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The COMMENTATOR
 est. 2003

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WEEK ELEVEN [TOP]

Energized Triomphe Comes Up Big in KL Draw 1-1
2008.2.20 Maresilles, France--

Goals: KUA: Lazaro (Samba, 15); MAR: Sickle (Thanh, 45)
Bookings: KUA: Zembo (Y, 6); KUA: Caldera (Y, 60); Zembo (R, 87)
Injuries: -

  • Lazaro leads KL to go up early as entire left side overwhelms Marseilles defense
  • Mousassou makes spectacular performance against barrage from rising star Laciel
  • But Marseilles wins the equalizer thanks to Sickle shot and star performance from new acquisition Ambe and dark horse Thanh
  • Caldera chases down Blanc into the box for a penalty off the post!
  • Hot-headed rookie Zembo tossed after frustrated Laciel tackle-from-behind
  • KUA fatigue: Mousassou, Lazaro
  • MAR fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Larazo (KUA)
  • Referee: Iranzo (SPA)
  • Attendance: 125%

    Kingston wins eleven straight, shutting out the Skeletons, 1-0
    2008.2.20 Mexico City, Mexico--

    Goals: KIN: Tlaplanco (Voll, 75)
    Bookings: MEX: Prince (Y, 12); MEX: Faruk (Y, 45); MEX: Palcho (Y, 60); MEX: Renard (Y, 84)
    Injuries: KIN: Savoia (33); KIN: Ojuwku (84)

  • Kingston gets through a gut check on the road, and improves to 11-0-0
  • Ojukwu leads the defensive line in a stellar performance shutting down Mexico City's trio of forwards
  • Stepping up for an injured Padilinho, Tlaplanco holds down the midfield and blasts a shot into the upper left corner of the net past Tattersall for the game's only goal
  • Mexico City has a poor showing against the league's #1 club
  • More injures for Kingston, as Savoia receives a minor injury to his knee which will cause him to miss the next match, while Ojuwku gets accidently cleated by Renard near the end of the match and will miss the next three games
  • Tattersall makes two spectacular saves
  • KIN fatigue: Svardal, Fitzgerald, Rosales
  • MEX fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: "Rascal" Tlaplanco
  • Referee: Gutierrez
  • Attendance: 95%

    Radio Regains Footing After Getting a Run For Their Money Over Dynasty, 2-1
    2008.2.20 Brooklyn, New York--

    Goals: NYC: Aalto (Belial, 63); CAI: Evangelista (Bella Bouba, 66); NYC: Gatsby (Ammons, 81)
    Bookings: NYC: Pilate (Y, 42)
    Injuries: -

  • Textbook play on both sides in first half
  • Teetoaler starts strong with spectacular brave tackle of frustrated Bella Bouba
  • Belearguered Aigner answers with big grab against Paid header from Ammons corner kick
  • Belial threads needle to unmarked Aalto to find the top shelf
  • Long-scoreless Bella Bouba settles with assist to Evangelista for a quick reply
  • Ammons-Gatsby long ship shot just tops Aigner's fingertips
  • CAI fatigue: -
  • NYC fatigue: Belial, Pilate
  • Player of the game: Ammons (NYC)
  • Referee: Han (KOR)
  • Attendance: 120%

    WEEK TEN [TOP]
    Moscow Keeps London on its Slide in Battle of Former Champions, 3-0
    2008.2.6 London, England--

    Goals: MOS: Erikson (Mejia, 3); MOS: Erikson (Chatterjee, 27); MOS: London (Anjarasoa, 87)
    Bookings: LON: Windsor (R, suspended 2 games, 33); MOS: Falkson (Y, 42); LON: Adem (Y, 54); MOS: Kaspary (Y, 90)
    Injuries: LON: Uccello (1 game, 42)

  • Internationale rush Underground defense right on the kickoff for an Erikson goal
  • Erikson notches a second with a 33 yard lob fed by Chatterjee midfield long ball
  • Windsor lets off steam with a two-foot tackle, sending him to the locker room
  • Block leads Moscow defense in shutting down classic London counterstrike
  • Moscow players gunning for Uccello; catch his ankle before halftime for a one-game injury
  • Underground loyalists attempt rally after Ucello brought down to no avail
  • Sam London shot just crosses the line to make it three
  • MOS fatigue: Falkson, London
  • LON fatigue: Del Rio, Pica
  • Player of the game: Erikson
  • Referee: Primus (TTO)
  • Attendance: 115%

    Cairo Beats Unlimited in Lucky Late Break To Win Second, 1-0
    2008.2.6 Cairo, Egypt--

    Goals: CAI (Falcon, own goal, 75)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: -

  • Dynasty's Hock in top form all match, stops countless Hemi surges and makes big block against Nezambadi run
  • Aigner makes spectacular save again 30 yarder from Ng
  • Arzoomanian answers soon after by tipping aside Chen lob to Bella Bouba
  • Unlimited's Falcon scores own goal for Cairo with a wrong-way clear after picking off Chen counterattack cross to Dimopolous
  • Bella robbed again of finisher as late-game one-on-one shot rebonds off post
  • SHU fatigue: -
  • CAI fatigue: Bella Bouba, Hock
  • Player of the game: Hock (CAI)
  • Referee: Chochabambero (BOL)
  • Attendance: 30% (tied for lowest in Interfoot history)

    Rio shuts down Greater China, 2-0
    2008.1.27 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China--

    Goals: RIO: Ivey, (Zaal, 84); RIO: Wahuna, (Brejchova, 90)
    Bookings: BEI: Harverson (Y, 33); BEI: Ponti (Y, 39); RIO: Gatot (Y, 48); RIO: Feiho (Y, 57); BEI: Ponti (R, 81); BEI: Zhao (Y, 84)
    Injuries: -

  • Rio plays excellent match defensively and breaks through with two goals in the final minutes of match
  • Greater China crticizes referee Brad Varney for giving out too many cards
  • RIO fatigue: Le Duc
  • CHN fatigue: Fabiano, Celine
  • Player of the game: Thomas Jude
  • Referee: Varney
  • Attendence: 80%

    Kingston makes it ten in a row with 3-2 over Prague
    2008.1.27 Kingston, Jamaica--

    Goals: KIN: Rosales (Padilinho, 39); PRA: Romanescu (Fisch, 48); KIN: Voll (57); KIN: Rosales (Kolkalla, 72); PRA: Dorne (Mkapa, 84)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: PRA: Gwara (42); KIN: Padilinho (54)

  • Kingston goes to 10-0-0 with victory
  • two superstars receive major injures as Gwara tears his ACL and will miss the last five games of the year, while Padilinho pulls an adominal muscle which will sideline him for three weeks
  • Rosales scores two goals as Prague defense concentrates on Kolkalla and Voll
  • Voll scores off of a rebound of a Fitzgerald shot
  • Westerman makes one spectacular save, as does Svardal
  • PRA fatigue: -
  • KIN fatigue: Rosales
  • Player of the game: Manuel Rosales
  • Referee: Sipilame
  • Attendence: 115%

    Marseilles racks up goals against Skeletons, 4-2
    2008.1.27 Mexico City, Mexico--

    Goals: MAR: Laciel (Blanc, 18); MAR: Own goal (48); MAR: Blanc (Bannon, 54); MEX: Niane (57); MEX: Tovic (Niane, 78); MAR: Blanc (84)
    Bookings: MEX: Kudi-kuenda (Y, 27); MEX: Kudi-kuenda (R, 84)
    Injuries: -

  • Blanc and Laciel have great performances
  • After going down 3-0, Mexico City regroups, and comes back with strong tenacious play as Niane scores on a big run and then Tovic scores on an excellent Niane pass
  • Blanc ends Mexico City's comeback hopes, scoring on a long run
  • Blanc scores following Kudi-kuenda's ejection after a mistimed tackle
  • Tattersall makes one spectacular save
  • MAR fatigue: -
  • MEX fatigue: Faruk
  • Player of the game: Alain Blanc
  • Referee: Maldonaldo
  • Attendence: 75%

    Sydney guts out victory over Whales, 2-1
    2008.1.27 Vancouver, British Columbia--

    Goals: SYD: Polites (Swagger, 6); SYD: Probey (Swagger, 33); VAN: Infante (Kennedy, 84)
    Bookings: VAN: Matterhorn (Y, 72)
    Injuries: -

  • Polites catches Vancouver defense flatfooted as he makes an amazing spin move to get through the back line and beat Spatz
  • Polites and Swagger have spectacular performances
  • Chris Tweedy criticizes heard referee Taufik Mafouz after match for questionable calls including a controversial offsides call which negated an Argyle goal
  • Spatz makes one spectacular save, as does Andreu
  • SYD fatigue: Polites
  • VAN fatigue: Sudoyo
  • Player of the game: John "Johno" Polites
  • Referee: Mafouz
  • Attendence: 90%

    Kuala Lumpur holds Radio offense, and wins 2-0
    2008.1.27 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--

    Goals: KUA: Millet (Caldera, 12); KUA: Caldera (90)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: -

  • KL gets revenge for season five loss to Radio in Legend's Cup
  • Frequency defense smothers Radio attack
  • Millet and Caldera team up for strong counterattack goal
  • Mousassou makes spectacular save while KL defense makes a strong defensive stand as New York pushes to get equalizer after first KL goal
  • a classic of technical football by the old rivals, as there are no cards or injuries
  • both teams in peak condition as there is no fatigued players on either side
  • NYC fatigue: -
  • KUA fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Akhita Mazuo
  • Referee: Holsten
  • Attendence: 150%

    Flash find a way past hot Tri-Royals, 2-0
    2008.1.27 Tokyo, Japan--

    Goals: TOK: Kaufmann (Ishikawa, 78); TOK: Ishikawa(Kaufmann, 87)
    Bookings: BEN: Aey (Y, 33)
    Injuries: BEN: Kayongo (57)

  • Beneluxe defense plays strong 75', but breaksdown in the final minutes
  • Ishikawa and Kaufmann team up for a pair of goals in the final minutes, as they step up on the attack as Raoul plays with a slightly sprained ankle
  • Watanabe comes up with three spectacular saves in loss, while Savane makes one
  • BEN fatigue: De Rijter
  • TOK fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Masao Ishikawa
  • Referee: Lin
  • Attendence: 90%

    WEEK NINE [TOP]
    Hyped Tri-Royals Stun Wounded Giants KL, 1-1
    2008.1.25 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--

    BENELUXE [1-4-4]: Watanabe; De Ceuster; Eisenberg; Le Coq; Longnecker; Kayongo; Justice (c); Ribleaux; On'Onoko; De Rijter; Aey
    KUALA LUMPUR [6-1-2]: Mousassou; Hasan (c); Zembo; Boomslang; Mazuo; Caldera; Gamboa (Samba, 84); Lau (Angstrom, 45); Supriadi (Heady, 45); Millet; Hartono

    Goals: BEN: De Rijter (On'Onoko, 30); KUA: Hasan (Heady, 63)
    Bookings: BEN: Aey (Y, 15); BEN: Eisenberg (Y, 48); BEN: Le Coq (Y, 78)
    Injuries: KUA: Hasan (minor, 48)

  • Game hyped across Eurasia as Interfoot minnows play visiting David to long-time Goliaths
  • Tri-Royals go up early after perfectly-timed lead pass from On'Onoko cuts KL defense in twain, to find De Rijter two steps on Zembo
  • Frequency fans harass Beneluxe players, who eat up the abuse and double their efforts
  • Mousassou stems bleeding with two spectacular saves against Les Tri-Royales forwards
  • Hasan equalizes with long run and give-and-go lob pass from fourth-forward Heady into a crowded box
  • European Interfoot magazine "Le Passion" calls for Abraxas Horcha's naming of Tri-Royal Protector
  • BEN fatigue: Ribleaux, On'Onoko
  • KUA fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: De Rijter
  • Referee: Nguyen (VIE)
  • Attendance: 115%

    Hemis shut down Rio, 2-0
    2008.1.25 Nairobi, Kenya--

    Goals: SHU: Barrette (48); SHU: Ng (81)
    Bookings: RIO: Al-Zubi (Y, 15); SHU: Jones (Y, 27); RIO: Gatot (Y, 45); RIO: Jude (Y, 87)
    Injuries: SHU: Widjaja (66)

  • Fancy footwork by Barrette puts her in a position to beat Paz with a hard, low shot
  • Ng is sprung on a long run, and beats Paz in a one-on-one situation
  • Rio plays well, but can't find a way to score
  • Paz and Arzoomanian snag one spectacular save each
  • Widjaja suffers a minor injury, but will be ready to go next week
  • RIO fatigue: Al-Zubi, Simoni
  • SHU fatigue: Widjaja, Prudhomme
  • Player of the game:
  • Referee: Karadi
  • Attendence: 90%

