Nigeria 13 - Vietnam 0
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Schedule Update Youth Girls
There will be U-11 Girls games on the 14th, 15th and 21st at NOON. Japan will take on Canada in all three matches.
What Was Supposed To Be 20 Random Thoughts So Far
Alright mid week, time to clean up some blog related and WCP soccer issues. Remember this is my opinion and I am open to hearing other suggestions. I will start with the blog related stuff and move into the soccer.
1. There has been some debate on multicultural component vs the soccer component of this tournament. Right now I would say the tournament is 80% about soccer and only 20% about multiculturalism. If you honestly wanted teams to have 75% heritage players I bet you would lose half the teams.
2. I am 100% for bringing players from out of town. It raises the level of soccer and has helped in making this tournament as big as it is. There are already some really bad teams, imagine how poor the quality of soccer would be if we got rid of all out of town players.
3. That being said I do have a problem with teams who bring in out of town players and then don't make the heritage requirements. That doesn't seem fair.
4. I endorse trash talking people on this blog to a certain extent. It's entertaining and I think most people get that it is either a joke or someone who is just an idiot looking for attention. Trash talking cultures on the other hand is by no means acceptable. I don't think any comment on here have been too bad so far but if you find one point it out and I will remove it asap.
5. The reason I originally started this blog was to focus on the soccer side of things so lets get to that!
6. Part of focusing on the soccer side of things is giving credit to teams that play well. On the other side of that I think that part of reporting what happened is being critical of teams and their poor performances. If you want to play in front of paying fans I think its fair that they and the people who cover the tournament have the right to criticize.
7. To be clear I am talking about Vietnam, South Korea, Hungary, Somalia etc. These teams haven't been up to par and I hope they can get their acts together.
8. So how do we raise the level of competition? Allow less teams? Or maybe we could bring in MORE out of town players (not going to be a popular idea)? Or some sort of relegation tournament?
9. Or how bout this idea..... reduce the rosters to17 players which would a) Still leave you with 2 full lineups and a keeper. b) Free up 6 players from every team. Which is 144 players, the equivalent to 8.5 teams. c) Allow the bottom 6 players on the rosters to form more competitive team and gain more playing time. d) Would really push heritage requirements. e) Really make you reconsider putting out of town players on your roster if they are not going to be there every game. I know I am a genius eh?
10. From what I have seen so far the top teams would be 1) Poland. Followed by in no particular order, France, ROI, Laos, Sudan and Nigeria. Though I am not completely on the Nigeria band wagon yet.
11. People are saying that Poland may be in a bit of trouble because it doesn't sound like Brett Levis will be attending many games. However, I would expect that the Sembaluk's, obviously more Devin than his sub Dustin, to really step up and take the goal scoring reigns.
12. I don't know where I sit on Jamaica right now. They beat Colombia but what does that mean? They also lost to Hungary in exhibition... I think tonight's game against N. Ireland will be tighter than people imagine and that group could come down to goal differential.
13. Norway is another team I am having trouble drawing an opinion on. Yeah they beat Greece but so what? I would be real happy to get drawn against them in the quarters still. (I know we can't)
14. Coming out of their groups right now I have A) ROI, Sudan B) Laos, Canada C) Poland, Nigeria D)France, Norway
15. On the Women's side.... When was the last time there was an upset? I think we are talking year's ago. I feel like, even with my limited knowledge of the players, every game is a foregone conclusion.
16. In saying that, it looks like a 2 horse race again. However, I think Germany has looked the better team this year from what I have seen. It's not going to be a push over for Ukraine this year.
17. Anybody else go for the music being a little quieter at the facility? I am trying to discuss the game at half time!
18. Will end off with some really humorous stuff I have seen so far. Starting with a player kicking a ball out the same sideline he was taking the kick in from. It was on the ground and only went 10 yards yikes.
19. I get putting 2 guys on the ball for a free kick that makes sense. But is it really necessary when the freekick is just outside your own 18 yard box? Yikes.
20. The setting up of walls has been something teams have struggled with the whole tournament. But if you are in a wall, even a poor one, you have to face the ball, you can't turn your back.
21. Funniest thing I have seen so far and I know I shouldn't laugh but we saw a guy try to jump up onto the back of the bleachers catch his feet and end up sprawled across them. He was fine so I think it's alright to laugh.
