A Golden Era: Golden Eagles FC Dynasty

[GoldenEagle]

Inspired by DataKing’s <i>Screamin Seamen FC dynasty (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7340) </i> and my recent obsession with Hattrick, I have decided to write up a dynasty report following my Hattrick team, Golden Eagles FC located in Mississippi and playing in V.167. For a basic background to Hattrick, please refer to DataKing’s original dynasty thread by clicking here (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4766).

[GoldenEagle]

<b>The Beginning </b>

Southaven, MS (AP) -- The mayor of Southaven announced today that a new soccer franchise will locate inside its city borders. The team, which will be named Golden Eagles FC, will play in Division 5, series 167. The team will face rivals in their league such as the Los Angeles Scullkickers and Deutsch Fire FC from Chicago. The team is named after a prominent Southaven resident, Tim Brice, whose nickname is the Golden Eagle. “Mr. Brice was critical in getting this franchise to the city of Southaven. We have a feeling that great things will come about to both the city of Southaven and Golden Eagles FC with Mr. Brice at the helm", said the mayor of Southaven. The team will play in Golden Eagles FC Arena, which will seat 7,000, and will be located on Church Road. The team’s first transaction was hiring of coach Howie Mcclelland, who is 49 years old and has excellent experience, and prefers a strong defensive game.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Golden Eagles FC Player Profiles</b>

I was blessed by getting decent players from the start for my team. Still, we needed to make some acquisitions to improve the strength of our squad, especially at keeper and defense. The stats are listed after our first game, which was a 5-0 win over a DVI bot team (more on this later).

<B>First Team</b>

We will play a 3-5-2 formation. I think this is the best formation for a team at this time.

<i>Goalkeeper</i>

Jochen Schultz
Age: 22
Current Form: passable
Assessed Value: $191,000
Wage: $1 920 p/w plus 20% bonus
Goaltending: Passable

Werner Gretschmann
Age:19
Current Form: passable
Assessed Value: $182,000
Wage: 1 776 p/w plus 20% bonus
Goaltending: Passable

I have two solid keepers after starting with none. I paid a combined $134k for both of them. I am hoping after a week of goaltending training and some general training, one of them will improve to solid. I will then have the option of selling either one. I sold off previous starter Clyde Lorenz for $10k.

<i>Defenders</i>

Gabriel Dorsey
Age: 21
Current Form: weak
Assessed Value: $30,000
Wage: $690 p/w
Defending: passable

JC Vera

Age: 31
Current Form: inadequate
Assessed Value: $23,000
Wage: $760 p/w
Defending: passable

Jose Luis Larragoti

Age: 19
Current Form: passable
Assessed Value: $38,000
Wage: $700 p/w
Defending: passable

We bought Jose from MiddleSex Athletic for $38k. The defense pinches toward the middle, as none of them are really good wing backs. Plus the majority of the formations we play will be 4-4-2.

<i>Inner Midfielders</i>

Leonardo Chu

Age: 24
Current Form: passable
Assessed Value: $63,000
Wage: $890 p/w
Playmaking: passable
Passing: wretched

Per Jansson

Age: 32
Current Form: inadequate form
Assessed Value: $46,000
Wage: $1272 p/w plus 20% bonus
Playmaking: passable
Passing: passable

Hans Karrlind

Age: 29
Current Form: passable
Assessed Value: $66,000
Wage: $1322 p/w plus 20% bonus
Playmaking: passable
Passing: passable

I bought Jansson and Karrlind for a combined $101k. I think the midfield is strong, although I would like one more strong player when I clear debt.

<i>Wingers</i>

Gabriel Fernandez-Cuesta

Age: 25
Current Form: inadequate
Assessed Value: $40,000
Wage: $790 p/w
Winger: passable
Passing: passable

Joey Arevalo

Age: 26
Current Form: inadequate
Assessed Value: $90,000
Wage: $1210 p/w
Winger: passable
Passing: poor

Ossie Lynn

Age: 25
Current Form: inadequate
Assessed Value: $40,000
Wage: $790 p/w
Winger: passable
Passing: weak

Tyrone Pineda

Age: 25
Current Form: inadequate
Assessed Value: $30,000
Wage: $720 p/w
Winger: passable
Passing: poor

I feel we are very deep at winger, and I may look to move one or two.

<i>Forwards</i>

David Ortega Gutierrez

Age: 26
Current Form: weak
Assessed Value: $19,000
Wage: $660 p/w
Scoring: passable

Jackie Morin

Age: 23
Current Form: solid
Assessed Value: $50,000
Wage: $770 p/w
Scoring: passable

The strikers are strong. I paid $35k for Morin.

The rest of the players are B-team players and can’t help my team. They are either the on the transfer list, will be fired, or will be kept around for friendly matches.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - Cup Match 1</b>

The buzz surrounding the Golden Eagles FC was amazing as it headed north, way north, to South Dakota to face the South Dakota Apaches. The Apaches, a Division 6 team, is one that is still looking for an owner, as most Division 6 teams are. The Golden Eagles were trying to advance in the USA Cup and also of course win the first match of their franchise history. Despite, the long bus drive, the Golden Eagles were exciting about the match.

The starting line-up for the Golden Eagles FC, using a 3-5-2 formation:

Goalkeeper: Shultz

Defender: Lynn
Defender: Vera
Defender: Dorsey

Inner Mid: Persson
Inner Mid: Karrlind
Inner Mid: Chu
Winger: Arevalo
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Ortega Gutierrez

<i>Match Report</i>

5500 spectators arrived at South Dakota Park, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Apaches had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation.

After 8 minutes Golden put themselves up by 0 - 1 as Jackie Morin finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post. The visitors Hans Kärrlind took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 24:th minute. 0 - 2 for Golden. Golden had obvious problems in finding their positions. The away team´s David Ortega Gutierrez took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 33rd minute increasing Golden´s lead to 0 - 3. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 83 percent, dominated the battle.

Golden -coach had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players looked a lot more organized. The visitors Jackie Morin took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 55:th minute. 0 - 4 for Golden. Golden appeared unsure on how to play. David Ortega Gutierrez was, after 65 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors lead with a well placed diving header but home side keeper Franklin Henson saved. The away team´s Jackie Morin took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 78:th minute increasing Golden´s lead to 0 - 5. By then Jackie Morin was a three time scorer - a hat trick! The structure of the game started to change as Golden decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. The referee showed Goldens Jackie Morin the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Golden seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team. Seemingly due to lack of experience, Gabriel Dorsey needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 92 percent, dominated the battle.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 5 South Dakota Apaches 0</i>

Goals
Morin(3) - 8,55,78
Karrlind(1) - 24
Ortega Gutierrez(1) - 33

Cards
Morin, Yellow(1)

<i>Comments</i>

Well, we expected to roll over this team but we were still nervous because we really didn’t know what to expect going into our first match. Luckily, we drew Alaska Samurais for the next round, who are in the same boat the Apaches are in. Still, I think we will need to pack a more offensive punch to be successful in our league. The confused players I think just had to do with the introduction of the 3-5-2.

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz: **½
Lynn: *½
Jansson: **
Vera: **
Dorsey: **
Arevalo: **
Karrlind: *½
Chu: *½
Fernández-Cuesta: *½
Ortega Gutierrez: **
Morin: **

Team MVP: Schultz

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC

Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

South Dakota Apaches

Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: wretched

<b>Up Next:</b> The Golden Eagles FC first ever league match vs. the Wisconsin Badgers

[GoldenEagle]

Cameras swing around the room as a young reporter prepares to interview the Golden Eagles FC General Manager Tim Brice. The reporter looks nervous because he has been told that Brice has a very colorful personality and does not like reporters very much. The interview begins.

Reporter: Mr. Brice, you recently became General Manager of the Golden Eagles FC. Are you excited about bringing another Hattrick soccer franchise to the state of Mississippi?

Brice: Of course. I think the franchise has unlimited, untapped potential. The market is there to build a very solid team. I fully expect great things in the future.

Reporter: Can you talk about the recent acquisitions your team made?

Brice: Sure. We were very aggressive early in the transfer market. We felt like we had to bring in a couple of players at different positions to improve our squad overall. The keeper situation was poor when we started trying out players and since nothing was really available in the United States, we had to look abroad to bring in a couple of kids at that position. We also strengthened our midfield and brought in Jackie Morin up top, who had a hat trick in his first game.

Reporter: How was your club able to financially support all these transactions?

Brice: Well, we only started with $300K. We made some early rookie mistakes in the transaction market, but we have learned from these mistakes. I expect our club to be out of debt in a couple of weeks, especially if we can sell a couple of players that we have on the market right now. The debt will not hurt our club in anyway and we will continue to fully invest in our youth squad.

Reporter: What did you think of your opening win in the USA Cup over the South Dakota Apaches?

Brice: I think a lot of positives came out of the victory. First of all, it was great to get the first win in our franchise history. I think that was very important. Jackie Morin obviously had a great game and it was good to see him get established up front. But we also had some negatives and we will have to improve on these in the future. Our midfield did not play well and we looked disorganized at times. My club is taking the necessary steps to improve in these area of weakness with league play coming up.

Reporter: Talk about your league and what you expect out of it this season and in particular, your opponent on Sunday, the Wisconsin Badgers.

Brice: Well V.167 has several good teams. Last years winners, the LA Scullkickers return to the league this season after dropping their promotion match. I really feel they are the favorites to repeat again this year, although they made some very questionable decisions transfer wise. The Archers, who finished second last season will be strong as well and will really push for honors. They have a strong team and it is going to be tough to beat them. Deutsch Fire FC will also be strong. Those are the teams that I think will be competing for the league. Can we compete for the league title? Sure, if the cards fall our way and we improve in different areas on the field of play. The Wisconsin Badgers run a standard 4-4-2 and I think we can exploit them in the midfield. I expect a victory.

Reporter: Thank you for the info on your team. On a side note may I ask you a personal question?

Brice: No.

Reporter: Why are you nicknamed the Golden Eagle? Can you fly? Are you fast? Are you Golden?

Brice: No.

Reporter: Oh, um ok.

With that the interview goes off the air as the Golden Eagles FC prepare for their first league match against the Wisconsin Badgers.

[Nyarlahotep]

Keepers in passable form turn solid at about 300k. Good luck this season.

[GoldenEagle]

I definitely have a dilemma training wise that I am facing. Last week I trained goaltending. If I start my 19 year old keeper Gretschmann and train goaltending over the next four weeks or so, I may can boast Gretschmann to solid, and given his age I could get $300K to $400K for him but other players suffer. I could take that money in upgrade my squad in different positions and I think I can get by with the current level of players. Opinions?

[Doug5984]

Originally posted by GoldenEagle
I definitely have a dilemma training wise that I am facing. Last week I trained goaltending. If I start my 19 year old keeper Gretschmann and train goaltending over the next four weeks or so, I may can boast Gretschmann to solid, and given his age I could get $300K to $400K for him but other players suffer. I could take that money in upgrade my squad in different positions and I think I can get by with the current level of players. Opinions?

I would sell Gretschmann right now, pick up an inadequate keeper for around $10k, and then train an outfield skill...As it is now you would have to train goalkeeper for a while to get Gret. to pop to solid, and that only helps 2 players on your squad....Also, with if you sold Gret. for around $100k, then buy another backup thats $90k more you have in the bank that can either go to buying better players, or an arena upgrade, or maybe just be used to help stay out of debt.

[GoldenEagle]

I definitely need to find a source of income from somewhere. Right now I am close to $100k in debt, but I am selling a defender that I bought for $38K for at least $40K, so that will help get out of debt to some extent. I also have decent wing back that I am trying to sell for at least $70K. Even with that I am still going to lose $20K a week, maybe a little less, depending on attendance. I want to expand the stadium to bring in more income, but I obviously don’t have the money and probably will not for some time. The problem Gretschmann is that I would hate to see him as a formidable keeper a few years down the road. Oh, the debating of Hattrick. :)

[The Afoci]

Expand your stadium now, it lets you expand it all the way to 500k in debt. I brought mine to about 400k and then with one home game next week and hopefully 2 in the following (one league, one cup) it should bring me out more. I just don't see a way to make any cash and keep your team together somewhat with a 7000 seat arena.

[GoldenEagle]

Well, we made our youth pull this week and had little luck.