    Sydney rolls over the slumping Symphony, 2-0
    2008.1.25 Sydney, Australia--

    Goals: SYD: Polites (Szabo, 39); SYD: Probey (Swagger, 84)
    Bookings: PRA: Adawi (Y, 27)
    Injuries: PRA: Cornell (30)

  • Sydney wins the midfield battle and controls the pace of the match and the possession of the ball
  • Polites heads a sharp cross by Szabo past a diving Westerman
  • Probey puts in another header, this time off a Swagger free kick
  • Andreu has two spectacular saves, while Andreu grabs one
  • Cornell sprains knee and will miss next match
  • PRA fatigue: Ong, Allegro
  • SYD fatigue: Lizarraga, Morinaga
  • Player of the game: Tristan Swagger
  • Referee: Sipilane
  • Attendence: 80%

    Whales put in a beautiful match to best the Bears, 1-0
    2008.1.25 Vancouver, Canada--

    Goals: VAN: Argyle (39)
    Bookings: MOS: Kristenberg (Y, 54); MOS: Moriarty (Y, 81); MOS: Kristenberg (R, 84)
    Injuries: -

  • Confusion in the Moscow backfield leads to Argyle coming up with a deflected pass and putting a hard shot past a flatfooted Gasem
  • After receiving a yellow card earlier in the match, commits a sloppy late tackle on Infante to receive a red card
  • Vancouver plays a beautiful, textbook match to shut down Moscow's offense
  • Gasem and Spatz come up with one spectacular save each
  • MOS fatigue: -
  • VAN fatigue: -
  • Player of the game:
  • Referee: Mafouz
  • Attendence: 95%

    Marseilles powers past the Stars, 3-0
    2008.1.25 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China--

    Goals: MAR: Claggart (Sickle, 33); MAR: Laciel (60); MAR: Blanc (81)
    Bookings: MAR: Sickle (Y, 66); MAR: Api (Y,72)
    Injuries: CHN: Fabiano (27); CHN: Ming (42); CHN: Mnookian (66)

  • Rough match as three Stars suffer injuries, all of whom will not be suiting up for the next match
  • Sickle hits an excellent cross into box which is headed into the back of the net by Claggart
  • Marseilles' midfielders step up again as Laciel scores off a long mazy run
  • Blanc puts the final nail in the coffin by slamming home a rebound for the third goal
  • Raczinski and Song come up with one spectacular save each
  • MAR fatigue: Tcherepin
  • CHN fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Francois Laciel
  • Referee: Pegrarro
  • Attendence: 85%

    Radio Crushes Pop 3-0
    2008.1.25 New York, United States--

    TOKYO [4-2-3]: Savane; Mandrake; Bajo (Khunkitti, 45); Shinjuku; Nano; Chick; Ishikawa; Kaufmann; Fukiwara; Raoul; Paragon (c)
    NEW YORK [7-1-1]: Teetoaler; Aalto (Pilate, 45); Catapult; Rexroth; Capalik; Gatsby (c); Ammons; De Wilde; Reis (Belial, 90); Paid; Labor, Jr. (Zek, 81)

    Goals: NYC: Gatsby (De Wilde, 45); NYC: Labor, Jr. (Gatsby, 54); NYC: Paid (81)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: -

  • Tokyo defense helpless against New York ball control and tight passing
  • Gatsby lights up scoreboard in last seconds of first half with a long-ball counter from De Wilde
  • Ron Labor, Jr. spins past diving Savane after beating Khunkitti to score his XXXth
  • Savane makes two big save to try to stem the bleeding by tipping out Ammons corner and robbing Labor Jr. of a second
  • Taunts by Radio fans backfire as loyal Tokyo contingent rally their squad
  • Paid ices the cake by running past three defenders and rolling a slow ball past Savane
  • TOK fatigue: Ishikawa
  • NYC fatigue: Labor, Jr., Paid, De Wilde
  • Player of the game: Gatsby
  • Referee: Lorca (CUB)
  • Attendence: 90%

    Loyal Fans Treated To Last-Place Mexico-Cairo Classic 1-1 Draw
    2008.1.27 Cairo, Egypt--

    CAIRO [1-2-6]: Aigner; Parra; Vasquez; Van Es; Zarate; Hock; Mambety; Dimopolous; Evangelista; Fadhil; Bella Bouba
    MEXICO CITY [1-2-6]: Tattersall; Kola; Maarten (De Vries, 87); Salim; Cuahoc; Kudi-Kuenda; Niane (Gonzales, 87); Palco (Renard, 87); Odoyo; Tovic; Tothoc

    Goals: MEX: Kola (Kudi-Kuenda, FK, 45); CAI: Bella Bouba (Dimopolous, CK, 45)
    Bookings: MEX: Salim (Y, 30); CAI: Van Es (Y, 45); Kola (Y, 84)
    Injuries: CAI: Evangelista (1 game, 30)

  • Stars' Van Es makes heroic defense against a blistering 30' Tothoc rocket
  • Tattersall leads the crowd in a chant that fills the mostly-empty Cemetario
  • Los Hangmen incite end of first half violence in the stands celebrating Kola's goal off Kudi free kick
  • Huge curl from Dimopolous corner kick meets Bella Bouba's head past a stunned Aigner
  • Mambety blocks second Kola goal with diving header
  • CAI fatigue: Van Es
  • MEX fatigue: Tothoc
  • Player of the game: Mambety
  • Referee: Han (KOR)
  • Attendence: 30% (lowest in Interfoot history)

    Kingston Drops London in Waterloo Fields, 1-0
    2008.1.27 London, England--

    KINGSTON [9-0-0]: Svardal; Loi; Saint-Marc; Ojukwu; Abouzeeni (Dvorik, 90); Fitzgerald; Rosales; Rio; Kolkalla (Duane, 90); Voll (Savitz, 45)
    LONDON [6-1-2]: Van Der Vord; Windsor; Batista; Power (Pruyputnowicz, 90); Shaughnessy; Adem; Tlili (RC, 60); Jaatenmaaki; Zek (c); Uccello (Arrowback, 90); Leclerqc (Esterllas, 90)

    Goals: KIN: Saint-Marc (Abouzeeni, 51)
    Bookings: KIN: Loi (Y, 15); LON: Tlili (R, suspended 3 games, 60); LON: Shaughnessy (Y, 72); LON: Leclerqc (Y, 90)
    Injuries: -

  • Svardal earns a clean sheet knocking away long shots from Windsor and Uccello
  • Van Der Vord saves all but one, including a second-half long run Kolkalla grounder and tips over Abouzeeni free kick off the wall
  • Saint-Marc cuts into the box to receive Abouzeeni lob past overwhelmed Underground defense
  • Underground make late-game rally to no avail
  • Tlili ejected and suspended after revenge head-butting Rio after getting no call in previous hard tackle
  • KIN fatigue: Saint-Marc, Rosales
  • LON fatigue: Uccello, Shaughnessy (played hurt)
  • Player of the game: Svardal
  • Referee: Capek (CZE)
  • Attendence: 145% (new record)

    WEEK EIGHT [TOP]

    Cairo rips Prague 4-1 for first win
    2008.1.25 Cairo, Egypt--

    Goals: CAI: Blazejewska (Evangelista, 12); CAI: Tenny (39); CAI: Mambety (PK, 45); CAI: Tenny (Chen, 45+); PRA: Haz (Mkapa, 90)
    Bookings: PRA: Mkapa (Y, 15); CAI: Parra (Y, 42); PRA: Adawi (Y, 48); CAI: Hock (Y, 78)
    Injuries: CAI: Blazejewska (15); PRA: Ota (42); CAI: Mwangolo (48); CAI: Chen (87)

  • Cairo gets first vicotry of season
  • Prague defense doesn't show up for first half of game
  • Tenny scores twice including counterattack set up by Chen
  • Injuries abound as Blazejewska and Ota both suffer injuries that will keep them out of the next three games, while Mwangolo and Chen will miss the next game
  • PRA fatigue: Romanescu, Adawi, Haz
  • CAI fatigue: Pell
  • Player of the game: Frank Tenny
  • Referee: Lin
  • Attendence: 50%

    Uccello scores with time expiring for 1-0 over Marseilles
    2008.1.25 London, England--

    Goals: LON: Uccello (Tlili, 84)
    Bookings: LON: Pica (Y, 12)
    Injuries: -

  • Uccello scores off a Tlili corner kick to give London victory
  • Marseilles plays valiant defense for most of match, but London finally breaks through
  • Second straight shutout for London
  • Raczinski makes one spectacular save
  • MAR fatigue:
  • CAI fatigue: Pica, Titus
  • Player of the game: Antony-Michael Titus
  • Referee: Maneras
  • Attendence: 125%

    Kuala Lumpur dominates Mexico City, 4-0
    2008.1.18 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--

    Goals: KUA: Millet (Mazuo, 6); KUA: Lazaro (Mazuo, 57); KUA: Supriadi (81); KUA: Yeneneh (Lazaro, 87)
    Bookings: KUA: Zembo (Y, 15)
    Injuries: MEX: Sixte (15)

  • Kuala Lumpur offense cleans up on weak Mexico City performance
  • Many ex-KL players on other side including Gonzales, Maarten, and Mexico City's head coach Andre Filo
  • Yeneneh scores first career goal
  • Sixte injured and will miss next two games
  • Tattersall makes one spectacular save
  • MEX fatigue: Faruk, Santiago
  • KUA fatigue: Lau, Samba, Mousassou
  • Player of the game: Ahkita Mazuo
  • Referee: Karadi
  • Attendence: 115%

    Kingston stays undefeated with 2-1 victory over Moscow
    2008.1.4 Kingston, Jamaica--

    Goals: KIN: Voll (Abouzeeni, 12); MOS: Semanovich (Springer, 30); KIN: Ojukwu (Rio, 45)
    Bookings: KIN: Savoia (Y, 24); MOS: Nacy (Y, 42); KIN: Loi (Y, 54); KIN: Tlaplanco (Y, 72)
    Injuries: -

  • Kingston stays undefeated with victory
  • Kingston gets the best of Moscow in back and forth midfield game
  • Moscow plays without Erikson, due to injury, and Moriarty, due to red card
  • Gasem makes three spectacular save while Champagne, subbing for the injured Svardal, makes one spectacular save
  • MOS fatigue: Springer, Kaspary
  • KIN fatigue: Savoia, Tlaplanco
  • Player of the game: Dominic Champagne
  • Referee: -
  • Attendence: 105%

    Pop and Hemis play to scoreless draw
    2008.1.4 Tokyo, Japan--

    Goals: -
    Bookings: TOK: Bajo (Y, 36)
    Injuries: -

  • Both teams play a beautiful defensive game
  • Savane starts even though he is fatigued and makes three spectacular saves
  • Arzoomanian makes one spectacular save
  • Jawing and shoving on the field leads to bad blood between the teams
  • SHU fatigue: Falcon
  • TOK fatigue: Savane, Dinh
  • Player of the game: Cheik Savane
  • Referee: -
  • Attendence: 95%

    Vancouver frustrates Rio, 2-0
    2008.1.4 Vancouver, Canada--

    Goals: VAN: Own goal (42); VAN: Celestine (Gamba, 54)
    Bookings: VAN: Celestine (Y, 51); RIO: Al-Zubi (Y, 66); VAN: Crow (Y, 81)
    Injuries: -

  • Vancouver's backline successfully shut down Wahuna and Rio's offensive attack
  • Spatz makes three spectacular saves to preserve clean sheet
  • Celestine receives yellow card for dissent after offsides call
  • Vancouver's first goal comes as Jude mistakenly heads a free kick into his own net
  • RIO fatigue: Ivey, Simoni
  • VAN fatigue: Selasse
  • Player of the game: Gisli Oddson
  • Referee: Snetkov
  • Attendence: 105%

    Radio toughs out a road win against the Stars, 3-2
    2008.1.4 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China--

    Goals: CHN: Kassa (Bass, 15); NYC: Labor, Jr. (45); NYC: Reis (Labor, Jr., 54); NYC: Labor, Jr. (69); CHN: Kassa (75)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: -

  • After going down by a goal, New York scores three unanswered goals
  • Labor, Jr. scores two goals and gets an assist; his first goal is an amazing shot off a rebound that he hits with the side of his boot
  • Kassa scores twice, including a goal to make the match 3-2, but China can't find an equalizer
  • Song makes one spectacular save
  • NYC fatigue: -
  • CHN fatigue: Hee, Cho
  • Player of the game: Ron Labor, Jr.
  • Referee: Chocabambera
  • Attendence: 85%

