardt | 9 | - |
| Brian | Schmid | 9 | - |
| Kosuke | Ikeda | 9 | - |
| Schappy | Schaal | 8 | - |
| Tony | Itouchene | 8 | 3 |
| Paul | Nobile | 8 | 1 |
| Bernardo | Nolfo | 8 | 4 |
| Martin | Ryan | 8 | - |
| Phil | Hobbins | 7 | 3 |
| Sharif | Siddiqui | 7 | - |
| Rocco | Rochester | 7 | - |
| Alex | Marko | 7 | 1 |
| Andy | McCarren | 7 | - |
| Kevin | McMullen | 7 | 3 |
| Greg | Michel | 7 | - |
| Colm | O'Leary | 7 | - |
| Colin | Reid | 7 | - |
| Jim | Miller | 6 | - |
| Takamichi | Saeki | 6 | - |
| Mike | Zawada | 6 | - |
| Chivon | Thornhill | 6 | - |
| Michael | Boland | 6 | - |
| Davy | Lane | 6 | - |
| Darryl | Samuel | 6 | - |
| Etsu | Taniguchi | 6 | - |
| Jessy | Fellus | 5 | - |
| Scott | Leber | 5 | - |
| Luis | Rodriguez | 5 | - |
| Steve | Tronzano | 5 | - |
| Olli | Herrara | 5 | - |
| Brad | Horowitz | 5 | - |
| Christopher | Vollmer | 5 | 1 |
| Matt | Borchard | 4 | - |
| Mahesh | Subramanian | 4 | - |
| Anders | Voigt | 4 | - |
| Martin | Damsbo | 4 | 1 |
| Ian | Felton | 4 | - |
| David | Witchard | 4 | - |
| Zach | Chandis | 3 | - |
| Tom | Davison | 3 | 1 |
| Austin | Harris | 3 | 1 |
| Gary | Lingard | 3 | - |
| Matt | Lowe | 3 | - |
| Andre | Parris | 3 | - |
| Jason | Partenza | 3 | 1 |
| Ivan | Traykov | 3 | - |
| Michael | Messmer | 3 | - |
| Ben | Weiner | 3 | - |
| Henry | De la Hoz | 3 | - |
| Ramin | Ghiasy | 3 | 4 |
| Mick | Zehavi | 3 | 1 |
| Paul | Bryans | 2 | - |
| Bobby | DeLeonibus | 2 | - |
| Mert | Incekara | 2 | - |
| Vilhelm | Klariskov | 2 | - |
| Timo | Kost | 2 | - |
| Michael | Martocci | 2 | - |
| Donald | Robertson | 2 | - |
| Shadi | Shahrokhi | 2 | 1 |
| Frank | Arias | 2 | - |
| Illt'd | Barrett | 2 | - |
| Ralf | Daab | 2 | - |
| Manfred | der Bomber | 2 | - |
| Allen | Gillespie | 2 | - |
| Oded | Polak | 2 | - |
| Newley | Purnell | 2 | - |
| Elliot | Rothstein | 2 | - |
| Ronan | Wicks | 2 | - |
| Arnor | Arnarson | 1 | - |
| Evan | Bruno | 1 | - |
| Romain | Couture | 1 | - |
| Andrew | Dainoff | 1 | - |
| Fergal | Ferguson | 1 | - |
| Vince | Hamilton | 1 | - |
| Yannick | James | 1 | - |
| Mat | Kaplan | 1 | - |
| John | Saunders | 1 | - |
| Daniel | Seidler | 1 | - |
| Paul | Stiell | 1 | - |
| Hirofumi | Takeuchi | 1 | - |
| Christian | Tate | 1 | - |
| Okey | Ubudulu | 1 | - |
| Eddie | Aleman | 1 | - |
| Eric | Butte | 1 | - |
| Fionn | Davenport | 1 | - |
| Eugune | Kim | 1 | - |
| David | Kramer | 1 | - |
| Brian | Lloyd | 1 | - |
| Fergal | O'Gorman | 1 | - |
| Alex | Sisakovic | 1 | - |
BRFC 1st Division, 1st Team Stats 2001 to 2009
| BRFC | 1st | 1st Gl | |
| Mark | Kushemba | 89 | - |
| Stephen | Pugliese | 88 | 62 |
| Ron | Baskin | 86 | 29 |
| Mike | Alexander | 84 | 3 |
| Andy | Abramovits | 79 | 23 |
| Vidar | Ekehaug | 69 | 6 |
| Stavros | Zomopoulos | 68 | 4 |
| Chris | Vega | 67 | 16 |
| Bazza | O’Driscoll | 66 | 26 |
| Yuri | Krym | 65 | 2 |