Steven Gates (10780191)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A nasty fellow who is balanced and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 0 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0


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

We are disappointed, but will move on. We have listed Gretschmann in hopes that he will help us out with our club debt. The starting price is $80K. A stadium expansion is hopefully in the cards soon.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - League Match #1</b>

The Golden Eagles FC squared off against the Wisconsin Badgers for the first league and home match in franchise history. The Badgers are an active team, but their owner is basically inactive. We expect our victory and I tell my players that. Let’s hope for the best.

The starting line-up for the Golden Eagles FC, using a 3-5-2 formation:

Goalkeeper: Gretschmann

Defender: Lynn
Defender: Vera
Defender: Dorsey

Inner Mid: Persson
Inner Mid: Karrlind
Inner Mid: Chu
Winger: Arevalo
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Ortega Gutierrez

<i>Match Report</i>

The crowd of 5116 turning up at Golden Eagles FC Arena today were greeted by some nasty showers of rain. Wisconsin had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation.

Golden took the lead in the 15:th minute of the game by 1 to 0, as Gabriel Dorsey elegantly received a pass going deep, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. In the 21st minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as David Ortega Gutierrez dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Golden. 2 - 0 was the half-time score. Golden held the ball, with a clear 85 percent possession rate.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Golden lead up with 3 - 0. Jackie Morin finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle. By now Golden were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. Golden seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team. JC Vera wasn´t fit enough for a full game made several mistakes out of sheer tiredness. One of them was exploited by Son Mattingly who squeezed in 3-1. The referee showed Goldens José Luis Larragoiti the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Golden, with an impressive 87 percent possession of the ball.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 3 Wisconsin Badgers 1</i>

Goals
Dorsey(1) - 15
Ortega Gutierrez (1) - 21
Morin(1) - 45

Cards
Larragotti, Yellow(1)

<i>Comments</i>

I was disappointed with our offensive effort in only scoring 3 goals. We dominated possession wise and should have put at least a couple of more on them. I thought our midfield responded well and will only continue to play better. So, right now our offensive is our only concern and the fitness of our defense.

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Gretschmann: **½
Larragoti: **½
Jansson: **
Vera: **
Dorsey: **
Arevalo: *½
Karrlind: **
Chu: *½
Fernández-Cuesta: *½
Ortega Gutierrez: **
Morin: **

Team MVP: Gretschmann

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC

Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

Wisconsin Badgers

Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: inadequate
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: weak

<b>Up Next:</b> Golden Eagles FC will play a second round US Open Cup match against the Alaska Samurais.

[DataKing]

I'm happy to see that the trials and tribulations of Screamin' Seamen FC has inspired you to start a dynasty report of your own GoldenEagle. It looks like your lads are off to a fine start, and I am looking forward to reading more.

[GoldenEagle]

DataKing, thank you for your kind words.

Well, everything seems to be going well on the club front. The supporters are delirious and 14 new supporters signed up yesterday bringing the number to 534. We are also set to make close to at least $16,000 profit this week. Normally we will not turn a profit, and lose around $20,000 a week, but we sold a player for around $40k. The only solution to that is to spend about $200K on a stadium expansion, which I really do not want to do. We are also in the market to find a cheap solid scorer and we have a few possibilities. We will see how it works out.

[GoldenEagle]

On a personal note, I would like to say that I just joined Hattrick Supporter. So, come by and join my support club or at least sign the guestbook. :)

[GoldenEagle]

Southaven (AP) -- The Golden Eagles FC prepared to border their charter flight late Monday night as the team headed north to play against the Alaska Samurais in the second round of the US Open Cup. “We are excited,” coach Howie Mclelland said in an interview on Monday. “We have been preparing for this game all week. I know a lot of people think we will take it easy in this match, but that will not be the case. We will play this game like a normal match. After all, it is our goal to advance to the third round in the cup.”

Jackie Morin, star striker for the Golden Eagles, praised the job Mclelland and his staff have done so far this season. “We have really played well in our first two games. We need more offensive fire power, but that is my problem, not coach’s. I think we will do well on Wednesday.”

The team will arrive on Tuesday and do a light training session. They will then play the match on Wednesday. Weather conditions call for overcast skies. Phillip Taylor, the coach for the Alaska Samurais, said he expects close to a capacity crowd for the game.

In a related note, General Manager Tim Brice did not make the trip. Brice said he needed to stay behind to work on club matters, but he would not specify. Brice said a press conference would be called soon to announce an important club matter.

In other club news, Werner Gretschmann, a keeper who has made one start this year for the club, was sold on Tuesday. The deal was for $90,000. Brice said he hated to see Gretschmann go, but felt it was necessary to help the club financially.

[GoldenEagle]

Just to let everyone know, we won the game 7-0. A full update will come later.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 – Cup Match, 2nd Round</b>

The Golden Eagles FC advanced to the second round of the US Open Cup to meet the Alaska Samurais. The Samurais are a Division 6 team and computer controlled. We played a normal match with our regulars.

The starting line up for your Golden Eagles FC:

Goalkeeper: Schultz

Defender: Lynn
Defender: Vera
Defender: Dorsey

Inner Mid: Persson
Inner Mid: Karrlind
Inner Mid: Chu
Winger: Arevalo
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Ortega Gutierrez

<i>Match Report</i>

At Alaska Stadium, 7000 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came. Samurais tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination.

David Ortega Gutierrez surprised the home team with a free kick aimed at the wrong post in the 12th minute. 0 - 1 for Golden. In the game's 26:th minute Golden´s Joey Arevalo limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 29:th minute Golden goal, making it 0 - 2. Leonardo Chu was noted down as the scorer. The structure of the game started to change as Golden decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. Samurais will have to do without Travis Wilson for a time due to a bad foot injury. He was substituted by Dean Mckinley. Golden came close to extending their lead as David Ortega Gutierrez delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was to sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. The visitors Jackie Morin took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 40:th minute. 0 - 3 for Golden. Samurais´s Dean Mckinley left the field after 42 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Walter Harlow. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 3. Golden held the ball, with a clear 68 percent possession rate.

After 66 minutes of game time José Luis Larragoiti received an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but Garrett Finn was in the right place, tipping the ball to a corner. Jackie Morin increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 4. In the 77:th minute Golden put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was Gabriel Fernández-Cuesta. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area, but at last Golden´s Joey Arevalo was able to shove the ball in. 0-6. Golden increased the lead to 0 - 7 as David Ortega Gutierrez scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. In the 81st minute Goldens José Luis Larragoiti received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 75 percent, dominated the battle.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 7 Alaska Samurais 0</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Ortega Gutierrez (2)
Chu (1)
Morin (2)
Fernández-Cuesta (1)
Arevalo (1)

<i>Cards</i>
Larragotti, Yellow(1)

<i>Comments</i>

The 7 goal lead was the offensive production we were looking for. Jackie Morin is really turning into a class striker. Hopefully he can turn into a solid scorer, as he is still pretty young. Our next cup match is against a D4 side and we will have to play well to beat them.

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz: **½
Larragoti: **
Jansson: **
Vera: **
Dorsey: *1/2
Arevalo: *½
Karrlind: **
Chu: **
Fernández-Cuesta: *½
Ortega Gutierrez: **
Morin: **

Team MVP: Schultz

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC

Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

Alaska Samurais

Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: poor
Central Defence: weak
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: wretched
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: weak

<b>Up Next</b>: Golden Eagles FC will play a league match against Partizan Jug.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1, League Match #2</b>

The lads are prepping for their second league match against the Partizan Jug. It is our first match against a “real” team, so I am bit nervous about it. Plus the fact that it is on the road has me worried as well. I know we need this win to keep up in the standings.

The starting line-up for the Golden Eagles:

Goalkeeper: Schultz

Defender: Lynn
Defender: Vera
Defender: Dorsey

Inner Mid: Persson
Inner Mid: Karrlind
Inner Mid: Chu
Winger: Pineda
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Ortega Gutierrez

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and JNA Arena saw a crowd turnout of 8924. Partizan tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination.

In the 14:th minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and David Ortega Gutierrez put the ball away for 0 - 1. The referee showed Partizans Paul Messer the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Gabriel Fernández-Cuesta went down after a savage challenge, but could keep on playing after some medical attention. Johan Karlell really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal after a corner, but he lost his nerve. Mats Johansson was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Hilbert Hurenkamp managed to kick one of them into 1 - 1 in the 25:th minute. Many thought Johan Karlell ought to have been awarded a penalty shot in the 28:th minute, as he went down trying to circle the visitors keeper Jochen Schultz. After 32 minutes Golden put themselves up by 1 - 2 as Jackie Morin finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post. In the 32nd minute Partizans Mateo Sanz received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In the 32nd minute the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as Jackie Morin finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 3. This part of the game had been a standoff between the teams.

Brad Jefferson of Partizan received a yellow card in the 60:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Elton Vasquez challenged the visitors full backs eagerly, producing a good chance in the 62nd minute as he went for a through ball combination. But as so many times before, the guest´s defensive efforts got the best of it. Partizan had a brilliant opportunity to reply as Johan Karlell received a high ball from the right, striking the ball still in the air. Only Jochen Schultz´s reflexes saved him. Partizan, bringing the final ball possession rate to 70 percent, dominated the battle.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 3 Partizan Jug 1</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Ortega Gutierrez (1)
Morin(2)

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Comments</i>
Wow. It wasn’t pretty but we managed to get the job done. I was surprised we played so poorly, but I will definitely take the win on the road. I do not know why we struggled, perhaps because it was our first real test and it was on the road. We can’t play like this in our Cup match on Wednesday and expect to win.

<i>Player Ratings:</i>

Schultz: **½
Larragoti: **½
Jansson: **
Vera: **
Dorsey: *½
Pineda: *½
Karrlind: **
Chu: *½
Fernández-Cuesta: *½
Ortega Gutierrez: **
Morin: **

Team MVP: Schultz

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC

Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak
Partizan Jug

Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: weak

<b>Up next:</b> A cup match against Division 4 Flying Condors.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1, Cup Match Round 3</B>

We were set to host fellow FOFC member condors in a match that pitted the D5 Golden Eagles FC vs. D4 Flying Condors. The players were excited to get a chance to both advance and to get to play against a D4 team. We didn’t know what are chances were coming into the match but we knew we had to play well to record a victory, even if it was at the Golden Eagles FC Arena.

We played normal and used our regular starting line-up.

Goalkeeper: Schultz

Defender: Lynn
Defender: Vera
Defender: Dorsey

Inner Mid: Persson
Inner Mid: Karrlind
Inner Mid: Chu
Winger: Pineda
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Ortega Gutierrez

<i>Match Report</i>

Due to an all-day shower, 7000 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Golden Eagles FC Arena.

In the 15:th minute the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as David Ortega Gutierrez flipped the ball after a cross pass from the right. Golden put their lead ahead another goal as Tyrone Pineda struck home the 2 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper. In the 32nd minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as David Ortega Gutierrez 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. Yong Kheng-Hwa could´ve grabbed a goal in the 36:th minute when he got a pass putting him free of the home side´s defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 0. Condors, bringing the final ball possession rate to 57 percent, dominated the battle.

The referee showed Goldens David Ortega Gutierrez the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Golden will have to do without Hans Kärrlind for a time due to a bad foot injury. He was substituted by Thomas Shook. Condors´s August Herrington could, in the 82nd minute, reply with the 3 - 1 goal on a penalty. George Craven had a couple of good opportunities to reply, but the home team´s goaltender Jochen Schultz just wouldn´t surrender. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Condors, with an impressive 73 percent possession of the ball.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 3 Flying Condors 1</i>

<i>Goals</i>

Ortega Gutierrez (2)
Pineda (1)

<i>Cards</i>

Ortega Gutierrez , Yellow(1)

<i>Comments</i>
Our lads did themselves proud tonight. I am happy for the club and I am sure the supporters and sponsors will take the news of our victory well. I thought this was our first real challenge and we stepped up to the plate. The injury to Karrland hurts a lot, as Shook is not a great player. We will see what we can do with that and hopefully the youth pull can step up.

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz: **½
Larragoti: **½
Jansson: **½
Vera: **
Dorsey: *½
Pineda: *½
Shook: *
Chu: *½
Fernández-Cuesta: *½
Ortega Gutierrez: **
Morin: **

Team MVP: Schultz

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC

Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

Flying Condors

Midfield: weak
Right Side Defence: inadequate
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: passable
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: inadequate

<i>Other Club News:</i>
The Golden Eagles FC are also proud to announce a new stadium expansion. The expansion will now allow the Golden Eagles FC to accommodate 16,110 fans. We are very excited and hope the stadium will help to bring us out of debt. We will have two matches at home next week, so that should be a great start.