    Beneluxe and Sydney play to a 2-2 draw
    2008.1.4 Bruxelles, Belgium--

    Goals: SYD: Polites (48); SYD: Achampang (Swagger, 60); BEN: De Rijter (On'okoko, 72); BEN: De Rijter (De Ceuster, 84)
    Bookings: SYD: Probey (Y, 24); BEN: Starr-Foss (Y, 48); BEN: Le Coq (Y, 81)
    Injuries: -

  • After a slow first half, two teams score four second half goals
  • Polites successfully converts a penalty kick after being taken down in the box by Starr-Foss
  • Down 2-0, the tenacious Tri-Royals come back with two goals by De Rijter with textbook football
  • Watanabe makes one spectacular save
  • SYD fatigue: -
  • BEN fatigue: Rochus, Montag
  • Player of the game: Mathais De Rijter
  • Referee: Gutierrez
  • Attendence: 90%

    WEEK SEVEN [TOP]

    Vancouver upsets KL, 3-2
    2008.1.4 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--

    VANCOUVER [4-1-2]: Spatz; Matterhorn (Langlois, 27); Uribe; Oddson; Crow; Kennedy; Gamba; Selasse; Sudoyo; Argyle; Celestine
    KUALA LUMPUR [5-0-2]: Mousassou; Hasan; Goh; Boomslang; Mazuo; Caldera; Gamboa; Millet; Supriadi; Hartono; Heady (Samba, 66)

    Goals: KUA: Hartono (Millet, 15); VAN: Argyle (Sudoyo, 51); VAN: Oddson (57); VAN: Celestine (Sudoyo, 66); KUA: Hasan (Millet, 72)
    Bookings: KUA: Caldera (R, 27); KUA: Heady (Y, 51)
    Injuries: Matterhorn (27)

  • Vancouver come back from 1-0 defecit and score three straight goals
  • Caldera's red card leaves KL's defense disorganized
  • Oddson scores go-ahead goal on counterattack, as he puts in a rebound of his own shot
  • Each keeper records spectacular save
  • Fans show support for Hartono after his goal
  • VAN fatigue: Matterhorn, Sudoyo, Uribe
  • KUA fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Maurice Kolkalla
  • Referee: Primus
  • Attendence: 90%

    London dominates Tokyo, 2-0
    2008.1.4 London, England--

    TOKYO [4-1-2]: Savane; Mandrake; Bajo; Shinjuku (Khunkitti, 72); Cork; Paramides; Ishikawa; Kaufmann; Edy; Raoul; Dinh
    LONDON [5-1-1]: Titus; Pica (Windsor, 72); Batista; Power; Yip; Adem; Tlili; Aiyer (Jaatenmaki, 72); Leclerqc; Uccello; Zek (Estrellas, 45)

    Goals: LON: Uccello (Estrellas, 66); LON: Uccello (81)
    Bookings: TOK: Shinjuku (Y, 3); TOK: Mandrake (R, 72)
    Injuries: LON: Aiyer (72)

  • London stays strong after defeat with excellent win
  • Battered Tokyo lineup can't put offense together
  • Uccello scores league leading 5th, and 6th goal; the latter on an amazing mazy run through Tokyo defense
  • Titus snags to spectacular saves, while Savane makes one
  • Mandrake receives a four game suspension for savage hit on Aiyer; Aiyer will miss three games with back injury
  • TOK fatigue: Savane, Cork
  • LON fatigue: Yip
  • Player of the game: David Uccello
  • Referee: Maldonaldo
  • Attendence: 95%

    Week Seven Wrapup
    Kingston rolls to 7-0-0 with win over Cairo

    Goals: CAI: Own goal (30); KIN: Fitzgerald (Tlaplanco, 42); KIN: Abouzeeni (51); KIN: Voll (Tlaplanco, 66)
    Cards: CAI: Tenny (Y, 12); KIN: Saint-Marc (Y, 27); CAI: Zarate (Y, 60)
    Injuries: CAI: Haddawy (27); KIN: Rosales (60); KIN: Svardal (87)

  • Kingston stays undefeated
  • Kingston gets stellar performance from Tlaplanco and Fitzgerald
  • Cairo takes early lead off of own goal from Chen free kick
  • Abouzeeni gets game winning goal off of a deflected pass
  • Haddawy will miss next two games after injury
  • Rosales will miss next match with injury
  • Svardal injured in waining minutes of match and will miss next game
  • Aigner makes two spectacular saves, and Svardal snags one
  • CAI fatigue: -
  • KIN fatigue: -
  • Referee: Iranzo

    Moscow and Rio play to wild 2-2 tie

    Goals: MOS: Springer (Swink, 45+); RIO: Wahuna (63); MOS: Chatterjee (87); RIO: Wahuna (Vous, 90+)
    Cards: RIO: Jude (Y, 18); MOS: Aceveda (R, 24); RIO: Ivey (Y, 36); RIO: Feiho (R, 42); RIO: Jude (R, 45); MOS: Motorola (Y, 45++); MOS: Motorola (R, 57)
    Injuries: MOS: Erikson (18); RIO: Zaal (24); RIO: Le Duc (57)

  • Wild game ends with only eighteen men on the pitch
  • Match starts with early injuries as Erikson is injured on tough challenge by Jude
  • Aceveda replaces Erikson and gets an ovation from the Moscow crowd; six minutes later he is ejected after pulling Zaal down jumping for a 50-50 ball
  • Before the end of the second half, both Feiho and Jude are thrown out for rough play; Jude's ejection leads to a scuffle between the teams
  • Swink finds Springer on the ensuing free kick to put Moscow up 1-0
  • After hitting the post on a penalty kick, Wahuna gets his own rebound and jukes past Gasem to socre into an open net and knot the game at 1-1
  • Playing for the suspended Moriarty, Motorola receives two yellow cards in just over 12 minutes, and even each club at 9 men
  • In the waining minutes, Chatterjee scores off of a rebound, and celebrates by running into the first rows of the crowd; fans go nuts!
  • Deep into stoppage time, Vous kicks a last ditch cross into the box, and somehow Wahuna beats Gasem to the ball and heads it past him to force a draw
  • Each keeper makes one spectacular save, as Yamamoto, playing for an injured Paz, has an excellent game
  • Erikson will miss next game with injury, while Zaal will miss one game and Le Duc the next two matches
  • RIO fatigue: Vous
  • MOS fatigue: Swink
  • Referee: Maldonado
  • Player of the Match: Wendell Swink
  • Attendance: 75%

    New York knotted with Prague, 1-1

    Goals: NYC: Labor, Jr. (Paid, 51); PRA: Own goal (78)
    Cards: NYC: Pilate (Y, 39); NYC: Capalik (Y, 60)
    Injuries: PRA: Cornell (39); PRA: Goldrich (60)

  • Frustrating tie as Capalik gives up own goal near end of match
  • Labor Jr. scores as Paid heads the ball across the face of the net and right to the striker
  • Match is a back and forth midfield slog
  • PRA fatigue: Goldrich, Gwara
  • NYC fatigue: Mir, Gatsby
  • Referee: Lin
  • Player of the Match: Donald Catapult
  • Attendance: 95%

    Southern Hemisphere shuts out Mexico City, 2-0

    Goals: SHU: Raab (Jones, 33); SHU: Tai (Ng, 39)
    Cards: MEX: Prince (Y, 18); SHU: Tai (Y, 48)
    Injuries: SHU: Arzoomanian (18); MEX: Kudi-Kuenda (48)

  • Southern Hemisphere wins a snoozer, but Mexico City feels that there were questionable calls
  • Hemis' defenders put two goals in as Mexico City concentrates on their forwards
  • Arzoomanian is injured, but is able to finish out the game
  • Tattersall makes spectacular save
  • SHU fatigue: Arzoomanian, Ng, Tai, Johy-Ohbowi
  • MEX fatigue: Kudi-Kuenda, Niane
  • Referee: Maneras

    Marseilles stellar against Sydney, 3-1

    Goals: MAR: Morales (36); MAR: Blanc (Bannon, 45); MAR: Dzambazyan (Sickle ,72); SYD: Swagger (Gist ,87)
    Cards: MAR: Kovacz (Y, 66); SYD: Polites (Y, 84); SYD: Greaves (Y, 90)
    Injuries: Claggart (15)

  • Marseilles overcomes a good game for Sydney as Marseilles has a stellar performance
  • Passatino starts for an injured Andreu
  • Dymbazayan scores a wild goal as his shot hits the post and knocks off the back of Passatino and into the goal
  • Passatino and Raczinski get one spectacular save each
  • SYD fatigue: -
  • KIN fatigue: Claggart, Sickle, Kovacz
  • Referee: Lin

    China shuts out Beneluxe, 2-0

    Goals: CHN: Cho (Tanseco, 60); CHN: Indio (Tualatin, 87)
    Cards: BEN: Eisenberg (Y, 6); BEN: De Ceuster (Y, 42); BEN: Longnecker (Y, 75); CHN: Bass (Y, 81)
    Injuries: BEI: Perez (42)

  • China bounces back with overwhelming performance
  • Perez injured during first game back from injury, but it is not as serious as first thought
  • Beneluxe's defense breaksdowns giving up goals and getting cards
  • Watanabe makes one spectacular saves, and Song snags one
  • CAI fatigue: Perez, Mnookinan
  • KIN fatigue: Aey, De Ceuster
  • Referee: Chochabambero

    WEEK SIX [TOP]

    Kingston stays undefeated with 2-1 win over Marseilles
    2007.12.26 Kingston, Jamaica--

    MARSEILLES [2-1-3]: Raczinski; Kovacz; Foutz; Thanh; Abbasi; Claggart; Laciel; Morsberger; Dzambazyan (Bannon, 72); Blanc; Meuwly
    KINGSTON [6-0-0]: Svardal; Loi; Saint-Marc; Ojukwu; Abouzeeni; Fitzgerald; Padilinho; Rio (Rosales, 72); Tlaplanco, Kolkalla, Voll

    Goals: KIN: Kolkalla (Rio, 3); MAR: Blanc (9); KIN: Kolkalla (Abouzeeni, 72)
    Bookings: KIN: Tlaplanco (Y, 54); MAR: Kovacz (Y, 72)
    Injuries: KIN: Rio (72)

  • Kingston win sixth straight
  • Kolkalla scores twice including game winner off of Abouzeeni free kick
  • Raczniski makes spectacular save
  • Back and forth game with almost exclusively attacking football
  • Rio, in first game back from injury, is hurt and will miss next game
  • MAR fatigue: Dzambazyan, Blanc
  • KIN fatigue: Loi, Fitzgerald
  • Player of the game: Maurice Kolkalla
  • Referee: Primus
  • Attendence: 90%

    Kuala Lumpur knocks off London, 4-1
    2007.12.28 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--

    LONDON [4-1-1]: Titus; Pica; Batista; Power; Windsor (Shaughnessy, 45); Adem; Tlili; Aiyer; Leclerqc; Uccello (Arrowback, 90); Zek (Estrellas, 90)
    KUALA LUMPUR [5-0-1]: Mousassou; Hasan (Angstrom, 90); Zembo (Lau, 45); Boomslang; Mazuo; Caldera; Goh; Supriadi; Samba; Gamboa; Lazaro

    Goals: KUA: Mazuo (Caldera, 36); KUA: Lazaro (45); KUA: Caldera (63); LON: Zek (72); KUA: Millet (Caldera, 81)
    Bookings: LON: Power (Y, 45); KUA: Lau (Y, 48); KUA: Lau (R, 66); KUA: Samba (Y, 87); KUA: Boomslang (Y, 90)
    Injuries: KUA: Zembo (45); LON: Shaughnessy (90

  • Kuala Lumpur bounces back with big win
  • Gamboa makes his debut
  • Mousassou makes huge spectacular save on Uccello penalty kick to keep game 2-0 in the 48'
  • KL keep control playing with only ten men after Lau is sent off
  • Caldera makes it 3-0 shooting into an open net after a Titus save
  • Zek scores on big run after counterattack
  • Mousassou and Titus record one spectacular save each
  • Zembo will miss next game with injury, while Shaughnessy will miss next two matches
  • LON fatigue: -
  • KUA fatigue: Lazaro, Boomslang
  • Player of the game: Clemente Caldera
  • Referee: Suprampto
  • Attendence: 90%

