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GoldenEagle

11-10-2003, 11:13 PM

Golden Eagles FC management beginning to feel pressure

After a disappointing third place finish in V.167, the Golden Eagles FC are expected to feel the pressure from their supporters to win league honors this season. The third place finish was the second straight for the Golden Eagles FC, which finish third in their inaugural season (Hattrick season 19). Last season, despite consistently putting up a NSI rating in the area of 65, the team sluggishly finished behind LA Scullkickers and Dead Rabbits FC. It was obvious that the Eagles out performed these teams, but still seemed snake bitten all year long. “We had some bad luck all year long,” team owner Tim Brice said. Brice pointed to an instance in the first game of the season, where his team lost at home by two goals despite posting a 12 point NSI difference. “That kind of kick started the whole season in the wrong direction. I would be upset to see that happen again.” Brice’s team got some revenge by pounding that same Deutsch Fire FC team, 4-1, in the last game of the season. “That is how we have to play all year long. We can take no mercy on teams. We can not take any games off. The bar is high this year,” remarked Brice.

The supporting club of the team, the Golden Nation, seems to agree with Brice. At a booster meeting, it was made clear that anything less of auto promotion would be unsatisfactory. The club now boosts 1,057 supporters strong. Questions were asked about how the club would get there. Brice attended the meeting and did his best to answer the questions imposed. Brice said changes were on the way to assure that the team would be able to compete for the league title. He made it clear, however, that long terms goals would not be sacrificed for short term gains.

Speculation has begun about what changes will be made to the club side. With the sale of wingback Stefan Silverman imminent, it is clear that changes will in fact be made. The hot rumor going around is that coach Howie Mccllealand is on his way out. If this is true, then the team would most likely replace the passable trainer with a solid trainer. Other rumors are circulating that star defender Jose Luis Larragoitti could be sold within the next couple of weeks. “I would be sad to see Jose go, but I know team management would be selling him just to improve the team in other areas,” one anonymous supporter was quoted. “As far as the coaching situation goes, I think the current guy has done a good job but it is time for a change so that we can get to the next level.” Most supporters agree with this assessment.

The Golden Eagles FC are expected to face a stern challenge for glory from Dead Rabbits FC, who finished second place last year. The Rabbits are lead by 18 year old winger Danny Johnson and Erik Berg. Most predictions point to these two franchises battling out for the league title. ”They (Dead Rabbits FC) are tough. I expect them to keep getting better as the season goes along. It will be a challenge for us to beat them,” Brice said. Supporters are making it clear that they expect that battle to be won.

Author’s note: This is the third installment of the Golden Eagles FC. Unfortunately, the second installment is incomplete. However, if you review the first (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7375&highlight=Golden+Eagles) and second (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11570&highlight=golden+eagles) installments, as well as checking out my Hattrick history page, you should get a rough idea of the history of the club. I hope to update this as much as the first and I have a feeling I will be able too. I would also like to thank saintjo, as the lone supporter of my club.

GoldenEagle

11-11-2003, 07:19 PM

Previewing V.167

In order to completely understand the Golden Eagles FC, you need to know how stiff of a competition we will face in the league. The division we are in is not a particularly tough division but it has some opponents who can put up a formidable challenge. In my opinion, two teams will really pull away with this thing. I will touch on that more in a minute. Anyway, on with the predictions…

Predicted order of finish:

1. Golden Eagles FC - I know I am a bit biased, but I think we have the best shot at winning the league title (correct me if I am wrong). We have the best midfield in the league by three or four levels. We are easily capable of putting up solid and with the winger I am looking to buy, we should be able to put up an excellent. Our defense is by far the best league even if we are ‘retooling’ it. The attack is not the best, but ranks top three and should be good enough to get us by. Our schedule also plays I our favor, seeing the other top two teams in week one and three and being able to PIC every game in-between. Predicted NSI: 74

2. Dead Rabbits FC - This is a team owned by a fellow FOFCer who knows exactly what he is doing. They finished second last season. He trains wingers and has a whole slew of talented young wingers. This makes his attack ratings very daunting and I suspect they will be better by at least two levels by the latter part of the season. The midfield for this team usually posts about an inadequate. His defense is average. I really do not want to get into to much strategy on this team, since the owner is lurking on the boards. Predicted NSI: 58

3. Deutsch Fire FC - I consider this team the red headed step child of V.167. They have been in the division forever and have went no where and this year will be no exception. They do not have the financial backing (as of right now) or training program (trains general) to compete with the top two teams. The poor to weak midfield simply does not cut it. The team has perhaps the best attack in the league but it is not enough. The defense is about average and similar to Dead Rabbits FC. This team still scares me though, as they are prone to cause an upset. Predicted NSI: 57

4. Penguins and Polar Bears - With a team name like Penguins and Polar Bears, you would think one could take this team lightly. That is not entirely true. This team earned big draws with Dead Rabbits FC and Deutsch Fire FC in the latter part of the season last year. It is owned by an active owner who has a decent grasp of Hattrick. They put up a weak midfield and the second best defensive ratings in the league. His attack is usually inadequate all the way across. Predicted NSI: 50

5. GoTeam - GoTeam is new V.167 after winning their series title in VI. The team really only inherits this position because of default. They are not a strong team and shouldn’t create that much noise this season. It does not like he has training program on board either. His wretched midfield allowed him to compete in VI but now has chance of competing with the top teams. His attack is lacking and his defense has several holes to exploit. Predicted NSI: 35

6. Broken Arrow - Broken Arrow is a bot team from Las Vegas that was demoted from Division IV. The team has suffered from inactivity and will not be able to respond until the ownership is changed. At one time the team could have been a really strong team, but now, as I said is inactive. The team still puts up decent ratings and may win enough games against weaker competition to give the new owner (if he knows what he is doing) a shot at creating some noise. The weak midfield will scare some teams. Predicted NSI: 46

7. Hoshi Hua - This another team whose owner never logged into Hattrick. Why apply for a team if your never going to give it the time of the day? The team has minimal players and will not to do anything until the ownership is changed. I have no idea when that will be. I think this team has been inactive longer than others. They managed to win their qualification match over another bot team. Predicted NSI: 43

8. Florida Apaches - This yet another bot team who was auto promoted from Division VI. If you ask me, Hattrick should spread out the human owners so that Division V would be more quickly filled with active human owners. This would also allow people to become more ‘hooked’ to the game and would not abandon their team so soon. The way stands now, a human who takes over this team will be in last place and will get blown out of the water by my team and others. Predicted NSI: 33

Up Next: GEFC unveils its new roster.

GoldenEagle

11-12-2003, 12:43 AM

Golden Eagles FC Season 21 Roster

The roster has been ‘retooled’ and rebuilt for the most part. Long term readers will not recognize many of the players, as very few of the original Golden Eagles are left. However, things are better around the club. I guess its obligatory to mention that we had a youth pull, in the form of Lesley Milton, sell for $976,000. This helped finance several new purchases, which you will see below. We are training defending and being that it is a U-20 season, we have been seeking players who could play on the U-20 team in their respective countries. This is important because experience plays such a big role now.

Anyways, on to the roster…

Head Coach

Howie Mcclelland
-Nationality: American
-Age: 52
-Training: Passable (6)
-Leadership: Inadequate
-Coaching Type: Defensive Minded

Howie has been the club’s trainer since March 27th, 2003. During his span, he has led the Golden Eagles to two straight third place finishes. His coaching record has been 23-10-3 in league and cup matches. He has done a good job as the trainer. However, the rumors of him leaving the club soon are substantial. We are seeking a solid coach who places an emphasis on the attack. This will help our younger players which we are bringing in. Look for us to have a solid coach installed by week 4.

Starters

Goalkeeper

#1 Jochen Schultz
-Nationality: German
-Age: 24
-Current Form: Solid (7)
-Experience: Wretched (2)
-Assessed Value: $217,000
-Wage: $2,064
-Goaltending: Passable (6)

Jochen was on of the first players purchased for the Golden Eagles FC. He was bought for $64,000. He has done an admirable job for the club so far. He has played in 27 competitive matches for the club, posting thirteen shut outs. His days as the starter may be limited. We will begin in about week 5 or 6 pulling keepers from our youth squad and until we get the high solid that we want.

Central Defenders

#14 Jose Luis Larragoiti
-Nationality: American
-Age: 21
-Current Form: solid (7)
-Experience: Wretched (2)
-Assessed Value: $231,000
-Wage: $1,650
-Stamina: Solid (7)
-Defending: Excellent (8)

Jose has been around the club since the beginning of season 19, purchased from MiddleSex Athletic for $36,000. He has been a rock in the central defense since then. He is two weeks away from popping to formidable. When that happens, he will be sold for hopefully $1.5 million. This is to finance our new coach and a stadium expansion. The thinking behind this is long term since our series is weak enough to get by.

#21 Daniel Ukenings
-Nationality: German
-Age: 19
-Current Form: weak (4)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $92,000
-Wage: $1,260
-Defending: Solid (7)
-Passing: Passable (6)
-Specialty: Head

Daniel was purchased for $6,000 back towards the end of season 19. He has seen some growth in his defending since then. He has the passable passing, all important for the counter attack (not that we will be needing it this season). He has the head specialty as well, which is important for defenders. It is my guess that he is about three or four weeks away from bumping to excellent.

#23 Dan Higgins
-Nationality: American
-Age: 18
-Current Form: passable (6)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $105,000
-Wage: $990
-Stamina: Passable (6)
-Defending: Solid (7)
-Specialty: Head

Dan is another guy with the head specialty, so it should be rare that we get scored on in the air. He just bumped to solid in the last training update. It should be another 7 weeks or so before bumping to excellent. There is an outside chance he could be formidable by the end of the year. He was purchased for $30,000 in season 20.

Inner Midfielders

#7 Roger Bengtsson
-Nationality: Swedish
-Age: 32
-Current Form: passable (6)
-Experience: passable (6)
-Assessed Value: $165,000
-Wage: $2,244
-Stamina: Excellent (8)
-Playmaking: Excellent (8)
-Passing: Inadequate (5)

Roger was purchased for a modest $459,000. He plays a central midfield role for us. He does not play defensive or offensive. I like to consider the role a ‘patrol’ type mode. When he is solid or excellent form he will put up four and half starts for us, which obviously helps a lot.

#2 Kai Thinggaard
-Nationality: Danish
-Age: 28
-Current Form: solid (7)
-Experience: inadequate (5)
-Assessed Value: $235,000
-Wage: $2,496
-Stamina: Excellent (8)
-Playmaking: Solid (7)
-Passing: Solid (7)

Kai is a fine offensive midfielder who is capable of putting up four stars in that role. He was purchased last season for $479,000. He adds at least a level to our central attack. Judging by his high value and rather weak other secondaries, I would say he is at a very high solid playmaker as well.

#3 Per Jansson
-Nationality: Swedish
-Age: 34
-Current Form: passable (6)
-Experience: Solid (7)
-Assessed Value: $15,000
-Wage: $924
-Stamina: Solid (7)
-Playmaking: Passable (6)
-Passing: Passable (6)

Per has been with us since the word go, purchased in the early days of the Golden Eagles FC. He is a hard character to figure out. Despite his low value, he puts up three starts in passable form. In solid or above form, he will put up three and half stars. However he is aging quickly and that may be out of his reach now. An upgrade will occur at this position as soon as the financing is available. He also plays an offensive role.

Wingers

#11 Beau Bosma
-Nationality: Dutch
-Age: 30
-Current Form: Solid (7)
-Experience: Inadequate (5)
-Assessed Value: $215,000
-Wage: $2,424
-Winger: Excellent (8)
-Passing: Passable (6)

Beau was purchased for a modest $161,000 at the end of season 20. In his only match for the Golden Eagles FC, he posted a three and half star rating in solid form. He could possibly put up four stars in excellent form. He plays offensively. He boosted our attack rating from passable to excellent.

#5 Grigore Dogaru
-Nationality: Romanian
-Age: 21
-Current Form: Solid (7)
-Experience: Poor (3)
-Assessed Value: $90,000
-Wage: $1,152
-Winger: Passable (6)
-Scoring: Passable (6)
-Passing: Inadequate (5)

Grigore was originally brought in as a forward but wind up playing winger for us. He was purchased for $25,000 at the end of season 19. He has done a decent job posting two and half stars on average. This is the first position we will be upgrading when the finances become available.

Forwards

#6 Juan Luis Rodriguez
-Nationality: Spanish
-Age: 30
-Current Form: Weak (4)
-Experience: Inadequate (5)
-Assessed Value: $19,000
-Wage: $828
-Scoring: Passable (6)
-Passing: Inadequate (5)

Despite his low value, Juan just seems to find a way to put the ball in the back of the net. Last season he led the team with thirteen goals and added a hat trick. His from seems to change a lot though and he only made a limited number of appearances because of it.

#10 Bryan Young
-Nationality: Oceanian
-Age: 31
-Current Form: Weak (4)
-Experience: Weak (4)
-Assessed Value: $36,000
-Wage: $1,020
-Scoring: Passable (6)
-Passing: Passable (6)

Bryan was bought last season to try to generate an offensive central attack. After a hot start in which he put up three stars a game, he slowly fell off the table. He had three or four different injuries last season. When healthy, he scored seven goals in eight competitive matches. If we can get him in good form, I think he can return to three stars a game.

Reserves

Goalkeeper

#25 Cutberto Ferrari
-Nationality: American
-Age: 24
-Current Form: Weak (4)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $76,000
-Wage: 1,080
-Goaltending: Inadequate (5)

Cutberto was picked up simply to play back-up keeper. He played in some friendlies in Season 19 but really saw his time greatly diminished in Season 20. Nevertheless, he is still a valuable member of our squad. If he gets his form up he could see more action in friendlies.