| Dave | Borchard | 60 | - |
| Colin | Marshall | 56 | 11 |
| Eoin | Quane | 53 | - |
| John | Salvucci | 50 | 5 |
| Eirnar | Benedtksson | 46 | 5 |
| Sam | Wiggin | 44 | 5 |
| Lee | Williams | 44 | 3 |
| Jordan | Chirico | 35 | 11 |
| Jeff | Martino | 34 | - |
| Patrick | Wisnom | 33 | - |
| Marvin | Jones | 32 | 1 |
| Andy | Horan | 32 | - |
| Stash | Rutkowski | 31 | 2 |
| Luc | Perrot | 31 | 1 |
| Randi | Lee | 31 | - |
| Tamu | Bowen | 30 | 7 |
| Jon | Nessa | 28 | 1 |
| Musa | Shannon | 27 | 22 |
| Alfonzo | Nanclares | 24 | 1 |
| Xavier | Egurbide | 24 | 2 |
| Nate | Kipp | 24 | - |
| Patrick | Duff | 24 | - |
| Dixon | Hayes | 24 | - |
| Aaron | Samulcek | 23 | 3 |
| Sam | Minaya | 20 | 1 |
| Scott | Martino | 19 | 15 |
| Andrew | George | 19 | 1 |
| Bily | Libby | 19 | 1 |
| Oren | Nhaissi | 18 | 1 |
| Kieran | Mahon | 17 | 2 |
| John | Keogh | 17 | - |
| Par | Holmberg | 17 | - |
| Felix | D’Ambrose | 16 | 1 |
| Will | Sykes | 16 | - |
| Mika | Tapio | 15 | - |
| Giancarlo | Cavallo | 14 | 1 |
| Dominic | Gromley | 13 | 1 |
| Gary | Sisto | 12 | - |
| Mackers | McLaughlin | 11 | 1 |
| Bobby | Hanifin | 11 | - |
| Alex | Cruz | 11 | - |
| Mat | Levine | 10 | 6 |
| Pascal | Ambauen | 10 | 1 |
| Sam | Prentki | 10 | - |
| Alex | Schardt | 9 | - |
| Schappy | Schaal | 8 | - |
| Phil | Hobbins | 7 | 3 |
| Dave | Brooks | 7 | 2 |
| Sharif | Siddiqui | 7 | - |
| Brian | Schmid | 6 | - |
| Mike | Zawada | 6 | - |
| Jim | Miller | 6 | - |
| Takamichi | Saeki | 6 | - |
| Scott | Leber | 5 | - |
| Brian | Nobie | 5 | 1 |
| Steve | Tronzano | 5 | - |
| Luis | Rodriguez | 5 | - |
| Jessy | Fellus | 5 | - |
| Anders | Voigt | 4 | - |
| Mahesh | Subramanian | 4 | - |
| Mattias | Gustafsson | 4 | - |
| Matt | Borchard | 4 | - |
| Austin | Harris | 3 | 1 |
| Matt | Lowe | 3 | - |
| Zach | Chandis | 3 | - |
| Tom | Davison | 3 | 1 |
| Jason | Partenza | 3 | 1 |
| Gary | Lingard | 3 | - |
| Ivan | Traykov | 3 | - |
| Andre | Parris | 3 | - |
| Cidee | Niang | 3 | - |
| Shadi | Shahrokhi | 2 | 1 |
| Michael | Martocci | 2 | - |
| Vilhelm | Klariskov | 2 | - |
| Donald | Robertson | 2 | - |
| Bobby | DeLeonibus | 2 | - |
| Paul | Bryans | 2 | - |
| Chivon | Thornhill | 2 | - |
| Danny | Power | 2 | - |
| Timo | Kost | 2 | - |
| Mert | Incekara | 2 | - |
| David | Bonthrone | 2 | - |
| Jerome | Albertini | 1 | - |
| Yannick | James | 1 | - |
| Paul | Stiell | 1 | - |
| Hirofumi | Takeuchi | 1 | - |
| Ben | Weiner | 1 | - |
| Mat | Kaplan | 1 | - |
| Arnor | Arnarson | 1 | - |
| Vince | Hamilton | 1 | - |
| Fergal | Ferguson | 1 | - |
| John | Saunders | 1 | - |
| Rocco | Rochester | 1 | - |
| Michael | Messmer | 1 | - |
| Romain | Couture | 1 | - |
| Okey | Ubudulu | 1 | - |
| Christian | Tate | 1 | - |
| Daniel | Seidler | 1 | - |
| Scot | Gallin | 1 | - |
| Andrew | Dainoff | 1 | - |
| Evan | Bruno | 1 | - |
BRFC Old Boys PROMOTED !