    New York blanks Vancouver, 3-0
    2007.12.28 Vancouver, Canada--

    NEW YORK [5-0-1]: Teetoaler; Aalto; Catapult (Clifton, 84); Rexroth (Pilate, 72); Capalik; Gatsby; Ammons; Belial; De Wilde; Zek; Labor, Jr.
    VANCOUVER [3-1-2]: Spatz; Langlois; Uribe; Oddson; Crow; Kennedy Gamba (Quander, 72); Selasse (Efros, 72); Sudoyo; Celestine; Infante

    Goals: NYC: Ammons (Belial, 15); NYC: Belial (Ammons, 18); NYC: Labor, Jr. (36)
    Bookings: VAN: Gamba (Y, 72)
    Injuries: -

  • New York dominates Vancouver
  • Belial and Ammons come together for two give-and-gos in three minutes to give New York 2-0 lead
  • Teetoaler makes spectacular save
  • Ammons gets strong fan support
  • NYC fatigue: Belial, Capalik
  • VAN fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: David Ammons
  • Referee: Lin
  • Attendence: 105%

    Beneluxe gets first win with 3-1 victory over the Hemis
    2007.12.28 Nairobi, Kenya--

    BENELUXE [1-2-3]: Watanabe; De Ceuster (Starr-Foss, 81); Eisenberg; Le Coq; Longnecker; Justice; Ribleaux; On'okoko; Rochus; De Rijter; Aey (Sky, 54)
    SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE [2-1-3]: Arzoomanian; Tai; Jones; Falcon; Raab (Psomiades, 45); Widjaja (Nezambadi, 72); Novosileska; Johy-Ohbowi; Ng; Keppinen; Barrette

    Goals: BEN: De Rijter (Rochus, 30); BEN: Longnecker (On'okoko, 33); BEN: Justice (72); SHU: Ng (Tai, 90+)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: -

  • Beneluxe gets first win in club history
  • Beneluxe scores twice in six minutes, and then forces Arzoomanian to make a spectacular save three minutes later
  • Justice scores from midfield as he catches Arzoomanian too far forward
  • BEN fatigue: -
  • SHU fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Christopher Rochus
  • Referee: Pegrarro
  • Attendence: 60%

    Week Six Wrapup
    Moscow blanks Cairo, 2-0

    Goals: MOS: London (Meija, 9); MOS: Erikson (Manzani, 66)
    Cards: MOS: Moriarty (R, 12); CAI: Zarate (Y, 33); MOS: Falkson (Y, 45); MOS: London (Y, 57)
    Injuries: CAI: Bella Bouba (12)

  • London puts in goal after Meija free kick
  • Moscow plays down a man for most of the game
  • Moriarty given red card and suspended one game for brutal tackle on Bella Bouba
  • Bella Bouba will miss next two games with knee injury
  • Gasen makes two spectacular saves, and Aigner snags one
  • MOS fatigue: Anjarasoa
  • BEN fatigue: Dimopolous, Vasquez
  • Referee: Roxton

    Tokyo blanks Prague, 1-0

    Goals: TOK: Mandrake (36)
    Cards: -
    Injuries: TOK: Chick (54); PRA: Otten (72)

  • Tokyo plays textbook defense as they shut down Prague's strikers
  • Mandrake scores after coming up with rebound
  • Otten will miss two matches with injury, while Chick will miss next game
  • Westerman makes three spectacular saves, and Savane snags one
  • PRA fatigue: Fisch
  • BEN fatigue: Paragon, Eighmey, Fukiwara, Savane
  • Referee: Lin

    Sydney wins first of year 2-1 over Rio

    Goals: SYD: Swagger (Mangonnet, 24); SYD: Lizarraga (Probey, 57); RIO: Wahuna (Ivey, 81)
    Cards: RIO: Le Duc (Y, 72)
    Injuries: SYD: Andreu (66); RIO: Paz (78)

  • Sydney plays a beautiful game, and Rio makes a valiant effort to make a comeback
  • Both teams have scares as their keepers suffer injuries, including Paz being knocked out after colliding with Jude
  • Paz makes three spectacular saves during match
  • Both keepers will miss next game with injuries
  • RIO fatigue: Feiho
  • SYD fatigue: Gist, Vikke
  • Referee: Maneras

    Mexico City gets first win 1-0, over China

    Goals: MEX: Sixte (30)
    Cards: CHN: Fabiano (Y, 30); CHN: Ming (Y, 48); MEX: Maarten (Y, 60); CHN: Cho (Y, 72)
    Injuries: -

  • Mexico City gets first win of the season
  • Sixte scores with long run through the middle of the China defense
  • China has many chances to score but can't finish
  • Song makes one spectacular save
  • MEX fatigue: Tothoc
  • CHN fatigue: Mardiniak, Cho
  • Referee: Maldonado

    WEEK FIVE [TOP]

    New York knocks off Sydney, 4-2
    2007.12.21 Sydney, Australia--

    NEW YORK [4-0-1]: Teetoaler; Aalto; Catapult (Tsui, 72); Rexroth; Capalik (Pilate, 57); Gatsby; Ammons; Belial; De Wilde; Zek; Labor, Jr. (Jeltz, 69)
    SYDNEY [0-1-4]: Andreu; Szabo; Probey (Achampang, 45); Gist; Greaves; Lai; Lizarraga; Vikke; Pokrovsky; Polites (Tzvik, 72) Morinaga (Affanadour, 66)

    Goals: NYC: Capalik (De Wilde, 9); SYD: Vikke (Pokrovsky, 51); NYC: Labor, Jr. (Zek, 66); NYC: Gatsby (Zek, 69); SYD: Affanadour (Szabo, 78); NYC: Ammons (De Wilde, 90)
    Bookings: SYD: Polites (Y, 36); SYD: Achampang (R, 63); SYD: Szabo, (Y, 78)
    Injuries: SYD: Lai (18); SYD: Vikke (45+); NYC: Tsui (78)

  • New York win fourth straight and score most goals in one game since season four vs. Marseilles
  • Capalik scores early off of long, soft arcing shot
  • Vikke equalizes as the shot deflects off a defender and into the goal
  • New York scores twice in three minutes to take a two goal lead; the first goal off a restart that Zek hit on the ground and under the wall to Labor, Jr, and the second on a shot by Gatsby that Andreu misplayed and let through
  • Teetoaler makes two spectacular saves
  • Tsui injured and will miss next game
  • NYC fatigue: -
  • SYD fatigue: Lai, Vikke, Pokrovsky, Andreu
  • Player of the game: August De Wilde
  • Referee: Maldonado
  • Attendence: 75%

    London dominates China, 3-1
    2007.12.21 Hong Kong, People's Republic of China--

    LONDON [4-1-0]: Titus; Batista; Pica; Power; Windsor (Shaughnessy, 45); Aiyer; Tlili; Jaatenmaki; Estrellas; Uccello (Arrowback, 84); Zek (Leclerqc, 84)
    GREATER CHINA [2-0-3]: Song; Ming; Cho; Tanseco; Mardiniak; Bass; Celine; Mnookian; Ponti (Kassa, 63); Indio; Perez (Tualatin, 3)

    Goals: LON: Uccello (Zek, 48); CHN: Indio (Tualatin, 60); LON: Uccello (Tlili, 66); LON: (own goal, 87)
    Bookings: LON: Windsor (Y, 3); CHN: Ponti (Y, 63)
    Injuries: CHN: Perez (3)

  • London remain undefeated with impressive victory on the road
  • Cho makes two defensive miscues: loosing his footing and slipping while defending Uccello which allowed the London striker to be in a one-on-one position with Song for the first goal; and commiting an own goal near the end of the match
  • Tlili strikes against his old squad by sending in a perfect free kick to Uccello on the second goal
  • Perez had to leave the game in the third minute with an injury, and will miss the next match
  • London's offense continues to be deadly off of counterattacks
  • LON fatigue: -
  • CHN fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: David Uccello
  • Referee: Capek
  • Attendence: 75%

    Tokyo wins third in a row over Moscow, 3-1
    2007.12.21 Tokyo, Japan--

    MOSCOW [1-2-2]: Gasem; Meija; Moriarty; Block; Anjarasoa (Nacy, 75); London; Swink; Bryson; Chatterjee; Erikson; Semanovich (Springer, 45)
    TOKYO [3-1-1]: Savane; Mandrake; Bajo; Shinjuku; Nano (Eighmey, 15); Chick; Ishikawa (Paramiades, 72); Kaufmann; Fukiwara (Dinh, 45); Raoul; Paragon

    Goals: TOK: Fukiwara (Mandrake, 12); MOS: Meija (27); TOK: Paragon (Dinh, 63); Paragon (72)
    Bookings: MOS: Bryson (Y, 9)
    Injuries: TOK: Nano (15)

  • Tokyo wins third game in a row after defeat against KL
  • First goal comes as Mandrake heads the ball off a free kick across the face of the net which is redirected into the other side of the goal by Fukiwara
  • Meija scores to equalizer after a shot by Semanovich is deflected to his foot
  • Paragon and Dinh make nifty passes on a counterattack break to score go ahead goal
  • Gasem makes one spectacular save in defeat
  • Nano breaks nose and will miss the next two games
  • MOS fatigue: Block, Bryson
  • CHN fatigue: Kaufmann
  • Player of the game: Don Paragon
  • Referee: Ohochbambero
  • Attendence: 75%

    Kingston tops KL in battle of undefeateds, 1-0
    2007.12.15 Kingston, Jamaica--

    KUALA LUMPUR [4-0-1]: Mousassou; Hasan; Zembo; Angstrom; Boomslang; Caldera; Rabbino; Goh; Supriadi; Hartono; Samba; Lazaro
    KINGSTON [5-0-0]: Svardal; Saint-Marc (Loi, 45); Savoia (Yeomans, 90); Ojukwu; Abouzeeni; Fitzgerald; Padilinho; Rosales; Tlaplanco, Kolkalla, Savitz

    Goals: KIN: Kolkalla (Abouzeeni, 45+)
    Bookings: KIN: Abouzeeni (Y, 69);
    Injuries: KIN: Savoia (90+)

  • Kingston and Kuala Lumpur play classic back and forth battle
  • Kolkalla socres after multiple counterattacks on final play of the first half
  • Mousassou makes two huge second half spectacular saves, one of which was a header by Tlaplanco that seemed to go over the goal line, but was hauled in by the KL keeper
  • Kinston midfield and back line stymie the KL attack
  • Mazuo was missing due to national team assignment
  • Savoia was injured in final minutes of the match and will miss the next game
  • Mousassou makes two spectacular saves in loss
  • KUA fatigue: Caldera
  • KIN fatigue: Savitz, Rosales
  • Player of the game: Chekwas Owujku
  • Referee: Nguyen
  • Attendence: 100%

    Week Five Wrapup
    Beneluxe gets second result with 2-2 tie versus Rio

    Goals: BEN: Longnecker (36); RIO: Jude (Le Duc, 45); BEN: Ribleaux (De Rijter, 63); RIO: Zaal (72)
    Cards: RIO: Wahuna (Y, 24)
    Injuries: RIO: Feiho (51); Le Coq (90)

  • Beneluxe gets second tie in a row with beautiful game
  • Rio complains of questionable calls throughout the game
  • Longnecker slots shot past Paz off of a rebound
  • Zaal hits the final equalizer off a defender and into goal
  • Paz makes three spectacular saves, and Watanabe snags one
  • Le Coq's injury is quickly treated and healed and he should be fit for next weeks match
  • RIO fatigue: Feiho, Vous, Le Duc
  • BEN fatigue: Uzul, Montag
  • Referee: Roxton

    Hemis shut out Prague, 2-0

    Goals: SHU: Psomiades (54); SHU: Johy-Ohbowi (Ng, 87)
    Cards: SHU: Tai (Y, 36); PRA: Mkapa (Y, 72)
    Injuries: SHU: Hanoharo (72)

  • So. Hemi. bounces back from loss to play textbook match
  • Prague struggles, but Gwara looks impressive in return from injury
  • Psomiades slots shot past Westerman off of a rebound
  • Hanoharo injured and will miss next match
  • Arzoomanian and Westerman each snag one spectacular save
  • Le Coq's injury is quickly treated and healed and he should be fit for next weeks match
  • PRA fatigue: Romanesu, Ota
  • BEN fatigue: Nezambadi
  • Referee: Roxton

    Whales get 3-1 over the Skeletons

    Goals: VAN: Selasse (Sudoyo, 21); VAN: Infante (39); VAN: Kennedy (Selasse, 72); MEX: Tovic (De Vries, 84)
    Cards: -
    Injuries: VAN: Argyle (24)

  • Vancouver plays a beautiful game to get impressive win
  • Midfield battle between two teams won by Vancouver
  • Infante's goal comes after amazing, mazy run
  • Argyle injured and will miss next match
  • Spatz gets two spectacular saves
  • MEX fatigue: -
  • VAN fatigue: -
  • Referee: Lin