Bonus Point. Best/ Most Unpredictable anthem of the year this year is Somalia. Awesome beat and ends abruptly. Loved it.
1. There has been some debate on multicultural component vs the soccer component of this tournament. Right now I would say the tournament is 80% about soccer and only 20% about multiculturalism. If you honestly wanted teams to have 75% heritage players I bet you would lose half the teams.
2. I am 100% for bringing players from out of town. It raises the level of soccer and has helped in making this tournament as big as it is. There are already some really bad teams, imagine how poor the quality of soccer would be if we got rid of all out of town players.
3. That being said I do have a problem with teams who bring in out of town players and then don't make the heritage requirements. That doesn't seem fair.
4. I endorse trash talking people on this blog to a certain extent. It's entertaining and I think most people get that it is either a joke or someone who is just an idiot looking for attention. Trash talking cultures on the other hand is by no means acceptable. I don't think any comment on here have been too bad so far but if you find one point it out and I will remove it asap.
6. Part of focusing on the soccer side of things is giving credit to teams that play well. On the other side of that I think that part of reporting what happened is being critical of teams and their poor performances. If you want to play in front of paying fans I think its fair that they and the people who cover the tournament have the right to criticize.
7. To be clear I am talking about Vietnam, South Korea, Hungary, Somalia etc. These teams haven't been up to par and I hope they can get their acts together.
8. So how do we raise the level of competition? Allow less teams? Or maybe we could bring in MORE out of town players (not going to be a popular idea)? Or some sort of relegation tournament?
9. Or how bout this idea..... reduce the rosters to17 players which would a) Still leave you with 2 full lineups and a keeper. b) Free up 6 players from every team. Which is 144 players, the equivalent to 8.5 teams. c) Allow the bottom 6 players on the rosters to form more competitive team and gain more playing time. d) Would really push heritage requirements. e) Really make you reconsider putting out of town players on your roster if they are not going to be there every game. I know I am a genius eh?
10. From what I have seen so far the top teams would be 1) Poland. Followed by in no particular order, France, ROI, Laos, Sudan and Nigeria. Though I am not completely on the Nigeria band wagon yet.
11. People are saying that Poland may be in a bit of trouble because it doesn't sound like Brett Levis will be attending many games. However, I would expect that the Sembaluk's, obviously more Devin than his sub Dustin, to really step up and take the goal scoring reigns.
12. I don't know where I sit on Jamaica right now. They beat Colombia but what does that mean? They also lost to Hungary in exhibition... I think tonight's game against N. Ireland will be tighter than people imagine and that group could come down to goal differential.
13. Norway is another team I am having trouble drawing an opinion on. Yeah they beat Greece but so what? I would be real happy to get drawn against them in the quarters still. (I know we can't)
14. Coming out of their groups right now I have A) ROI, Sudan B) Laos, Canada C) Poland, Nigeria D)France, Norway
15. On the Women's side.... When was the last time there was an upset? I think we are talking year's ago. I feel like, even with my limited knowledge of the players, every game is a foregone conclusion.
16. In saying that, it looks like a 2 horse race again. However, I think Germany has looked the better team this year from what I have seen. It's not going to be a push over for Ukraine this year.
17. Anybody else go for the music being a little quieter at the facility? I am trying to discuss the game at half time!
18. Will end off with some really humorous stuff I have seen so far. Starting with a player kicking a ball out the same sideline he was taking the kick in from. It was on the ground and only went 10 yards yikes.
19. I get putting 2 guys on the ball for a free kick that makes sense. But is it really necessary when the freekick is just outside your own 18 yard box? Yikes.
20. The setting up of walls has been something teams have struggled with the whole tournament. But if you are in a wall, even a poor one, you have to face the ball, you can't turn your back.
21. Funniest thing I have seen so far and I know I shouldn't laugh but we saw a guy try to jump up onto the back of the bleachers catch his feet and end up sprawled across them. He was fine so I think it's alright to laugh.
Bonus Point. Best/ Most Unpredictable anthem of the year this year is Somalia. Awesome beat and ends abruptly. Loved it.
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Day 4 Results
Just one note from these games and I hate to be overly critical but Vietnam need to step up their game. A 6-1 loss to Hungary is a bad result. This could get ugly.