BRFC Old Boys are confirmed as 2nd place finishers on their superior goal difference in a 3 way tie for the spot and are PROMOTED to the o30's 1st Division, joining the BRFF o30's and BRFC Premier !
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Rovers Ladies Take First Trophy of the Year - by Nicolas
ROVER LADIES NYMWSL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
On Sunday, a combined team made of players from Rovers 1 and R2D2 went the whole way to win the NYMWSL A division mini tournament and bring the Cup home.
As the A division in the NYMWSL only had 8 teams playing this year, teh League organized a min tournament to give players a chance to play extra games. To make it more fun, teams where however allowed to combine to create the perfect 11. For Rovers, that meant an opportunity to combined our first and second team and give the players an occasion to have fun together and prove the depth of our ladies' teams. Our opponents of the day were Kickers 1, the Slickers (a combination of the best players of Kickers 2 and the Slackers) and CPR (a combination of both A division CPR teams). Under a bright blue sky the combined Rovers team took to the field at 9 am for an early 3-0 win against CPR. At 11, we went down 1-0 against the Slickers only to win 3-0 against Kickers 1 at 1 pm. The 6 points out of 9 brought us a place in the final and a chance of a rematch against the Slickers. And did we seize the chance. Tables were turned and the Rovers', focused on their game, completely dominated the final and won 2-0. Special kuddos to our star Swedish striker Louise Ostman who scored 5 great goals (making it 13 so far this year with the Rovers), and to Emily B who got 4 fantastic saves in goals and ensured 3 clean sheets out of 4 games. The 3 other Rovers goals were scored by newcomer Farah Aslam, by Bryant Karpinski and by veteran Fran Arcilesi who thereby scored her first ever goal in the NYMWSL in 5 years of playing with the Rovers. Pictures of the day and the Cup to come soon.
As you might have guessed, R2D2 was off this weekend which is why they could take part in the tournament. Next Sunday, we play the Smoking Aces who are third in the League. Should be a great competitive game.
Nicolas and Omar
On Sunday, a combined team made of players from Rovers 1 and R2D2 went the whole way to win the NYMWSL A division mini tournament and bring the Cup home.
As the A division in the NYMWSL only had 8 teams playing this year, teh League organized a min tournament to give players a chance to play extra games. To make it more fun, teams where however allowed to combine to create the perfect 11. For Rovers, that meant an opportunity to combined our first and second team and give the players an occasion to have fun together and prove the depth of our ladies' teams. Our opponents of the day were Kickers 1, the Slickers (a combination of the best players of Kickers 2 and the Slackers) and CPR (a combination of both A division CPR teams). Under a bright blue sky the combined Rovers team took to the field at 9 am for an early 3-0 win against CPR. At 11, we went down 1-0 against the Slickers only to win 3-0 against Kickers 1 at 1 pm. The 6 points out of 9 brought us a place in the final and a chance of a rematch against the Slickers. And did we seize the chance. Tables were turned and the Rovers', focused on their game, completely dominated the final and won 2-0. Special kuddos to our star Swedish striker Louise Ostman who scored 5 great goals (making it 13 so far this year with the Rovers), and to Emily B who got 4 fantastic saves in goals and ensured 3 clean sheets out of 4 games. The 3 other Rovers goals were scored by newcomer Farah Aslam, by Bryant Karpinski and by veteran Fran Arcilesi who thereby scored her first ever goal in the NYMWSL in 5 years of playing with the Rovers. Pictures of the day and the Cup to come soon.
As you might have guessed, R2D2 was off this weekend which is why they could take part in the tournament. Next Sunday, we play the Smoking Aces who are third in the League. Should be a great competitive game.
Nicolas and Omar
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Rovers Thirds (1) - NY Enforcers (1), 5/31/09
Rovers Thirds finished their season with a tie, which left them fourth in the final standings, a mere five points away from the third and last promotion spot. Sunday's game was the perfect example of how the season went for the team. Rovers completely dominated the NY Enforcers, in a game that should have ended 4-5 goals in their favor, yet missed many chances and got scored on 10 minutes before the end of the game in the only shot on goal the opposition had all game.
Rovers took control of the game from the first minute, moving the ball around well and creating a few chances. By the twentieth minute, two consecutive nice plays had left Rowley and Dick one-on-one with the keeper, but neither was able to beat the keeper. Midway through the half, another great play ended up on a corner kick on the right side. Garro gave the kick an excellent spin and the ball ended curling in past the keeper for the 1-0. A beauty!