    Marseilles shut out Cairo, 3-0

    Goals: MAR: Foutz (Sickle, 42); MAR: Blanc (Bannon, 66); MAR: Laciel (Kovacz, 81)
    Cards: MAR: Laciel (Y, 21)
    Injuries: MAR: Sickle (54)

  • Marseilles plays a textbook match
  • Cairo continues to remain winless as they put up a poor showing
  • Sickle injured and will miss the next three games
  • Aigner makes one spectacular save
  • MAR fatigue: Morales
  • CAI fatigue: -
  • Referee: Karadi

    WEEK FOUR [TOP]

    Vancouver tops Cairo with two late goals
    2007.11.29 Vancouver, Canada--

    CAIRO [0-1-3]: Aigner; Hock; Rocha; Van Es; Zarate (Mwangolo, 84); Pell; Chen; Dimopolous (Mambety, 84); Evangelista; Blazejewska; Bella Bouba (Biswas, 72)
    VANCOUVER [2-1-1]: Spatz; Crow; Matterhorn; Uribe (Pacheco, 84); Langlois; Kennedy (Quander, 66); Gamba; Selasse; Sudoyo; Argyle; Celestine (Infante, 24)

    Goals: CAI: Evangelista (24); VAN: (own goal, 84); VAN: Selasse (Argyle, 90)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: VAN: Celestine (24)

  • Vancouver ties game late on Rocha own goal, and then captures victory as Selasse scores after Argyle sets him up with nifty pass
  • Evangelista scores after a long run which finds daylight in the Vancouver defense
  • Spatz makes one spectacular save
  • Celestine will miss next game with twisted ankle
  • Cairo has late defensive breakdown and gives the game away
  • CAI fatigue: Van Es
  • VAN fatigue: Matterhorn, Gamba
  • Player of the game: Kip Selasse
  • Attendence: 90%

    Tokyo wins second straight, 1-0 over China
    2007.11.29 Tokyo, Japan--

    GREATER CHINA [2-0-2]: Song; Ming; Cho; Tanseco; Mardiniak; Bass; Ponti; Hee; Kassa (Zhao, 51); Indio; Perez (Tualatin, 84)
    TOKYO [2-1-1]: Savane; Mandrake; Bajo; Shinjuku (Eighmey, 63); Nano; Chick; Ishikawa; Kaufmann; Dinh; Raoul (Edy, 69); Paragon (Sesojane, 72)

    Goals: TOK: Paragon (Ishikawa, 18)
    Bookings: CHN: Cho (Y, 15); CHN: Mardniak (Y, 27); CHN: Indio (Y, 33); TOK: Bajo (Y, 60); CHN: Ming (Y, 78)
    Injuries: -

  • Tokyo plays their second straight beautiful game
  • China, outmatched by Tokyo's beautiful play, resort to rough stuff and stacvk up four yellow cards
  • Starter transfer rumors are in the air around China
  • Savane makes two spectacular saves in clean sheet
  • CHN fatigue: Hee
  • TOK fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Cheik Savane
  • Attendence: 95%

    Kingston rolls over Sydney, 3-0
    2007.11.29 Sydney, Australia--

    KINGSTON [4-0-0]: Svardal; Loi; Saint-Marc; Ojukwu; Abouzeeni; Fitzgerald; Padilinho; Rosales; Tlaplanco; Kolkalla; Voll (Savitz, 27)
    SYDNEY [0-1-3]: Andreu; Achampang; Probey; Gist; Greaves; Vikke; Mangonnet; Swagger; Pokrovsky; Morinaga; Tzvik

    Goals: KIN: Kokalla (Rosales, 42); KIN: Savitz (51); KIN: Fitzgerald (Rosales, 60)
    Bookings: SYD: Swagger (Y, 54); KIN: Ojukwu (Y, 72); SYD: Swagger (R, 75)
    Injuries: KIN: Voll (27)

  • Kingston stay undefeated with a stellar performance from Kolkalla and Rosales
  • Voll is injured after a hard tackle, and will miss the next game
  • Voll's substitute, Savitz, puts in a rebound in the victory
  • Sydney's strikers are frustrated by Kingston's solid back line
  • KIN fatigue: -
  • SYD fatigue: Mangonnet
  • Player of the game: Manuel Rosales
  • Attendence: 70%

    Injury riddled Prague ties Triomphe, 1-1
    2007.11.29 Prague, Czech Republic--

    MARSEILLES [1-1-2]: Raczinski; Abbasi; Kovacz; Rao (Blinzinger, 84); Foutz (Thanh, 54); Dymbazayan; Laciel; Morsberger; Bannon; Blanc; Sickle
    PRAGUE [1-2-1]: Westerman; Haz; Garcia; Ong; Adawi; Mkapa; Yakacik; Ota (Cornell, 51); Fisch; Goldrich; Lang

    Goals: PRA: Lang (Garcia, 66); MAR: Blanc (72)
    Bookings: PRA: Yakacik (Y, 18); MAR: Rao (Y, 48); MAR: Abbasi (Y, 54); PRA: Adawi (Y, 69); MAR: Abbasi (R, 75); PRA: Haz (Y, 81)
    Injuries: -

  • Playing without Gwara, Romanescu, and Otten, Prague makes a valiant effort to put in a goal and get a tie
  • Marseilles plays a beautiful, if rough, game, but can only find the back of the net once
  • Raczinski makes one spectacular save
  • MAR fatigue: Morsberger, Dymbazayan
  • PRA fatigue: Goldrich, Yakacik
  • Player of the game: Amani Mkapa
  • Attendence: 85%

    Zek scores twice as London rips Rio, 3-2
    2007.11.29 Rio de Janiero, Brasil--

    LONDON [3-1-0]: Titus; Batista; Pica; Power; Windsor (Shaughnessy, 45); Aiyer; Tlili (Jaatenmaki, 45); Adem; Leclerqc; Uccello (Estrellas, 84); Zek
    RIO [1-1-2]: Paz; Al-Zubi; Le Duc; Gatot; Feiho; Simoni; Vous (Sisiko, 84); Zaal (Galatacuesto, 45); Brekchova; Ivey; Wahuna

    Goals: RIO: Wahuna (PK, 36); LON: Zek (Jaatenmaki, 63); LON: Zek (Leclerqc, 66); LON: Uccello (Leclerqc, 84); RIO: Gatot (Feiho, 90)
    Bookings: RIO: Zaal (Y, 6); LON: Adem (Y, 36); RIO: Feiho (Y, 39)
    Injuries: -

  • Rio gets an early break as Wahuna converts penalty kick after Adem booking in penalty area
  • Paz makes two spectacular saves, including one against Zek in 30' and an Uccello penalty kick at 39', but the London offense is too much for him
  • Zek takes control of second half, as he scores off an amazing spin move at 63', and then wins possession off the kick off to start an attack that ends with him scoring after a pinpoint pass by Leclerqc
  • Rio takes another hard loss after their hot start
  • London sends a statement to the league that they are for real
  • LON fatigue: Adem, Leclerqc
  • RIO fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Donald Catapult
  • Attendence: 90%

    New York blanks Mexico City, 1-0
    2007.11.29 Brooklyn, New York--

    MEXICO CITY [0-1-3]: Tattersall; Marrequin; Salim; De Vries; Faruk; Kudi-Kuenda (Palcho, 45); Niane; Cuahoc (Kola, 45); Santiago; Tothoc (Zaaza, 30); Tovic
    NEW YORK [3-0-1]: Teetoaler; Aalto; Catapult; Rexroth; Capalik (Pilate, 60); Gatsby; Ammons; Mir; De Wilde (Trident, 60); Paid; Labor, Jr. (Zek, 84)

    Goals: NYC: Catapult (Aalto, 6)
    Bookings: NYC: Gatsby (Y, 30)
    Injuries: MEX: Tothoc (30)

  • New York gets great defensive performance from backline
  • Teetoaler makes spectacular save on nemesis Santiago in 48'
  • Gatsby hits the post twice; once on a penalty kick, and once on a shot near the end of the game
  • Mexico's backline shines in loss, as De Vries plays heroic defense
  • Tothoc injured after hard challenge by Gatsby, and will miss next game
  • MEX fatigue: Cuahoc, Santiago
  • NYC fatigue: Mir, Paid
  • Player of the game: Donald Catapult
  • Attendence: 100%


    Tri-Royals get first result against Moscow, 2-2
    2007.11.13 Bruxelles, Belgium--

    MOSCOW [1-2-1]: Gasem; Kristenberg; Moriarty (Block, 54); Meija; Anjarasoa; Swink; Kaspary; London; Chatterjee; Erikson (Springer, 75); Semanovich
    BENELUXE [0-1-2]: Watanabe; Longnecker; Eisenberg; Le Coq; Starr-Foss; Justice; Montag; Ribleaux; Rochus (Ouyang, 75); De Rijter (Yobo'o, 54); Sky (Aey, 78)

    Goals: MOS: (Own goal, 51); BEN: Starr-Foss (54); MOS: Erikson (Semanovich, 75); BEN: Yobo'o (PK, 84)
    Bookings: MOS: Swink (Y, 78); MOS: Swink (R, 84)
    Injuries: Sky (78)

  • Beneluxe comes back twice to tie game and get first point
  • Hardcase referee Piet Holsten gives Swink two cards in six minutes, including a red card for taking down Yobo'o in the penalty box
  • Erikson's goal came as Semnaovich feeded him the ball across the face of the net
  • Eisenberg put in Beneluxe's own goal
  • Sky's severe injury is mitigated by Beneluxe physio
  • Gasem and Watanabe net one spectacular save each
  • MOS fatigue: Kaspary, Kristenberg, London
  • BEN fatigue: Starr-Foss
  • Player of the game: Maurice Yobo'o
  • Attendence: 95%


    Frequency stay undefeated with 3-1 win over Hemis
    2007.11.13 Bruxelles, Belgium--

    KUALA LUMPUR [4-0-0]: Mosassou; Hasan; Zembo; Goh; Mazuo; Caldera; Rabbino; Millet; Supriadi; Lazaro; Samba (Hartono, 45)
    SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE [1-1-2]: Arzoomanian; Falcon; Raab; Tai (Psomiades, 42); Jones; Widjaja; Nezambadi; Johy-Ohbowi; Novosileska (Hanoharo, 57); Keppinen; Barrette

    Goals: KUA: Samba (Rabbino, 12); SHU: Barrette (Widjaja, 18); KUA: Mazuo (Millet, 24); KUA: Hartono (Lazaro, 54)
    Bookings: SHU: Tai (Y, 42); SHU: Raab (Y, 75)
    Injuries: -

  • Frequency put in excellent all around performance
  • Zembo leads counterattack on first goal, while a Caldera run leads to the third goal
  • Mousassou makes spectacular save in 63' on Keppinen to preserve lead
  • Hemis just can't find rhythm in match
  • Ng missing due to national team call up
  • KUA fatigue: -
  • SHU fatigue: Widjaja
  • Player of the game: Clemente Caldera
  • Attendence: 90%

    WEEK THREE [TOP]

    Tokyo bounces back against Cairo, 3-1
    2007.10.20 Cairo, Egypt--

    TOKYO [1-1-1]: Savane; Khunkitti; Bajo (Arkadiusz, 81); Shinjuku; Nano; Chick; Ishikawa (Sesojane, 87); Kaufmann; Fukiwara; Raoul; Paragon
    CAIRO [0-1-2]: Aigner; Hock; Rocha; Van Es; Zarate; Pell (Mwangolo, 60); Chen; Dimopolous (Mambety, 69); Evangelista (Suleiman, 52); Blazejewska; Tenny

    Goals: TOK: Chick (Paragon, 24); CAI: Evangelista (Tenny, 33); TOK: Raoul (Fukiwara, 63) TOK: (Own goal, 81)
    Bookings: CAI: Chen (Y, 42); CAI: Evangelista (Y, 48); CAI: Zarate (Y, 57); TOK: Fukiwara (R, 72)
    Injuries: -

  • Tokyo rebounds from 5-0 loss to play a beautiful game
  • Midfield battle won by Chick and Ishikawa
  • TOK fatigue: Khunkitti
  • MEX fatigue: -
  • Player of the game: Yoshi Ishikawa
  • Attendence: 80%