Our fourth round match-up is against Timewar of Division II. It was an unlucky draw but it should be great experience for the lads, in addition to brining in money at the gate.

<I>Training update:</i>
Currently we are training defending, as that is our best mix of young players. We will most likely look to run a 4-5-1 down the road and this should give us a good start. However, if our youth pulls start to be good young midfielders, we may look to train playmaking.

We picked up this player off the transfer market:

Dan Hatton

Age: 18
Current Form: passable
Assessed Value: $11,000
Wage: $540 p/w
Winger: passable
Defending: poor

We picked him up for $2k. If we can get him some matches in at defender then I think he can develop into a good wingback.

<b>Up Next:</b> League match vs. fellow FOFC member White Sox Pride.

[Bee]

Originally posted by GoldenEagle

We picked up this player off the transfer market:

Dan Hatton

Age: 18
Current Form: passable
Assessed Value: $11,000
Wage: $540 p/w
Winger: passable
Defending: poor

We picked him up for $2k. If we can get him some matches in at defender then I think he can develop into a good wingback.



*grumble*

;)

[GoldenEagle]

Sorry Bee, but I couldnt let that kid pass.

[Bee]

Well at least I'll be able to see how he develops if you keep up the dynasty. :D

[condors]

congrats on your win over my team, good luck

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1, League Match #3</b>

This week we faced our toughest competition to date in league play, fellow FOFC member Aesyrqwe and his team, the White Sox Pride. We knew going into the match that we were going to be challenged on our home pitch. With an injury depleted midfield and our lack of a serious offensive threat, we were very worried about the match.

The Starting Line-Up:

Goalkeeper: Schultz

Defender: Lynn
Defender: Vera
Defender: Dorsey

Inner Mid: Persson
Inner Mid: Shook
Inner Mid: Chu
Winger: Pineda
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Ortega Gutierrez

<i>Match Report</i>

The crowd of 7795 turning up at Golden Eagles FC Arena today were greeted by some nasty showers of rain.

White had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 7:th minute when Marc Good came up alone against Jochen Schultz who managed a block. Golden created a good opportunity to score in the games 34:th minute when Thomas Shook`s hooked ball created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Golden´s Gabriel Fernández-Cuesta refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon in the 36:th minute. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 0. Golden held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.

52 minutes into the game Danny Williams had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Tony Bowling. In the games 69:th minute David Dewitt almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a spectacular scissors shot just past the bar. After 72 minutes, Elmer Crockett swiftly ran past José Luis Larragoiti to put away the 0-1 goal. Golden held the ball, with a clear 61 percent possession rate.

Golden´s best player was Per Jansson. Thomas Shook on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating White player was without a doubt Jerald Obrien. Arnold Crabtree on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, White Sox Pride 1</i>

<i>Comments</i>
The club and supporters are taking the loss hard. The supporters delirious to calm. I knew we would struggle offensively and they just snuck one past us. We will move on. Hopefully, this will not put us out of the running for the league.

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz: **½
Larragoti: **½
Jansson: **½
Vera: **
Dorsey: **
Pineda: *½
Shook: *
Chu: *½
Fernández-Cuesta: *½
Ortega Gutierrez: **
Morin: **

Team MVP: Jansson

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: formidable
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

White Sox Pride
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: excellent
Central Defence: formidable
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: weak

<b>Up Next:</b> Cup match against Division II TimeWar.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1, 4th Round Cup Match</b>

Sorry for the delay in updating, but I have four papers due tomorrow. Amazingly, I got them all done.

Anyways, to the action of the Golden Eagles FC. We were playing our toughest match of the year, against TimeWaR, a Division II team. Quite frankly we expect to get wiped off the pitch. But we were still going to go out there and give it our best shot. We were awarded $44K in attendance for the match.

The Starting Line-Up:

Goalkeeper: Schultz

Defender: Lynn
Defender: Vera
Defender: Dorsey

Inner Mid: Persson
Inner Mid: Shook
Inner Mid: Chu
Winger: Pineda
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Ortega Gutierrez

<i>Match Report</i>

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 12472 to Golden Eagles FC Arena.

15 minutes into the game Gabriel Dorsey had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Nicky Ridley. A mistake by the home sides central defence in the 23rd minute allowed Don Boyce to score 0 - 1 for TiMeWaR. Goldens Thomas Shook got himself booked after a foul. TiMeWaR were forced to a substitution as Arthur Dolan couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment. In the games 33rd minute Carter Deluca 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. TiMeWaR´s Artemio Gonzalez made it through the home teams defence in the 33rd minute, and had only to place the ball in an unguarded goal when the home side´s defender sprang up from the left, clearing the ball on the line. The referee showed TiMeWaRs Carter Deluca the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Halftime score was 0 - 1. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by TiMeWaR, with an impressive 76 percent possession of the ball.

The visitors Jae Green took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 59:th minute. 0 - 2 for TiMeWaR. By now TiMeWaR were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. Jackie Morin of Golden received a yellow card in the 60:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 61st minute TiMeWaR goal, making it 0 - 3. Hans-Dieter Jakobs was noted down as the scorer. Håkan Claesson of TiMeWaR received a yellow card in the 63rd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Golden´s Leonardo Chu refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon in the 75:th minute. The away team´s Hans-Dieter Jakobs took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 79:th minute increasing TiMeWaR´s lead to 0 - 4. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, TiMeWaR´s Unto Pelttari got himself booked. In the games 82nd minute Örjan Utterer 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. TiMeWaR, bringing the final ball possession rate to 89 percent, dominated the battle.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, TiMeWaR 4</i>

<i>Comments</i>
Well, it wasn’t too bad. I guess it could have been a lot worse. Our supporters took it the wrong way as they are furious and six left the club. Our lack of offense is hurting our club (more on this later). Gabriel Dorsey’s injury was not serious and he will be healthy in time for our critical league match on Sunday. So we count our blessings that no one was hurt and take our $44K and go home.

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
Thomas Shook - Yellow
Jackie Morin - Yellow

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz: **½
Larragoti: **½
Jansson: **½
Vera: **
Ridley: ½
Pineda: *½
Shook: *
Chu: *
Fernández-Cuesta: *
Ortega Gutierrez: **
Morin: **

Team MVP: Jansson

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: inadequate
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: poor

Timewar
Midfield: excellent
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: solid
Right Side Attack: formidable
Central Attack: solid
Left Side Attack: solid



<i>Other Club News:</i>
We are desperately looking for some goals up front. We will look to get a solid scorer once out of debt and one or two more wingers. The midfield also most improve. It does us no good to run a 3-5-2 if our midfield is wretched and we don’t score any goals. We will play a friendly next week against Qwikshot’s UltraNox.

<b>Up Next:</b> Training update on Thursday.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 3 Training Results</b>

For those who do not know we are training defending. While we just run a 3-5-2, we feel like we have our youngest players concentrated in the back, and we eventually plan to switch to a 4-5-1 or possible even a 5-4-1. We will look into that in the future.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Hans Karrland’s form increased to excellent
Jackie Morin’s form increased to excellent
Per Jansson’s form increased to solid
Gabriel Fernandez-Cuesta increased to solid
JC Vera’s increased to solid
Tyrone Pineda’s increased to weak
Thomas Shook’s form increased to inadequate
Zane Devore’s increased to inadequate
Nick Ridley’s increased to poor
Jose Luis Larragoti’s decreased to inadequate

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value: $40,944
Total Player Value: $737,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Weekly financial updates and our youth pull.

[Qwikshot]

Originally posted by GoldenEagle
<b>Season #1, 4th Round Cup Match</b>

. It does us no good to run a 3-5-2 if our midfield is wretched and we don’t score any goals. We will play a friendly next week against Quicksand’s UltraNox.

<b>Up Next:</b> Training update on Thursday.

Uhm...that's Qwikshot's Ultra Nox...and I can't wait.

[GoldenEagle]

d`'oh!! I knew that, my apologies.

[GoldenEagle]

<i>Youth Pull</i>

The youth squad is at inadequate but it should be the last week of it as it should bump to passable. We will keep Nicholas around and train him for defending. He has decent secondary skills and he may become a decent defender some day.

Nicholas Ridgeway (11302844) 17 years, passable form, healthy


A pleasant guy who is tranquil and dishonest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.


Speciality: Head

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 4 000 US$
Wage: 500 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

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

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -175,900

Revenue

Crowd - $87,200
Sponsors - $30, 300

Total Revenue - $117, 500

Expenses

Arena- $10,300
Wages - $14,384
Interest - $8,890
Temporary (promotion of youth pull) - $2,000
Staff - $18,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses: $73,584

Net Income/loss: $43,915

So we are now around $134K in the hole, but we are set to lose about $40K this week. There seems to be no end to our financial struggles.

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit: Composed
Confidence: poor

Sponsor Attitude: Satisfied
Supporter Attitude: Furious
Supporter Club: 585 (down 6)

<b>Up Next:</b> A critical league match against the Archers.

[Havok]

good luck bro.... i hope things turn around for ya!

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season 1 - League Match #4</b>

Havok, thank you for your kind words.

So we find ourselves in a tough league match against the Archers, and it is a critical one. The standings right now in V.167 are close between the 3rd, 4th, 5th placed teams. With prize money and having to play for demotion riding on this game, we must find a way to win, or at least get a draw on the road. I know its early but we still need to play well.

The Starting Line-Up:

Goalkeeper: Schultz

Defender: Larragoti
Defender: Vera
Defender: Dorsey

Inner Mid: Persson
Inner Mid: Shook
Inner Mid: Chu
Winger: Pineda
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Ortega Gutierrez

<i>Match Report</i>

Due to an all-day shower, 6008 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Longbow Field.

Archers made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Louis Carbone completely alone with keeper Jochen Schultz, who made a spectacular block. Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 13th minute goal by Johnnie Gross for Archers, putting them ahead 1 - 0. In the 17:th minute Goldens Leonardo Chu received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home side´s Scotty Devore came close to extending the lead in the 26:th minute. His shot came in off the right hand side but Jochen Schultz managed saving with a fingernail. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 0. Archers held the ball, with a clear 60 percent possession rate.

In the 55:th minute Archers put themselves up 2 - 0. The visitors defenders lost the ball to Johnnie Gross coming up from the left, who proceeded to cooly round the goaltender and knock the ball home. The referee showed Goldens José Luis Larragoiti the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Archers, with an impressive 72 percent possession of the ball.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, Archers 2</i>

<i>Comments</i>

We have now given up all hope of being promoted this year, which could be a good thing. We will now focus on just building a squad slowly, instead of trying to rush things. We are slowly building up the youth squad and trying to climb our way out of debt. I think our best hope is to switch to a 4-5-1 or even a 5-4-1 for the future. We have listed Jackie Morin and David Ortega Gutierrez to try to bring in a combined $100k.

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
Chu - Yellow
Larragoti - Yellow

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz: **½
Larragoti: **
Jansson: **½
Vera: **½
Dorsey: **
Pineda: *½
Shook: *
Chu: *½
Fernández-Cuesta: **
Ortega Gutierrez: **
Morin: **

Team MVP: Jansson

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: excellent
Left Side Defence: formidable
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: inadequate
Left Side Attack: weak

Archers
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: solid
Left Side Defence: inadequate
Right Side Attack: passable
Central Attack: passable
Left Side Attack: inadequate

<b>Up Next:</b> A friendly against UltraNox

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - Friendly Match</b>

We traveled north to Pennsylvania to face off against fellow FOFC member Qwikshot and his team, the UltraNox in a friendly. He has a fine team and it should be a good challenge. Unfortunately, we are fielding our B team as I am sure he is too. We are running a 5-3-2 (although I wanted to run a 5-4-1 but my orders were switched) to maximize defensive training results.

The Starting Line-Up:

Goalkeeper: Ferrari

Defender: Chu
Defender: Silverman
Defender: Pineda
Defender: Stankovic
Defender: Hatton

Inner Mid: Shook

Winger: Ortega Gutierrez
Winger: Fernández-Cuesta

Forward: Morin
Forward: Devore

<i>Match Report</i>

344 spectators arrived at UltraNox Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

Golden seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team. Many thought Steve Delay ought to have been awarded a penalty shot in the 15:th minute, as he went down trying to circle the visitors keeper Cutberto Ferrari. Steve Delay was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner which then was extended byTravis Sousa, but the ball went into the frame. After a fine move down the middle Tord Emilsson nearly gave the home side one up in the 25:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though. Ultras Steve Delay got himself booked after a foul. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 in the 34:th by a breakthrough from Choochai Rochana, who unaided came in out of the right wing hooking the ball over the visitors keeper. Halftime score was 1 - 0. The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Ultra, with an impressive 93 percent possession of the ball.