The second half was much of the same, with the added element that the ref started calling everything in favor of the opposition, just as it’s usually the case in this division when any team faces one of the NYPD teams. So far went the ref that, after one of their forwards kicked the ball wide, he gave them a corner kick. It was from this corner that Enforcers got their only shot on goal from a short clearance by Krapp, which ended up in the back of the net. Rovers continued creating chances and not giving up, but failed to score on a few clear ones. Moore had a header just wide, Dick had another shot barely wide and Arceneaux had the last one of the game, in a play where he took on the entire back line but shot just wide when the keeper came out.
The future is promising. Should the squad remain the same, the Thirds will surely be fighting to move up to Metro 1 next season.
Squad (from left to right):
Top: Jason Moore, Okey Obudulu, James Krapp, Darrell Crane, David Schlatter, Gavin Dick and Brandon Rowley.
Bottom: Jeremy Wine, Jeremy Brown, Gustavo Garro, Juan González Casares, Ryan Arceneaux and Bruce Sholl.
Missing from the picture: Mackers, David Bernfeld, Derek Kilfedder, Michael Dirolf, Nicholas Maciunas, Thomas Obaseki, Donald Robertson and Zachary Rubin
Rovers took control of the game from the first minute, moving the ball around well and creating a few chances. By the twentieth minute, two consecutive nice plays had left Rowley and Dick one-on-one with the keeper, but neither was able to beat the keeper. Midway through the half, another great play ended up on a corner kick on the right side. Garro gave the kick an excellent spin and the ball ended curling in past the keeper for the 1-0. A beauty!
The second half was much of the same, with the added element that the ref started calling everything in favor of the opposition, just as it’s usually the case in this division when any team faces one of the NYPD teams. So far went the ref that, after one of their forwards kicked the ball wide, he gave them a corner kick. It was from this corner that Enforcers got their only shot on goal from a short clearance by Krapp, which ended up in the back of the net. Rovers continued creating chances and not giving up, but failed to score on a few clear ones. Moore had a header just wide, Dick had another shot barely wide and Arceneaux had the last one of the game, in a play where he took on the entire back line but shot just wide when the keeper came out.
The future is promising. Should the squad remain the same, the Thirds will surely be fighting to move up to Metro 1 next season.
Top: Jason Moore, Okey Obudulu, James Krapp, Darrell Crane, David Schlatter, Gavin Dick and Brandon Rowley.
Bottom: Jeremy Wine, Jeremy Brown, Gustavo Garro, Juan González Casares, Ryan Arceneaux and Bruce Sholl.
Missing from the picture: Mackers, David Bernfeld, Derek Kilfedder, Michael Dirolf, Nicholas Maciunas, Thomas Obaseki, Donald Robertson and Zachary Rubin
Friday, May 29, 2009
Result: Firsts 5/26/06 vs Greek-American Atlas
Barnstonworth Roves F.C. 1 Greek-American Atlas 3
The Rovers failed to revenge their cup exit, falling 3-1 to the Greeks at Pier 40. It was almost an exact repeat. Rovers making the running, the chances, scoring a wrongly disallowed equalizer in the 2nd half, and Atlas going home with the points. After a bright start where Pugli had the opening chance, the Greeks scored from – yet another – direct free kick that fooled Broach. Rovers 0-1.
Andy quickly pulled the Firsts level after a screaming volley to the far post. Rovers 1-1
Before the Rovers could convert a second time, Greeks – you guessed it – scored a second direct free kick. This time a much better executed one, over the wall in the near post. Rovers 1-2.
Rovers, true to form, worked hard to spring Pugli on the left side of the eighteen and slid home the equalizer. Rovers 2-2 ? Well no, this is vs the Greeks, the equalizer never counts. Promptly the linesman, after consultation, signaled the goal off, and restored world order.
And just before the half, with the Rovers still pondering the situation, Atlas scored again after a quick counter, the ball going from one end of the eighteen to the other before it a final criss-crossed shot hit the far side netting. Rovers 1-3.
The second half saw the Rovers push, although mostly without conviction. Colin struck an incredible side 2 footed volley after a Randi corner that would have been goal of the decade, only for the keeper to somehow parry it for a corner. Then Pugli had a ball come across the area but his effort was blocked by a last minute sliding defender. Andy had cut in from the right had a screamer well saved and Oren had the ball reach him inside the penalty spot to the left but the keeper did well on the finish as well.
