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
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