Defenders

#4 Archie Hurman
-Nationality: English
-Age: 19
-Current Form: Passable (6)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $55,000
-Wage: $924
-Defending: Passable (6)
-Passing: Inadequate (5)

Archie is a week away from popping to solid defending, at which that time he will be sold. He is too old for long term training and could bring in some nice cash with his inadequate passing, as teams will be looking to pick up a quality defender for the counter attack. He has appeared five competitive matches for the team.

#15 Brandon Marcum
-Nationality: American
-Age: 18
-Current Form: passable (6)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $61,000
-Wage: $790
-Winger: Inadequate (5)
-Defending: Passable (6)
-Passing: Inadequate (5)

Brandon was purchased in Season 20 for $19,000. He is about two or three weeks away from popping to solid. He has had an injury or two or perhaps would be solid by now. He seems to have high base form which has earned him six appearances for the club.

#19 Song Tae-hyun
-Nationality: Hong Kong
-Age: 17
-Current Form: Passable (6)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $27,000
-Wage: $744
-Winger: Inadequate (5)
-Defending: Inadequate (5)

Song was purchased for $12,000 yesterday in hopes that he will be called up to the U-20 Hong Kong squad. It is difficult to know how close he is to popping to passable defending because of the inadequate ratings (he also has inadequate scoring). Either way, it should be a worthy investment.

#20 George Sinclair
-Nationality: American
-Age: 19
-Current Form: Passable (6)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $132,000
-Wage: $1,150
-Playmaking: Inadequate (5)
-Scoring: Passable (6)
-Defending: Passable (6)

I am not really sure what to do with a player like George. He has nice secondaries with boost his value up. He has around two weeks left before popping to solid. He was pulled from our youth squad. He will not be involved with the club long term but may stick around this season.

#22 Zhang Jin-Tong
-Nationality: Chinese
-Age: 17
-Current Form: Passable (6)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $20,000
-Wage: $696
-Defending: Inadequate (5)
-Passing: Inadequate (5)
-Specialty: Head

Zhang was another purchase who could have a legit shot at the U-20 Chinese squad. The current U20 coach for China does not seem to think so, but I think he is over-estimating his country to produce youth players. In the first week, only one passable defender was produced. The country only has 70 active owners and no telling how many make youth pulls every week. I am not ready to give up quite yet.

#24 John Vera
-Nationality: American
-Age: 18
-Current Form: Passable (6)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $37,000
-Wage: $670
-Playmaking: Inadequate (5)
-Defending: Passable (6)
-Set Pieces: Formidable (9)

John is our set piece ace for the future. He should be another week to popping to outstanding in that area. I guesstimate he is about six weeks from popping to solid so he is a bit more of a project. He was pulled from our youth squad.

Yi Kai-Hung
-Nationality: American
-Age: 19
-Current Form: Solid (7)
-Experience: Disastrous (1)
-Assessed Value: $84,000
-Wage: $900
-Playmaking: Inadequate (5)
-Winger: Passable (6)
-Defending: Passable (6)

Yi was pulled from our youth squad in the latter part of Season 20. I plan on training him up to solid and then selling him. I had a player who had the same exact ratings (Stefan Silverman) who sold today for $157,000. If I can get the same for Yi that will go along way. I am not sure how long Yi is away from popping.

Inner Midfielders

#8 Hans Karrland
-Nationality: Swedish
-Age: 31
-Current Form: Passable (6)
-Experience: Poor (3)
-Assessed Value: $64,000
-Wage: $1,224
-Playmaking: Passable (6)
-Passing: Passable (6)

Hans is another one of the early purchases of the Golden Eagles FC. He was a starter for long time but was replaced. He can put up three stars and makes a good reserve midfielder when called on.

#13 Leonardo Chu
-Nationality: American
-Age: 26
-Current Form: Inadequate (5)
-Experience: Inadequate (5)
-Assessed Value: $75,000
-Wage: $1,070
-Stamina: Passable (6)
-Playmaking: Passable (6)
-Defending: Inadequate (5)

Leonardo is an original Golden Eagle, one of the few remaining. He plays the role of defensive midfielder very well, putting up three stars on a usual basis. He is a valuable back-up and B-Team player and will probably be the squad for a long time.

Wingers

#12 Gabriel Fernandez-Cuesta
-Nationality: American
-Age: 27
-Current Form: Passable (6)
-Experience: Poor (3)
-Assessed Value: $47,000
-Wage: $850
-Winger: Passable (6)
-Defending: Inadequate (5)
- Passing: Passable (6)

Gabriel served as the captain of the Golden Eagles for the first season and is an original member of the squad. Despite his seemingly decent stats that really does not translate to success on the pitch. Hence, he has been relegated to B-Team duty and might be sold soon.

#18 Tyrone Pineda
-Nationality: American
-Age: 27
-Current Form: Inadequate (5)
-Experience: Wretched (2)
-Assessed Value: $42,000
-Wage: $820
-Winger: Passable (6)
- Defending: Inadequate (5)

Tyrone was an original member of the Golden Eagles FC as well. He has served in the starting winger capacity earlier in his career but has now, as one can imagine has been relegated to B-Team duty. He will probably stick around with the club for awhile.

Forwards

#9 Dean Lander
-Nationality: Welsh
-Age: 22
-Current Form: Inadequate (5)
-Experience: Wretched (2)
-Assessed Value: $85,000
-Wage: $1,236
-Scoring: Passable (6)
-Passing: Inadequate (5)

Dean will start the most of any reserve. He will alternate in with the other two starting forwards depending on form. In fact, Dean will start the Cup Match on Wednesday. He has scored twelve goals for the club.

Up Next: Our first round Cup Match against the Hmong Knights.

Doug5984

11-12-2003, 07:37 AM

From the looks of it you should have a pretty good shot at winning your series this season, and autopromoting. DR FC and DF FC look to be your only competition but I would think you can win atleast 3 of those games.

Hopefully Song Tae-hyun will be on the Hong Kong U-20 squad along with Loong Hsuan-Chung in a few seasons.

Good luck this season...hopefully you can promote to IV.5!

GoldenEagle

11-12-2003, 09:00 PM

Season 21 - US Open Cup Round 1

Hmong Knights vs. Golden Eagles FC

Date: November 13th, 2003 
Venue:Hmong Knights Arena
Attendance: 3,922
Weather: Overcast

Formation: 5-4-1

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz

Right Wingback: #19 Tae-Hyun
Central Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Central Defender: #4 Hurman
Central Defender: Yi Kai-Hung
Left Wingback: #22 Jin-Tong

Right Winger: #11 Bosma
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggaard
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #7 Bengtsson

Forward: #9 Lander

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #15 Marcum
Midfield: #13 Chu
Winger: #5 Dogaru
Forward: #10 Young

Match Report

Pre Game

3922 spectators had come to Hmong Knights Arena this cloudy day.

Knights had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Cacheiro - Guy, Lofton, Stout, Cho - Harris, Anido, Stratton, Marquez - Bryan, Burger.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Jin-Tong, Larragoiti, Hurman, Kai-Hung, Tae-hyun - Bosma, Jansson, Thinggaard, Bengtsson - Lander.

First Half

Beau Bosma came close to putting the visiting team one up in the 18:th minute, following a solo raid down the middle, but Gustavo Cacheiro managed to tip the ball to a corner.

Goldens Roger Bengtsson got himself booked after a foul. Golden took the lead in the games 26:th minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Roger Bengtsson was the scorer.

After 31 minutes Goldens Song Tae-hyun had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. Brandon Marcum came in instead of him.

Roland Guy behaved like an inexperienced youth player in the 34:th minute as he gave the ball away to an opponent. Lucky for him though, there was no goal.

José Luis Larragoiti came close to extending the visitors lead as he, completely unmarked in front of the goal, lifted a ball over Gustavo Cacheiro, hitting the bar.

0 - 1 was the half-time score. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Golden, with an impressive 75 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

Golden came close to extending their lead as Per Jansson delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal.

Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 62nd minute Golden goal, making it 0 - 2. Per Jansson was noted down as the scorer.

Golden´s Jochen Schultz refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon in the 66:th minute.

After 67 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Zhang Jin-Tong who increased Golden´s lead to 0 - 3.

Golden came close to extending their lead as Beau Bosma delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was too sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal.

Beau Bosma was, after 68 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors lead with a well placed diving header but home side keeper Gustavo Cacheiro saved.

Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 87 percent, dominated the battle.

Post Game

The most dominating Knights player was without a doubt Cris Lofton. Steve Bryan was a disappointment, however.

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Kai Thinggaard. Zhang Jin-Tong was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 0 - 3.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 3, Hmong Knights 0

Goals
Bengtsson - 1(1)
Jansson - 1(1)
Jin-Tong - 1(1)

Cards
Bengtsson - Yellow

Player Ratings

#1 Schultz: **~
#19 Tae-Hyun: *
#15 Marcum (on for the injured Tae-Hyun): **~
#14 Larragoiti: ****
#4 Hurman: **~
Yi Kai-Hung: **~
#22 Jin-Tong: *~
#11 Bosma: ****
#2 Thinggaard: ****
#3 Jansson: ***
#7 Bengtsson: ***~
#9 Lander: **~

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: weak (4)
Right Side Defence: magnificent (12)
Central Defence: world class (13)
Left Side Defence: excellent (8)
Right Side Attack: solid (7)
Central Attack: weak (4)
Left Side Attack: poor (3)
NSI: 59

Hmong Knights
Midfield: wretched (2)
Right Side Defence: passable (6)
Central Defence: solid (7)
Left Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Right Side Attack: wretched (2)
Central Attack: poor (3)
Left Side Attack: weak (4)
NSI: 33

Comments: We survive the first round of the cup with a 3-0 victory over the Hmong Knights. We played the 5-4-1 to maximize our defensive training. I believe this is the first time ever the Golden Eagles have had three four star players. We would have had another if Bergtsson would have played his normal midfield position. We of course PICed the match. Tae-Hyun was injured for five weeks, effectively ending his hope of getting a Hong Kong U-20 spot. We will probably just eat the $12k we spent on him and fire the player. The training spot can be used elsewhere.

Up Next: Week 1 Training Results

Alf

11-13-2003, 03:38 AM

Tae-Hyun : Hire maximum doctors, he will be able to come back in 2 weeks instead of five !

Doug5984

11-13-2003, 12:26 PM

I am going to have to disagree with Alf, hiring max doctors for 3 weeks will cost around $45k, the player was bought for only $12k. It just doesn't seem like a good idea to invest that much money into an inad. player. I think your better option is either A) hold onto him with very few doctors, and buy a new possible U-20 trainiee. or B) Fire him and buy a new possible U-20 trainiee.

GoldenEagle

11-13-2003, 09:27 PM

Week 1 Training Results

We did not have any players pop this week - and that is a bit surprising for me. I least expected Archie Hurman to pop to solid but no dice. It would have also been nice to have seen Yi Kai-Hung pop, but again we did not see it. The form was so-so. The only real loss we has was Roger Bergstton falling to inadequate form and our two starting strikers remaining in weak form, meaning Dean Lander and George Sinclair will start at forwards. The starters’ form was a +2.

Form Changes

Jose Luis Larragoitti increased to excellent
Jochen Schultz increased to excellent
Yi Kai-Hung increased to solid
Dan Higgins increased to solid
Brandon Marcum increased to solid
Hans Karrland increased to solid
Daniel Ukenings increased to inadequate
Grigore Dogaru decreased to passable
Roger Bengstton decreased to inadequate
Leonardo Chu decreased to weak
Gabriel Fernandez-Cuesta to weak
Tyrone Pineda to weak

Value

Average Player Value - $84,040
Total Player Value - $2,101,000

GoldenEagle

11-16-2003, 02:17 AM

Youth Pull

Alvin Beckwith (20804832)
18 years, passable form, healthy
A pleasant guy who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities.

Specialty: Powerful

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 6 000 US$
Wage: 520 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: wretched (2)
Playmaking: weak (4)
Winger: poor (3)
Scoring: weak (4)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: wretched (2)
Defending: inadequate (5)
Set Pieces: passable (6)

Alvin is on sell for $0k if he strikes anyone as a prospect.

Weekly Financial Update

Revenue

Crowd (Cup Match vs. Hmong Knights ) - $7,495
Sponsors - $43,650
Temporary - $141,300 (selling of Stefan Silverman)
Temporary - $1,800 (selling of Dan Hatton)
Temporary - $150 (signing up of 5 new supporters)

Total Revenue - $194,305

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $27,900
Interest - $1,003
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Temporary - $1,000 (listing of Stefan Silverman)
Temporary - $1,000 (listing of Dan Hatton)
Temporary - $12,000 (purchase of Song Tae-hyun)
Temporary - $3,500 (purchase of Zhang Jin-Tong)
Staff - $27,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $105,753

Net income/loss: $88,562

New Balance: $67,894

Team Information

Team Spirit - Calm
Team Confidence - Decent

Sponsor Attitude - Delirious
Supporter Attitude - Satisfied
Supporter Club - 1,062

Preview of Sunday Match

We are facing our arch-nemesis Deutsch Fire FC in this week’s league match-up. Loyal readers probably remember this team robbed us in the first game of the season last year. That can not happen again this year. We have to get out on the right foot. I suspect we will, since we are a different team from last year. We will probably put up +5 levels on him in midfield. His attack is good, but our defense is better. Our attack also should be good enough to generate goals. I expect a victory, but it will be close. We beat him the last game of the season, 4-1. Hopefully we will have similar results.

Up Next: League match up vs. Deutsch Fire FC

Havok

11-16-2003, 11:23 AM

good luck verus DF... we'll be pulling for ya in IRC!