As it ended, the Rovers stayed in 7th place and can start to built for a return to the top four next season.
Team: Dave Borchard, Jon Nessa, Mark Kushemba, Andrew George, Vidar Ekehaug, Einar Benedktsson, Oren Nhaissi, Colin Marshall, Stephen Pugliese, Andy Abramovits, Stephen Pugliese. Subs (all played): Sam Minaya, Alfonzo Nanclares, Yuri Krym, Michael Martocci
The Rovers failed to revenge their cup exit, falling 3-1 to the Greeks at Pier 40. It was almost an exact repeat. Rovers making the running, the chances, scoring a wrongly disallowed equalizer in the 2nd half, and Atlas going home with the points. After a bright start where Pugli had the opening chance, the Greeks scored from – yet another – direct free kick that fooled Broach. Rovers 0-1.
Andy quickly pulled the Firsts level after a screaming volley to the far post. Rovers 1-1
Before the Rovers could convert a second time, Greeks – you guessed it – scored a second direct free kick. This time a much better executed one, over the wall in the near post. Rovers 1-2.
Rovers, true to form, worked hard to spring Pugli on the left side of the eighteen and slid home the equalizer. Rovers 2-2 ? Well no, this is vs the Greeks, the equalizer never counts. Promptly the linesman, after consultation, signaled the goal off, and restored world order.
And just before the half, with the Rovers still pondering the situation, Atlas scored again after a quick counter, the ball going from one end of the eighteen to the other before it a final criss-crossed shot hit the far side netting. Rovers 1-3.
The second half saw the Rovers push, although mostly without conviction. Colin struck an incredible side 2 footed volley after a Randi corner that would have been goal of the decade, only for the keeper to somehow parry it for a corner. Then Pugli had a ball come across the area but his effort was blocked by a last minute sliding defender. Andy had cut in from the right had a screamer well saved and Oren had the ball reach him inside the penalty spot to the left but the keeper did well on the finish as well.
As it ended, the Rovers stayed in 7th place and can start to built for a return to the top four next season.
Team: Dave Borchard, Jon Nessa, Mark Kushemba, Andrew George, Vidar Ekehaug, Einar Benedktsson, Oren Nhaissi, Colin Marshall, Stephen Pugliese, Andy Abramovits, Stephen Pugliese. Subs (all played): Sam Minaya, Alfonzo Nanclares, Yuri Krym, Michael Martocci
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Result: Firsts 5/17 vs Froscinone
Froscinone S.C. 1 Barnstonworth Rovers F.C. 3
The Rovers experience counted the most as they fought to a deserved 3 points vs relegation rivals Froscinone. It was a do or die match for the opponents, and the outcome also largely controlled idle Iberia’s, and Kickers’ fates. The Rover win relegated the previously undefeated in the spring Froscinone, and only one of the other two will return to the 1st division next season. It was a loss of Froscinone’s player’s discipline midway through the 2nd half that irrevocably turned the tide. An unnecessary clumsy hard tackle at Oren earned the perpetrator a 2nd bookable offense and contemned his side to D2.
The Rovers dominated early on, and once again should have put the result beyond doubt, but did not. Andy missed from close range, Pugli’s and Jordi’s efforts were miraculously saved from the goalkeeper and Colin could have easily scored inside the six. Finally in the 35th min, Oren played Pugli through the middle, Pugli collected, rounded the keeper and finished with aplomb. Rovers 1-0.
It all looked to easy as the Rovers continued to create chances and miss them to the end of the half. With the restart for the second match in a row, the complexion changed. A first minute turnover in the middle of the pitch led to a free kick – a season long flash danger point - just inside the Rover D. The first attempt hit the wall, the ball bounced kindly for Froscinone’s one man strike force and he hit the back of the net. Rovers 1-1.
The next 10 mins were nerve-racking. Froscinone took control and twice broke down the Rover defense. The first, a difficult header was bravely parried by Broach against the bar and onto safety. The second, Broach saved from inside the six, and the rebound struck the upright versus the open net. The tie was sufficient for the Rovers and for Froscinone, but as the Rovers regained composure and reverted to controlling possession and tempo Froscinone’s inexperience showed. Moments after the rush challenge that reduced them to 10 men, Randi put a speculative ball behind their defense that was held up just enough by the wind. Pugli beat everyone including the onrushing keeper and headed it over him and into the open goal. Rovers 1-2.
Froscinone was mentally done and already relegated. Jordi finished them off with an exquisite finish from the exact same spot that a similar strike last week would have earned the Rovers extra time and possibly a place in the NY State Cup final. Rovers 3-1.