The Golden players spent the half-time break getting a rerun of the teams tactical organization. In the 73rd minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Choochai Rochana dashed through, knocking home 2 - 0 for Ultra. In the games 73rd minute Ultra´s Choochai Rochana fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Choochai Rochana for taking a dive. Ultra seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team. In 80:th minute of game time Ultra´s Choochai Rochana received his second yellow card and was sent off. The game was close to savage at times, and Ultra`s Steve Delay received a second yellow card in the 83rd, his ticket out of the game. A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 84 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Ultra. However, Cutberto Ferrari made a spectacular save. Ultra, bringing the final ball possession rate to 95 percent, dominated the battle.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, UltraNox 2</i>

<i>Comments</i>

Wow we were lucky to only lose 2-0. UltraNox completely dominated us up and down the field. Oh well, we will hopefully reap the benefits in training and move on. I would like to thank Qwikshot for the match and wish him the best of luck throughout the season.

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Chu: **
Silverman: *
Pineda: *
Stankovic: *½
Hatton: *
Shook: *
Ortega Gutierrez: ½
Fernández-Cuesta: *
Morin: **
Devore: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: disastrous
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: inadequate

UltraNox
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: excellent
Central Defence: outstanding
Left Side Defence: formidable
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: wretched
Left Side Attack: poor

<i>Other Club News</i>

Well, we couldn’t just sit still on the transfer market. We wanted to sell Jackie Morin and David Ortega Gutierrez for a combined $100k, as we were disappointed with their offensive production. Well, do to a server crash they only brought in around $33K. Very disappointing.

However, we made a couple of new additions:

Stefan Silverman
23 000 US$, 19 years, wretched form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

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

A wing back/defensive trainee. However, once he gets his form up, he could find a starting spot on our team. We paid $10K for him.

Goran Stankovic
38 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: weak Keeper: disastrous
Playmaking: inadequate Passing: poor
Winger: inadequate Defending: inadequate
Scoring: poor Set Pieces: poor

Goran will also be a defensive trainee, who can slide out to a wing back position if deemed necessary. We paid $13K for him.

We also picked up a striker after our first two sold:

Mats Ehngren
39 000 US$, 26 years, poor form
Has poor experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina: inadequate Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: inadequate Defending: weak
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: inadequate

Hopefully Mats form will improve soon. If it does, he will be a bargian for $4K.

Youth pulls Floyd Ryan and Nicholas Ridgeway were released, in order to make room on the rosters.

Up Next: Training update on Thursday.

[Qwikshot]

Thanks for the friendly, my A defense tends to stick in because I have no defensive trainees, and I lost two of my top mids this prior league match, so I'm training mids to hopefully get a few up to par. Interesting side note, Choochai is my winger, I let him play forward on some friendlies...I think I may have to start him at forward more often...good luck to you too, and maybe I'll see you in the cup.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 4 Training Results</b>

Well none of our young defenders popped but we are willing to be patient in this area. Unfortunately we saw several players forms decrease across the board. In addition, our young wing back Silverman stayed in wretched form. So overall, a disappointing week for the Golden Eagles FC.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Leonardo Chu’s form decreased to inadequate
JC Vera’s form increased to excellent
Gabriel Dorsey’s form increased to passable
Dan Hatton’s decreased to weak
Hans Karrland’s decreased to inadequate
Per Jansson’s decreased to inadequate
Nick Ridley’s increased to weak

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $45,389
Total Player Value - $817,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Weekly financial updates and youth pull.

[GoldenEagle]

<i>Youth Pull</i>

Our squad is still at inadequate but it should be the last week. Then again, I thought it would change this week but it didn’t. We have had three weeks at inadequate (after this week) putting in $20k each week.

Our youth pull was so bad that we immediately threw him into a box and shipped him to North Dakota, to the Fighting Crawfish. We hear he has a tryout with that team, whatever that means. :)

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$133,900

Revenue

Crowd - $803
Sponsors - $30,450
Temporary - $18,620(sale of Jackie Morin)
Temporary - $11,400(sale of David Ortega Gutierrez)

Total Revenue - $60,293

Expenses

Arena - $10,300
Wages - $14,884
Interest - $6,695
Temporary - $6,000 (buying of Franz Schindler)
Temporary - $4,000 (buying of Mats Ehngren)
Temporary - $10,000 (buying of Stefan Silverman)
Temporary - $13,000 (buying of Goran Stankovic)
Staff - $18,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $106,889

Net Income/loss: -$43,915

New Balance: -$180,486

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit: composed
Confidence: Decent

Sponsor Attitude: Satisfied
Supporter Attitude: Irritated (down 1)
Supporter Club: 577 (down 7)

<b>Up Next:</b> A league match vs. §Panda§

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season 1 - League Match #5</b>

We are set to play an important, must-win match against the §Panda§. I know I have called some other matches must-wins, but this one is necessary. Pandas are a relatively new team, but they have a good midfield and tied Deutsch Fire last weekend, which isn’t a bad team at all. We host the match but we still have our work cut out for us. We have a bit of a change, as we will run a 4-4-2 this week. We are also missing three starters due to injuries and suspensions. Hopefully things will go well as the GEFC desperately needs this one folks.

The Starting Line-Up:

Goalkeeper: Schultz

Defender: Stankovic
Defender: Chu
Defender: Dorsey
Defender: Fernandez-Cuesta

Inner Mid: Jansson
Inner Mid: Vera
Winger: Pineda
Winger: Silverman

Forward: Devore
Forward: Schindler

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre-Game

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 5517 to Golden Eagles FC Arena.

§Panda§ had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation.

1st Half

§Panda§ had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 2nd minute when Reg Kahn came up alone against Jochen Schultz who managed a block.

It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out.

Maybe this was why Phillip Keeler found unusually much space for his snappy footwork.

Per Jansson of Golden received a yellow card in the 4:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The referee showed §Panda§s John Ryan the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Halftime score was 0 - 0.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by §Panda§, with an impressive 55 percent possession of the ball.

2nd Half

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

Golden could have put themselves ahead in the 58:th minute as Leonardo Chu missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right.

As Stefan Silverman had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Golden player a red card without batting an eye.

Albert Loyd of §Panda§ received a yellow card in the 85:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by §Panda§, with an impressive 59 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Gabriel Dorsey. Zane Devore on the other hand, had a terrible day.

§Panda§´s best player was Wes Foley. However, Don Hernandez made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 0 - 0.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, §Panda§ 0</i>

<i>Comments</i>

How disappointing. A draw. We need a win. Our offensive and midfield woes continue to punish us. Their keeper is horrible but we couldn’t punish him. We have to find away to create more chances and finish them. We have no money so that is not the answer. We did have our best midfielder and best striker injured but that is no excuse. Next week we have to travel to play Deutsch Fire FC and then we have rubber matches against the league leading LA Skullkickers. Things are only getting tougher.

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
Jansson (Yellow)
Silverman (Red)

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz:**½
Stankovic:**
Chu:*½
Dorsey:**½
Fernandez-Cuesta:**
Jansson:**
Vera:**
Pineda:*½
Silverman: (Red Card)
Devore: *½
Schindler: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: excellent
Central Defence: formidable
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: weak
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: poor

Pandas
Midfield: poor
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: poor
Central Attack: poor
Left Side Attack: wretched

<i>Around the League</i>

Scores
Deutsch Fire - LA ScullKicke 0 - 2
Golden Eagles - §Panda§ 0 - 0
Wisconsin Bad - Archers 0 - 8
Little tech - White Sox Pride 0 - 6

The Updated Standings

1. LA ScullKickers 5 31 - 1 15
2. White Sox Pride 5 21 - 3 15
3. Archers 5 17 - 9 9
4. Golden Eagles FC 5 6 - 5 7
5. Deutsch Fire FC 5 7 - 9 7
6. Little tech 5 7 - 19 3
7. §Panda§ 5 2 - 18 2
8. Wisconsin Badgers 5 2 - 29 0

Scullkickers continue to dominate. White Sox Pride, a fellow FOFC member, have done themselves well. Archers have slid into 3rd place but hopefully that will not last for long.

<i>Other Club News</i>

We made another purchase to help out up top. Again, hopefully form will improve within a week of training.

Franz Schindler
46 000 US$, 23 years, inadequate form
Has wretched experience and poor leadership abilities [Quick]

Stamina: passable Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: weak Passing: wretched
Winger: inadequate Defending: weak
Scoring: passable Set Pieces: weak


Franz cost us $6k.

<b>Up Next:</b> A friendly against Bee’s Fairfax Fizz.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season # 1 - Week 5 Friendly Match</b>

Fairfax Fizz vs. Golden Eagles FC

<i>Date:</i> May 7th, 2002
<i>Venue:</i> Fairfax Arena (Virginia)
<i>Attendance:</i> 446 (11,600)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

The Golden Eagles FC hop on the bus and head to Virginia against a formidable opponent in the Fairfax Fizz in our last preparations for the FOFC Cup . We will face the Fizz’s ‘A’ squad. He has a good winger in Steve James and runs a 4-4-2 formation.

The Golden Eagles will send their ‘B’ team into the match, with the exception of defender Jose Luis Larragoiti, who was red carded and had to sit out the last league match. We want him to get training and hope that he is close to popping to solid in defending. Per Jansson will also play in the depleted midfield.

<i>Formation:</i> 5-4-1

<i>Starters:</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Right Wingback: #22 Silverman
Central Defender: #16 Hatton
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Central Defender: #23 Ridley
Left Wingback: #18 Pindea

Right Winger: #19 Devore
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta

Forward: #17 Shook

<i>Substitutes</i>
Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Defender: #2 Vera
Midfield: None
Winger: #11 Schindler
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre-Game

446 spectators arrived at Fairfax Fizz Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

Fairfax started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Diaz - Moore, Schneider, Elkins - James, Porter, Braun, Singh, Jeremy - Pereda, Sharp.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Ferrari - Silverman, Ridley, Larragoiti, Hatton, Pineda - Devore, Shook, Chu, Fernández-Cuesta - Ehngren.

First Half

Fairfax made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Russ Sharp completely alone with keeper Cutberto Ferrari, who made a spectacular block.

Fairfax were awarded a penalty 9 minutes into the game but Yeray Pereda produced a poor shot, quite easily saved by Cutberto Ferrari.

In the 14:th minute Fairfaxs Benjamin Porter received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The Golden player was Thomas Shook who had to be helped off the pitch, unable to finish the game.

Golden´s Mats Ehngren gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead in the 22nd minute with a superb strike from the right.

Per Jansson came close to extending the visitors lead as he, completely unmarked in front of the goal, lifted a ball over Dennis Diaz, hitting the bar.

0 - 1 was the half-time score. Fairfax held the ball, with a clear 51 percent possession rate.

2nd Half

Due to some great work on the right wing Fairfax:s Yeray Pereda was able to even the score in the 58:th minute to 1 - 1.

This was a good period for the visitors with several opportunities to take the lead, in particular when Leonardo Chu slipped through the defense to come up alone with Dennis Diaz - but the home side´s keeper showed some lightning reflex

After 76 minutes Fairfax´s Russ Sharp contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

Golden seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion about the organization of the team.
Fairfax, bringing the final ball possession rate to 57 percent, dominated the battle.

Overtime

After the regular 90 minutes, the agonizing of overtime followed.

The 93rd minute saw the home team take a 2 - 1 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for Fairfax was Dominick Jeremy.

This put an end to extra time, making Fairfax the winners.