GoldenEagle

11-16-2003, 08:42 PM

Season 21 - League Match #1

Golden Eagles FC vs. Deutsch Fire FC

Date: November 17th, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 16,110
Weather: Overcast

Formation: 3-5-2

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz

Right Wingback: #23 Higgins
Central Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Left Wingback: #21 Ukenings

Right Winger: #11 Bosma
Inner Mid: #7 Bengtsson
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggard
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #5 Dogaru

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #20 Sinclair

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #15 Marcum
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #18 Pindea
Forward: #10 Young

Match Report

Pre Game

16110 spectators had come to Golden Eagles FC Arena this cloudy day.

Golden tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Higgins, Larragoiti, Ukenings - Bosma, Bengtsson, Jansson, Thinggaard, Dogaru - Lander, Sinclair.

Deutsch started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Felix - Fredriksson, Hobson, Langohr - Puigcerber, Alexandersson, van de Sande, Abolafio Martíne, Fritz - Reagan, Bailey.

First Half

A questionable penalty in the 5:th minute gave the home side the lead 1 - 0. The visitors goaltender didn´t stand a chance as Dean Lander knocked the ball home.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Golden´s José Luis Larragoiti got himself booked.

A well placed corner kick from Dean Lander was followed by Dan Higgins´s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant goal for Golden. The result now 2-0.

With 30 minutes played Dean Lander could have brought this one home for Golden, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high.

Golden appeared unsure on how to play. A great save by goaltender Nathaniel Felix in the 42nd minute kept the visitors in the game as Per Jansson struck from the left with a real cannonball.

42 minutes into the game Dan Higgins had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Brandon Marcum.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 0. Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 64 percent, dominated the battle.

Second Half

During the break Golden´s coach went through the teams new tactics yet again. Golden appeared unsure on how to play.

Per Jansson of Golden received a yellow card in the 86:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

In the 86:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Brandon Marcum dashed through, knocking home 3 - 0 for Golden.

The structure of the game started to change as Golden decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

In the 87:th minute Goldens Beau Bosma received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

Golden had obvious problems in finding their positions.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 69 percent possession rate.

Post Game

Most important Golden player was José Luis Larragoiti. Dean Lander on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Most important Deutsch player was Nick Hobson. Eduardt Langohr on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 3 - 0.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 3, Deutsch Fire FC 0

Goals
Lander - 1(1)
Higgins - 1(1)
Marcum - 1(1)

Cards
Laragoiti(Yellow)
Bosma (Yellow)
Jansson (Yellow)

Player Ratings

#1 Schultz: ***
#23 Higgins: **~
#15 Marcum (on for the injured Higgins): ***
#14 Larragoiti: ****
#21 Ukenings: **~
#11 Bosma: ****
#7 Bengtsson: ***~
#2 Thinggaard: ****
#3 Jansson: ***
#5 Dogaru: **~
#9 Lander: **~
#20 Sinclair: **~

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: passable (6)
Right Side Defence: formidable (9)
Central Defence: outstanding (10)
Left Side Defence: brilliant (11)
Right Side Attack: formidable (9)
Central Attack: solid (7)
Left Side Attack: passable (6)
NSI: 70

Deutsch Fire FC
Midfield: poor (3)
Right Side Defence: solid (7)
Central Defence: solid (7)
Left Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Right Side Attack: formidable (9)
Central Attack: solid (7)
Left Side Attack: solid (7)
NSI: 51

Comments
Can I get a w00t w00t?? Forget about the early season let down this time around. We win and win big. We silenced the best attack in V.167. We get goals from all over the place. I was disappointed in the midfield not putting up at least a solid, but we are not in the best of form. This was also with our best two strikers not playing due to form. The sky can be the limit this season. The injury to Higgins is not major, just a week. We play a bot team in the league next. Should be an easy win.

Up Next: Around the Series in V.167

Havok

11-16-2003, 09:44 PM

nice win bro.... now ya just gotta take out those pesky Dead Rabbits in week 3 :)

Masked

11-16-2003, 11:06 PM

Originally posted by GoldenEagle

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: passable (6)
Right Side Defence: formidable (9)
Central Defence: outstanding (10)
Left Side Defence: brilliant (11)
Right Side Attack: formidable (9)
Central Attack: solid (7)
Left Side Attack: passable (6)
NSI: 70

Dammit, everyone is passing me by.

w00t w00t! ;)

Congrats on the great start!

GoldenEagle

11-21-2003, 08:19 PM

Season 21 - Cup Match Round 2

New Orleans Gladiators vs. Golden Eagles FC

Date: November 20th, 2003
Venue: New Orleans Gladiators Arena
Attendance: 7,000
Weather: Partly Cloudy

Formation: 5-4-1

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz

Right Wingback: #20 Sinclair
Central Defender: Yi Kai-Hung
Central Defender: #4 Archie Hurman
Central Defender: #22 Jin-Tong
Left Wingback: #24 Vera

Right Winger: #11 Bosma
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggard
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #7 Bengtsson

Forward: #10 Young

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #18 Pindea
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #5 Dogaru
Forward: #6 Rodriguez

Match Report

Pre Game

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and New Orleans Field saw a crowd turnout of 7000.

Gladiators tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Benitez - Porter, Pack, Mercer, Palma - Wheeler, Clemons, Williams, Hicks - Burns, Sexton.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Schultz - Sinclair, Hurman, Kai-Hung, Jin-Tong, Vera - Bosma, Jansson, Thinggaard, Bengtsson - Young.

First Half

Golden had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 1st minute when Yi Kai-Hung came up alone against Gerard Benitez who managed a block.

Golden had a good opportunity to score the lead goal but the home team goaltender Gerard Benitez saved Yi Kai-Hung´s shot headed for the top corner.

10 minutes into the game George Sinclair had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Hans Kärrlind.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Golden´s John Vera got himself booked. Golden took the lead after 27 minutes with 0 - 1. Bryan Young placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. G

olden made a substitution in the 28:th minute. Yi Kai-Hung limped off the field and was replaced by Tyrone Pineda.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 1. Golden held the ball, with a clear 74 percent possession rate.

Second Half

A well placed corner kick from John Vera was followed by Zhang Jin-Tong´s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant goal for Golden. The result now 0-2.

In the games 55:th minute Tyrone Pineda nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through and fired from just outside the box, his shot passed just over the bar.

In the 56:th minute Gladiatorss Germán Palma received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

60 minutes into the game Trent Sexton had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Aitor Martínez.

Tyrone Pineda was, after 61 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors lead with a well placed diving header but home side keeper Gerard Benitez saved.

Tyrone Pineda increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 3.

Archie Hurman of Golden received a yellow card in the 75:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

After 76 minutes Gladiators´s Erwin Clemons contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area, but at last Golden´s Beau Bosma was able to shove the ball in. 0-4.

The structure of the game started to change as Golden decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

Golden´s Tyrone Pineda received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 87:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 5. The home crowd was not pleased with that one.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 81 percent possession rate.

Post Game

The most dominating Gladiators player was without a doubt Nick Wheeler.
Carlos Mercer was a disappointment, however.

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Kai Thinggaard. Tyrone Pineda was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 0 - 5.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 5, New Orleans Gladiators 0

Goals
Young - 1(1)
Jin-Tong - 1(2)
Pineda - 2(2)
Bosma - 1(1)

Cards
Hurman (Yellow)

Player Ratings

#1 Schultz: ***
#20 Sinclair: **
#8 Karrland (on for the injured Sinclair): *~
#22 Jin-Tong: *~
#4 Hurman: **~
Yi Kai-Hung: **
#18 Pineda (on for the injured Yi Kai-Hung): *~
#24 Vera: **
#11 Bosma: ***~
#2 Thinggaard: ****
#3 Jansson: ***
#7 Bengtsson: ***
#10 Young: **

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: weak (4)
Right Side Defence: brilliant (11)
Central Defence: brilliant (11)
Left Side Defence: formidable (9)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
Central Attack: weak (4)
Left Side Attack: poor (3)
NSI: 55

New Orleans Gladiators
Midfield: wretched (2)
Right Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Central Defence: passable (6)
Left Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Right Side Attack: weak (4)
Central Attack: poor (3)
Left Side Attack: poor (3)
NSI: 32

Comments
Another easy win over a bot team in which we PICed. I am getting a bit concerned about the injuries I am seeing. Sinclair will be out and miss a week of training. Kai-Hung will not but there is still some legit concern. We are training at 100% but have 10 physiotherapists. Up next, we will play The Fish, human owned team who will pose a challenge. We get to host the match and the $70k that comes along with it.

Up Next: Week 2 Training Results.

GoldenEagle

11-21-2003, 08:45 PM

Week 2 Training Results

We did have a player pop this week….

Archie Hurman (12569692)
19 years, solid form (7), healthy
A controversial person who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience (1) and wretched leadership abilities (2).

Nationality: England
Assessed value: 67 000 US$
Wage: 924 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 1

Stamina: inadequate (5)
Playmaking: poor (3)
Winger: poor (3)
Scoring: poor (3)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: inadequate (5)
Defending: solid (7)
Set Pieces: wretched (2)

We have too many people around the club looking for defending training, so it is only economical to list Hurman. He is transfer listed for $100k and could really benefit a team looking to employ to counter attack tactic.

Form Changes

Dan Higgins increased to excellent
Zhang Jin-Tong increased to solid
Archie Hurman increased to solid
Dean Lander increased to passable
Gabriel Fernandez-Cuetsa increased to inadequate
Jose Luis Larragoitti decreased to solid
John Vera decreased to inadequate
Daniel Ukenings decreased to weak
George Sinclair decreased to weak
Roger Bengttson decreased to weak
Grigore Dogaru decreased to weak
Tyrone Pineda decreased to poor
Bryan Young decreased to poor
Cutberto Ferrari decreased to poor

Value

Average Player Value - $84,750
Total Player Value - $2,034,000

Up Next: Our weekly youth pull disappointment and economic updates.

GoldenEagle

11-22-2003, 07:32 PM

Week 2 Youth Pull and Economic Update

Youth Pull

Ben Aquino (21148461)
17 years, passable form, healthy
A popular guy who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 73 000 US$
Wage: 840 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: poor (3)
Playmaking: passable (6)
Winger: poor (3)
Scoring: wretched (2)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: passable (6)
Defending: weak (4)
Set Pieces: poor (3)

Ben is the best prospect produced from our youth squad since Lesley Minton. After a check of other markets, players with similar ratings are going for close to $500k (and that is with a day or two still left). He already has a bid of $1k. If he is the type of a player that interests you, then I suggest getting involved in the bidding. It would be fun to see him with another FOFCer.

Weekly Financial Update

Revenue

Crowd (League Match vs. Deutsch Fire FC) - $105,115
Crowd (Cup Match vs. New Orleans Gladiators) - $13,200
Sponsors - $49,005
Temporary - $690 (signing up of 23 new supporters)

Total Revenue - $168,010

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $27,706
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Temporary - $1,000 (listing of youth pull)
Temporary - $1,000 (listing of Archie Hurman)
Staff - $39,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $103,016

Net income/loss: $64,994

New Balance: $132,888

Team Information

Team Spirit - Content
Team Confidence - Strong

Sponsor Attitude - Delirious
Supporter Attitude - High on Life
Supporter Club - 1,085

Preview of Sunday Match

In the league match on Sunday, we will meet Zürzavar Fc, a team new to V.167. They replaced the Florida Apaches. The owner appears to be active (which is a good thing) and has already made several purchases, totaling $294,000. None of the players, however, stick out as super stars. That being said, we should cruise to a relatively easy win despite our poor form. Since I face a decent cup opponent in Round 3, I have decided to make a bit of a change this week. I will run the 5-4-1 on Sunday and the 3-5-2 on Wednesday. The reason being is, I would like to win the Cup match so that I can get the extra $70k. Who knows, I may also be able to win in Round 4. It will be a bit different of a line-up, with more of a ‘spread’ offense.

Other V.167 Match-Ups

Penguins and - Broken Arrow
Dead Rabbits - Go Team
Deutsch Fire - hoshi_hua

GoldenEagle

11-25-2003, 06:09 PM

Season 21 - League Match #2

Zürzavar Fc vs. Golden Eagles FC

Today the Golden Eagles FC face an opponent new to the cause of V.167 in Zurzavar FC. I am guessing the name is Russian, although I can not tell you for sure. We will be PICing the match as one could imagine. We expect a fairly easy win for the club and have decided to run the 5-4-1. Our tactics are pretty simple and really do not require an in depth explanation. We will attack on the wings. The match is also a farewell match for Archie Hurman as he will be sold after the match.

Date: November 24th, 2003
Venue: Zurzavar Fc Arena
Attendance: 3,362
Weather: Sunny

Formation: 5-4-1

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz

Right Wingback: #21 Ukenings
Central Defender: #22 Jin-Tong
Central Defender: Hung
Central Defender: #24 Vera
Left Wingback: #4 Hurman

Right Winger: #11 Bosma
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggard
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #7 Bengtsson

Forward: #9 Lander

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #23 Higgins
Midfield: #13 Chu
Winger: #5 Dogaru
Forward: #6 Rodriguez

Match Report

Pre Game
A scorching day at Zürzavar Fc Arena, where 3362 spectators were in place for today´s match.

Zürzavar tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Bonds - Gösgens, Busby, Phillips - Johnson, Hormigos, Härkäpää, Martínez, Hargrove - Tijanic, Wyman.

Golden started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Ukenings, Vera, Kai-Hung, Jin-Tong, Hurman - Bosma, Jansson, Thinggaard, Bengtsson - Lander.

First Half

It was obvious that Zürzavar were using pressing as their primary tactic.