    Moscow and Mexico play to tough, 1-1 tie
    2007.10.20 Mexico City, Mexico--

    MOSCOW [1-1-1]: Gasem, Moriarty, Kristenbjerg, Meija, Anjarasoa; London; Swink (Kaspary, 69); Falkson; Chatterjee; Erikson; Springer
    MEXICO CITY [0-1-2]: Tattersall; Prince; Maarten; Kola (Rosza, 57); Cuahoc; Kudi-Kuenda (Palcho, 60); Niane (Faruk, 84); Sixte; Odoyo; Tovic; Tothoc

    Goals: MOS: (Own goal, 27); MEX: Tovic (Kola, 39)
    Bookings: MEX: Maarten (R, 24); MOS: Moriarty (Y, 42); MOS: Springer (Y, 51); MEX: Kola (Y, 54); MOS: Anjarasoa (Y, 78); MEX: Kudi-Kuenda (Y, 81)
    Injuries: -

  • Tough, physical game ends with tempers flaring on the field
  • Rolf Erikson has stellar game, but is unable to score
  • Gasem makes one spectacular save, while Tattersall makes three
  • MOS fatigue:
  • MEX fatigue: Odoyo
  • Player of the game: Rolf Erikson
  • Attendence: 85%


    Radio steal victory in Marseilles, 3-2
    2007.10.20 Marseilles, France--

    NEW YORK [2-0-1]: Teetoaler, Aalto, Catapult, Rexroth, Pilate (Capalik, 45); Gatsby; Ammons; Belial; De Wilde; Paid; Labor, Jr
    MARSEILLES [1-0-2]: Raczinski; Thanh (Abbasi, 21); Kovacz; Rao; Foutz; Claggart; Laciel; Morsberger; Bannon; Blanc; Sickle

    Goals: MAR: Blanc (Claggart, 9); NYC: Labor, Jr. (Belial, 24); MAR: Sickle (Laciel, 36); NYC: (Own goal, 48); NYC: Paid (Aalto, 90+)
    Bookings: NYC: Gatbsy (Y, 21); NYC: Belial (Y, 39); MAR: Sickle, (Y, 72)
    Injuries: MAR: Thanh (21)

  • Paid scores as regulation runs out on a diving header off of an Aalto cross
  • Blanc banged up during game, but plays full 90 minutes
  • Abbasi puts in own goal, but Marseilles argued play should have been waived off due to Paid being offsides during counterattack
  • Teetoaler and Raczinski both come up with a spectacular save
  • NYC fatigue: Belial
  • MAR fatigue: Blanc, Claggart
  • Player of the game: Ahmed Paid
  • Attendence: 95%

    Vancouver dominates Beneluxe, 3-0
    2007.11.1 Vancouver, Canada--

    VANCOUVER [1-1-1]: Spatz; Matterhorn; Oddson; Uribe (Pacheco, 63); Langlois; Kennedy; Tran; Selasse; Sudoyo (Efros, 57); Argyle; Hrdina
    BENELUXE [0-0-3]: Watanabe; Le Coq; Eisenberg; Starr-Foss (Longnecker, 72); De Ceuster; Kayongo; Ribleaux; Ouyang; On'okyo; Sky; Aey

    Goals: VAN: Argyle (Hrdina, 54); VAN: Argyle (Kennedy, 75); VAN: Oddson (87)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: -

  • Vancouver dominates Beneluxe on offense and defense
  • Argyle returns to the starting lineup, and scores a brace of goals
  • Oddson puts in the final goal off of a rebound
  • Liam Sky, subbing, makes mark on game with excellent performance
  • Spatz makes one spectacular save, while Watanabe makes one
  • VAN fatigue: Hrdina, Oddson
  • BEN fatigue: Aey, De Ceuster, On'okyo
  • Player of the game: Danny Argyle
  • Attendence: 90%

    Glory Boys edge the Horns, 3-2
    2007.11.1 Kingston, Jamaica--

    KINGSTON [3-0-0]: Svardal; Loi; Saint-Marc; Ojukwu; Abouzeeni; Fitzgerald (Escalet, 75); Padilinho (Brugger-Torres, 69); Rosales; Duane; ; Zek
    SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE [1-1-1]: Arzoomanian, Raab, Jones (Zhang, 78); Falcon, Tai, Widjaja; Nezambadi; Flood-Prudhomme; Ng (Novosileska, 81); Barrette; Hanoharo

    Goals: KIN: Kolkalla (Voll, 42); NAI: Tai (Raab, 54); NAI: Hanoharo (81); KIN: Kolkalla (Owjukwu, 87); KIN: (Own goal, 90)
    Bookings: NAI: Widjaja (Y, 78); NAI: Novosileska (Y, 84)
    Injuries: -

  • Falcon makes decesive mistake and puts in own goal near the end of regulation time
  • Kolkalla scores a brace of goals
  • A stellar performance by Owjukwu on offense and defense
  • SHU defense breaks down in the face of Kingston's offensive press
  • Arzoomanian makes spectacular save in loss
  • KIN fatigue: -
  • SHU fatigue: Widjaja, Novosileska
  • Player of the game: Silver Chekwas Ojukwu
  • Attendence 100%

    Defensive miscues plague Prague in 1-1 draw with London
    2007.11.1 Prague, Czech Republic--

    LONDON [2-1-0]: Titus; Windsor; Pica; Power; Shaughnessy (Caranzo, 45); Adem; Tlili; Aiyer; LeClerqe; Uccello; Zek
    PRAGUE [1-1-1]: Westerman; Haz; Garcia; Ong (Allegro, 45); Adawi; Mkapa; Dorne; Ota; Fisch; Goldrich; Gwara (Romanescu, 9; Lang, 39)

    Goals: LON: Uccello (Tlili, 42); PRA: Goldrich (Ota, 69)
    Bookings: LON: Adem (Y, 9); LON: Shaughnessy (Y, 39); PRA: Garcia (Y, 57)
    Injuries: PRA: Gwara (9); PRA: Romanescu (39)

  • London offense dominates and causes the Prague defense to give up three near own goals
  • Westerman makes spectacular saves of all three potential own goals
  • Uccello breaks into open field on counterattack and beats Westerman 1 on 1
  • Gwara injured in 9th minute, and will miss next game
  • Romanescu injured in 39th minute, and will also miss next game
  • LON fatigue: Uccello
  • BEN fatigue: Dorne
  • Player of the game: Casey Westerman
  • Attendence 100%

    Stars shine over Sydney, 2-0
    2007.11.1 Hong Kong, Republic of China--

    SYDNEY [0-1-2]: Andreu; Achampang; Probey; Gist; Greaves; Vikke; Lizarraga (Mangonnet, 90); Swagger; Pokrovsky; Polites (Affanadour, 21); Morinaga (Tzvik, 78)
    GREATER CHINA [2-0-1]: Fabiano; Cho; Tanseco; Mardiniak (Hee, 45); Bass; Ponti; Mnookian (Celine, 72); Kassa; Indio; Perez (Tualatin, 69)

    Goals: CHN: Ponti (Kassa, 42); CHN: TUalatin (Celine, 90+)
    Bookings: SYD: Affanadour (Y, 45); CHN: Fabiano (Y, 45+); CHN: Ponti (Y, 69); CHN: Tualatin (Y, 75)
    Injuries: SYD: Polites (21); SYD: Morinaga (45); SYD: Achampang (78)

  • Superior play by Greater China
  • Tanseco leads the attack bring the ball forward and on counterattacks
  • Tualatin scores on a desparate Sydney defense
  • Polites will miss next game with injury
  • Andreu makes spectacular save on Mnookian shot
  • SYD fatigue: Achampang, Morinaga, Andreu, Lizarraga
  • CHN fatigue: Fabiano, Mnookian
  • Player of the game: Eduardo Tanseco
  • Attendence 110%

    Frequency with tough victory over Rio, 1-0
    2007.10.10 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--

    RIO [1-1-1]: Yamamoto; Al-Zubi; Jude; Le Duc (Gatot, 45); Feiho; Brejchova; Vous; Zaal; Simoni; Jaarvinen; Wahuna
    KUALA LUMPUR [3-0-0]: Mousassou; Hasan; Boomslang; Zembo (Angstrom, 51); Mazuo; Caldera; San Cruz; Millet; Supriadi; Hartono; Samba;

    Goals: KUA: Hartono (Mazuo, 87)
    Bookings: -
    Injuries: -

  • Classic defensive battle
  • Mosassou makes four spectacular saves, including one robbing Frequency nemesis Ricky Wahuna twice and Jaarvinen in the 3rd minute
  • Filling in for Paz, Yamamoto makes two spectacular saves
  • Game sets record for most spectacular saves by a single keeper and most total in a single game
  • Hartono finally finds the back of the net with three minutes to go
  • RIO fatigue: Jaarvinen
  • KUA fatigue: San Cruz, Hartono
  • Player of the game: Theo Mosassou
  • Attendence 85%

    AROUND THE WORLD with Archie Daniels
    Beneluxe: Determined not to be pushed around by New York, Beneluxe's captain tried to set the tone with a hard challenge to Ricardo Reis in the opening minutes. Justice's elbow earned him a red card, and broke Reis' jaw. In a move seen by many Beneluxe players as retaliation, Olaf Aalto threw an elbow to keeper Kiyoshi Watanabe, which knocked Watanabe out of the game and will keep him out of the Tri-Royals next match. A war of words has ensued between the two coaches, and deep bad blood has been brewed between the two teams.

    Cairo: After a hard fought opener against Rio, Cairo was made to look foolish by the midfield dominance of Greater China and the skills of Eduardo Tanseco. They will have to rebound and shake off their bad morale if they want to get a result against Tokyo.

    Greater China: Greater China, however, is riding some high morale as their offense, which was so poor against Prague, came together to score three goals.

    Kingston: Rumors have been circulating around Kingston coach Sam August. After turning around the Glory Boys, it seems that both Beneluxe and Cairo have made offers to August.

    Kuala Lumpur: KL coach Ruiz, however, is staying put, as he has signed a new contract with the club. KL will try to keep their winning ways against Rio.

    London: Also staying put is Tom Whig, who has the Underground playing solid football and has lead them to a 2-0-0 start.

    Marseilles: After a 3-0 loss to SHU, coach LeBouef gave the team a day off from practice to rest and forget about that match. It seems to have paid off as the team seems more relaxed. In fact, Rene Foutz, who played a hard 90 minutes, has been pencilled into the starting lineup rather than benched due to fatigue.

    Mexico City: While London is off to a 2-0-0 start, Mexico City is playing to expectations, and has started 0-0-2. Their morale is low, and they need a result in their upcoming match.

    Moscow: After an opening day loss, Moscow looked like champions again, knocking off Prague with a late goal. All eyes will be on their match with Mexico City to see if they can recapture their dominant play.

    New York: The Radio rebounded from their loss against Kingston with a 2-0 win against Beneluxe. A tougher test will come against the Triomphe, a match that has been heavily hyped on both sides of the Atlantic. New York will bring a strong morale to the match.

    Prague: Coach Tomas Hupla has filed a formal complaint against the referee crew for Prague's match against Moscow, contending that Moscow striker Rolf Erickson was offsides when he scored the goal that put the Bears up, 3-2.

    Rio: With Tonio Paz fatigued from Rio's match against Mexico City, it seems Ichi Yamamoto will get the start, his first. Yamamoto is ready to show off his skills against the fierce Kuala Lumpur competition.

    SHU: The Unlimited come into their game against rival Kingston with high morale after their dominant performance against Marseilles.

    Sydney: It seems Navvie fans have taken rookie midfielder Sergei Pokrovsky to heart, and made him a fan favorite.

    Tokyo: In the wake of their 5-0 loss to Kuala Lumpur, the press has been unmerciful to the Pop players.

    Vancouver: With Diego Infante unlikely to play in their match against Beneluxe, Milos Hrdina has been training hard all week, and will be in peak form come game time.

    INTENSIVE CARE with Dr. Ravjid Singh
    Beneluxe: Montag and De Rijter are fatigued. Kwangware will miss match due to concussion sustained in week two. Justice will miss match due to red card suspension.

    Cairo: Bella Bouba is fatigued.

    Greater China: no fatigue.

    Kingston: Kolkalla, Tlaplanco, and Yeomans are fatigued. Rio will miss match due to ankle injury.

    Kuala Lumpur: Heady and Rabbino are fatigued.

    London: Batista is fatigued.

    Marseilles: Abbasi and Razcinski are fatigued.

    Mexico City: Kola, Santiago, and Sixte are fatigued. Salim will miss match due to red card suspension.

    Moscow: Semanovich and Swink are fatigued

    New York: Reis will miss match due to broken jaw.

    Prague: Otten will miss week three due to shoulder injury. Ong is fatigued.

    Rio: Paz and Sisiko are fatigued.