Marto, playing against his old club for the 1st time and had an injury time chance to add to his Reserve team hattrick for what would have been a perfect ending.
The Rovers now are assured of a top half finished, whether it will be 5th, 6th or 7th will be determined in the rematch vs the Greeks at Pier 40 next week.
Team: Dave Borchard, Jon Nessa, Mark Kushemba, Andrew George, Vidar Ekehaug, Einar Benedktsson, Oren Nhaissi, Colin Marshall, Stephen Pugliese, Andy Abramovits, Stephen Pugliese. Subs (all played): Randi Lee, Sam Minaya, Yuri Krym, Alex Cruz, Michael Martocci
The Rovers experience counted the most as they fought to a deserved 3 points vs relegation rivals Froscinone. It was a do or die match for the opponents, and the outcome also largely controlled idle Iberia’s, and Kickers’ fates. The Rover win relegated the previously undefeated in the spring Froscinone, and only one of the other two will return to the 1st division next season. It was a loss of Froscinone’s player’s discipline midway through the 2nd half that irrevocably turned the tide. An unnecessary clumsy hard tackle at Oren earned the perpetrator a 2nd bookable offense and contemned his side to D2.
The Rovers dominated early on, and once again should have put the result beyond doubt, but did not. Andy missed from close range, Pugli’s and Jordi’s efforts were miraculously saved from the goalkeeper and Colin could have easily scored inside the six. Finally in the 35th min, Oren played Pugli through the middle, Pugli collected, rounded the keeper and finished with aplomb. Rovers 1-0.
It all looked to easy as the Rovers continued to create chances and miss them to the end of the half. With the restart for the second match in a row, the complexion changed. A first minute turnover in the middle of the pitch led to a free kick – a season long flash danger point - just inside the Rover D. The first attempt hit the wall, the ball bounced kindly for Froscinone’s one man strike force and he hit the back of the net. Rovers 1-1.
The next 10 mins were nerve-racking. Froscinone took control and twice broke down the Rover defense. The first, a difficult header was bravely parried by Broach against the bar and onto safety. The second, Broach saved from inside the six, and the rebound struck the upright versus the open net. The tie was sufficient for the Rovers and for Froscinone, but as the Rovers regained composure and reverted to controlling possession and tempo Froscinone’s inexperience showed. Moments after the rush challenge that reduced them to 10 men, Randi put a speculative ball behind their defense that was held up just enough by the wind. Pugli beat everyone including the onrushing keeper and headed it over him and into the open goal. Rovers 1-2.
Froscinone was mentally done and already relegated. Jordi finished them off with an exquisite finish from the exact same spot that a similar strike last week would have earned the Rovers extra time and possibly a place in the NY State Cup final. Rovers 3-1.
Marto, playing against his old club for the 1st time and had an injury time chance to add to his Reserve team hattrick for what would have been a perfect ending.
The Rovers now are assured of a top half finished, whether it will be 5th, 6th or 7th will be determined in the rematch vs the Greeks at Pier 40 next week.
Team: Dave Borchard, Jon Nessa, Mark Kushemba, Andrew George, Vidar Ekehaug, Einar Benedktsson, Oren Nhaissi, Colin Marshall, Stephen Pugliese, Andy Abramovits, Stephen Pugliese. Subs (all played): Randi Lee, Sam Minaya, Yuri Krym, Alex Cruz, Michael Martocci
Result: Reserves 5/17 vs Froscinone
Froscinone Res 4 Barnstonworth Rovers Res 5
Incredible as it sounds, the Reserves hit rock bottom just before kick-off. An all time low of 7 players were left by late cancellations and no-shows to try and take a point they desperately wanted to avoid the stigma of finishing in the bottom three of the Reserves table. It was Austin’s last match for the Rovers before his anticipated return to his home California. Cruzie volunteered for and had a stellar performance in the nets. Froscinone started with 11, but gallantly reduced their number to 10 saving one for the all important 1st team match. The Reserves defended with furor, and even had a couple of chances at getting one. The held for 15 min before conceding and went at the half trailing by only 2 !
In the meantime, Yuri and Sam arrived early for the 1st team encounter and Felix found his way to the Oval, and the Reserves resumed with 10 for the 2nd half. Froscinone now sported the full compliment. But against a most determined Rovers playing good football for a change, they were no match. Austin got the first with a weird but effective finish. Rovers 1-2.
Then Marto who gallantly played left back all half, took matters personally against his old teammates. He tied it for the Rovers with a slot at the far post. Rovers 2-2.
He continued by notching them ahead with a good finish. Rovers 3-2.