It was an obvious ambition of Golden to attack on the flanks.

Zürzavar's poor ability to press their opponents all over the field paid off frequently.

Zürzavar took the lead by 1 - 0 after a penalty in the 21st minute. Mitch Wyman scored from the penalty spot.

Zürzavar had obvious problems in finding their positions.

A really bad tackle inside the penalty area in the 29:th minute gave the referee no other choice but to award visiting Golden the penalty shot. John Vera knocked home 1 - 1.

A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 30:th minute allowed Zhang Jin-Tong to score 1 - 2 for Golden.

32 minutes into the game Jochen Schultz had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Cutberto Ferrari.

The away team´s Kai Thinggaard took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 33rd minute increasing Golden´s lead to 1 - 3.

Halftime score was 1 - 3. Golden held the ball, with a clear 68 percent possession rate.

Second Half

Zürzavar -coach had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players looked a lot more organized. Golden had, after 51 minutes of the game, worked the left side industriously, creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but somehow didn´t achieve closure.

Golden increased the lead to 1 - 4 as John Vera scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner.

The visitors John Vera took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 76:th minute. 1 - 5 for Golden. By then John Vera was a three time scorer - a hat trick!

After 79 minutes Zürzavars Mitch Wyman had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. Kent Cheek came in instead of him.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 79 percent possession rate.

Post Game

The most dominating Zürzavar player was without a doubt Charles Phillips. Niilo Härkäpää on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Golden´s best player was Kai Thinggaard. However, Cutberto Ferrari made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 1 - 5.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 5, Zurzavar FC 1

Goals
Vera - 3(3)
Jin-Tong - 1(3)
Thinggard - 1(1)

Cards
None

Player Ratings

#1 Schultz: **
#25 Ferrari (on for the injured Schultz): *
#21 Ukenings: **
#22 Jin-Tong: **
#24 Vera: **
#4 Hurman: **~
Yi Kai-Hung: **~
#11 Bosma: ****
#2 Thinggaard: ****
#3 Jansson: ***
#7 Bengtsson: ***
#9 Lander **~

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: weak (4)
Right Side Defence: outstanding (10)
Central Defence: formidable (9)
Left Side Defence: formidable (9)
Right Side Attack: solid (7)
Central Attack: weak (4)
Left Side Attack: weak (4)
NSI: 55

Zurzavar FC
Midfield: wretched (2)
Right Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Central Defence: passable (6)
Left Side Defence: solid (7)
Right Side Attack: passable (6)
Central Attack: passable (6)
Left Side Attack: solid (7)
NSI: 43

Comments
After a bit of a rocky start, we go on to win the match rather comfortably by a four goal margin. Zurzavar FC put up some pretty good ratings for a new team. I think the owner can be a bit tricky and that is something to watch in the latter part of the season. Jochen Schultz will miss two weeks with an injury. I have decided to go ahead and upgrade to an excellent keeper. John Vera is a player I am really starting to like, as he simply creates chances.

Around V.167

Penguins and - cosinators 5 - 1
Zürzavar Fc - Golden Eagles 1 - 5
Dead Rabbits - Go Team 7 - 1
Deutsch Fire - hoshi_hua 5 - 1

Updated Series Table

1. Dead Rabbits FC 2 12 - 1 6

2. Golden Eagles FC 2 8 - 1 6
3. Penguins and Polar 2 7 - 2 6
4. Deutsch Fire FC 2 5 - 4 3

5. Go Team 2 6 - 7 3
6. hoshi_hua 2 2 - 7 0

7. Zürzavar Fc 2 1 - 10 0
8. cosinators 2 1 - 10 0

Up Next: US Open Cup Match vs. The Fish

daedalus

11-25-2003, 08:50 PM

Dang . . . with 2 header specialists, Bosma should be having a field day with winger events. Too bad Vera isn't ready for prime time yet. He'd go crazy with those wingbacks, too.

Don't know what Silverman's playmaking was but Kai-Hung's playmaking skill should help the price when you finally sell him, too. That'll be a good sell. :)

Congrats on the good start to the season. :)

GoldenEagle

11-26-2003, 04:55 PM

Daed: We actually have another head specialist in Zhang Jin-Tong. Bea Bosma himself is a head specialist, nut it may be hard for him to knock the ball to himself. Vera will hopefully be an excellent defender by the end of the season, although that may be a bit wishful thinking. Silverman the same exact stats as Hung, so it should be around the same sell. Thank you much for the kid words concerning the start of the season.

GoldenEagle

11-26-2003, 11:03 PM

Season 21 - US Open Cup Round 3

Golden Eagles FC vs. The Fish

Date: November 27th, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 16,110
Weather: Sunny

Before the match, the Golden Eagles FC added a new player in the form of solid goaltender Vaino Virve. He is a valued at $301,000 which means he is a low solid. Unfortunately, I temporarily went crazy and paid $306,000 for him. I am slapping myself silly for that rookie mistake. What was I thinking? I will resale him after the end of the season for probably around $200,000. I guess it is essentially a $100,000 ‘rental’ fee. He is 19 years old. Still, that was not a very smart thing to do. Today’s cup match is against The Fish, an average Division V team.

Formation: 3-5-2

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Virve

Right Wingback: #23 Higgins
Central Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Left Wingback: #15 Marcum

Right Winger: #11 Bosma
Inner Mid: #7 Bengtsson
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggard
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #5 Dogaru

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #6 Luis Rodriguez

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #23 Ukenings
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #18 Pindea
Forward: #20 Sinclair

Match Report

Pre Game

A scorching day at Golden Eagles FC Arena, where 16110 spectators were in place for today´s match. Golden started off with a 3-5-2 lineup.

They fielded: Virve - Higgins, Larragoiti, Marcum - Bosma, Bengtsson, Jansson, Thinggaard, Dogaru - Lander, Rodríguez.

Fish tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Applegate - Figueroa, Kalajdzic, van Kempen - Colburn, Magnusson, Andersson, Faulkner, Leijonhall - Holman, Drummond.

First Half

Dan Higgins sailed high, high above the opponents as he headed the 1-0 in after a corner kick after 15 minutes of play.

After 16 minutes Golden´s Dean Lander contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

In the 21st minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Dean Lander dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Golden.

Golden´s Dean Lander had an excellent opportunity in the 25:th minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles!

Halftime score was 2 - 0. Golden held the ball, with a clear 60 percent possession rate.

Second Half

Golden put themselves up 3 - 0 when Kai Thinggaard broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him.

The referee showed Goldens Per Jansson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Golden´s Juan Luis Rodríguez had an excellent opportunity in the 78:th minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles!

An indirect free kick in the visitor´s penalty area in the 81st minute could have resulted in another goal, but Carlton Applegate got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar.

Andy Holman of Fish received a yellow card in the 81st minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Golden, with an impressive 65 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Kai Thinggaard. However, Juan Luis Rodríguez made a disastrous appearance.

The most dominating Fish player was without a doubt Kees van Kempen. Niklas Leijonhall was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 3 - 0.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 3, The Fish 0

Goals
Lander - 1(3)
Thinggard - 1(2)

Cards
Jansson (Yellow)

Player Ratings

#1 Virve: ***
#23 Higgins: ***
#14 Larragoiti: ****
#15 Marcum: ***
#11 Bosma: ****
#7 Bengtsson: ***
#2 Thinggaard: ****
#3 Jansson: ***
#5 Dogaru: **
#9 Lander: **
#6 Luis Rodriguez: **

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: passable (6)
Right Side Defence: formidable (9)
Central Defence: brilliant (11)
Left Side Defence: brilliant (11)
Right Side Attack: excellent (8)
Central Attack: passable (6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate (5)
NSI: 68

The Fish
Midfield: weak (4)
Right Side Defence: formidable (9)
Central Defence: formidable (9)
Left Side Defence: formidable (9)
Right Side Attack: passable (6)
Central Attack: passable (6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate (5)
NSI: 56

Comments
Well, we got an easy win and at the same time Played it Cool to boast team spirit. Unfortunately, it really does not cheer me up much. I am still mad at myself for buying that keeper. Argh!! We play VagaBond next, a team that is in first place in their IV division. We still can beat them though, especially if we do not PIC. We will host the match and I think we will play for the win.

Up Next: Big News from the Golden Eagles FC

GoldenEagle

11-27-2003, 02:33 PM

Golden Eagles Announce Coaching Change

The Golden Eagles FC made a major announcement on Thanksgiving day. The general manager Tim Brice made the statement around lunch time. “First of all I would like to thank Howie MccLelland for his two years of service at the club. However, there comes a time when all teams must make a change if they are wanting to move up in the Hattrick world. For this reason, we have decided to bring in Todd Omalley to be the new coach, effective immediately. We are looking forward to having Todd as our new coach.

Omalley, 51, is considered to be a solid coach, however rumors are that he is a poor leader. He has passable experience and is considered to be pleasant guy. “I like to attack when I am coaching,” Omalley said. “You will hardly ever see me pull back, we will run it up on opponents.” The biggest difference, however, is expected to be seen in the training program. The club expects to see immediate improvement in the club’s defenders. Exact financial terms of the deal were not released, but it is expected the club paid around $280,000.

GoldenEagle

12-03-2003, 01:11 AM

Golden Eagles FC coach has change of heart

Todd Omalley was recently hired as the head coach for the Golden Eagles FC, however, after what he identified as a “calling” he resigned from the leadership role. Omalley said it was the will of the world from him to become a pawn shop owner. He has now opened up a new shop close to the Golden Eagles FC Arena. It is reported that he is very happy in the role. Omalley, being the nice guy he is, also reimbursed the club all they money that he had spent to make him a solid coach.

The Golden Eagles were left scrambling for a new coach and they found one in Estonian Denis Ruuda. Ruuda is 55, fours years older than Omalley. Ruuda is very similar to Omalley in the fact that he is a solid coach and has poor leadership. He is also fond of the attack. Ruuda will make his coaching debate on Sunday against the Dead Rabbits FC.

GoldenEagle

12-03-2003, 01:29 AM

Week Three Training Results

In an odd Hattrick bug, the original training results which we got were altered as the HT universe had to be turned back to re-do all previous events (and hence, why we lost our coach). This training session was actually done under previous coach Howie McLelland. We did have one player pop.

Brandon Marcum (14780730)
18 years, passable form (6), healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience (1) and wretched leadership abilities (2).

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 75 000 US$
Wage: 790 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: weak (4)
Playmaking: poor (3)
Winger: inadequate (5)
Scoring: poor (3)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: inadequate (5)
Defending: solid (7)
Set Pieces: poor (3)

Brandon will continued to be trained under the Golden Eagles FC for quite some time. I like his winger and passing skills which are beneficial to the counter attack. We may also do some winger training on the rare occasion which would help even more.

Form Changes

Gabriel Fernandez-Cuseta’s increased to passable
John Vera’s increased to passable
Bryan Young’s increased to inadequate
Cutberto Ferrari’s increased to weak
Tyrone Pineda’s increased to weak
Jose Luis Larragoitti’s decreased to passable
Jochen Schultz’s decreased to passable
Dean Lander’s decreased to inadequate
Daniel Ukenings’s decreased to poor
Leonardo Chu’s decreased to poor
Juan Luis Rodriguez’s decreased to poor

Value

Average Player Value - $30,658
Total Player Value - $2,249,000

GoldenEagle

12-03-2003, 01:54 AM

Week 3 Economic Update and Youth Pull

Youth Pull

Rory Bellamy (21436288)
19 years, passable form (6), healthy
A pleasant guy who is tranquil and upright.
Has disastrous experience (1) and inadequate leadership abilities (5).

Speciality: Quick

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 135 000 US$
Wage: 1 220 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate (5)
Playmaking: passable (6)
Winger: passable (6)
Scoring: poor (3)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Defending: poor (3)
Set Pieces: wretched (20

I can not complain about a pull like that at all. Rory will immediately become a starting winger for the club. I love his quick specialty on the wing. It should lead to several goal scoring chances. This is the second straight week my squad has produced a quality player.

Weekly Financial Update

Revenue

Crowd (Cup Match vs. The Fish) - $70,427
Sponsors - $52,965
Temporary - $326,620 (Selling of Ben Aqunio)
Temporary - $154,800 (selling of Archie Hurman)
Temporary - $660 (22 new supporters)

Total Revenue - $605,452

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $29,706
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Temporary - $1,000 (listing of youth pull)
Temporary - $306,000 (purchase of Vanio Virve)
Temporary - $268,700 (purchase of new coach)
Staff - $39,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $676,716

Net income/loss: -$71,264

New Balance: $61,624

Team Information

Team Spirit - Paradise on Earth
Team Confidence - Strong

Sponsor Attitude - Delirious
Supporter Attitude - High on Life
Supporter Club - 1,107

Preview of Sunday Match
Coming up on Sunday, we will face our main league foes for the first time this season. We will be playing at home. Dead Rabbits FC finished second last year and I expect a tough hard fought battle. However wins the match will put themselves in the driving seat for Division IV and the V.167 championship.

Up Next: V.167 Matchup against Dead Rabbits FC

GoldenEagle

12-05-2003, 03:06 PM

Season 21 - League Match #3

Golden Eagles FC vs. Dead Rabbits FC

Date: November 17th, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 16,110
Weather: Overcast

Today we face the toughest challenge we will see in the league all year long. Dead Rabbits FC can attack from all over and have a strong enough to defense to usually not give up many goals. Last season we tied once with the Dead Rabbits FC and lost to them once. It will certainly be a challenge for the franchise. Keep in mind this the debut of new heaD coach Denis Ruuda. Both owners before hand agreed to a Double PIC so team spirit can be high for cup matches.