    Southern Hemisphere: Keppinen will miss week three due to ankle injury. Mondragon and Psomiades are fatigued.

    Sydney: Swagger is fatigued.

    Tokyo:

    Vancouver: Crow, Gamba, and Infante are fatigued.

    WEEK TWO [TOP]

    Radio top Tri-Royals, 2-0
    2007.8.9 The Hague, Netherlands--

    NEW YORK [1-0-1]: Teetoaler; Capalik; Catapult; Rexroth; Aalto (Tsui, 57); Gatsby; Ammons; Belial; Reis (De Wilde, 3); Paid; Labor, Jr. (Zek, 51)
    BENELUXE [0-0-2]: Watanabe (Kwangware, 57); LeCoq; Eisenberg; Starr-Foss (Longnecker, 66); De Ceuster; Justice; Ribleaux; Montag; On'okoko; De Rijter; Aey

    Goals: NYC: Gatsby (Paid, 45); NYC: De Wilde (Rexroth, 45+)
    Bookings: BEN: Justice (R, 3); NYC: Aalto (Y, 57)
    Injuries: NYC: Reis (3); BEN: Watanabe (57)

  • New York prevails in tense, physical contest
  • Rookie De Wilde shines as replacement for injured Reis
  • Justice hit Reis with elbow in opening minutes, and is sent off
  • Reis injured with broken jaw and will miss five games
  • Aalto and Watanabe collide during 50/50, and Watanabe suffers concussion
  • Each keeper records spectacular save
  • NYC fatigue: none
  • BEN fatigue: Montag, De Rijter
  • Player of the game: Tim Gatsby
  • Attendence 85%

    Moscow edges Prague, 3-2
    2007.8.9 Prague, Czech Republic--

    MOSCOW [1-0-1]: Gasem; Moriarty; Kastenbjerg; Meija (Lorriaux, 63); Anjarasoa (Nacy, 55); London; Swink; Falkson; Chatterjee (Manzani, 54); Erikson; Semanovich
    PRAGUE [1-0-1]: Westerman; Adawi; Haz; Garcia; Ong; Fisch; Mkapa; Ota; Cornell; Gwara; Goldrich (Romanescu, 70)

    Goals: PRA: Gwara (27); MOS: Erickson (54); PRA: Gwara (Goldrich, 57); MOS: Meija (60) MOS: Erickson (Semanovich, 78)
    Bookings: MOS: Anjarasoa (Y, 52); MOS: Moriarty (Y, 57)
    Injuries: -

  • Gwara nets first goal with a chip shot after a faked pass
  • Erickson knots game at one after putting in a rebound
  • Gwara puts Prague back in the lead with an amazing goal after back and forth passing in the box with Goldrich
  • Meija ties game after deflected pass falls at his feet 10 yards out
  • Westerman makes one spectacular save in loss, while Gasem records one
  • Erickson puts in an amazing game winning goal, as Semanovich heads a cross across the goal to Erickson
  • Final Erickson goal controversial, as Prague contends he was offsides
  • Prague forwards given few chances by the solid Moscow defense, but score on their rare chances
  • Westerman comes up with two spectacular saves in loss
  • Otten misses game due to shoulder injury
  • MOS Fatigue: Semanovich, Swink
  • PRA Fatigue: Ong
  • Player of the game: Rolf Erickson
  • Attendence: 90%

    Rio shutout Mexico, 2-0
    2007.8.9 Rio de Janiero, Brasil--

    MEXICO CITY [0-0-2]: Tattersall; Salim; Maarten; Kola; Cuahoc; Palcho (Faruk, 60); Niane; Sixte; Santiago; Tothoc; Tovic (Odoyo, 57)
    RIO [1-1-0]: Paz; Al-Zubi; Jude; Feiho; Gatot (Le Duc); Brejchova; Vous (Ya'kov); Zaal; Sisiko; Simoni; Wahuna

    Goals: RIO: Wahuna (Jude, 57); RIO: Brejchova (Zaal, 90)
    Bookings: MEX: Salim (R, 60); RIO: Sisiko (Y, 75); RIO: Al-Zubi (Y, 90+)
    Injuries: Kola (75)

  • Ricky Wahuna scores in Rio debut
  • Rio offense surges while Ivey sits out with fatigue and Jaarvinen with a red card
  • Paz makes three spectacular saves, while Tattersall snags two
  • Paz records his second clean sheet
  • MEX fatigue: Kola, Sixte, Santiago
  • RIO fatigue: Paz, Sisiko
  • Player of the game: Corazon Feiho
  • Attendence 70%

    Hemis get unlimited win against Marseilles, 3-0
    2007.8.9 Narobi, Kenya--

    MARSEILLES [1-0-1]: Raczinski; Abbasi; Foutz; Rao; Kovacz (Blinzinger, 66); Claggart; Laciel; Morsberger (Bannon, 84); Morales; Blanc (Aspelling, 81); Sickle
    SHU [1-1-0]: Arzoomanian; Raab; Psomiades; Falcon; Tai; Widjaja; Nezambadi; Mondragon; Ng; Redcloud (Oot, 72); Hanoharo

    Goals: SHU: Ng (PK, 36); SHU: Redcloud (69); SHU: Hanoharo (Widjaja, 78)
    Bookings: Widjaja (Y, 42)
    Injuries: -

  • Southern Hemisphere routs Marseilles
  • Marseilles commits stupid fouls trying to keep up with SHU's rough style of play
  • Raczsinski makes one spectacular save
  • Redcloud scores goal off of rebounded shot
  • Hanoharo scores goal off of an amazing clearance which she one times into the upper right corner of the net
  • Keppinen misses game with injured ankle, while Barrette and Nezambadi are fatigued
  • MAR Fatigue: Razcinski, Abbasi
  • SHU Fatigue: Psomiades, Mondragon
  • Player of the game: Thethuthinnang Ng
  • Attendence: 90%

    London comes from behind against Sydney, 2-1
    2007.8.9 Syndey, Australia--

    LONDON [2-0-0]: Titus; Batista; Windsor; Power; Shaughnessy; Aiyer; Tlili; Adem (Jaatenmaki, 81); LeClerqc (Estrellas, 66); Uccello; Zek
    SYDNEY [0-1-1]: Andreu; Szabo (Achampang, 84); Probey; Gist; Greaves; Lai; Lizarraga; Swagger; Pokrovsky; Polites; Morinaga

    Goals: SYD: Morinaga (Polites, 69); LON: Estrellas (Windsor, 81); LON: Estrellas (Aiyer, 90+)
    Bookings: SYD: Pokrovsky (Y, 33); SYD: Gist (Y, 42); LON: Uccello (Y, 52); LON: Power (Y, 72); SYD: Greaves (Y, 81); SYD: Probey (Y, 87)
    Injuries: -

  • London makes huge comeback late in game with beautiful plays
  • Questionable calls dominate game, as referee hands out cards without hesitation
  • Titus makes two spectacular saves, while Andreu makes one
  • LON fatigue: Batista
  • SYD fatigue: Swagger
  • Player of the game: Nacho Estrellas
  • Attendence: 85%

    Frequency silence the Pop, 5-0
    2007.8.9 Tokyo, Japan--

    KUALA LUMPUR [2-0-0]: Mousassou; Hasan; Boomslang; Zembo; Mazuo (Angstrom, 45); Caldera; Rabbino; Lau (Goh, 45); Supriadi; Samba; Heady
    TOKYO [0-1-1]: Savane; Mandrake; Bajo; Shinjuku; Nano; Sesojane; Ishikawa; Kaufmann; Fukiwara; Raoul (Dinh, 72); Paragon

    Goals: KUA: Samba (FK, 9); KUA: Heady (Hasan, 30); KUA: Heady (Hasan, 51); KUA: Samba (Goh, 63); KUA: (own goal, 81)
    Bookings: KUA: Lau (Y, 12); KUA: Mazuo (Y, 45+); TOK: Mandrake (R, 57); KUA: Samba (Y, 66)
    Injuries: -

  • Kuala Lumpur dominates Tokyo in sold out Fukiwara Dome
  • Hasan and Heady combine for goals on two precise counterattacks
  • Mousassou gets two spectacular saves, and Savane gets one
  • Kuala Lumpur jump to number one in Interfoot with +6 goal differential
  • Player of the game: Rudy Samba
  • Attendence 110%

    Kingston beaches the Whales, 4-2
    2007.8.9 Vancouver, British Columbia--

    KINGSTON [2-0-0]: Svardal; Yeomans; Saint-Marc; Ojukwu; Abouzeeni; Fitzgerald; Padilinho; Rio (Rosales, 69); Tlaplanco; Kolkalla; Voll (Savitz, 69)
    VANCOUVER [0-1-1]: Spatz; Crow; Oddson; Uribe; Langlois (Matterhorn, 45); Kennedy; Gamba; Selasse; Sudoyo; Celestine (Hrdina, 57); Infante

    Goals: VAN: Infante (3); VAN: Infante (Gamba, 6); KIN: (own goal, 18); KIN: Voll (Kolkalla, 21); KIN: Voll (36); KIN: Voll (Tlaplanco, 57)
    Bookings: VAN: Celestine (Y, 45+); VAN: Matterhorn (Y, 69)
    Injuries: KIN: Rio (69)

  • Vancouver jumps out to strong start with two early goals, but Kingston comes back with four unanswered goals
  • Voll nets hat trick
  • Rio injures ankle and will miss four games
  • teams trade counterattack after counterattack for four minutes
  • Svardal has two spectacular saves, and Spatz grabs one
  • KIN fatigue: Yeomans, Tlaplanco, Kolkalla
  • VAN fatigue: Crow, Infante, Gamba
  • Player of the game: Hendrik Voll
  • Attendence: 95%

    Stars roll against the Dynasty, 3-1
    2007.8.9 Cairo, Egypt--

    GREATER ORIENTAL ALL-STARS [1-0-1]: Song; Ming; Cho; Tanseco; Mardiniak; Bass (Celine, 87); Ponti; Mnookian (Hee, 72); Kassa; Indio; Perez
    CAIRO [0-1-1]: Aigner; Hock; Rocha; Van Es; Zarate; Pell; Chen; Dimopolous (Mambety, 75); Evangelista (Suleiman, 52); Blazejewska; Bella Bouba

    Goals: BEI: Mnookian (Perez, 18); BEI: Indio (Mnookian, 27); CAI: Bella Bouba (Dimopolous, 69); BEI: Perez (Mardiniak, 87)
    Bookings: BEI: Ming (Y, 36); CAI: Zarate (Y, 66) CAI: Blazejewska (Y, 78)
    Injuries: -

  • Indio scores on amazing diving header after Mnookian cross
  • Midfield battle won by Beijing's superior midfielders and the play of Tanseco out of the back
  • Song makes two spectacular saves
  • CAI fatigue: Bella Bouba
  • BEI: no fatigue
  • Player of the game: Eduardo Tanseco
  • Attendence: 80%

    AROUND THE WORLD with Archie Daniels
    Beneluxe: After only one game in the league, the Tri-Royals have lodged a formal complaint against refree Piet Halston for a controversial call in their match versus Marseilles. Down 1-0, Beneluxe's wall sucessfully blocked Welthey Morsberger's free kick, but Halston ruled that the Tri-Royal wall was too close to the kicker, and call a foul. This resulted in Morsberger faking a second attempt, and Francois Laciel bending his kick around the right side of the wall, and into the back of the net to put the Triomphe up 2-0. Marseilles would go on to win, 2-1.

    Cairo: Dynasty captain Apollo Chen had choice words for Corazo Feiho and his club during a post-game press conference. In a game that included five injuries and two red cards-- including Maarti Jaarvinen's straight red only three minutes in-- Chen accussed Rio of being out to hurt other players, and told the Carnavale to "buy a lot of cold spray" if the two clubs play again.

    Greater China: After a slow start to the season, transfer rumors are already swirling around the All-Stars. Mainstays Michelangelo Ponti and Leonid Mardinak are rumored to have been offered to other teams in exchange for a defensive replacement.

    Kingston: After smothering the New York offense in a 1-0 shutout, Kingston's defense is feeling confident even though they will miss top defender Bruno Savoia due to injury. Rene Saint-Marc has looked sharp in practice and looks to be in top form for their match versus Vancouver.

    Kuala Lumpur: The Frequency took a step towards dispelling the disappointment of the previous season with an emotional victory over the Internationale. Spirits are running high, as reported by Arawat Ngamsan in his cover story on KL in the new issue of Pacific Beat magazine. Mr. Ngamsan's article profiles promoted keeper Theo Mossasu and discusses Coach Ruiz's success at rallying his team's morale.