Post Game

Most important Fairfax player was Steve James. Colt Elkins on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Most important Golden player was Per Jansson. Dan Hatton was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 2 - 1.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 1, Fairfix Fizz 2</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Ehngren(1)

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Ferrari: *½

Silverman: *
Hatton: *
Larragoitti: **
Ridley: *
Pindea: *

Devore: *
Chu: *½
Jansson: **
Fernandez-Cuesta: **

Shook:½
Ehngren (replaced Shook):*

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched (2)
Right Side Defence: passable (6)
Central Defence: solid (7)
Left Side Defence: passable (6)
Right Side Attack: wretched (2)
Central Attack: wretched (2)
Left Side Attack: poor (3)
NSI: 32

Fairfax Fizz
Midfield: wretched (2)
Right Side Defence: passable (6)
Central Defence: passable (6)
Left Side Defence: inadequate (5)
Right Side Attack: solid (7)
Central Attack: inadequate (5)
Left Side Attack: weak (4)
NSI: 39

<i>Comments</i>

It was a good friendly for both teams. It gave our B team a look against a quality opponent which will help in the FOFC Cup. We also managed to sneak some offense in, which is great considering our offensive woes lately. No players really helped themselves out and Thomas Shook is out for 3 weeks with injury. I would like to thank Bee and his Fairfax Fizz for hosting the match and having us. Best of luck the rest of the season!

I would also like to give a ‘shout-out’ (I am cool :)) to Dataking for the great dynasty format I am using. All credit should go to him.

<b>Up Next:</b> Training results from Thursday where hopefully a couple of players will pop.

[Bee]

Thanks for the match GE, sorry about your forward getting hurt. Good luck on the future matches.

[DataKing]

I'm glad you like the format GE. It seems to work pretty well, though I am considering some minor refinements.

Good luck with Group M in the cup. ;)

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 5 Training Results</b>

It was a decent week of training around the Golden Eagle FC club. We saw some form changes. None of our defenders popped like we were hoping so. Oh well, maybe next week. The key note is that Stefan Silverman is no longer in wretched form.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Gabriel Dorsey’s form increased to solid
Per Jansson’s form increased to passable
Gabriel Fernandez-Cuetsa’s form decreased to passable
Mats Enhgren’s form increased to inadequate
Tyrone Pineda’s form increased to inadequate
Dan Hatton’s form increased to inadequate
Hans Karrland’s decreased to weak
Jose Luis Larragoiti’s decreased to weak
Franz Schnilder’s decreased to weak
Stefan Silverman’s increased to poor
Nick Ridley’s decreased to poor

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $45,778
Total Player Value - $824,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Youth pull and financial update.

[GoldenEagle]

<i>Youth Pull</i>

The good news is our squad bumped up to passable. We decide to gamble and pull a keeper hoping to pay some of the bills. This is not in our long term plans, but if we do not get out of debt there will be no long term plans.

Did our gamble pay off? No. Oh well, we are now going to be forced to pull another keeper next week. Not what I wanted to do.

Steven Albright
42 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: weak
Playmaking: wretched Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: poor

Steve is transfer listed at $1k if anyone has the patience to train him.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$180,486

Revenue

Crowd - $30,058
Sponsors - $30,300

Total Revenue: $60,358

Expenses

Arena - $10,300
Wages - $16,314
Interest - $9,024
Temporary (promotion of youth player) - $2,000
Staff - $18,000
Youth squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $75,948

Net Income/loss: -$15,590

New Balance: -$196,077

Without a home match this week, we will be close to $250k in debt. That is halfway to the $500k barrier. Things have to improve soon and it should start with a win on Sunday.

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit: Composed
Confidence: Decent

Sponsor Attitude: Satisfied
Supporter Attitude: Irritated
Supporter Club: 567 (down 10)

<b>Up Next:</b> A league match against Deutsch Fire FC

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - League Match #6</b>

Deutsch Fire FC vs. Golden Eagles FC

<i>Date:</i> May 12th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> D. Melcher Memorial
<i>Attendance:</i> 8123 (13579)
<i>Weather:</i> Overcast

The Golden Eagles FC headed north to New York for a league match against Deutsch Fire FC. The team took a charter plane for the trip, which the team was thrilled about. However, tragedy almost struck the club as a backup midfielder Zane Devore, making his first ever plane trip, almost fell out of a window. While details were not readily available, it is understood that Devore is shaken, but ok.

The match this week is an important one. We are currently 4th in our division, and Deutsch Fire FC is 5th. However, we are tied with point total. That total is 7. The winner makes a case for themselves and the loser throws themselves into facing a likely promotion/demotion match.

<i>Formation:</i> 4-4-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #24 Stankovic
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Central Defender: #6 Dorsey
Left Wingback: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta

Right Winger: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #2 Vera
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #18 Pineda

Forward: #11 Schindler
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #23 Ridley
Midfield: None
Winger: #16 Hatton
Forward: #19 Devore

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre-Game

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 8123 at D. Melcher Memorial today.

Deutsch had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Felix - Watt, Hobson, Urdaniz - Puigcerber, Alexandersson, Swafford, Markham, Ordás - Bailey, Pierson.

Golden had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Schultz - Stankovic, Dorsey, Larragoiti, Fernández-Cuesta - Chu, Jansson, Vera, Pineda - Ehngren, Schindler.

First Half

In the games 3rd minute Golden´s Goran Stankovic fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Goran Stankovic for taking a dive.

The 8:th minute saw the home team take a 1 - 0 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for Deutsch was Logan Markham.

Halftime score was 1 - 0. Deutsch, bringing the final ball possession rate to 59 percent, dominated the battle.

Second Half

Deutsch´s Derrick Swaford had an excellent opportunity in the 48:th minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles!

In the games 52nd minute the visitors levelled to 1 - 1 as Goran Stankovic struck home on a bar rebound, following a shot from the right.

In the to 67:th minute a very unfortunate collision in the home teams penalty area led to Golden´s JC Vera being carried off the pitch and replaced by Nick Ridley.

After 68 minutes Per Alexandersson made a complete fool of himself and dropped the ball to Franz Schindler who shuffled it into goal. 1-2 for Golden.

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

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

Post-Game

Deutsch´s best player was Natahan Felix. Derrick Swaford was a disappointment, however.

Most important Golden player was Gabriel Dorsey. However, Nick Ridley made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 2, Deutsch Fire FC 1</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Stankovic(1)
Schindler(1)

<i>Cards</i>
Stankovic - Yellow
Larragoiti - Yellow

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz:**
Stankovic:**
Larragoiti:**
Dorsey:**½
Chu: *1/2
Jansson:**1/2
Vera:*
Ridley (injured Vera):1/2
Pineda:**
Ehngren: *½
Schindler: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: formidable(9)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: weak(4)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 41

Deutsch Fire FC
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: passable(6)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: passable(6)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: inadequate(5)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 44

<i>Comments</i>

We will take the win. It took a couple of breaks but we pulled it out and with the way things have been going at Golden Eagles FC lately, we will count our blessings for the win. It puts us at a solid 4th spot, which we are happy about. The only bad thing to come out of the win is JC Vera is out for four weeks.

<b>Up Next:</b> Around the league.

[Havok]

nice upset.... on the road no less

good game :)

[GoldenEagle]

<i>Around the League</i>

LA Scullkickers 2 White Sox Pride 2
Deutsch Fire FC 1 Golden Eagles FC 2
Archers 8 Little Tech 0
Pandas 2 La Acdemia FC 0

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. LA Scullkickers 6 33 - 3 16
2. White Sox Pride 6 23 - 5 16
3. Archers 6 25 - 9 12
4. Golden Eagles FC 6 8 - 6 10
5. Deutsch Fire FC 6 8 - 11 7
6. Pandas 6 4 - 18 5
7. Little Tech 6 7 - 27 3
8. La Academia FC6 2 - 31 0

The Big news is the draw between the two top teams in LA Scullkickers and White Sox Pride. I think White Sox Pride did well to earn the draw on the road, and will se them again in a couple of weeks at home. In the meantime, we will play back to back matches with the LA Scullkickers. Hopefully we can get a couple of wins, which would make our supporters ecstatic and put us right back in the hunt for the league title. Archers continues to beat up on the easy part of the schedule, but he plays White Sox Pride the next two and that will be the end of his run. We will get through with the tough part of schedule over the next month or so and play the weaker teams toward the end. This should bring momentum to the team next year.

<b>Up Next:</b> The opening round match up in the FOFC Cup, Group M, against the Newton Rams.

[Aesyrqwe]

heh, thanks for that encouragement. I dont know if its gonna be such an easy match. If you checked his ratings he put up a weak midfield and a nice attack. Hopefully by playing a winger towards the middle, my midfield will improve.

-Aes-

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season # 1 - FOF Cup Match #1</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. Newton Rams

<i>Date:</i> May 15th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 341 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

The Golden Eagles FC opened Group M of the third annual FOFC Cup against Grantdawg’s Newtown Rams.

The news before the club was that keeper Jochen Schultz and an assistant coach yet to be identified decided to play a joke on recent youth pull Steve Albright. The pair tied Albright up to a locker and doused him with water coolers, all while singing German tunes. Albright was so humiliated that he quit the team. Rumors were he would be getting his walking papers anyway. Coach Howie Mcclelland stressed that disciplinary action would take place if he saw it to be necessary.

The club fielded its defensive trainees for the match as well as a mixture of starters and reserves. Some players are playing out of position but we feel confident going into the match.

<i>Formation:</i> 5-4-1

<i>Starters:</i>

Keeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #22 Silverman
Central Defender: #16 Hatton
Central Defender: #23 Ridley
Central Defender: #18 Pineda
Left Wingback: #24 Stankovic

Right Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta
Inner Mid: #14 Larragoiti
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #13 Chu

Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Keeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: None
Midfielder: None
Winger: #6 Dorsey
Forward: #19 Devore

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre-Game

341 spectators arrived at Golden Eagles FC Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. They fielded: Schultz - Stankovic, Ridley, Pineda, Hatton, Silverman - Chu, Jansson, Larragoiti, Fernández-Cuesta - Ehngren.

Newton tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Estrada - Skogstrand, Walton, Steen, Sueiro - Mills, Johansson, Herrero, Sosa - Falcon, Estep.

First Half

Golden were very close to putting themselves one up in the 2nd minute as José Luis Larragoiti got through, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide.

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

Many thought Goran Stankovic ought to have been awarded a penalty shot in the 9:th minute, as he went down trying to circle the visitors keeper Stanley Estrada.

Newton took the lead after 16 minutes with 0 - 1. Stanley Estep placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left.

The referee showed Newtons Lloyd Walton the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Golden had obvious problems in finding their positions.

What ever got into Nicky Ridley, the crowd mumbled, as he suddenly struck a cross pass through the own defense - ending up right in front of Newton´s Mike Mills, who easily put the ball away for 0-2.

0 - 2 was the half-time score.

Newton, bringing the final ball possession rate to 57 percent, dominated the battle.

Second Half

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

After the ball got lifted in from the left Stanley Estep was on his own in the home side´s penalty area 51 minutes into the game, and should have scored, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration.

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

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

After 62 minutes Mats Ehngren could have reduced had it not been for an excellent block by the visitors keeper Stanley Estrada.

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

Post Game

Golden´s best player was Per Jansson. However, José Luis Larragoiti made a disastrous appearance.

Newton´s best player was Bill Falcon. Alex Sosa on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 0 - 3.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, Newton Rams 3</i>

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz:**
Stankovic:**
Ridley: *
Haton: *
Pineda: *
Jansson:**½
Silverman: *
Chu: *½
Jansson: **
Larragoiti: *½
Fernandez-Cuesta: **
Ehngren: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: wretched(2)
Central Attack: wretched(2)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 36

Newton Rams
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: passable(6)
Central Defence: passable(6)
Left Side Defence: passable(6)
Right Side Attack: solid(7)
Central Attack: passable(6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 42

<i>Comments</i>

Well, we got our butt kicked the first game of FOFC Cup III. I would really like to do well, but its obvious training should be more important. That is not taking away anything from GrantDawg’s team. They wiped us off the pitch today. But we are more concerned about our league and it will remain my number one priority.

<b>Up Next:</b> Training Results

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 6 Training Results</b>

Well, there has never been another week of training like this around the Golden Eagles FC club. Quite frankly, I have not seen another week of training like we had in all of the Hattrick dynasty reports. First of all, we had two players pop in defending. We also saw no players decrease in form. A great week.

Gabriel Dorsey
53 000 US$, 21 years, solid form(7)
Has wretched experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: poor(3)
Keeper: disastrous(1)
Playmaking: inadequate(5)
Passing: poor(3)
Winger: wretched(2)
Defending: <I>solid(7)</I>
Scoring: wretched(2)
Set Pieces: disastrous(1)

We had a feeling Gabriel was about to pop, as he was putting 21/2 stars for the past couple of weeks. Gabriel, in his current form, should put up 3 starts now, which is great going into our critical league match against LA Scullkickers.