Day 4: April 2, 2012 | ||||||
Time | Game Number | Groups | Teams | Score | Goal Scorers | |
6:30 PM | 26 | Boys | Home | Pakistan | 3 | Frei, Levi - 1, Hodel, Taylor - 2 |
Away | Scotland | 3 | Fida, Shahsaib - 1, Probe, Jake - 1 Salim, Areeb - 1 | |||
7:30 PM | 27 | Women | Home | Canada | 1 | Pyne, April - 1 |
Away | Chile | 2 | Lupastin, Whitney - 1, Taylor, Kaity - 1 | |||
8:30 PM | 28 | U18 Boys | Home | Scotland | 5 | Amaya, David -1, Kraft, Jordan - 1, Dyck, Ben -1, Novak, Braden -1, Ursulan, Jared -2 |
Away | Germany | 3 | Hubick, Bryce -1 , Lefebvre, Kyle -1, Pelly, Tyler -1, Stoik, Taylor-1 | |||
9:30 PM | 29 | Men's | Home | Vietnam | 1 | |
Away | Hungary | 6 | ||||
Team Of The Weekend
Decided to give out some credit for some top performances this weekend with my first edition of team of the weekend.
GK: Jonah Gardikiotis (ROI) - Was in very tough against Sudan and was forced to deal with a lot of crosses. Made 2 huge saves at the end of the game to seal the victory for ROI.
Defender: Jarvis H (Canada) - Scored 2 goals for Canada in a lopsided game. Jarvis was solid as ever though.
Defender: Dan (Jamaica) - All I know about him is he is one of the white guys on Jamaica. Scoring 2 goals is always impressive. Scoring 2 goals while playing on Jamaica is nearly impossible. Congrats!
Midfield: Johnny Aceto (Italy) - From the underdog team of the weekend comes an underdog player. Another 2 goal scorer managed to snag 2 incredibly important goals and put ES on the brink of elimination.
Midfield: Dwayne Gareau (ROI) - May not show up on the stat sheet but he gets the job done. Won a lot of headers and a lot of tackles especially in the Sudan game.
Midfield: Megan Cormier (Germany) - Don't know if I have ever really seen her play before but she bossed the midfield and Germany strolled to an easy win. It was impressive.
Midfield: Steve Irinici (Laos) - Worked tirelessly in the midfield and was rewarded with 2 goals. Set up 1 or 2 as well. Always looked dangerous with the ball at his feet and going forward.
Striker: Andrew Zerr (Germany) - Pretty much had to go in alone up front for Germany and yet managed a hat trick. Came up big when it looked as though Germany could falter when they had 7 or so players not show up.
Striker: Leon Derks (France) - Leon is always tough to deal with and Sunday was no exception. Scored 2 nice goals and allowed France to win easily. Put in a lot of work as well.
GK: Jonah Gardikiotis (ROI) - Was in very tough against Sudan and was forced to deal with a lot of crosses. Made 2 huge saves at the end of the game to seal the victory for ROI.
Defender: Jarvis H (Canada) - Scored 2 goals for Canada in a lopsided game. Jarvis was solid as ever though.
Midfield: Johnny Aceto (Italy) - From the underdog team of the weekend comes an underdog player. Another 2 goal scorer managed to snag 2 incredibly important goals and put ES on the brink of elimination.
Midfield: Dwayne Gareau (ROI) - May not show up on the stat sheet but he gets the job done. Won a lot of headers and a lot of tackles especially in the Sudan game.
Midfield: Steve Irinici (Laos) - Worked tirelessly in the midfield and was rewarded with 2 goals. Set up 1 or 2 as well. Always looked dangerous with the ball at his feet and going forward.
Striker: Andrew Zerr (Germany) - Pretty much had to go in alone up front for Germany and yet managed a hat trick. Came up big when it looked as though Germany could falter when they had 7 or so players not show up.
Striker: Leon Derks (France) - Leon is always tough to deal with and Sunday was no exception. Scored 2 nice goals and allowed France to win easily. Put in a lot of work as well.
Monday, 2 April 2012
Fantasy Update
There was a lot of soccer this weekend so time for an update on where we stand fantasy wise. Notice the leading point getter.