Formation: 3-5-2

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Virve

Right Wingback: #23 Higgins
Central Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Left Wingback: #15 Marcum

Right Winger: #16 Bellamy (first career start)
Inner Mid: #7 Bengtsson
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggard
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #11 Bosma

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #10 Yonug

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #21 Ukenkings
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #18 Pindea
Forward: #20 Sinclair

Match Report

Pre Game

Due to an all-day shower, 16110 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Golden Eagles FC Arena.

Golden tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Virve - Higgins, Larragoiti, Marcum - Bellamy, Bengtsson, Jansson, Thinggaard, Bosma - Young, Lander.

Rabbits had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Duckworth - Gibbons, Johnson, Berg - Porto Salvo, Karstensson, Lacey, Jarrett, Johnson - Oppel, Jerinic.

First Half

Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 3rd minute goal by Beau Bosma for Golden, putting them ahead 1 - 0.

In the 7:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Bryan Young dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Golden.

In the 11th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Kai Thinggaard dashed through, knocking home 3 - 0 for Golden.

By now Golden were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.

The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 0. Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 56 percent, dominated the battle

Second Half

In the games 48:th minute, Dean Lander could have extended the lead, but his very hard free kick went just over the bar.

The home side´s Bryan Young came close to extending the lead in the 54:th minute. His shot came in off the right hand side but Tyson Duckworth managed saving with a fingernail.

Goldens Bryan Young got himself booked after a foul.

Earnest Jarrett the unlucky victim, couldn´t continue the game.

After 73 minutes Rory Bellamy made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to Bryan Young who shuffled the ball past the keeper.

The score was now 4 - 0.

Golden´s Bryan Young had an excellent opportunity in the 78:th minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles!

The home side´s Bryan Young came close to extending the lead in the 83rd minute. His shot came in off the right hand side but Tyson Duckworth managed saving with a fingernail.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 57 percent possession rate.

Post Game

Most important Golden player was Kai Thinggaard. However, Dean Lander made a disastrous appearance.

Most important Rabbits player was Erik Karstensson. Mladen Jerinic on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 4 - 0.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 4, Dead Rabbits FC 0

Goals
Bosma - 1(3)
Young - 2(3)
Thingaard - 1(3)

Cards

Player Ratings

#1 Virve: ***
#23 Higgins: ***
#14 Larragoiti: ****
#15 Marcum: ***
16 Bellamy: ***
#7 Bengtsson: ***
#2 Thinggard: ****
#3 Jansson: ***
#11 Bosma: ****
#9 Lander: **
#10 Young: **

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: passable (6)
Right Side Defence: solid (7)
Central Defence: excellent (8)
Left Side Defence: formidable (9)
Right Side Attack: excellent (8)
Central Attack: excellent (8)
Left Side Attack: formidable (9)
NSI: 67

Deutsch Fire FC
Midfield: inadequate (5)
Right Side Defence: solid (7)
Central Defence: excellent (8)
Left Side Defence: excellent (8)
Right Side Attack: poor (3)
Central Attack: inadequate (5)
Left Side Attack: passable (6)
NSI: 52

Comments
We soundly defeated the Dead Rabbits FC in all phases of the game. Our defense did not give up a shot and our offense was very productive. We could have put more than four on the board, but missed chances and drawing back in the 11th minute did not lead to goals. How about the play of youth pull Rory Bellamy? He has some skills. My offensive ratings increased but my defensive ratings went way down. I guess it is due to the new coach. Anyway, we will take the win.

Around V.167
Golden Eagles - Dead Rabbits 4 - 0
Hawkeyes Of I - Zürzavar Fc 1 - 2
Penguins and - Deutsch Fire 4 - 1
Go Team - cosinators 4 - 0

The Updated Table

1. Golden Eagles FC 3 12 - 1 9

2. Penguins and Polar 3 11 - 3 9
3. Dead Rabbits FC 3 12 - 5 6
4. Go Team 3 10 - 7 6

5. Deutsch Fire FC 3 6 - 8 3
6. Zürzavar Fc 3 3 - 11 3

7. Hawkeyes Of Iowa 3 3 - 9 0
8. cosinators 3 1 - 14 0

Up Next: 4th round US Open Match against VagaBond

GoldenEagle

12-08-2003, 09:49 PM

Season 21 - Cup Match Round 4

Golden Eagles FC vs. VagaBond

Date: December 4th, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 16,110
Weather: Partly Cloudy

Today we face a formidable challenge in Division IV opponent VagaBond. They are currently in first place in their respective division. Due to training purposes, I am being forced to run the 5-4-1. Straight up, I could beat this team, but since I choose to train defenders, I am putting myself at a major disadvantage. We will be counter attack to see how that goes and of course, Playing it Cool.

Formation: 5-4-1

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Virve

Right Wingback: #20 Sinclair
Central Defender: #24 Vera
Central Defender: #21 Ukenings
Central Defender: #22 Jin-Tong
Left Wingback: #17 Kai-Hung

Right Winger: #16 Bellamy
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggard
Inner Mid: #7 Bengtsson
Left Winger: #11 Bosma

Forward: #10 Young

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #19 Tae-hyun
Midfield: #3 Jansson
Winger: #5 Dogaru
Forward: #9 Lander

Match Report

Pre Game

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Golden Eagles FC Arena saw a crowd turnout of 16110.

Golden tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Virve - Sinclair, Ukenings, Vera, Jin-Tong, Kai-Hung - Bellamy, Bengtsson, Thinggaard, Bosma - Young.

VagaBond started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Bronson - Noel, Greco, Sherman - Reiter, Johnson, Stallings, Paris, Jordon - Wright, Eerola.

First Half

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Golden, and they seem solid at it.

After 13 minutes VagaBonds Carmine Johnson made his way through the middle, putting the visitors up 0 - 1.

The visitors Brandon Greco took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 32nd minute. 0 - 2 for VagaBond.

The visitors Stanton Wright took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 41st minute. 0 - 3 for VagaBond.

The structure of the game started to change as VagaBond decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

After the ball got lifted in from the left Brandon Greco was on his own in the home side´s penalty area 42 minutes into the game, and should have scored, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 3.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by VagaBond, with an impressive 65 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

The visitors Janne Eerola took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 46:th minute. 0 - 4 for VagaBond.

Stanton Wright was, after 54 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors lead with a well placed diving header but home side keeper Vaino Virve saved.

A well placed corner kick from Roy Sherman was followed by Brandon Jordon´s hard but accurate header. The nice combination meant goal for VagaBond. The result now 0-5.

With clinical precision the cross pass from winger Rory Bellamy found it's way to Beau Bosma's head, and a screaming header gave Golden 1 - 5.

In the 69:th minute the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 6 as Stanton Wright finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick.

VagaBond held the ball, with a clear 65 percent possession rate.

Post Game

Most important Golden player was Kai Thinggaard. Daniel Ukenings on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating VagaBond player was without a doubt Nick Stallings. Brandon Jordon on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 1 - 6.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 1, VagaBond 6

Goals
Bosma - 1(3)

Cards
None

Player Ratings

#1 Virve: ***
#20 Sinclair: **~
#24 Vera: **
#21 Ukenings: *~
#22 Jin-Tong: **
#17 Kai-Hung: **~
#16 Bellamy: ***
#2 Thinggard: ****
#7 Bengtsson: ***
#11 Bosma: ****
#10 Young: **

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: inadequate (5)
Right Side Defence: excellent (8)
Central Defence: solid (7)
Left Side Defence: solid (7)
Right Side Attack: passable (6)
Central Attack: weak (4)
Left Side Attack: outstanding (10)
NSI: 57

VagaBond
Midfield: excellent (8)
Right Side Defence: excellent (8)
Central Defence: excellent (8)
Left Side Defence: solid (7)
Right Side Attack: outstanding (10)
Central Attack: formidable (9)
Left Side Attack: solid(7)
NSI: 73

Comments
Ouch. I guess I should be honored that VagaBond showed me respect and did not PIC against me. His result was a 6-1 thumping. I am not impressed with the counter attack at all. I guess I do not have the passing to pull it off. We take our beating with a grain of salt. Hopefully we will do better in the cup next year.

Up Next: Week 4 Training Results.

GoldenEagle

12-08-2003, 10:29 PM

Week 4 Training Results

We had two players pop this week. Larragoitti was expected, but Sinclair was not. I originally stated that Larragoitti would be sold when he reached formidable, but I have now retracted that statement. We will train him up to outstanding, then make the sale.

The reason being is I can probably win my series pretty easily without a significant upgrade. So my plan is to keep until he reaches outstaning, then get the extra $800k to invest in the squad when we prepare for Division IV.I am not sure what to do with Sinclair. I may sell him and go after a younger trainee.

José Luis Larragoiti (10597131)
21 years, passable form (6), healthy

A controversial person who is fiery and honest.
Has poor experience (3) and inadequate leadership abilities (5).

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 259 000 US$
Wage: 1 650 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 2

Stamina: solid (7)
Playmaking: wretched (2)
Winger: weak (4)
Scoring: weak (4)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: poor (3)
Defending: formidable (9)
Set Pieces: wretched (2)

George Sinclair (15085325)
19 years, inadequate form (5), healthy
A controversial person who is calm and honest.
Has disastrous experience (1) and inadequate leadership abilities (5).

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 131 000 US$
Wage: 1 150 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate (5)
Playmaking: inadequate (5)
Winger: wretched (2)
Scoring: passable (6)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: weak (4)
Defending: solid (7)
Set Pieces: inadequate (5)

I am changing up the training update a bit. It will now reflect more of everyone’s favorite dynasty writer - DataKing. I think it will be a welcome change and give you a better understanding of the Golden Eagles FC. That is, at least, my goal.

Form Changes

Six players saw an increase in form this week:
-Defender John Vera -> solid (7)
-Forward Dean Lander -> passable (6)
-Winger Grigore Dogaru -> passable (6)
-Defender George Sinclair -> inadequate (5)
-Midfielder Roger Bengstton -> inadequate (5)
-Defender Daniel Ukenings -> weak (4)

Six players saw a decrease in form
-Defender Dan Higgins -> solid (7)
-Defender Brandon Marcum -> passable (6)
-Defender Yi Kai-Hung -> passable (6)
-Defender Song Tae-hyun -> inadequate (5)
-Winger Gabriel Fernandez-Cuesta -> Weak (4)
-Forward Bryan Young -> weak (4)

Pretty much a was with six players gaining from and six losing. I am glad to see Roger Bensgtsson finally come out of his poor form and that should help our midfield. John Vera will earn a start in the Sunday league match due to his good form. Bryan Young can not break the chains of poor form which is a real shame.

Feelin’ It

Beau Bosma has been in excellent form for about three or four straight weeks now. As a result, he has been putting up four stars on the wing. That was $161,00 very well spent.

Player Values

Average Player Value - $97, 846
Total Team Value - $2,544,000

Up Next: Week 4 Economic Update and Youth Pull

GoldenEagle

12-08-2003, 10:53 PM

Week 4 Financial Update and Youth Pull

Youth Pull

Macedonio Felix (21722867)
19 years, passable form (6), healthy
A popular guy who is temperamental and upright.
Has disastrous experience (1) and weak leadership abilities (4).

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 25 000 US$
Wage: 620 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: weak (4)
Playmaking: weak (4)
Winger: weak (4)
Scoring: inadequate (5)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: weak (4)
Defending: wretched (2)
Set Pieces: passable (6)

My youth squad, which has been hot lately, produced a player who may or may not sell. The fact that he is 19 will hurt but he has good set pieces so that may benefit forward trainers. Hopefully he will find a home somewhere. He is listed if anyone is interested.

Weekly Financial Update

Revenue

Crowd (Cup Match vs. VagaBond) - $70,427
Crowd (League Match vs. Dead rabbits FC) - $105,115
Sponsors - $55,400
Temporary - $263 (last club money for Dan Hatton)
Temporary - $2,200 (mother club money for Gilbert Hanson)

Total Revenue - $234,005

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $31,158
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Staff - $39,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $102,568

Net income/loss: - $131,437

New Balance: $193,061

Team Information

Team Spirit - Delirious
Team Confidence - Decent

Sponsor Attitude - High on Life
Supporter Attitude - Satisfied
Supporter Club - 1,125

Preview of Sunday Match
We will be facing off against GoTeam, a franchise new to V.167. It should be a pretty easy match, and we will PIC. Expect us to play the 4-5-1 as we have nine players who will need defensive training. We should, again, be able to get away with it.

Up Next: V.167 Match-up against GoTeam

Poli

12-08-2003, 10:55 PM

Don't forget, you have the added pressure of delivering a victory for the NC Raiders next weekend as well. :)

GoldenEagle

12-08-2003, 11:26 PM

Season 21 - League Match #4

GoTeam vs. Golden Eagles FC

Date: December 8th, 2003
Venue: GoTeam Arena
Attendance: 7,000
Weather: Partly Cloudy

In today’s match we travel to Michigan to take on GoTeam. GoTeam promoted last season from VI.350 in Season 20. They have earned six points so far and hold the number four position in the V.167 standings. They have played the weaker competition of V.167. This is the first meeting between the two franchises. We don’t expect much of a match and we should cruise to an easy win. Again, we played the 4-5-1 for training purposes.

John Vera his earning his fifth start for the club in a competitive match. Recent youth pull Rory Bellamy will also be playing in his third start for the club. Dean Lander will be the lone forward up top.