Per Jansson
49 000 US$, 32 years, solid form(7)
Has inadequate experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: passable(6)
Keeper: disastrous(1)
Playmaking: passable(6)
Passing: passable(6)
Winger: weak(4)
Defending: <i>inadequate</i>(5)
Scoring: wretched(2)
Set Pieces: weak(4)

This one surprised me as Per has seen no defensive training, is 32 years old, and was injured earlier in the year. Oh well, we will take what we can get.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Per Jansson’s form increased to Solid
Dan Hatton’s form increased to Passable
Stefan Silverman’s form increased to Weak
Nick Ridley’s form increased to Weak

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $46,556
Total Player Value - $838,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Youth Pull and Financial Update.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 6 Youth Pull and Economic Updates</b>

<i>Youth Pull</i>

Mike Mccurdy
153 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: inadequate
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous


Listed for $10k if there are any keeper trainers out there.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$196,077

Revenue

Crowd - $904
Sponsors - $30,150
Temporary(4 New Supporters) - $120

Total Revenue: $31,174

Expenses

Arena - $10,300
Wages - $16,614
Interest - $9,804
Temporary (promotion of youth player) - $2,000
Temporary (listing of youth player) - $1,000
Staff - $18,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $77,728

Net income/loss: -$49,756

New Balance: -$242,630

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit: Composed
Confidence: Decent

Sponsor Attitude: Satisfied
Supporter Attitude: Calm
Supporter Club: 571(up 4)

<b>Up Next:</b> A league match against the LA Scullkickers

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season 1 - League Match #7</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. LA Scullkickers

<i>Date:</i> May 19th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 7843 (16110)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

Well the halfway point of the first season of the Golden Eagles FC has arrived. While it has been disappointing so far, a win today and things could quickly turn around for the club. LA Scullkickers, first place in V.167 come to town today.

A win today would today would be huge. A loss and we are sitting in 5th place. Let’s get to the action. Hans Karrland returns from injury.

<i>Formation:</i> 5-4-1

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #13 Chu
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Central Defender: #6 Dorsey
Central Defender: #24 Stankovic
Left Wingback: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta

Right Winger: #22 Silverman
Inner Mid: #8 Karrland
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #18 Pineda

Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #23 Ridley
Midfield: #19 Devore
Winger: #16 Hatton
Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre-Game

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Golden Eagles FC Arena saw a crowd turnout of 7843.

Golden tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. They fielded: Schultz - Fernández-Cuesta, Dorsey, Larragoiti, Stankovic, Chu - Silverman, Jansson, Kärrlind, Pineda - Ehngren.

ScullKickers started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Johnson - Free, Klanger, Olsson, Webster - Moore, Calderon, Wing, Switzer - Spear, Hayward.

First Half

After a fine move down the middle Per Jansson nearly gave the home side one up in the 33rd minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though.

The referee showed ScullKickerss Clarence Hayward the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

In the games 34:th minute Ed Calderon almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a spectacular scissors shot just past the bar.

35 minutes into the game Clarence Hayward was a hair´s breadth away from giving ScullKickers the lead. A prompt block by Jochen Schultz saved the home team that time.

0 - 0 was the half-time score.

ScullKickers held the ball, with a clear 51 percent possession rate.

Second Half

Some quick foot work on the left side of the field in the 62nd minute left ScullKickers´s Frankie Switzer completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, ScullKickers´s Lawrence Moore got himself booked.

Mats Ehngren made a superb strike at the goal in the 77:th minute with a long shot coming in from straight in front of the goal, but one of the visitors defenders got a foot in and warded it off to a corner.

Stephan Spear could have put his team up another one in the 80:th minute, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Golden´s Per Jansson got himself booked.

Frankie Switzer sailed high, high above the opponents as he headed the 0-2 in after a corner kick after 84 minutes of play.

Jochen Schultz kept the home side in the game with a magnificient save, as Tomas Klanger delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far cross bar.

The referee showed Goldens Stefan Silverman the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

ScullKickers were forced to a substitution as Glen Free couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment.

ScullKickers held the ball, with a clear 67 percent possession rate.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Gabriel Dorsey. However, Stefan Silverman made a disastrous appearance.

The most dominating ScullKickers player was without a doubt Tomas Klanger. However, Noel Wing made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 0 - 2.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, LA Scullkickers 2</i>

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
Jansson - Yellow
Silverman - Yellow

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **
#13 Chu: *½
#14 Larragoitti: **
#6 Dorsey: ***
#24 Stankovic: **
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: *½
#22 Silverman: *
#8 Karrland: *
#3 Jansson: **½
#18 Pineda: **
#20 Enhgren: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8
Central Defence: outstanding(10)
Left Side Defence: excellent(8)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: wretched(2)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 40

LA Scullkickers
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: excellent(9)
Central Defence: excellent(9)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: solid(7)
Left Side Attack: solid(7)
NSI: 51

<I>Comments</i>

Sigh. Apparently the Golden Eagles ran of gas and couldn’t hold on to the draw in the second half. We also did not finish the chances that we had. This loss hurts. We have to go on the road and play this team again next week. Another loss is not acceptable.

<i>Around the League</i>

Golden Eagles - LA ScullKicke 0 - 2
La Academia F - Deutsch Fire 0 - 5
White Sox Pri - Archers 2 - 2
Little tech - §Panda§ 0 - 3

The big news is the White Sox Pride-Archers draw. It really hurts the WSP, who I hope win the league.

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. LA ScullKickers 7 35 - 3 19
2. White Sox Pride 7 25 - 7 17
3. Archers 7 27 - 11 13
4. Deutsch Fire FC 7 13 - 11 10
5. Golden Eagles FC 7 8 - 8 10
6. §Panda§ 7 7 - 18 8
7. Little tech 7 7 - 30 3
8. La Academia F.C. 7 2 - 36 0

<i>Other Club News</i>

Youth pull Mike Mccurdy sold for a cool $36K. $33,100 made its way to the club’s bank.

<b>Up Next:</b> Second Round action in the FOFC Cup.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>FOFC Cup Season #1 - Match #2</b>

<i>Date:</i> May 22nd, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Vengeance Field
<i>Attendance:</i> 625 (10,920)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

I know it has been awhile since I updated, but a late update it is better than no update, right? You can blame it on CM4 :D. That game is just plain addictive. But anyways, back on topic here with the Golden Eagles FC. The club prepped for its second match of the FOFC Cup against the highly favorite Galesburg Avengers. We running our defensive trainees and an attempt not to sacrifice training. We play some starters at some other positions.

<i>Formation:</i> 4-4-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz

Right Wingback: #22 Silverman
Central Defender: #23 Ridley
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #16 Hatton

Right Winger: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Inner Mid: #8 Karrland
Left Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta

Forward: #20 Enhgren
Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Substitutes</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #2 Dorsey
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #24 Stankovic
Forward: #19 Devore

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

625 spectators arrived at Vengeance Field, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

Galesburg started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Tirado - Guinot, Perales, Quiroz - Cole, Pinto, Farrell, Petit, Croom-Carter - Jones, Mosley.

Golden started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Silverman, Ridley, Larragoiti, Hatton - Chu, Jansson, Kärrlind, Fernández-Cuesta - Ehngren, Schindler.

First Half

In the 3rd minute the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as Daryl Mosley flipped the ball after a cross pass from the right.

In the games 8:th minute Golden´s Nicky Ridley fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Nicky Ridley for taking a dive.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Galesburg´s Daryl Mosley got himself booked.

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

Paofai Croom-Carter was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Sam Jones managed to kick one of them into 2 - 0 in the 38:th minute.

The home sides Paofai Croom-Carter twisted a free kick home in the 39:th minute, putting Galesburg ahead 3 - 0.

By now Galesburg were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. Halftime score was 3 - 0.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Galesburg, with an impressive 73 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

With 75 minutes played Vladimiro Perales could have brought this one home for Galesburg, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high.

Golden fought on and, in the 77:th minute Franz Schindler was able to reply with 3 - 1 after some excellent moves on the right side finished off by an incredibly clever chip.

The visitors got a chance of pulling one back in the 82nd minute, due to a defensive blunder leaving Stefan Silverman completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side´s keeper.

After an industrious effort down the middle Daryl Mosley could have closed the game off in the 84:th minute, but his finishing shot hit the post.

In the 86:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Rickie Quiroz dashed through, knocking home 4 - 1 for Galesburg.

The referee showed Galesburgs Vladimiro Perales the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Galesburg, with an impressive 77 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

The most dominating Galesburg player was without a doubt Vladimiro Perales. However, Emerson Farrell made a disastrous appearance.

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Per Jansson. Nicky Ridley on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 4 - 1.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 1, Galesburg Avengers 4

<i>Goals</i>
Schindler

<i>Cards</i>
Ridley (Yellow)
Larragoitti (Yellow)

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **
#22 Silverman: *½
#23 Ridley: *
#6 Larragoitti: **
#16 Hatton: *
#13 Chu: *½
#8 Karrland: *½
#3 Jansson: **½
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: *½
#20 Enhgren: *½
#11 Schindler:*½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: passable(6)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: weak(4)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 38

Galesburg Avengers
Midfield: inadequate(5)
Right Side Defence: passable(6)
Central Defence: passable(6)
Left Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: inadequate(5)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 47

<i>Comments</i>
Heh. That is what you call an old fashion butt whopping. The inadequate midfield that Galesburg puts up in friendlies is just crazy. If I put up an inadequate midfield in half of my league matches I would be in first place. Oh well.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 7 Training Results

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 7 Training Results</b>

Well, we had one player pop this week.

Dan Hatton 18 years, passable form(6), healthy

Stamina: poor(3)
Goaltending: disastrous(1)
Playmaking: poor(3)
Passing: wretched(2)
Winger: passable(6)
Defending: <i>weak</i>(4)
Scoring: poor(3)
Set Pieces: solid(7)

Dan has the chance to be a decent wingback one day. He should hit passable sometime around the middle of next season and then we will go from there.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Tyrone Pindea’s form increased to passable
Jochen Schultz’s decreased to inadequate
Nick Ridley’s increased to inadequate
Cutberto Ferrari’s increased to passable
Jose Luis Larragoitti’s increased to inadequate
Leonardo Chu’s increased to passable
Stefan Silverman’s increased to inadequate
Hans Karrland’s decreased to poor

<b>Up Next:</b> Economic Updates and youth pull.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 7 Economic Updates and Youth Pull</b>

<i>Youth Pull</i>

We pulled a keeper who was just horrible. He had a wretched keeping ability. I did not keep him around long enough to learn his name.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: $-242,630

Revenue

Crowd - $41,634
Sponsors - $31,300
Temporary (sale of Mike Mccurdy) - $33,100

Total Revenue - $106,034

Expenses

Expenses

Arena - $10,300
Wages - $16,614
Interest - $9,804
Temporary (promotion of youth player) - $2,000
Temporary (listing of youth player) - $1,000
Staff - $18,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $77,728

Net Income/loss: $28,306

New Balance: $-214,324

<b>Up Next:</B> League match vs. LA Scullkickers.

[DukeRulesMAB]

Man, except for a larger arena, that financial update could be a carbon copy of mine. :)

Let me recommend picking up one economist. It'll cost you 1500/week, but at that level of debt, will make you in the 1800-2200 range, for a $500 net, give or take a couple hundred. I know, cuz that's the level of debt I'm at. :)

Obviously, a couple hundred extra bucks isn't gonna make or break you, but it can't hurt to get what you can.

[GoldenEagle]

Originally posted by DukeRulesMAB
Man, except for a larger arena, that financial update could be a carbon copy of mine. :)

Let me recommend picking up one economist. It'll cost you 1500/week, but at that level of debt, will make you in the 1800-2200 range, for a $500 net, give or take a couple hundred. I know, cuz that's the level of debt I'm at. :)

Obviously, a couple hundred extra bucks isn't gonna make or break you, but it can't hurt to get what you can.

Duke - I took your advice - last week :)

I hired two new economists. I will get to that later.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - League Match #8</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. LA Scullkickers

<i>Date:</i> May 26th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> LA Scullkickers Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 13757 (22050)
<i>Weather:</i> Cloudy

The second match of the rubber series with the LA Scullkickers will be played today. It is an important match, but quite frankly we do not expect to win. A loss today would in all likely hood drop us to 6th place. Not an ideal situation. But all games from here on out are certainly winnable if we start clicking. A 3rd place finish is not out of reach if the breaks go our way.