Weekend Scores
Day 1: March 30
Women: Ukraine 3 vs. Netherlands 2
Youth Girls: Canada 5 vs. El Salvador 0
Youth Boys: Germany 7 vs. El Salvador 0
Men: Ireland 3 vs. Sudan 2
Day 2: March 31, 2012
12:00 PM Girls
Home Brazil 8 Astick, Aimee -1, Bacala, Alex - 1, Dorias, Melissa - 2, Fisher, Chantal - 1, Molnar, Ella - 1, Selinger, Kristen - 1,
Stricker, Mackenzie - 1
Away England 2 Hendren, Talyor - 2
1:00 PM 6 Boys
Home El Salvador 1 Santamaria, Rodrigo – 1
Away Canada 7 Findura, Scott - 1, Kroczynski, Andrew - 1, Leon, Victor - 2, Muchynsky, Ben - 1, O'Conner, Rylan - 1, Scott, Matt - 1
2:00 PM U18 Boys
Home Canada 4 Burko, Nick - 1, Ntignee, Peter - 4
Away Germany 5 Lefebvre, Kyle - 1, Ochoa-Pryce, Rotmello - 1, Olbrich, Riley - 2, Stoik, Taylor - 1
3:00 PM 8 Women
Home England 6 Bolen, Oliva - 1, Brock, Caitlin - 1, Dartige, Deanna - 1, Firth, Tayler -1, McCullough, Adriana -1, Vorrieter, Karlee - 1
Away Ireland 1 Letwiniuk, Katrina – 1
4:00 PM Women
Home Netherlands 1 Segall, Kristina
Away Poland 2 Evans, Cassandra - 1, Graham, Georgia- 1
5:00 PM 10 Men
Home El Salvador 3 Bravo, Anibal - 2, Santamaria, Alvaro - 1
Away Italy 4 Aceto, Johnny - 2, Santangelo, Mike - 1, Thompson, Brandon - 1
6:00 PM Men
Home Northern Ireland 1 Schaffer, Ryan - 1
Away Canada 8 Galan, Steve - 1, Huyghebaert, Jarvis - 2, Kupiec, Jason - 1, Labatt, Ian - 3, Wolfmueller, Ben - 1
7:00 PM Men
Home Sudan 7 Ajome, Remo-1, Anaga, Dennis-2, Dominic, Gabriel - 2, Kargbo, Thome - 1, Malek, Freddy - 1, Turay, Salif - 1
Away Botswana 2 Barrie, Mactaru - 1, Rahube, Teddie - 1
8:00 PM Men
Home Poland 2 Sarrazin, Chris - 1, Tomchuk, Jay - 1
Away Nigeria 2 Ntignee, Wilson- 1, Sserunjogi, Allan - 1
9:00 PM Men
Home Norway 1 Haynes, Sean - 1
Away Greece 0
10:00 PM Men
Home Laos 6 Ailsby, Adam - 1, Anthony, Chad- 1, Irinici, Steve - 2, Neufield, Jaycess -1, Tan, Nigel – 1
Away Afghanistan 2 Faarahani, Jordian - 2
Day 3: April 1, 2012
12:00 16 GIRLS
BRAZIL 3 Langen, Sydney - 1, Madey, Jillian - 1, Tochor, Kristen - 1
Germany 0
1:00 PM Boys
Home Pakistan 5 Gonzalez, Marcello - 2, Probe,
Jake - 1, Salim, Areeb - 1, Steadman, Noah - 1
Away Canada 2 Hetterley, Mark - 1, O'Conner, Rylan - 1
2:00 PM U18 Boys
Home Ukraine 1 Ghori, Mustafa - 1
Away Canada 5 Forgie, Ethan - 1, Ntigne, Peter - 3, Sutter, Rhys- 1
3:00 PM Women
Home Italy 0
Away El Salvador 2 Boesch, Veronica - 2
4:00 PM Women's
Home Germany 9 Baecker, Astrid - 1, Cormier, Meagan - 2, Kapila, Darla - 1, Mayer, Tarina - 2, Meyer, Jessica - 1,
Trost, Kailee - 2
Away Canada 1 Weir, Danielle - 1
5:00 PM Men
Home Scotland 2 Al Yami, Steve - 1; Miller, Rob 1
Away Serbia 2 Andrews, Phillip - 1, Hardi, Darko - 1
6:00 PM Men
Home Ireland 11 Collins, Mike - 4, Gillott,
Matthew - 1, Gillott, Stew - 1, Kapila, Shaan - 1, Mooney, Lee 1, Reis, Natha-3
Away Somalia 2 Diriye, Dire -1, Noor, Musa – 1
7:00 PM Men
Home Portugal 1 Kumassah, Etorli - 1
Away Germany 4 Haid, Taylor - 1, Patterson, Josh - 1, Zerr, Andrew -3
8:00 PM Men
Home France 7 Derks, Leon - 2, Edmondson, Rory -
1, Marchinko, Daniel - 1, Meloche, Regan - 1, Murphy, Kevin - 1,
Scollan, Paul - 1
Away South Korea 0
9:00 PM Men
Home Colombia 2 Anderson, Les - 1,
Gokdemir, Benjamin - 1