Formation: 4-5-1

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1Virve

Right Wingback: #23 Higgins
Central Defender:#15 Marcum
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #24 Vera

Right Winger: #11 Bosma
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggaard
Inner Mid: #7 Bengstton
Inner Mid: #3 Jannson
Left Winger: #16 Bellamy

Forward: #9 Lander

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Schultz
Defender: #20 Sinclair
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #5 Dogaru
Forward: #10 Young

Match Report

Pre Game

7000 spectators arrived at Go Team Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

Team had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Phelan - Clark, Correa, Perryman - Purcell, Wiles, Rodríguez, Mora, Kellogg - Majors, Christie.

Golden tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Virve - Higgins, Larragoiti, Marcum, Vera - Bosma, Bengtsson, Jansson, Thinggaard, Bellamy - Lander

First Half

The referee showed Goldens José Luis Larragoiti the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Some quick foot work on the left side of the field in the 33rd minute left Golden´s Kai Thinggaard completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors.

Golden seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team.

Per Jansson increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 2.

After this Golden lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts.

Golden seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 2. Golden held the ball, with a clear 64 percent possession rate.

Second Half

Golden -coach had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players looked a lot more organized.

Dan Higgins got left behind when Team´s Jeff Kellogg made a sudden pull forward in the 56:th minute, finishing off with a swift strike. 1-2!

Roger Bengtsson increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 1 - 3.

Mark Clark of Team received a yellow card in the 83rd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Golden´s Brandon Marcum got himself booked.

The referee signalled a penalty in the 83rd minute following an offence just inside of the box. John Vera knocked home 1 - 4 just out of reach for the goaltender.

Golden had obvious problems in finding their positions.

In the 86:th minute the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 5 as Roger Bengtsson finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick.

The referee showed Teams Ward Christie the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Dean Lander increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 1 - 6.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 74 percent possession rate.

Post Game

The most dominating Team player was without a doubt Derrick Majors. Jeff Kellogg on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Most important Golden player was Kai Thinggaard. Dean Lander on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 1 - 6.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 6,, GoTeam 1

Goals
Thinggaard - 1(4)
Jansson - 1(2)
Bengtsson - 2(3)
Vera - 1(4)
Lander - 1(3)

Cards
Larragoitti (Yellow)
Marcum (Yellow)
Player Ratings

#1Virve: ***
#23 Higgins: ***~
15 Marcum: **~
#14 Larragoitti: ***~
#24 Vera: **~
#11 Bosma: ****
#2 Thinggaard: ****
#7 Bengstton: ***~
#3 Jannson: ***
#16 Bellamy: ***
#9 Lander: **~

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: inadequate (5)
Right Side Defence: outstanding (10)
Central Defence: outstanding (10)
Left Side Defence: excellent (8)
Right Side Attack: formidable (9)
Central Attack: passable (6)
Left Side Attack: passable (6)
NSI: 64

GoTeam
Midfield: poor (3)
Right Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Central Defence: inadequate (5)
Left Side Defence: weak (4)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
Central Attack: passable (6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate (5)
NSI: 39

Comments
I guess a 6-1 win is acceptable. Although this game was a game we should have won by a lot more. Most of the goal output did not even come to the late second half. Vera did not light it up like he was suppose to, but we cant expect a hat trick every game I guess. We only put up an inadequate midfield which is disappointing. Sure we were on the road and PICing but I expected higher.

I do want to mention the play of Dan Higgins. Dan is a low to mid solid defender in solid form and turned in a 3.5 star performance. That is not bad for the young 18 year old and is the best game of his young career so far. Here is to many more 3.5 star performances.

Around V.167
cosinators - Deutsch Fire 0 - 7
Zürzavar Fc - Penguins and 0 - 5
Dead Rabbits - Hawkeyes Of I 5 - 0

The Updated Table

1. Golden Eagles FC 4 18 - 2 12

2. Penguins and Polar 4 16 - 3 12
3. Dead Rabbits FC 4 17 - 5 9
4. Deutsch Fire FC 4 13 - 8 6

5. Go Team 4 11 - 13 6
6. Zürzavar Fc 4 3 - 16 3

7. Hawkeyes Of Iowa 4 3 - 14 0
8. cosinators 4 1 - 21 0

Up Next: A friendly against the Houston Hippopotami.

GoldenEagle

12-08-2003, 11:27 PM

Ardent: Do not worry my friend. SI will be blindsided by the 5-4-1 and my special tactic. He does not stand a chance! If that is what you are referring to.

sterlingice

12-08-2003, 11:52 PM

Originally posted by GoldenEagle
Ardent: Do not worry my friend. SI will be blindsided by the 5-4-1 and my special tactic. He does not stand a chance! If that is what you are referring to.

Mr Burns: Compadres, it is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season. And remember, a shiny new donkey for whoever brings me the head of Colonel Montoya.
[Smithers whispers to him]
Hmm? What? Oh, and by that I mean, of course, it's time for the "Worker of the Week Award".

SI

Poli

12-08-2003, 11:58 PM

Nope, I mean, you've been hired as my offensive coordinator.

Check out the fired thread. :)

DataKing

12-09-2003, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by GoldenEagle

I am changing up the training update a bit. It will now reflect more of everyone’s favorite dynasty writer - DataKing.

Awww...shucks. :D

In all fairness, the format that I use has been (partially) leeched from other dynasty writers and cobbled together. Just don't ask this old man to remember where he stole a lot of his formatting from. ;)

I think you've made the right move holding onto Larragoitti. He should bring in "metric ass-loads of cash" when he reaches outstanding.

Keep up the good work.

GoldenEagle

12-09-2003, 10:13 AM

Ardent: D'oh! That is what I get for not fully reading the Hattrick forum. Do not worry, I will not let you down in this area either. I promise a higher rating than CW! Who knows, we may even earn a point. i thought you an TP6 still had the bet going on. By the way, does anyone get what SI says sometimes? :)

DK: A "metric ass-loads of cash" is all always wanted. Hey, you never know, I could end up in the Series of the Beast. If that is the case, I will take all the ass loads of cash I can get. I think the format is the best out there and I also hope to use more of a story line too.

GoldenEagle

12-11-2003, 12:08 PM

Season 21 - Friendly Match

Golden Eagles FC vs. Houston Hippopotami

Date: December 11th, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 1,447
Weather: Partly Cloudy

Today, the Houston Hippopotami take about the 10 hour bus drive north to suburbs of Memphis for a friendly match. The Hippopotami, for those of you unaware, are owned by FOFC’s own Sterlingice. It should be a fun and challenging match, as they will come gunning with the 3-5-2.

We will use the match as a tune up for the FOFC Cup play, which we should have a legit shot at advancing from our group. Our B-Team is not in very good form as the majority of them have not played since Season 20. Hopefully, after the next couple of friendlies, they will see an increase in form heading into the FOFC Cup.

We will run the 5-4-1 today with no fancy tactical decisions. Daniel Ukenings will highlight the list of starters for the fans. Daniel is close to an excellent defender, but he is in weak form and that has kept him out of the starting line-up. Other faces the fans should recognize are Hans Karrland and Leonardo Chu, both who have played roles for the club before. A new face is Song Tae-hyun, who if you remember was injured earlier in the year. He returns to the line-up in a defensive role.

Formation: 5-4-1

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #25 Schultz

Right Wingback: #20 Sinclair
Central Defender: #17 Yi Kai-Hung
Central Defender: #19 Tae-hyun
Central Defender: #21 Ukenings
Left Wingback: #22 Jin-Tong

Right Winger: #5 Dogaru
Inner Mid: #8 Karrland
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Left Winger: #18 Pineda

Forward: #10 Young

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #1 Virve
Defender: #15 Marcum
Midfield: #3 Jansson
Winger: #16 Bellamy
Forward: #6 Rodriguez

Match Report

Pre Game

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Golden Eagles FC Arena saw a crowd turnout of 1447.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Schultz - Sinclair, Ukenings, Kai-Hung, Tae-hyun, Jin-Tong - Dogaru, Kärrlind, Chu, Pineda - Young.

Hippopotami tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Sánchez - Sánchez, Miquel, Schrader - Starks, Tryggvesson, Wellens, Little, Teepen - Tizón, Phelan.

First Half

It was an obvious ambition of Hippopotami to attack on the flanks.

Golden made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Bryan Young completely alone with keeper Ignacio Sánchez, who made a spectacular block.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Hippopotami´s Juan Miguel Tizón got himself booked.

Golden made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Yi Kai-Hung completely alone with keeper Ignacio Sánchez, who made a spectacular block.

Thomas Little had a good try in the 38:th minute, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide.

After the game, the most discussed event will be the penalty in the 40:th minute giving the visitors the lead with 0 - 1. Koos Teepen struck home the penalty, as cool as anything.

In the to 42nd minute a very unfortunate collision in the home teams penalty area led to Hippopotami´s Arcadio Sánchez being carried off the pitch and replaced by Elmer Bush.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 1. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Hippopotami, with an impressive 59 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

The incalculable Hans Kärrlind of Golden did everything right as he set up Grigore Dogaru for a goal in the 54:th minute. Unfortunately, the strike missed it´s target.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Golden´s Song Tae-hyun got himself booked.

Daniel Ukenings was just a finger´s breadth away from an equaliser for Golden, but Ignacio Sánchez managed to ward the closing shot off for a corner.

After the ball got lifted in from the left Edwin Phelan was on his own in the home side´s penalty area 65 minutes into the game, and should have scored, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.

Unsportsmanlike behaviour by Song Tae-hyun rendered him his second booking of the match, and Golden had to finish the game with a reduced squad.

Hippopotami, bringing the final ball possession rate to 61 percent, dominated the battle.

Post Game

Golden´s best player was Hans Kärrlind. Leonardo Chu was a disappointment, however.

Most important Hippopotami player was Mick Starks. Juan Miguel Tizón on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 0 - 1.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, Houston Hippopotami

Goals
None

Cards
Tae-hyun - Yellow (2)

Player Ratings

#25 Schultz: **~
#20 Sinclair: **~
#17 Yi Kai-Hung: **~
#19 Tae-hyun: (no rating)
#21 Ukenings: **~
#22 Jin-Tong: **
#5 Dogaru: **~
#8 Karrland: **~
#13 Chu: *~
#18 Pineda: **
#10 Young: **

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
-Midfield: poor (3)
-Right Side Defence: excellent (8)
-Central Defence: formidable (9)
-Left Side Defence: solid (7)
-Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
-Central Attack: poor (3)
-Left Side Attack: weak (4)
-NSI: 45

Houston Hippopotami
-Midfield: weak (4)
-Right Side Defence: passable (6)
-Central Defence: inadequate (5)
-Left Side Defence: solid (7)
-Right Side Attack: formidable (9)
-Central Attack: passable (6)
-Left Side Attack: solid (7)
-NSI: 52

Comments
Our first friendly of the season did not go as well as one might have hoped for. We may have lost, but we certainly had some chances and their keeper had a very good game to keep them in the match. The match did nothing more but prove to me that we can compete in the upcoming FOFC Cup. The B-Team form will only improve and I think we will get better as the year progresses.

Up Next: Week 5 Training Results.

sterlingice

12-11-2003, 03:28 PM

Thanks for breaking my starting wingback in, too, ya goof. Sanchez is out 7 weeks now. Yeesh. If I didn't have $2.5M in the bank, I'd be ticked. ;)

SI

GoldenEagle

12-18-2003, 04:28 PM

Week 5 Training Results

Another player popped this week and it is proof in the pudding that an effective defending training program can pay dividends in the long run. Ukenings is expected to be kept around the team for awhile as I don’t see a pressing need to sell him. He should be a formidable defender by the end of the season.

Daniel Ukenings (12575778)
19 years, inadequate form (5), healthy
A pleasant guy who is balanced and upright.
Has wretched experience (2) and passable leadership abilities (6).

Speciality: Head

Nationality: Deutschland
Assessed value: 130 000 US$
Wage: 1 260 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate (5)
Playmaking: wretched (2)
Winger: poor (3)
Scoring: wretched (2)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: passable (6)
Defending: excellent (8)
Set Pieces: weak (4)

Form Changes

Seven players saw an increase in form this week:
-Defender Dan Higgins -> Excellent (8)
-Midfielder Kai Thinggaard -> Excellent (8)
-Forward Dean Lander -> Solid (7)
-Midfielder Per Jansson -> Solid (7)
-Midfielder Roger Bengtsson -> Passable (6)
-Defender Daniel Ukenings -> Inadequate (5)
-Midfielder Leonardo Chu -> Weak (4)
-Forward Juan Luis Rodriguez -> Weak (4)

Five players saw a decrease in form this week:
Defender Zhan Jin-Tong -> Passable (6)
Forward Grigore Dogaru -> Inadequate (5)
Keeper Jochen Schultz -> Inadequate (5)
Winger Gabriel Fernandez-Cuesta -> Poor (3)
Forward Bryan Young -> Poor (3)

It was a good form week as everyone one of our starting midfielders went up a level in form. Daniel Ukenings also showed form improvement. It has been his poor form that has kept him sidelined for the last few weeks and off the A-Squad.

Feelin’ It

Beau Bosma is again featured here this week. He remained in excellent form for another week and has shown that he will stay here on a consistent basis. This is about his fith straight week in excellent form, according to HAM. In addition, Thinggaard and Higgins are in excellent form as well.

Strugglin’

Bryan Young dropped again in form this week and has never lived up to the promise that was expected when he was brought into the club. Young has been hampered by injuries and bad form. When in healthy and in good form, he has shown flashes of brilliance.

Value

Average Player Value - $103,560
Total Team Value - $2,589,000

Up Next: Week 5 Economic Update and Youth Pull

GoldenEagle

12-20-2003, 03:54 PM

Week 5 Economic Update and Youth Pull

Youth Pull

Last week’s youth pull, Macedonia Felix failed to sale and was released from our club. We wish him the best of luck in any future jobs he may have. That does not mean we did not make any sales though. We sold our recently popped defender, George Sinclair, for a whopping $225,000 to a second division Uruguayan side. We also sold reserve goalkeeper Cutberto Ferrari for $5,000.