<i>Formation:</i> 4-4-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #24 Stankovic
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Central Defender: #6 Dorsey
Left Wingback: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta

Right Winger: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #8 Karlland
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #22 Silverman

Forward: #11 Schindler
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #23 Ridley
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #16 Hatton
Forward: #19 Devore

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

13757 spectators had come to LA ScullKickers Arena this cloudy day.

ScullKickers started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Johnson - Webster, Malmblom, Olsson, Klanger - Moore, Calderon, Schmitt, Switzer - Spear, Hayward.

Golden had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Stankovic, Dorsey, Larragoiti, Fernández-Cuesta - Chu, Jansson, Kärrlind, Silverman - Ehngren, Schindler.

First Half

Golden´s Stefan Silverman could have put the guests one up in the 30:th minute, chasing a through ball but Philip Johnson was fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose.

After 30 minutes ScullKickers´s Frankie Switzer contracted a slight foot injury, but could finish the game.

The 33rd minute saw the home team take a 1 - 0 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for ScullKickers was Clarence Hayward.

Golden got a chance to level the score as Franz Schindler suddenly found himself free with the goaltender but the finishing shot hit the bar.

David Malmblom of ScullKickers received a yellow card in the 33rd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Golden´s Per Jansson refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon in the 35:th minute. 1 - 0 was the half-time score.

ScullKickers held the ball, with a clear 59 percent possession rate.

Second Half

ScullKickers put themselves up 2 - 0 when Clarence Hayward broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him.

After an industrious effort down the middle Clarence Hayward could have closed the game off in the 85:th minute, but his finishing shot hit the post.

ScullKickerss Garth Schmitt got himself booked after a foul. A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 85 minutes might have resulted in another goal for ScullKickers. However, Jochen Schultz made a spectacular save.

ScullKickers, bringing the final ball possession rate to 73 percent, dominated the battle.

Post Game

The most dominating ScullKickers player was without a doubt Philip Johnson. Ed Calderon on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Golden´s best player was Gabriel Dorsey. Hans Kärrlind was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 2 - 0.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, LA Scullkickers 2</i>

<I>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

Schultz:**
Stankovic:**
Larragoiti:**½
Dorsey:***
Fernandez-Cuesta:**
Chu: *½
Karrland: *½
Jansson:**½
Silverman:**
Ehngren: *½
Schindler: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: outstanding(10)
Left Side Defence: formidable(9)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: weak(4)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 44

LA Scullkickers
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: excellent(8)
Right Side Attack: solid(7)
Central Attack: solid(7)
Left Side Attack: solid(7)
NSI: 50

<i>Comments</i>

Once again we ran out of gas and couldn’t finish against the best team in the league. We will definitely train stamina this off season. We went neck to neck for two matches against the best team in the league. Things look promising for next year.

<i>Around the League</i>

§Panda§ - Little tech 6 - 0
Archers - White Sox Pri 0 - 2
Deutsch Fire - La Academia F 4 - 1
LA ScullKicke - Golden Eagles 2 - 0

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. LA ScullKickers 8 37 - 3 22
2. White Sox Pride 8 27 - 7 20
3. Archers 8 27 - 13 13
4. Deutsch Fire FC 8 17 - 12 13
5. §Panda§ 8 13 - 18 11
6. Golden Eagles FC 8 8 - 10 10
7. Little tech 8 7 - 36 3
8. La Academia F.C. 8 3 - 40 0

As expected, we end up in 6th place. However, we are well over the automatic relegation. We are not really concerned with having to play a relegation match. I am confident the lads will end up in third.

<b>Up Next:</b> A friendly match versus the Mississippi Magic SC.

[NAIWF]

I'm not trying to be a smartass here, but how can you be confident you'll end up in 3rd place (passing 3 other teams to do so) putting up a wretched midfield at home this late in the season?

[Aesyrqwe]

Um being in his league i can say that he should be able to beat §Panda§ and DFFC, although those matches would be pretty close. I dont think he will be able to beat Archers though... Little Tech and La acadamia are no better than bot teams, so if he plays them while archers, DFFC and §Panda§ beat eachother up, he should move up to at least 4th..

-Aes-

[GoldenEagle]

The wretched midfield is a concern, but I have had several injuires and bad form. Now that these things are improving, we should see better results. I think we can beat the three teams ahead of us, and the league is very close.

[GoldenEagle]

<B>Season #1 - Friendly Match</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. Mississippi Magic SC

<i>Date:</i> May 29th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 192 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Showers

We received a 5-0 walkover win in the FOFC Cup over Cowtown FC, primarily because they no longer exist. We scheduled a friendly against the Mississippi Magic SC, who happens to be owned my brother. He will send his A team into the match. He really dose not pay much attention to his team, despite my preaching. We send in our B team.

<i>Formation:</i>: 5-4-1

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari

Right Wingback: #22 Silverman
Central Defender: #18 Pindea
Central Defender: #13 Chu
Central Defender: #23 Ridley
Left Wingback: #16 Hatton

Right Winger: #19 Devore
Inner Mid: #17 Shook
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta

Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Substitutes</i>
Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Defender: #6 Dorsey
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #24 Stankovic
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

Due to an all-day shower, 192 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Golden Eagles FC Arena.

Golden tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Lineup: Ferrari - Silverman, Ridley, Chu, Pineda, Hatton - Devore, Jansson, Shook, Fernández-Cuesta - Schindler

Mississippi tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Calatayud - Hargrove, Hall, Siegel, Gibson - Vaughan, Werden, Obrien, Mathis, Dotson - Hummel.

First Half

Franz Schindler, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass.

The referee showed Goldens Nicky Ridley the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

This was a good period for the visitors with several opportunities to take the lead, in particular when Everett Hummel slipped through the defense to come up alone with Cutberto Ferrari - but the home side´s keeper showed some lightning reflex.

In the 34:th minute Golden had a chance to take the lead by an awarded penalty, but Franz Schindler´s shot was blocked by Pedro Calatayud.

In the 37:th minute Goldens Per Jansson received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Mississippi had a good opportunity to score the lead goal but the home team goaltender Cutberto Ferrari saved Norman Mathis´s shot headed for the top corner.

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

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Mississippi, with an impressive 58 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

Mississippi took the lead in the games 51st minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Perry Siegel was the scorer.

Blake Hall could have added one to the visitors lead if his free kick had gone just a little lower.

Golden's Zane Devore scored 1 - 1 by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent goalie no other option than to pick up the ball from the net.

Unsportsmanlike behaviour by Per Jansson rendered him his second booking of the match, and Golden had to finish the game with a reduced squad.

In the 70:th minute an unfortunate play by Cutberto Ferrari gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but Richard Obrien, finding himself alone with the keeper, was unable to take advantage of the situation.

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

Overtime

Not having decided a winner at full-time, the match went into extra time.

Willem Werden received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 94:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score.

100 minutes into the game Everett Hummel was a hair´s breadth away from giving Mississippi the lead. A prompt block by Cutberto Ferrari saved the home team that time.

After overtime the game was still at a tie, and a penalty contest ensued.

Golden´s Franz Schindler made no mistake. Pedro Calatayud didn´t have a chance. 2 - 1.

Mississippi´s Blake Hall cooly put the ball past Cutberto Ferrari. 2 - 2.

Golden´s Leonardo Chu was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, producing a badly laid penalty, blocked by Pedro Calatayud. Score still 2 - 2.

Mississippi´s Everett Hummel, obviously having last minute doubt´s, produced a loose ball to the right post. Unfortunately Cutberto Ferrari made a premature move to the left and didn´t make it back. New score 2 - 3.

Golden´s Thomas Shook hesitated a long time before shooting a penalty going just wide of the left post. Still 2 - 3.

Mississippi´s Bud Dotson was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, producing a badly laid penalty, blocked by Cutberto Ferrari. Score still 2 - 3.

Golden´s Nicky Ridley seemed nervous, putting the ball to the centre of the goal. Pedro Calatayud however, made an early dive to the right, the ball passing him. 3 - 3.

Mississippi´s Willem Werden had nerves of steel at the penalty, changing the score to 3 - 4.

Golden´s Stefan Silverman looked insecure all the way from laying the ball down to clipping the ball miles wide of the crossbar. No goal.

Mississippi´s Richard Obrien hesitated a long time before shooting a penalty going just wide of the left post. Still 3 - 4.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Stefan Silverman. Nicky Ridley was a disappointment, however.

Most important Mississippi player was Blake Hall. Perry Siegel was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 3 - 4.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 3, Mississippi Magic SC 4</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Devore
Schindler
Ridley

<i>Cards</i>
Jansson- Yellow, Yellow

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#25 Ferrari: *½
#22 Silverman: **
#18 Pindea: *½
#13 Chu: *½
#23 Ridley: *
#16 Hatton: *
#19 Devore: *½
#17 Shook: *½
#3 Jansson: (no rating)
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: *½
#11 Schindler: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: passable(6)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: wretched(2)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 34

Mississippi Magic SC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Right Side Attack: weak(4)
Central Attack: poor(3)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 36

<i>Comments</i>
Once again, it is painfully obvious that stamina continues to play a role, even in our B team. Hopefully when we train it the off season it will jump for everyone by at least two levels. That may be wishful thinking.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 8 Training Results

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 8 Training Results</b>

We did not have any players pop this week, but we do expect a couple to soon. Jose Luis Larragoitti is expected to pop to solid soon and Goran Stankovic and Stefan Silverman can expect to pop to passable as well soon. All three are 19 and the cornerstones of our defensive training program. When they do, I should expect to see about 9 starts a game out of my defense.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Tyrone Pineda’s form increased to solid
Jose Luis Larragoitti’s form increased to passable
Jochen Schultz’s form increased to passable
Zane Devore’s form decreased to weak

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $58,947
Total Player Value - $1,120,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Youth Pull and Financial Update

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 8 Youth Pull and Economic Update</b>

<i>Youth Pull</i>

Antonio Cárcel
188 000 US$, 18 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and solid leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: passable
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: disastrous
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: passable

My best youth pull ever. Antonio is on the market and already has a bid of $50,000. Hopefully it will increase to at least $100,000. He should go along way in helping my debt.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$214,324

Revenue

Crowd - $489
Sponsors - $30,150
Financial - $3,400

Total Revenue - $34,039

Expenses

Arena - $10,300
Wages - $16,614
Interest - $10,798
Temporary (promotion of youth player) - $2,000
Staff - $21,000
Youth Squad- $20,000

Total Expenses - $80,722

Net Income/loss: $-46,683

New Balance: $-262,641

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit: Composed
Confidence: Decent

Sponsor Attitude: satisfied
Supporter Attitude: Irritated
Supporter Club: 557 (down 6)

<b>Up Next:</b> A league match vs. Deutsch Fire FC, a team who just bought three new players. Should be interesting.

[GoldenEagle]

I forgot to add that I hired two new economists. My staff increased, but so far they seem to be paying their own wages. Once I get back under $200k, I will probably fire them.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - League Match #9</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. Deutsch Fire FC

<i>Date:</i> June 2nd, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 6,637 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

Another match day comes in V.167. The race for 3rd and 4th place is tight, with obvious prize money and not having to play a relegation match on the line. Today we hosted the Deutsch Fire FC, a team that is in the same position we are. A win and we are right back in the thick of things. A loss and we can consider it a serious set back. Let’s see how things play out.

<i>Formation:</i> 3-5-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #24 Stankovic
Central Defender: #6 Dorsey
Left Wingback: #14 Larragoitti

Right Winger: #22 Silverman
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #8 Karlland
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #18 Pineda

Forward: #11 Schindler
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Goalkeeper: #0 Carcel
Defender: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #16 Hatton
Forward: #19 Devore

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 6637 to Golden Eagles FC Arena.

Golden had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Schultz - Stankovic, Dorsey, Larragoiti - Silverman, Jansson, Kärrlind, Chu, Pineda - Ehngren, Schindler.

Deutsch had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Felix - Langohr, Hobson, Bailey, Urdaniz - Puigcerber, Alexandersson, Markham, Fritz - Reagan, Smith.

First Half

Nick Hobson got left behind when Golden´s Franz Schindler made a sudden pull forward in the 16:th minute, finishing off with a swift strike. 1-0!

With 27 minutes played Franz Schindler could have brought this one home for Golden, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high.

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

1 - 0 was the half-time score.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 54 percent possession rate.

Second Half

Golden -coach had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players looked a lot more organized. Deutschs Nick Hobson got himself booked after a foul.