Away Jamaica 4 Cato, Dan - 2, Holness, Kevin - 1,
Lynch, Kris - 1
Women: Ukraine 3 vs. Netherlands 2
Youth Girls: Canada 5 vs. El Salvador 0
Youth Boys: Germany 7 vs. El Salvador 0
Men: Ireland 3 vs. Sudan 2
Day 2: March 31, 2012
12:00 PM Girls
Home Brazil 8 Astick, Aimee -1, Bacala, Alex - 1, Dorias, Melissa - 2, Fisher, Chantal - 1, Molnar, Ella - 1, Selinger, Kristen - 1,
Stricker, Mackenzie - 1
Away England 2 Hendren, Talyor - 2
1:00 PM 6 Boys
Home El Salvador 1 Santamaria, Rodrigo – 1
Away Canada 7 Findura, Scott - 1, Kroczynski, Andrew - 1, Leon, Victor - 2, Muchynsky, Ben - 1, O'Conner, Rylan - 1, Scott, Matt - 1
2:00 PM U18 Boys
Home Canada 4 Burko, Nick - 1, Ntignee, Peter - 4
Away Germany 5 Lefebvre, Kyle - 1, Ochoa-Pryce, Rotmello - 1, Olbrich, Riley - 2, Stoik, Taylor - 1
3:00 PM 8 Women
Home England 6 Bolen, Oliva - 1, Brock, Caitlin - 1, Dartige, Deanna - 1, Firth, Tayler -1, McCullough, Adriana -1, Vorrieter, Karlee - 1
Away Ireland 1 Letwiniuk, Katrina – 1
4:00 PM Women
Home Netherlands 1 Segall, Kristina
Away Poland 2 Evans, Cassandra - 1, Graham, Georgia- 1
5:00 PM 10 Men
Home El Salvador 3 Bravo, Anibal - 2, Santamaria, Alvaro - 1
Away Italy 4 Aceto, Johnny - 2, Santangelo, Mike - 1, Thompson, Brandon - 1
6:00 PM Men
Home Northern Ireland 1 Schaffer, Ryan - 1
Away Canada 8 Galan, Steve - 1, Huyghebaert, Jarvis - 2, Kupiec, Jason - 1, Labatt, Ian - 3, Wolfmueller, Ben - 1
7:00 PM Men
Home Sudan 7 Ajome, Remo-1, Anaga, Dennis-2, Dominic, Gabriel - 2, Kargbo, Thome - 1, Malek, Freddy - 1, Turay, Salif - 1
Away Botswana 2 Barrie, Mactaru - 1, Rahube, Teddie - 1
8:00 PM Men
Home Poland 2 Sarrazin, Chris - 1, Tomchuk, Jay - 1
Away Nigeria 2 Ntignee, Wilson- 1, Sserunjogi, Allan - 1
9:00 PM Men
Home Norway 1 Haynes, Sean - 1
Away Greece 0
10:00 PM Men
Home Laos 6 Ailsby, Adam - 1, Anthony, Chad- 1, Irinici, Steve - 2, Neufield, Jaycess -1, Tan, Nigel – 1
Away Afghanistan 2 Faarahani, Jordian - 2
Day 3: April 1, 2012
12:00 16 GIRLS
BRAZIL 3 Langen, Sydney - 1, Madey, Jillian - 1, Tochor, Kristen - 1
Germany 0
1:00 PM Boys
Home Pakistan 5 Gonzalez, Marcello - 2, Probe,
Jake - 1, Salim, Areeb - 1, Steadman, Noah - 1
Away Canada 2 Hetterley, Mark - 1, O'Conner, Rylan - 1
2:00 PM U18 Boys
Home Ukraine 1 Ghori, Mustafa - 1
Away Canada 5 Forgie, Ethan - 1, Ntigne, Peter - 3, Sutter, Rhys- 1
3:00 PM Women
Home Italy 0
Away El Salvador 2 Boesch, Veronica - 2
4:00 PM Women's
Home Germany 9 Baecker, Astrid - 1, Cormier, Meagan - 2, Kapila, Darla - 1, Mayer, Tarina - 2, Meyer, Jessica - 1,
Trost, Kailee - 2
Away Canada 1 Weir, Danielle - 1
5:00 PM Men
Home Scotland 2 Al Yami, Steve - 1; Miller, Rob 1
Away Serbia 2 Andrews, Phillip - 1, Hardi, Darko - 1
6:00 PM Men
Home Ireland 11 Collins, Mike - 4, Gillott,
Matthew - 1, Gillott, Stew - 1, Kapila, Shaan - 1, Mooney, Lee 1, Reis, Natha-3
Away Somalia 2 Diriye, Dire -1, Noor, Musa – 1
7:00 PM Men
Home Portugal 1 Kumassah, Etorli - 1
Away Germany 4 Haid, Taylor - 1, Patterson, Josh - 1, Zerr, Andrew -3
8:00 PM Men
Home France 7 Derks, Leon - 2, Edmondson, Rory -
1, Marchinko, Daniel - 1, Meloche, Regan - 1, Murphy, Kevin - 1,
Scollan, Paul - 1
Away South Korea 0
9:00 PM Men
Home Colombia 2 Anderson, Les - 1,
Gokdemir, Benjamin - 1