Yuri made it 4-2, before the Rovers quickly conceded for 4-3.
With the teams tiring, Marto struck again to complete his hattrick with a few minutes left, and a meaningless goal from Froscinone ended the scoring. Rovers 5-4.
Amazingly, even with playing with 7 an entire half, the Reserves got the 3 points for their pride, but the showing signals wholesale changes in the side for next season.
Team: Alex Cruz, Michael Martucci, Stefan Lysak, Stavros Zomopoulos, Stash Rutkowski, Austin Harris, Simon Caton, Felix D’Ambrose, Yuri Krym, Sam Minaya
Incredible as it sounds, the Reserves hit rock bottom just before kick-off. An all time low of 7 players were left by late cancellations and no-shows to try and take a point they desperately wanted to avoid the stigma of finishing in the bottom three of the Reserves table. It was Austin’s last match for the Rovers before his anticipated return to his home California. Cruzie volunteered for and had a stellar performance in the nets. Froscinone started with 11, but gallantly reduced their number to 10 saving one for the all important 1st team match. The Reserves defended with furor, and even had a couple of chances at getting one. The held for 15 min before conceding and went at the half trailing by only 2 !
In the meantime, Yuri and Sam arrived early for the 1st team encounter and Felix found his way to the Oval, and the Reserves resumed with 10 for the 2nd half. Froscinone now sported the full compliment. But against a most determined Rovers playing good football for a change, they were no match. Austin got the first with a weird but effective finish. Rovers 1-2.
Then Marto who gallantly played left back all half, took matters personally against his old teammates. He tied it for the Rovers with a slot at the far post. Rovers 2-2.
He continued by notching them ahead with a good finish. Rovers 3-2.
Yuri made it 4-2, before the Rovers quickly conceded for 4-3.
With the teams tiring, Marto struck again to complete his hattrick with a few minutes left, and a meaningless goal from Froscinone ended the scoring. Rovers 5-4.
Amazingly, even with playing with 7 an entire half, the Reserves got the 3 points for their pride, but the showing signals wholesale changes in the side for next season.
Team: Alex Cruz, Michael Martucci, Stefan Lysak, Stavros Zomopoulos, Stash Rutkowski, Austin Harris, Simon Caton, Felix D’Ambrose, Yuri Krym, Sam Minaya
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Rovers Ladies score a combined 7 goals & Take all 6 points by Nicolas
On a Sunday that started at 9 am and finished at 11 pm, the ladies from Rovers 1 and R2D2 played high quality soccer and won their games emphatically.
In its last official game of the season, Rovers 1 showed both depth and skills to defeat the League winner, the New York Magic Reserve, 4-0, thereby securing a well deserved third place overall in the tables. On her birthday, Louise Ostman opened the score with her 6th goals of the Spring in just five games. After erasing two defenders on her own, Louise took on the goalie, glided past her dive and finished her movement by placing the ball neatly in from the right side. Next came Jennifer's North on a beautiful header for the second and a brilliant strike from the left side of the box for the third. The scored was sealed by Natalie Rudd who beat the goalie with a pinpoint lob from inside the box.
It was a great way to finish a difficult season for Rovers 1. We'll get on with recruiting for next season as soon as possible to make sure we have again a full roster and we can strive to even better results. Call to all of you and your contacts, we need an experienced goalie!
R2D2 took on the Sirens at 9 pm at Pier 40 in a high stake game. A solid team, the Sirens are always dangerous and R2D2 had never won against them at Pier 40 before (we lost on penalty shoot out in the Cup and lost in the League in the 2007 season). This was the day R2D2 broke the curse though. Within minutes of kick off, possession was for us and just 5 minutes in the game, Kerri Sanders volleyd in from close range a somptuous cross from Emily Keber, making it her 11th goal of the season. Despite making most of the play and excellent ball circulation all around the field, we had to wait for the second half to find another gap in the otherwise excellent Sirens' defense. First, after a good combination of passes from the back, Emily sent Kristen Jefferson with the perfect assist through the middle, Kristen used her speed to beat the defender holding her and cooly scored it passed the goalie. Ten minutes later, Bridget Caster managed to make the best of a scrambled situation at the edge of the goal of the Sirens to put her feet on the ball first and push it in for the third and last goals. Final score 3-0.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, R2D2 is now at 13 league wins in a row, having not lost since September 14th. It is however a very competitive league this year and with 2 games left, R2D2 still needs 4 points to secure the title and 3 for a play off game. Both coming games (June 7th and June 14th) will be difficult ones and R2D2 will take them one at a time, making sure we have fun first and foremost.