Jessie Bryant (22011505)
18 years, passable form (6), healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience (1) and solid leadership abilities (7).

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 12 000 US$
Wage: 560 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate (5)
Playmaking: weak (4)
Winger: weak (4)
Scoring: weak (4)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: wretched (2)
Defending: poor (3)
Set Pieces: inadequate (5)

Jesse immediately found himself on the unemployment line.

Weekly Financial Update

Previous Balance - $193,061

Revenue

Crowd (Friendly Match vs. Houston Hippopotami) - $4,723
Sponsors - $56,925
Temporary - $207,000 (selling of George Sinclair)
Temporary - $4,500 (selling of Cutberto Ferrari)
Temporary - $27,700 (mother club money for Ben Aquino)
Temporary - $660 (signing up of 22 new supporters)

Total Revenue - $301,508

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $32,478
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Temporary - $1,000 (listing of youth pull)
Temporary - $1,000 (listing of George Sinclair)
Temporary - $1,000 (listing of Cutberto Ferrari)
Staff - $39,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $106,788

Net income/loss: $194,719

New Balance: $387,780

Team Information

Team Spirit - Satisfied
Team Confidence - Wonderful

Sponsor Attitude - High on Life
Supporter Attitude - High on Life
Supporter Club - 1,125

Preview of Sunday Match
This Sunday we play consinators, a team that is just plain horrible. I would not recommend reading the match report unless you are very bored. I am hoping we can put up a 10 spot on them. I am not PICing because PICing is useless with my coach.

GoldenEagle

12-23-2003, 11:59 PM

Season 21 - League Match #5

Golden Eagles FC vs. cosinators

Date: December 15th, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 16,110
Weather: Sunday

Today we face off against the cosinators, a team who will drive down from Pennsylvania to face us. I am judging by their name that they are good in math. Ah, I got nothing. They are the worst that V.167 has to offer this year, and well not to be cocky, but hey we are still undefeated. Once again, I got nothing. I think I have mentioned it before, but we are no longer PICing due to our coaches poor leadership abilities.

Our midfield is, for the first time this season, in acceptable form. The defense is a bit weak on the from side, and you will see Dan Higgins and John Vera in the back today, along with the always solid as a rock Jose Luis Larragoiti. We are making a bit of a change up front, as Grigore Dogaru will be starting. Grigore was brought in to originally play striker, but we decided instead to use him on the wing all of last year. However, when Rory Bellamy was pulled, Dogaru could be used up top and that is where he will play today.

Formation: 3-5-2

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Virve

Right Wingback: #23 Higgins
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #24 Vera

Right Winger: #11 Bosma
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggaard
Inner Mid: #7 Bengstton
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #16 Bellamy

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #5 Dogaru

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Schultz
Defender: #15 Marcum
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #18 Pineda
Forward: #10 Young

Match Report

Pre Game

A scorching day at Golden Eagles FC Arena, where 16110 spectators were in place for today´s match. Golden started off with a 3-5-2 lineup.

They fielded: Virve - Higgins, Larragoiti, Vera - Bosma, Bengtsson, Jansson, Thinggaard, Bellamy - Lander, Dogaru.

cosinators started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Couch - Faulk, Henley, Cagle - Delatorre, Newell, Fair, Biggs, Coyle - Cyr, Buiza.

First Half

Fine winger Trevor Coyle made one of his many passes from the wing into the middle in the 12th minute. Victor Delatorre went to the air and hit the ball firmly with his forehead for 0 - 1.

After 12 minutes of play Roger Bengtsson equalised for Golden after an elegant attack from the right.

Goldens Dean Lander gave, after 15 minutes, the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right.

cosinators appeared unsure on how to play.

Rory Bellamy sprinted between the opposing defenders after 31 minutes, but the keeper deflected Dean Lander's shot.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Golden lead up with 3 - 1. Grigore Dogaru finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle.

Golden put themselves up 4 - 1 when Per Jansson broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him.

Golden appeared unsure on how to play.

The teams went for a half-time break at 4 - 1.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 83 percent possession rate.

Second Half

During the break Golden´s coach went through the teams new tactics yet again.

cosinators -coach had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players looked a lot more organized.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Golden lead up with 5 - 1. Per Jansson finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle.

In the games 51st minute Golden´s Kai Thinggaard fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Kai Thinggaard for taking a dive.

After 55 minutes Dean Lander put Golden ahead 6 - 1 as he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side.

The structure of the game started to change as Golden decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone.

Golden appeared unsure on how to play.

In the 80:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Grigore Dogaru dashed through, knocking home 7 - 1 for Golden.

After 82 minutes José Luis Larragoiti put Golden ahead 8 - 1 as he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 92 percent possession rate.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Kai Thinggaard. However, Grigore Dogaru made a disastrous appearance.

The most dominating cosinators player was without a doubt Jacob Faulk. Glen Biggs on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 8 - 1.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 8, cosinators 1

Goals
Bengtsson - 1
Lander - 2
Dogaru - 2
Jansson - 2
Larragoitti - 1

Cards
Thinggaard - Yellow

Player Ratings

#1 Virve: ***
#23 Higgins: ***~
#14 Larragoitti: ***~
#24 Vera: **~
#11 Bosma: ****
#2 Thinggaard: ****
#7 Bengstton: ***~
#3 Jannson: ***~
#16 Bellamy: ***
#9 Lander: **~
#5 Dogaru: **

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: solid (7)
Right Side Defence: excellent (8)
Central Defence: excellent (8)
Left Side Defence: formidable (9)
Right Side Attack: outstanding (10)
Central Attack: excellent (8)
Left Side Attack: excellent (8)
NSI: 72

cosinators
Midfield: wretched (2)
Right Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Central Defence: inadequate (5)
Left Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
Central Attack: inadequate (5)
Left Side Attack: passable (6)
NSI: 32

Comments
I am impressed with the 8-1 victory. I know, consider the competition. Still, the team is showing the ability to win and win big. For that reason, I think we will continue to rise and be a better team. Last year, we had lapses where we didn't play well and lost to teams we should not have lost to. This year, it is a complete 360 degree turn and I hope it continues to be that way.

John Vera has earned a starting spot. He is not in the top three of our team in the defender rating, but he creates plays because he has intangibles in his favor. Plus, I think he has a legit shot at the scoring title and I will take all the money I can get.

(I did not put the players season amounts goals on this update because hattrick was extremely slow at the time of this update)

Up Next: A friendly against the Bad Boys FF.

GoldenEagle

12-25-2003, 06:03 PM

Season 21 - Friendly Match

Golden Eagles FC vs. Bad Boys FF

Date: December 18th, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 1,917
Weather: Partly Cloudy

The Bad Boys FF club visits us today from the remote regions of Sweden. They are currently in the Sixth Division of the massive Swedish league. They will in all likely run a 4-4-2 and I expect it to be a pretty good match-up. Interestingly enough, Roger Bengtsson’s younger brother, Jerry is on Bad Boys FF. Although Roger is not in the line-up today, I am sure he is thrilled to see his brother. The Bengtsson’s are a Swedish family who like giving their children American first names apparently.

We will again run the 5-4-1 with none of the tactics that we could choose from. My idea is simplicity. I really do not like the idea of all the new tactics, because too many things could go wrong. However, that is just my idea. On to the match.

Formation: 5-4-1

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Virve

Right Wingback: #21 Ukenings
Central Defender: #22 Jin-Tong
Central Defender: #17 Kai-Hung
Central Defender: #15 Marcum
Left Wingback: #19 Tae-hyun

Right Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta
Inner Mid: #8 Karrland
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Left Winger: #5 Dogaru

Forward: #10 Young

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Schultz
Defender: #23 Higgins
Midfield: #3 Jansson
Winger: #18 Pindea
Forward: #6 Rodriguez

Match Report

Pre Game

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Golden Eagles FC Arena saw a crowd turnout of 1917.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Virve - Ukenings, Marcum, Kai-Hung, Jin-Tong, Tae-hyun - Fernández-Cuesta, Kärrlind, Chu, Dogaru - Young.

Badboys started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Karlsson - Jonasson, Pettersson, Yngvesson, Bengtsson - Falkenblom, Pihlbratt, Gröönér, Gröönman - Wibeck, Nederland.

First Half

Golden tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but kept getting stuck on the visitors defenders.

Peter Gröönér gave the visitors the lead in the 31st minute with 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball call in the penalty area.

Golden will have to do without Leonardo Chu for a time due to a bad foot injury. He was substituted by Per Jansson.

A header from Hans Kärrlind connected with a corner kick after 39 minutes, and the ball ended up with Per Jansson of Golden who shot the 1-1 goal.

1 - 1 was the half-time score.

Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 64 percent, dominated the battle.

Second Half

In the games 52nd minute Jonas Pettersson almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a spectacular scissors shot just past the bar.

Seemingly due to lack of experience, Yi Kai-Hung needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed.

In the games 64:th minute Badboys´s Jerry Bengtsson fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Jerry Bengtsson for taking a dive.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 79 percent possession rate.

Over Time

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of overtime followed. Brandon Marcum wasn´t fit enough for a full game made several mistakes out of sheer tiredness.

One of them was exploited by Roland Jonasson who squeezed in 1-2. This put an end to extra time, making Badboys the winners.

Post Game

Most important Golden player was Per Jansson. Gabriel Fernández-Cuesta on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Badboys player was without a doubt Pontus Karlsson. Adam Nederland on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 1 - 2.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 1, Bad Boys FF 2

Goals
Jansson

Cards
None

Player Ratings
Goalkeeper: #1 Virve: ***
#21 Ukenings: ***
#22 Jin-Tong: **
#17 Kai-Hung: **~
#15 Marcum: ***
:#19 Tae-hyun: **
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: *~
#8 Karrland: **~
#13 Chu: ~
#3 Jansson (on for the ijured Chu): ***
#5 Dogaru: **
#10 Young: *~

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
-Midfield: poor (3)
-Right Side Defence: outstanding (10)
-Central Defence: outstanding (10)
-Left Side Defence: solid (7)
-Right Side Attack: weak (4)
-Central Attack: poor (3)
-Left Side Attack: inadequate (5)
-NSI: 48

Bad Boys FF
-Midfield: wretched (2)
-Right Side Defence: solid (7)
-Central Defence: excellent (8)
-Left Side Defence: excellent (8)
-Right Side Attack: passable (6)
-Central Attack: inadequate (5)
-Left Side Attack: excellent (8)
-NSI: 48

Comments
At least we now know that Brandon Marcum needs to work on his fitness right? We should have won that game, dominating possession in both halves of play. Both they had a better attack and I guess that is the way things work out. The injury the Leonardo Chu will sideline him for six weeks. Ouch.

Up Next: Week 6 Training Results.

GoldenEagle

12-25-2003, 07:06 PM

Week 6 Training Results

We did not have any players pop this week, however, I think you may can expect to see as many as three pops next week. I suspect that John Vera, Yi Kai-Hung, Zhang Jin-Tong, and perhaps even Song Tae-hyun are close to popping.

Form Changes

Two players saw an increase in from this week:
-Midfielder Leonardo Chu -> inadequate (5)
-Winger Tyrone Pineda -> inadequate (5)

Six players saw a decrease in form this week:
-Winger Beau Bosma -> solid (7)
-Defender Dan Higgins -> passable (6)
-Midfielder Roger Bengtsson -> inadequate (5)
-Goalkeeper Vanio Virve -> inadequate (5)
-Defender Song Tae-hyun -> weak (4)
-Winger Grigore Dogaru -> weak (4)

Form overall took a sharp turn downwards. Ever since I switched to 100% training, my team form has not been as good as it was at 95%. The way I understand it, team from is better when your training percent is higher. So far, that has not been the case here.

Feelin’ It

Midfielder Kai Thinggaard, straight out of Denmark, is in excellent form. Kai has always been in good form and has proven to be our midfielder leader ever since we bought him. I hope that he will continue to be successful on the pitch.

Strugglin’

Bryan Young again has the role this week, which is the most feared on the Golden Eagles roster. If Young could ever get out of his poor form slump, then he would be a consistent answer for us up-top.

Value

Average Player Value - $97,250
Total Player Value - $2,334,000

Up Next: Week 6 Economic Update

GoldenEagle

12-25-2003, 07:34 PM

Week 6 Economic and Youth Pull Update

Youth Pull

Pascual Vazquez (22281073)
18 years, passable form, healthy
A controversial person who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities.

Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 25 000 US$
Wage: 620 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: inadequate
Playmaking: poor
Winger: wretched
Scoring: wretched
Goaltending: disastrous
Passing: passable
Defending: weak
Set Pieces: weak

Pascual is not the kind of youth pull that you want, but nevertheless, he will stick around on my team for a few weeks. The reason? My B-Team midfield has an injury with Chu and we really do not want to play a starter there. So Pascual will stick around and then promptly be fired.

Weekly Financial Update

Previous Balance - $387,780

Revenue

Crowd (League Match vs. cosinators) - $105,115
Sponsors - $58,245
Temporary - $77,250 (mother club and last club money for Lesley Minton)
Temporary - $660 (signing up of 22 new supporters)

Total Revenue - $246,918

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $30,248
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Staff - $39,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $101,588

Net income/loss: $145,359

New Balance: $533,140

Team Information

Team Spirit - content
Team Confidence - wonderful

Supporters - high on life
Sponsors - high on life
Supporter Club - 1,165

Preview of Sunday Match
We play our second straight home game against the Hawkeyes of Iowa this week. The Hawkeyes are inactive in the league. I pretty much expect another creaming. I will not PIC and am going for goal differential. Does anyone know if the higher you are on the promotion chart, does sit benefit you in anyway? According to Hatstas, I am very high on that chart.