Away Jamaica 4 Cato, Dan - 2, Holness, Kevin - 1,
Lynch, Kris - 1
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Top 5 things worth mentioning so far..
Alright, first off Mike has been incredibly busy and has asked me to write a blog. This is my first one so I'm gonna keep it short and sweet. - David Brown
1) Afghan Vs. Loas - Afghan had a lot of hype they had built up about themselves and they came up way short of that after being crushed by Loas. Loas looked solid and are definitely a contender for the title again.
2) Italy Vs. ES - Who predicted this result? Did Italy play good? or ES just not that strong? ES lost two key players for them but they still have a pretty strong squad.This result if the biggest upset of the tournament so far, but i doubt its the last upset we will see.
3) Canada - Canada looked great in there win Vs. N. Ireland. They looked solid but not spectacular. I didn't see this game but with an 8-2 scoreline i am hoping Tavis scored 8 as i did pick him in my WCP draft!
4) ROI Vs. Sudan - A very exciting game, high paced, and great atmosphere. Ryan may have scored the goal of the tourney in the first game with his game winning volley. Sudan will be a tough team to beat for anybody that comes up against them.
5) Poland Vs. Nigeria - Don't let the score line fool you! Poland are still the best team in the WCP and i still have them picked as my favourites to win the whole thing. This game was just a little speed bump in the road to their title!
1) Afghan Vs. Loas - Afghan had a lot of hype they had built up about themselves and they came up way short of that after being crushed by Loas. Loas looked solid and are definitely a contender for the title again.
2) Italy Vs. ES - Who predicted this result? Did Italy play good? or ES just not that strong? ES lost two key players for them but they still have a pretty strong squad.This result if the biggest upset of the tournament so far, but i doubt its the last upset we will see.
3) Canada - Canada looked great in there win Vs. N. Ireland. They looked solid but not spectacular. I didn't see this game but with an 8-2 scoreline i am hoping Tavis scored 8 as i did pick him in my WCP draft!
4) ROI Vs. Sudan - A very exciting game, high paced, and great atmosphere. Ryan may have scored the goal of the tourney in the first game with his game winning volley. Sudan will be a tough team to beat for anybody that comes up against them.
5) Poland Vs. Nigeria - Don't let the score line fool you! Poland are still the best team in the WCP and i still have them picked as my favourites to win the whole thing. This game was just a little speed bump in the road to their title!
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Sudan vs ROI
Let me start by saying sorry about the lack of other previews. I have been stuck setting up for WCP so I haven't had time. I know that makes me look like a real homer but I will work hard on getting some up today.
Til then here is my quick review of the Men's game last night. Sorry its the only one I saw.
1. I had no idea what to expect going into that game but I did not expect that. Sudan is fast strong and I had no idea they would play so direct. Nobody wants to play that team.