    London: While London held on to bury the Skeletons 2-1, David Uccello was less than pleased with his performance. The star striker was unable to break free of his markers, and seemed a bit sluggish on his runs. Mr. Uccello will try to break out of his slumping start during London's upcoming clash with Sydney.

    Marseilles: Always a model of solid, technical footballing, Marseilles showed upstart Beneluxe how the game is played. In fact, the Marseilles starters hadn't played together for quite some time due to last season's plague of injury. Look for Marseilles' players to enjoy each other's company on the pitch as they look to have another good game versus the Souther Hemisphere Unlimited.

    Mexico City: While Mexico City's rowdy fans have always been behind homegrown product Sancho Tothoc, it seemed like there was a chill in the air towards the forward in the Skeletons opener against London. The fans did seem to appreciate the play of Idrissa Kola, however. With Coach Dowell stressing defense this year, maybe the supporter's got the memo.

    Moscow: The opening day loss by the champions has some players pointing fingers at their mates. Faly Anjarasoa got the promotion from sub to starter over Victor Manzani, and Manzani said in an interview that he felt it was Anjarasoa's inability to control the middle of the pitch that led to the Moscow loss. Coach Berg will have a tough decision about what to do with this disgruntled player.

    Nairobi: After a grueling 2-2 tie against Sydney, defender Venus Jones was seen barely being able to make it off the pitch. How much gas does this 30 year old still have? Rumors have been swirling that a retirement announcement might be in the works. She did just buy a house in Soweto, so maybe its on her mind too?

    New York: Another year, another 1-0 loss on opening day for the Radio. The team looked a bit down and out during their warm ups the day after their Kingston loss, and need to shrug off their bad morale before they face Beneluxe.

    Prague: Did he celebrate too much? After a great team performance by Prague, players were bound to be exhausted, but it seems that Julio Allegro was worn out after the post game festivities. He is listed as only a probable starter for their match versus Moscow.

    Tokyo: While he has yet to step on an Interfoot pitch, a lot of people around the Pop are talking about midfielder Thaband Sesojane. Coach Sevenhowes seems very impressed with his fitness, and many Pop practices are punctuated by displays of Thaband's hot diribbling skills. Word is Sesojane will make his debut for Tokyo's tussle with Kuala Lumpur.

    Vancouver: Perennial bridesmaids, the Whales are looking to win it all this season. However Kingston, coming off a strong season and a great beginning to this year, are poised for a run at the playoffs themselves. With Vancouver coming off an epic 2-2 tie with SHU, this game is shaping up to be a classic.

    WEEK ONE [TOP]

    Benelux falls short in debut, 2-1
    2007.8.9 The Hague, Netherlands--

    MARSEILLES [1-0-0]: Raczinski; Abbasi; Foutz; Rao; Kovacz; Claggart; Laciel (Bannon, 75); Morsberger (Dzambazayan, 75); Morales; Blanc; Sickle
    BENELUXE [0-0-1]: Watanabe; De Ceuster; Eisenberg; Starr-Foss (LeCoq, 45); Longnecker; Justice; Ribleaux; Montag; On'okoko; De Rijter (sky, 75); Aey

    Goals: MAR: Laciel (Morales, 21); MAR: Laciel (FK, 24); BEN: Aey (De Ceuster, 81)
    Bookings: BEN: Longnecker (Y, 6)
    Injuries: -

  • Beneluxe makes Interfoot debut
  • Beneluxe defense concentrates on Blanc and Sickle, but allows Marseilles midfield to dominate
  • Laciel scores twice, including a spectacular free kick
  • Raczinski makes spectacular save in the first half
  • Player of the game: Francios Laciel
  • Attendence: 110%

    London outlasts Mexico City, 2-1
    2007.8.9 Mexico City, Mexico--

    LONDON [1-0-0]: Titus; Batista; Pica; Power; Shaughnessy (Windsor, 45); Aiyer; Tlili; Jaatenmaki; LeClerqc (Estrellas, 60); Uccello; Zek
    MEXICO CITY [0-0-1]: Tattersall; De Vries; Maarten; Kola (Salim, 60); Faruk; Kudi-Kuenda (Cuahoc, 24); Niane; Sixte; Santiago (Odoyo, 45); Tothoc; Tovic

    Goals: LON: Tlili (51); LON: LeClerqc (Windsor, 60); MEX: Salim (Tothoc, 72)
    Bookings: MEX: Kola (Y, 6); LON: Pica (R, 24); MEX: De Vries (R, 36); LON: Windsor (Y, 54); LON: Aiyer (Y, 66)
    Injuries: LON: Leclerqc (6; 36); MEX: KUdi-Kuenda (24); LON: Tlili (51)

  • Referee unable to control game which leads to two red cards and many fouls
  • Kudi-Kuena is injured and will miss next game, while Tlili suffers minor injury
  • LeClerqc needs medical attention twice for minor injuries, but stays in the game to score an amazing goal off of a Windsor cross
  • Mexico City rallies after Leclerqc goal, but can only score once
  • Titus makes a spectacular save in the 82 minute to preserve the London victory
  • Player of the match: Anthony-Michael Titus
  • Attendence: 100%

    Kuala Lumpur beats champion Moscow, 2-1
    2007.8.11 Moscow, Russia--

    KUALA LUMPUR [1-0-0]: Mousassou; Hasan (Angstrom, 81); Zembo; Boomslang; Mazuo (Goh, 66); Caldera; Rabbino; Millet; Supriadi; Samba (Heady, 66); Hartono
    MOSCOW [0-0-1]: Gasem; Moriarty; Kastenbjerg (Block, 81); Meija; Anjarasoa; London; Swink; Falkson; Chatterjee; Erikson; Semanovich (Springer, 66)

    Goals: MOS: Falkson (Swink, 54); KUA: Rabbino (Supriadi, 66); KUA: Caldera (Hartono, 81)
    Bookings: KUA: Millet (R, 15); KUA: Rabbino (Y, 84)
    Injuries: -

  • Mousassou and Gasem put on a show, combining for four spectacular saves
  • Millet given straight red card for tackling Falkson in the penalty area; but Mousassou blocks Erickson's penalty kick
  • Rabbino and Falkson score in their first match for their respective teams
  • Moscow given championship rings and championship banner raised to the rafters
  • Player of the match: Yanto Supriadi
  • Attendence 110%

    Kingston aces New York, 1-0
    2007.8.11 Brooklyn, New York--

    KINGSTON [1-0-0]: Svardal; Vinh Loi; Savoia (Saint-Marc, 33); Ojukwu; Abouzeeni; Fitzgerald (Brugger-Torres, 57); Padilinho; Rosales; Tlaplanco; Kolkalla (Savitz, 69); Voll
    NEW YORK [0-0-1]: Teetoaler; Aalto; Catapult; Rexroth; Capalik (Pilate, 45); Gatsby; Ammons; Belial; Reis; Paid (Zek); Labor, Jr.

    Goals: KIN: Abouzeeni (Rosales, 21)
    Bookings: NYC: Belial (Y, 33)
    Injuries: Savoia (33)

  • New York dominates possession, but Kingston defense contains the Radio attack
  • Teetoaler robs Voll with a spectacular save at 27'
  • Savioa injures his ankle and is out for 2 games
  • Player of the match: Ojukwu
  • Attendence 105%

    Gwara scores twice as Prague roll over Oriental All-Stars 3-0
    2007.8.11 Prague, Czech Republic--

    GREATER ORIENTAL ALL-STARS [0-0-1]: Song; Ming; Cho (Fabiano, 87); Tanseco; Mardiniak; Bass; Ponti (Celine, 45); Mnookian; Kassa; Indio; Perez (Tualatin, 75)
    PRAGUE [1-0-0]: Westerman; Adawi; Allegro; Garcia; Ong (Haz, 45); Fisch; Mkapa (Cornell, 60); Ota; Otten; Gwara (Romanescu, 75); Goldrich

    Goals: PRA: Gwara (60, Allegro); PRA: Gwara (69); PRA: Cornell (Otten, 84)
    Bookings: GOA: Cho (Y, 87)
    Injuries: Otten (87)

  • Gwara too much for Oriental All-Star defense
  • Prague defense comes together and shuts down dangerous Beijing attack
  • Otten separates shoulder and will miss next four games
  • Player of the match: Moises Gwara
  • Attendence 70%

    Sydney and Tokyo play to thrilling 2-2 draw
    2007.9.1 Sydney, Australia--

    TOKYO [0-1-0]: Savane; Mandrake; Bajo; Shinjuku (Khunkitti, 48); Nano; Chick; Ishikawa; Kaufmann; Fukiwara (Dinh, 72); Raoul; Paragon
    SYDNEY [0-1-0]: Andreu; Szabo; Probey; Gist; Greaves; Lai (Vikke, 45); Lizarraga; Swagger; Pokrovsky; Polites; Morinaga

    Goals: TOK: Ishikawa (18, Bajo); SYD: Swagger (27); TOK: Paragon (Raoul, 42); SYD: Polites (48)
    Bookings: TOK: Shinjuku (Y, 45)
    Injuries: -

  • Back and forth game with both teams playing excellent football
  • Swagger scores after a deflected Polites shot lands at his feet
  • Paragon and Raoul with nifty teamwork on counterattack to create a goal
  • Polites makes a long run to get in a position to beat Savane on second goal
  • Andreu and Savane combine for three spectacular saves, including each keeper saving a potential own goal
  • Counterattacks dominate, including a string of six counterattacks
  • Player of the Match: Al Andreu
  • Attendance 105%

    More broken bodies than goals as Rio and Cairo draw
    2007.9.4 Rio de Janiero, Brasil--

    CAIRO [0-1-0]: Aigner; Parra; Vasquez; Van Es (Rocha, 69); Zarate; Pell (Hock, 45); Chen; Dimopolous (Olsen, 69); Evangelista; Blazejewska; Bella Bouba
    RIO [0-1-0]: Paz; Al-Zubi; Gatot; Le Duc (Galatacuesto, 69); Feiho; Brejchova; Vous (Jude, 45); Zaal; Simoni; Ivey (Acar, 90); Jaarvinen

    Goals: -
    Bookings: RIO: Jaarvinen (R, 3); CAI: Parra (Y, 63); RIO: Le Duc (Y, 69); CAI: Parra (R, 81); RIO: Ivey (Y, 90)
    Injuries: CAI: Dimopolous (3); RIO: Le Duc (63); CAI: Vasquez (69); RIO: Ivey (81); CAI: Olsen (90)

  • With both teams jawing before the game, the match starts ugly with Jaarvinen being thrown off for a tough tackle and shove to Dimopolous
  • Dirty game with multiple injuries and cards
  • Parra given red card after a hard tackle on Ivey
  • Parra will face suspension for his retaliation
  • Javier Vasquez sustains bruises that will keep him out of next match, as does Niels Olsen
  • Chen gets three chances at free kicks and hits three nice shots but to no avail
  • Paz makes big saves including a spectacular save on a Chen FK
  • Player of the Match: Tonio Paz
  • Attendance 65%

    Vancouver and SHU with tough tie, 2-2
    2007.9.4 Nairobi, Kenya--

    VANCOUVER [0-1-0]: Spatz; Crow; Langlois (Matterhorn, 45); Uribe; Oddson; Kennedy; Gamba; Selasse; Sudoyo; Argyle (Celestine, 87); Infante
    SHU [0-1-0]: Arzoomanian; Raab; Jones; Falcon; Tai; Widjaja; Nezambadi; Jowy-Ohbowi (Flood-Prudhomme, 87); Ng; Barrette; Keppinen (Hanoharo, 33)

    Goals: NAI: Ng (Jowy-Ohbowi, 6); NAI: Nezambadi (Jowy-Ohbowi, 21); VAN: Sudoyo (Gamba, 30); VAN: Oddson (Selasse, 45+)
    Bookings: VAN: Sudoyo (warning, 3); VAN: Gamba (Y, 33); VAN: Langlois (Y, 45); NAI: Ng (Y, 87)
    Injuries: NAI: Keppinen (33); VAN: Argyle (87)

  • Top shelf football played by both squads
  • Jowy-Ohbowi's kick restart in the 6th minute catches Vancouver by surprise and allows Ng to get open for the goal
  • Arzoomanian and Spatz trade spectacular saves in the opening minutes
  • After Spatz makes a spectacular save on a Hanoharo shot in extra time, Selasse finds Oddson open and Oddson's one-timer knots the game at 2-2
  • Keppinen rolls over on her ankle and will miss two games
  • Argyle sustains shoulder injury which will keep him out of next game
  • Blaine Kennedy makes his Whales debut
  • Player of the Match: Josef Spatz
  • Attendance 95%

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