Nicolas and Omar
In its last official game of the season, Rovers 1 showed both depth and skills to defeat the League winner, the New York Magic Reserve, 4-0, thereby securing a well deserved third place overall in the tables. On her birthday, Louise Ostman opened the score with her 6th goals of the Spring in just five games. After erasing two defenders on her own, Louise took on the goalie, glided past her dive and finished her movement by placing the ball neatly in from the right side. Next came Jennifer's North on a beautiful header for the second and a brilliant strike from the left side of the box for the third. The scored was sealed by Natalie Rudd who beat the goalie with a pinpoint lob from inside the box.
It was a great way to finish a difficult season for Rovers 1. We'll get on with recruiting for next season as soon as possible to make sure we have again a full roster and we can strive to even better results. Call to all of you and your contacts, we need an experienced goalie!
R2D2 took on the Sirens at 9 pm at Pier 40 in a high stake game. A solid team, the Sirens are always dangerous and R2D2 had never won against them at Pier 40 before (we lost on penalty shoot out in the Cup and lost in the League in the 2007 season). This was the day R2D2 broke the curse though. Within minutes of kick off, possession was for us and just 5 minutes in the game, Kerri Sanders volleyd in from close range a somptuous cross from Emily Keber, making it her 11th goal of the season. Despite making most of the play and excellent ball circulation all around the field, we had to wait for the second half to find another gap in the otherwise excellent Sirens' defense. First, after a good combination of passes from the back, Emily sent Kristen Jefferson with the perfect assist through the middle, Kristen used her speed to beat the defender holding her and cooly scored it passed the goalie. Ten minutes later, Bridget Caster managed to make the best of a scrambled situation at the edge of the goal of the Sirens to put her feet on the ball first and push it in for the third and last goals. Final score 3-0.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, R2D2 is now at 13 league wins in a row, having not lost since September 14th. It is however a very competitive league this year and with 2 games left, R2D2 still needs 4 points to secure the title and 3 for a play off game. Both coming games (June 7th and June 14th) will be difficult ones and R2D2 will take them one at a time, making sure we have fun first and foremost.
Nicolas and Omar
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Result: Old Boys' 5/17/09 by Sheero
Barnstonworth Old Boys - 0 BW Gottschee - 1
The Old Boys had one final opportunity on Sunday to guarantee promotion to the 1st Division with just a point required, but blew it. Our only remaining hope is that Gottschee fail to get anything from their final game against Banatul - which would be a shock in all honesty.
Several absences and injuries meant we fielded a somewhat weakened team, but with the 12 players we had Gottschee is still a team we should be able to beat. We played nervously throughout - maybe if a win had been required, we'd have played with more purpose.
The defence played solidly, and it was a single mistake late in the 2nd half that let Gottschee in to score from a very fortunate looping shot off a shin. It seemed the gods were against us. The last 15 minutes was all BOB, but we couldn't carve any clear chances. We were awarded a late penalty, and some might consider that to be a clear chance, but we were something like 0 for 4 from the spot this season and our record wasn’t about to improve. Next season, I'm f*cking taking them myself - I can miss them as well as anyone else.
An immensely disappointing end to a season which promised so much (playoffs may follow, but they're essentially meaningless). It was quite a remarkable turn-around in form for a team who didn't lose until their 13th game of the season and then went on to get 1 point from their last four games. One more point from any of those games would have secured promotion for us.
Depressed? You betcha.
The Old Boys had one final opportunity on Sunday to guarantee promotion to the 1st Division with just a point required, but blew it. Our only remaining hope is that Gottschee fail to get anything from their final game against Banatul - which would be a shock in all honesty.
Several absences and injuries meant we fielded a somewhat weakened team, but with the 12 players we had Gottschee is still a team we should be able to beat. We played nervously throughout - maybe if a win had been required, we'd have played with more purpose.
The defence played solidly, and it was a single mistake late in the 2nd half that let Gottschee in to score from a very fortunate looping shot off a shin. It seemed the gods were against us. The last 15 minutes was all BOB, but we couldn't carve any clear chances. We were awarded a late penalty, and some might consider that to be a clear chance, but we were something like 0 for 4 from the spot this season and our record wasn’t about to improve. Next season, I'm f*cking taking them myself - I can miss them as well as anyone else.
An immensely disappointing end to a season which promised so much (playoffs may follow, but they're essentially meaningless). It was quite a remarkable turn-around in form for a team who didn't lose until their 13th game of the season and then went on to get 1 point from their last four games. One more point from any of those games would have secured promotion for us.
Depressed? You betcha.
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