2. That Sudan player should have been sent off in that game for leading with his head super late. It was reckless. I know they want it to be physical but its gotten a little out of control. Guys are getting hurt. Brett Bachelu tore his ACL last year on a bad tackle and Andrew ended up looking like this. Time to protect the players!
Til then here is my quick review of the Men's game last night. Sorry its the only one I saw.
1. I had no idea what to expect going into that game but I did not expect that. Sudan is fast strong and I had no idea they would play so direct. Nobody wants to play that team.
2. That Sudan player should have been sent off in that game for leading with his head super late. It was reckless. I know they want it to be physical but its gotten a little out of control. Guys are getting hurt. Brett Bachelu tore his ACL last year on a bad tackle and Andrew ended up looking like this. Time to protect the players!
3. Some bad mistakes early for Sudan which cost them the game. Hitting the roof is like giving up a goal. You just can't do it. Especially when you have a clinical Beckam-esque free kick taker like myself on.
4. Ryan Mac's volley was the deserving game winner. A rocket to the top right corner might not get beat as the goal of the tournament. Fantastic.
5. ROI were on their heels for a lot of the game and really had to be. There in nothing you can really do about that aerial bombardment. If you block their back from knocking the long ball it hits you, goes out of bounds and they end up launching it in from a kick in instead. No win.
6. I was impressed by what Sudan did. They knew they had height and how to use it. It is an extremely effective game plan. They have some great players on their team that's for sure. Just didn't produce the results last night.
7.How bout when Hans did give out that red and then had to rescind it. Haha got a little ahead of himself there.
8. Have to give a shout out to my boy Jonah for having a solid outing in net. He is not the biggest keeper there is but he did great in the air especially given the amount of bodies that were in that box.
WCP Cup Fantasy Draft
Kirk came up with the idea of have a fantasy league for WCP so a couple of us got together and thought we'd give it a try. For those of you who are unfamiliar with fantasy sports. Here is a brief run down.
A fantasy sport is a game where the people playing act as owners to build a team to compete against one another based on the statistics of the real players or teams involved in the actual sport. These points are accumulated through a roster of players selected by the owner of each team the process in which the players are selected is called a fantasy draft.
Here is a brief overview of the rules we are using:
9 spots per roster: 5 Mens players
1 Team Defense
1 Keeper
1 Womens Player
1 Injury Sub
Points System:
Each goal - 1 point
Keeper Shutout - 3 points
A win for the keeper - 2 points Tie - 1 point
Defense starts with 5 points and has a point deducted for every goal allowed
Womens Goals - 3 points
Keeper Goal - 10 points
Yellow Card - 2 points
Red Card - Deduct 10 points
Penalty Shot Miss (includes shootout) - Deduct 2 points
Penalty Shot Goal (includes shootout) - 1 point
Penalty Shot Save (includes shootout) - 2 points
Alright now that there is context to our draft here's how it unfolded. Players are listed in the order they were picked. (ie. First player on every team was that teams 1st pick, 2nd player was 2nd pick etc.)
Boom it's on!
A fantasy sport is a game where the people playing act as owners to build a team to compete against one another based on the statistics of the real players or teams involved in the actual sport. These points are accumulated through a roster of players selected by the owner of each team the process in which the players are selected is called a fantasy draft.
Here is a brief overview of the rules we are using:
9 spots per roster: 5 Mens players
1 Team Defense
1 Keeper
1 Womens Player
1 Injury Sub
Each goal - 1 point
Keeper Shutout - 3 points
A win for the keeper - 2 points Tie - 1 point
Defense starts with 5 points and has a point deducted for every goal allowed
Womens Goals - 3 points
Keeper Goal - 10 points
Yellow Card - 2 points
Red Card - Deduct 10 points
Penalty Shot Miss (includes shootout) - Deduct 2 points
Penalty Shot Goal (includes shootout) - 1 point
Penalty Shot Save (includes shootout) - 2 points
Alright now that there is context to our draft here's how it unfolded. Players are listed in the order they were picked. (ie. First player on every team was that teams 1st pick, 2nd player was 2nd pick etc.)
Boom it's on!
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Discount Tickets Available At Facility Tonight 7:30 - 9:00
Tickets will be available at their discounted price tonight ($85), Thursday March 29th from 7:30-9:00 pm, at the facility. Make the most of this opportunity so that I don't have to listen to you all whine about prices!
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