The Afoci

12-25-2003, 07:47 PM

I think the higher the easier. I am not sure though. BoB, the owner of the West Fargo Stangs got into an easy DIV after crushing his DV league. He then, after having some struggles, promoted to a bitch of a DIII.

Poli

12-25-2003, 07:52 PM

The higher the spot on the promotion table means you take over for the "worse" teams in the upper level. If you're way up there you may replace a bot team.

GoldenEagle

12-25-2003, 08:06 PM

Season 21 - League Match #4

Golden Eagles FC vs. Hawkeyes of Iowa

Date: December 22nd, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 15,984
Weather: Rain

Today the Hawkeyes of Iowa travel down from Des Moines for a league clash in the great division we all know as V.167. There is a little of heat heading into this match, as apparently, before the game, the radio announcer of the Golden Eagles FC got into a tussle with Hawkeyes of Iowa coach Stan Boling. Details, are sketchy at this point, but it seems the feud stemmed from Boling’s weight. Boling is a bit on the heavy side, and it was joked about on the radio. I can report that no injuries happened and the police were not called.

We are looking forward to today’s match, even if the team is in rather poor from. Gigore Dogaru will again make a start up top, but the need for a forward is a pressing matter and will need to be addressed before next year. Daniel Ukenings will start in the back, after he has returned to decent form. John Vera will also start. The midfield lines up as usual, as does the center defender Jose Luis Larragoiti.

Formation: 3-5-2

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1Virve

Right Wingback: #21 Ukenings
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #24 Vera

Right Winger: #11 Bosma
Inner Mid: #2 Thinggaard
Inner Mid: #7 Bengstton
Inner Mid: #3 Jannson
Left Winger: #16 Bellamy

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #5 Dogaru

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Schultz
Defender: #15 Marcum
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #18 Pineda
Forward: #10 Young

Match Report

Pre Game

The crowd of 15984 turning up at Golden Eagles FC Arena today were greeted by some nasty showers of rain.

Golden had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Virve - Ukenings, Larragoiti, Vera - Bosma, Bengtsson, Jansson, Thinggaard, Bellamy - Lander, Dogaru.

Hawkeyes tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Lance - Vergara del Toro, Matos, Ventimilla, Bartolomé - Cook, Abbott, Douglas, Carlisle - Lang, Jones.

First Half

Hyman Cook of Hawkeyes received a yellow card in the 14:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The 23rd minute saw the home team take a 1 - 0 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for Golden was Grigore Dogaru.

Lauro Ventimilla of Hawkeyes received a yellow card in the 24:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Hawkeyess Ollie Abbott got himself booked after a foul.

Golden were forced to a substitution as Beau Bosma couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment, forcing Tyrone Pineda to come in from the sidelines.

In the 29:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Grigore Dogaru dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Golden.

By now Golden were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.

2 - 0 was the half-time score.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Golden, with an impressive 87 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

Golden put their lead ahead another goal as Grigore Dogaru struck home the 3 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper. At that, Grigore Dogaru was noted down for a hat trick.

John Vera increased Golden´s lead to 4 - 0 from a penalty spot cannonball.

John Vera increased Golden´s lead to 5 - 0 from a penalty spot cannonball.

Golden put themselves up 6 - 0 when Per Jansson broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him.

In the 85:th minute Goldens Roger Bengtsson received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 95 percent, dominated the battle.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Kai Thinggaard. However, Tyrone Pineda made a disastrous appearance.

Most important Hawkeyes player was Lauro Ventimilla. Bob Douglas on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 6 - 0.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 6, Hawkeyes of Iowa 0

Goals
Dogaru - 3(5)
Vera - 2(6)
Jansson - 1(4)

Cards
Bengtsson - Yellow

Player Ratings

#1Virve: ***
#21 Ukenings: ***
#14 Larragoitti: ***~
#24 Vera: ***
#11 Bosma: ***
#18 Pineda (on for the injured Bosma): **
#2 Thinggaard: ****
#7 Bengstton: ***~
#3 Jannson: ***~
#16 Bellamy: ***
#9 Lander: ***
#5 Dogaru: **

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: solid (7)
Right Side Defence: solid (7)
Central Defence: excellent (8)
Left Side Defence: excellent (8)
Right Side Attack: formidable (9)
Central Attack: excellent (8)
Left Side Attack: excellent (8)
NSI: 69

Hawkeyes of Iowa
Midfield: disastrous (1)
Right Side Defence: passable (6)
Central Defence: solid (7)
Left Side Defence: passable (6)
Right Side Attack: weak (4)
Central Attack: inadequate (5)
Left Side Attack: weak (4)
NSI: 35

Comments
Another 6-0 drubbing of whoever I play in the week of V.167. Next week, things will get a little tougher when I take on Penguins and Polar Bears. The next couple of games will make or break the season for them. I suspect he will match of the season me at least one time. John Vera put up three starts for the first time ever in this match. Dean Lander was also equally impressive. We increase our goal differential, which I hope matters.

Around V.167
cosinators - Zürzavar Fc 1 - 2
Golden Eagles - Hawkeyes Of I 6 - 0
Dead Rabbits - Deutsch Fire 4 - 2
Go Team - Penguins and 2 - 3

The Updated Table

1. Golden Eagles FC 6 32 - 3 18

2. Dead Rabbits FC 6 24 - 9 15
3. Penguins and Polar 6 21 - 8 15
4. Deutsch Fire FC 6 21 - 12 9

5. Go Team 6 15 - 17 9
6. Zürzavar Fc 6 5 - 23 6

7. Hawkeyes Of Iowa 6 4 - 22 0
8. cosinators 6 3 - 31 0

Up Next: A friendly against the Louisiana Cyclones

GoldenEagle

12-25-2003, 08:42 PM

Season 21 - Friendly Match

Golden Eagles FC vs. Louisiana Cyclones

Date: December 25th, 2003
Venue: Golden Eagles FC Arena
Attendance: 1,443
Weather: Sunny

The Cyclones, which are owned by Doug5984, are taking a short flight up from Lafayette for the exciting match today in the Golden Eagles FC Arena. They play in IV.5, which is a tough series in IV. Currently, they are tied for fist place in that division. Interestingly enough, if the season ended today, I would promote to IV.5 The match features two teams running the 5-4-1, so it should be a very high paced and exciting match.

I fully expect get slaughtered in this match. Doug just bought an outstanding midfielder (which I have heard all about :)) and he is playing in the match today. My B-Team midfielder, Leonardo Chu, is injured and can not play. We will run 5 defenders out there and will not run any special tactics.

Formation: 5-4-1

Starters:

Goalkeeper: #1 Virve

Right Wingback: #15 Marcum
Central Defender: #17 Yi Kai-Hung
Central Defender: #22 Jin-Tong
Central Defender: #23 Higgins
Left Wingback: #18 Tae-hyun

Right Winger: #5 Dogaru
Inner Mid: #8 Karrland
Inner Mid: Vazquez
Left Winger: #18 Pineda

Forward: #9 Lander

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Schultz
Defender: #16 Bellamy
Midfield: #3 Jansson
Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta
Forward: #10 Young

Match Report

Pre Game

The 1443 spectators at Golden Eagles FC Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Golden tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination.

The following players had been chosen: Virve - Marcum, Higgins, Kai-Hung, Jin-Tong, Tae-hyun - Dogaru, Kärrlind, Vazquez, Pineda - Lander.

Louisiana had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. They fielded: Glenn - Persson, Rusu, Knight, Jones, Gupta - Quigley, Roslind, Fogelström, Nafziger - Martínez.

First Half

Louisiana strategy involved pressing and cutting off attack angles of their opponents from all over the field.

Louisiana had a inadequate ability to press their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times.

Louisiana had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 20:th minute when José Luis Martínez came up alone against Vaino Virve who managed a block.

Jeffrey Quigley had a good try in the 28:th minute, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide.

Halftime score was 0 - 0.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Louisiana, with an impressive 75 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

Seemingly due to lack of experience, Mike Knight needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed.

81 minutes into the game Alexandru Rusu was a hair´s breadth away from giving Louisiana the lead. A prompt block by Vaino Virve saved the home team that time.

Louisiana´s Mike Knight refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon in the 86:th minute.

Louisiana´s Alexandru Rusu could have put the guests one up in the 86:th minute, chasing a through ball but Vaino Virve was fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose.

Louisiana, bringing the final ball possession rate to 83 percent, dominated the battle.

Post Game

Golden´s best player was Brandon Marcum. Pascual Vazquez on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Louisiana player was without a doubt Alexandru Rusu. José Luis Martínez was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 0 - 0.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, Louisiana Cyclones 0

Goals
None

Cards
None

Player Ratings

#1 Virve: **~
#15 Marcum: ***
#17 Yi Kai-Hung: **~
#22 Jin-Tong: **
#23 Higgins: ***
#18 Tae-hyun: **~
#5 Dogaru: **
#8 Karrland: **~
Vazquez: *
#18 Pineda: **
#9 Lander: ***

Team Ratings

Golden Eagles FC
-Midfield: wretched (2)
-Right Side Defence: formidable (9)
-Central Defence: formidable (9)
-Left Side Defence: passable (6)
-Right Side Attack: inadequate (5)
-Central Attack: inadequate (5)
-Left Side Attack: inadequate (5)
-NSI: 47

Louisiana Cyclones
Midfield: passable (6)
Right Side Defence: outstanding (10)
Central Defence: brilliant (11)
Left Side Defence: excellent (8)
Right Side Attack: poor (3)
Central Attack: poor (3)
Left Side Attack: poor (3)
NSI: 56

Comments
I am very surprised with the very exciting 0-0 draw. I know that fans from all over the FOFC federation were on the edge of their respective seats for this one. There was chance after chance for both teams. No one broke through though. Who says the 5-4-1 can not provide offense? Whoever said that needs to watch this game. :)

Up Next: Week 7 Training Results.

GoldenEagle

12-25-2003, 09:13 PM

Week 7 Training Results

Once again, we had no pops. This is very frustrating because I had two guys that I would have bet my house would have popped. Sometimes it seems like the solid coach and the training at 100% is not paying off. There is always next week, I guess…

Form Changes

Six players saw an increase in form this week:
-Defender Jose Luis Aragonite -> solid (7)
-Defender Zhang Jin-Tong -> solid (7)
-Midfielder Leonardo Chu -> passable (6)
-Winger Tyrone Pineda -> inadequate (5)
-Winger Fernandez-Cuesta -> weak (4)
-Forward Bryan Young -> weak (4)

Six players saw a decrease in form this week
-Winger Beau Bosma -> passable (6)
-Defender Daniel Ukenings -> weak (4)
-Midfielder Roger Bengtsson -> weak (4)
-Keeper Jochen Schultz -> weak (4)
-Keeper Vanio Virve -> weak (4)
-Forward Juan Luis Rodriguez -> poor (3)

Yuck. What an ugly, ugly form update. A grand total saw a form decrease. That decrease is not from solid to passable, it goes as low as weak. Things do not look good, form wish, heading into the big league match on Sunday. Hopefully we can pull it out despite our bad form.

Feelin’ It

How about Bryan Young, finally getting a form increase to inadequate. He is starting on the match on Sunday because of it. I hope he will pour on the goals. He finally broke out of the bad form chains and for that, earned the spot in this week’s Feelin’ It.

Strugglin’

Midfielder Roger Bengtsson had great form all last season. However, this year his form has just plain sucked He needs to improve on that form because he is the key player in our midfield. He is an excellent midfielder but his form stinks.

Value

Average Player Value - $98,333
Total Player Value - $2,360,000

Up Next: Weekly economic update and our weekly youth pull disappointment.

GoldenEagle

12-28-2003, 03:00 PM

Week 7 Economic Update and Youth Pull

Youth Pull

Raleigh Brinson (22484383)
17 years, passable form (6), healthy
A sympathetic guy who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience (1) and weak leadership abilities (4).

Speciality: Powerful

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 2 000 US$
Wage: 540 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

Stamina: passable (6)
Playmaking: weak (4)
Winger: weak (4)
Scoring: weak (4)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: poor (3)
Defending: wretched (2)
Set Pieces: passable (6)

Raleigh is not the type of player we are looking to employ on our squad right now. While he some skill in the set piece area, that is about it. Has anyone else notice the trend of pulling a certain style of player? I always pull players with good set pieces. I wish it was defending or playmaking. I wonder if this will change.

Weekly Financial Update

Previous Balance - $533,140

Revenue

Crowd (League Match vs. Hawkeyes of Iowa) - $104,485
Crowd (Friendly Match vs. Louisiana Cyclones)
Sponsors - $60,225
Temporary - $660 (signing up of 22 new supporters)

Total Revenue - $169,070

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $30,248
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Staff - $39,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $101,558

Net income/loss: $67,512

New Balance: $600,652

Team Information

Team Spirit - calm
Team Confidence - wonderful

Supporters - high on life
Sponsors - high on life
Supporter Club - 1,191

Preview of Sunday Match
Sunday’s match is a highly anticipated battle between two of the top teams in V.167. The Golden Eagles FC, as we all know, are sitting pretty atop the division. The Penguins and Polar Bears have come out of no where and have formed a solid core of a team to charge up the standings and sit in second place. I am very concerned about this match. Why? My star midfielder and goalkeeper are in weak form. I am on the road and likely to be Matched of the Season. To boot, Beau Bosma is not at full strength, although will be playing. My defense is also not in the best of form. I will be lucky to put a passable midfield and he will put one up. I expect to be a close, tight game and the result could go either way.