Golden´s Franz Schindler had an excellent opportunity in the 68:th minute, shooting on a through ball, but he missed the goal by miles!

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

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Golden, with an impressive 52 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

Golden´s best player was Gabriel Dorsey. Franz Schindler on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Deutsch player was without a doubt Nathaniel Felix. Bruce Smith was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 1 - 0.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 1, Deutsch Fire FC 0</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Schindler

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **½
#24 Stankovic: **
#6 Dorsey: ***
#14 Larragoitti: **½
#22 Silverman: **
#13 Chu: *½
#8 Karlland: *½
#3 Jansson: **½
#18 Pineda: **
#11 Schindler: *½
#20 Enhgren: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: formidable(9)
Right Side Attack: inadequate(5)
Central Attack: inadequate(5)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 48

Deutsch Fire FC
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: passable(6)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: poor(3)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 43

<i>Comments</i>

Good win from the good guys at Golden Eagles FC. We are still in 6th place but in a lot better shape. Next week we play Pandas and we think we will devise some sort of game plan to get the win. We will be on the road, however. A win will move us in a good position.

<i>Around the League</i>

La Academia F - §Panda§ 0 - 2
Little tech - Archers 0 - 8
Golden Eagles - Deutsch Fire 1 - 0
White Sox Pri - LA ScullKicke 4 - 0

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. White Sox Pride 9 31 - 7 23
2. LA ScullKickers 9 37 - 7 22
3. Archers 9 35 - 13 16
4. §Panda§ 9 15 - 18 14
5. Deutsch Fire FC 9 17 - 13 13
6. Golden Eagles FC 9 9 - 10 13
7. Little tech 9 7 - 44 3
8. La Academia F.C. 9 3 - 42 0

The big news is the upset of White Sox Pride over LA Scullkickers. It is not necessarily the fact he won, but the fashion he did it in. A 4-0 thumping. As metioned we play Pandas next week and will look for a win.

<b>Up Next:</b> FOFC Cup Round 4 action against the Complex Spikes.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season # 1 - FOFC Cup Match #4</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. Complex Spikes

<i>Date:</i> June 5th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Complex Spikes Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 731 (16,000)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

The Golden Eagles FC hopped on the bus and took about the six hour trip south to the Big Easy. The club was really looking forward to the trip in America’s #1 party city. The team took to Bourbon Street on Tuesday night and just about everyone got hammered. German goaltender Jochen Schultz was even arrested after streaking down the street and shouting expletives in German, all while having a Heineken in his hand. As a result, the expected to get hammered on the pitch.

<i>Formation:</i> 5-4-1

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari

Right Wingback: #22 Silverman
Central Defender: #18 Pindea
Central Defender: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta
Central Defender: #23 Ridley
Left Wingback: #16 Hatton

Right Winger: #11 Schindler
Inner Mid: #17 Shook
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Left Winger: #20 Enhgren

Forward: #19 Devore

<I>Substitutes</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Defender: #6 Dorsey
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #3 Jansson
Forward: #14 Larragoitti

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

731 spectators arrived at Complex Spikes Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

Complex tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Lastra - Tévez, Thying, Dillen - Still, Gallant, Popa, Vahtramäe, Gaare - Abu Salim, Bartram.

Golden started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Lineup: Ferrari - Hatton, Ridley, Pineda, Fernández-Cuesta, Silverman - Schindler, Shook, Chu, Ehngren - Devore.

First Half

The referee showed Complexs Nico Dillen the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Almost all the way down to the corner flag Mats Ehngren somhow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Zane Devore who struck for 0 - 1.

With a shot floated in from just outside the penalty area in the 32nd minute, Joonas Vahtramäe of Complex evened the score to 1 - 1.

The referee showed Complexs Jerry Bartram the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Complex´s Stig Gaare left the field after 37 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Patrick Blakely.

Jerry Bartram gave his Complex the lead with 2 - 1, as he successfully challenged both the guests central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the goaltenders right post.

A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Complex´s Nico Dillen putting the lead up to 3 - 1. The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 1.

Complex held the ball, with a clear 75 percent possession rate.

Second Half

A speedy charge from the left side of the field put Complex lead up with 4 - 1. Mohd Zaidi Abu Salim finished that one off competently, firing from an acute angle.

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

Tyrone Pineda received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 75:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score.

Carlos Saúl Tévez increased Complex´s lead to 5 - 1 from a penalty spot cannonball.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 81 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Complex. However, Cutberto Ferrari made a spectacular save.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Complex, with an impressive 79 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

Most important Complex player was Nico Dillen. Joonas Vahtramäe on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Golden´s best player was Stefan Silverman. Thomas Shook was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 5 - 1.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 1, Complex Spikes 5</i>

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#25 Ferrari: **
#22 Silverman: **
#18 Pindea: *½
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: *½
#23 Ridley: *½
#16 Hatton: *
#11 Schindler: *½
#17 Shook: *
#13 Chu: *½
#20 Enhgren: *½
#19 Devore: *½

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: passable(6)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: wretched(2)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 34

Complex Spikes
Midfield: weak(4)
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: passable(6)
NSI: 43

<i>Comments</i>
Heh. Too much partying and the fact that are B team just plain sucks. We are pretty much out of the running of the FOFC Cup, but I really do not have a problem with that. We are using these just for training. Problem is our trainees suck and when we get some money we will invest in some defensive players.

<i>Other Club News</i>
Youth Pull Antonio Carcel sold yesterday for $86k. We received $79,120 from the deal. This sets up an interesting scenario because it means we are now under $200k in debt. I have made a personal promise not to go back under this line again. Hopefully, I will be able to honor it. Once I get out of debt, I will make the promise never to go back into it again. I might sell my two best defenders, Dorsey and Larragoitti to help dig myself out of the whole. We will see.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 9 Training Results

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 9 Training Results</b>

The Golden Eagles FC had another great week of training around the club. We had a couple of players pop this week. The training program is really starting to pay off as we are seeing the benefits of an effective training program.

José Luis Larragoiti
63 000 US$, 19 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

Stamina: passable(6)
Keeper: disastrous(1)
Playmaking: wretched(2)
Passing: poor(3)
Winger: weak(4)
Defending: <I>solid</I>(7)
Scoring: weak(4)
Set Pieces: wretched(2)

Gabriel Fernández-Cuesta
47 000 US$, 25 years, passable form
Has poor experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: weak(4)
Keeper: disastrous(1)
Playmaking: disastrous(1)
Passing: passable(6)
Winger: passable(6)
Defending: <I>inadequate</I>(5)
Scoring: wretched(2)
Set Pieces: weak(4)

<i>Form Changes</i>

Jochen Schultz’s increased to solid
Leonardo Chu’s increased to solid
Mats Enhgren’s increased to passable
Stefan Silverman’s increased to passable
Nick Ridley’s increased to passable
Han’s Karrland’s increased to inadequate
JC Vera’s decreased to inadequate
Thomas Shook’s decreased to weak
Zane Devore’s decreased to poor

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $53,944
Total Player Value - $971,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 9 Youth Pull and Financial Update

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 9 Youth Pull and Economic Update</b>

First of all, some good news from our youth squad. My coach tells me that the squad status is now at solid. That is some good news to start the week off with.

<i>Youth Pull</i>

Thomas Broussard (12603209)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is tranquil and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 142 000 US$
Wage: 1 260 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

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

Thomas is a very high inadequate. I will be putting him on the market Monday afternoon, so that his bid will end before training. He will pop to passable with a week of keeper training. He will be playing in a friendly match, so if there are any keeper trainers out there you could get a passable keeper for $50,000. I will also be posting in the ad system of Hattrick.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$262,641

Revenue

Crowd (home match vs. Deutsch Fire FC) - $35,062
Crowd (Friendly vs. Complex Spikes) - $1,925
Sponsors - $30,000
Financial - $3,000
Temporary - $79,120 (sale of youth pull Antonio Carcel)
Temporary - $240 (signing up of eight new supporters)

Total Revenue - $149,347

Expenses

Arena - $10,130
Wages - $16,614
Interest - $13,312
Temporary (promotion of youth pull) - $2,000
Temporary (listing of youth pull) - $1,000
Temporary (listing of Jose Luis Larragoitti) - $1,000
Temporary (listing of Gabriel Dorsey) - $1,000
Staff - $21,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $86,056

Net Income/loss - $63,291

New Balance: -$199,350

We are under the $200,000 mark and plan to stay that way. Our youth pull should allow us to break even this week. If our two defenders sell, then we will be out of debt. Once we get out of debt, we vow never to return again. We hired two new spokeswomen to hopefully increase sponsor revenue.

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit: Composed
Confidence: Decent

Sponsor Attitude: Delirious (up 1)
Supporter Attitude: Content (up 2)
Supporter Club: 565 (up 8)

<b>Up Next:</b> A league match against Pandas.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - League Match #10</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. Panda

<i>Date:</i> June 9th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Panda War Memorial
<i>Attendance:</i> 7,310 (7,310)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

The Golden Eagles FC headed into their match against league foe Panda looking for both a win and a little revenge. Panda tied us earlier in the season 0-0. It was a disappointing tie. Now we head to their place looking for the victory.

<i>Formation:</i> 3-5-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #14 Larragoitti
Central Defender: #6 Dorsey
Left Wingback: #24 Stankovic

Right Winger: #18 Pineda
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #8 Karlland
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #22 Silverman

Forward: #11 Schindler
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #16 Hatton
Forward: #19 Devore

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 7310 to §Panda§ War Memorial.

§Panda§ had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Hernandez - Christensen, Keeler, Foley, Wiles - Witt, Ryan, Loyd, Tolliver - Mckenna, Blalock.

Golden had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Larragoiti, Dorsey, Stankovic - Pineda, Jansson, Kärrlind, Chu, Silverman - Ehngren, Schindler.

First Half

Golden took the lead in the games 1st minute with 0 - 1 after some elegant plays down the middle. Stefan Silverman was the scorer.

After 7 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Leonardo Chu who increased Golden´s lead to 0 - 2.

After 20 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Per Jansson who increased Golden´s lead to 0 - 3.

José Luis Larragoiti of Golden received a yellow card in the 21st minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

After 27 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Franz Schindler who increased Golden´s lead to 0 - 4.

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

Wes Foley of §Panda§ received a yellow card in the 31st minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 4. Golden held the ball, with a clear 59 percent possession rate.

Second Half

Mats Ehngren was, after 64 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors lead with a well placed diving header but home side keeper Don Hernandez saved.

Franz Schindler came close to extending the visitors lead as he, completely unmarked in front of the goal, lifted a ball over Don Hernandez, hitting the bar.

Stefan Silverman was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Franz Schindler managed to kick one of them into 0 - 5 in the 78:th minute.

Franz Schindler was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was saved by the keeper. However, Golden´s Tyrone Pineda managed to get hold of the rebound and scored the 0-6 goal.

The referee showed §Panda§s John Ryan the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

The visitors Per Jansson took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 81st minute. 0 - 7 for Golden.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Golden´s Franz Schindler got himself booked.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 59 percent possession rate.

Post Game

§Panda§´s best player was Dominick Christensen. Don Hernandez on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Gabriel Dorsey. However, Stefan Silverman made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 0 - 7.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 7, Pandas 0</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Silverman
Chu
Jansson(2)
Schindler(2)
Pineda

<i>Cards</i>
Laragoiti(Yellow)

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **½
#14 Larragoitti: **½
#6 Dorsey: ***
#24 Stankovic: **
#18 Pineda: **½
#13 Chu: **
#8 Karlland: **
#3 Jansson: **½
#22 Silverman: *½
#11 Schindler: *½
#20 Enhgren: **

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: inadequate(5)
Central Attack: inadequate(5)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 46

Panda
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: passable(6)
Central Defence: passable(6)
Left Side Defence: weak(4)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: poor(3)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 31

<i>Comments</i>
I should have PICed the match. In hindsight, I would have. But we will take the 7-0 win but not let it go to our heads. Our next match is at home against the Archers, a team we must beat to avoid playing a qualification match. Hence, it will be the match of the season for us. Archers has a weak midfield and a decent attack. But if you can match them in the midfield you can beat them. Hopefully this will be the case.

<i>Around the League</i>

White Sox Pri - Little tech 6 - 0
Archers - La Academia F 5 - 0
§Panda§ - Golden Eagles 0 - 7
LA ScullKicke - Deutsch Fire 1 - 3

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. White Sox Pride 10 37 - 7 26
2. LA ScullKickers 10 38 - 10 22
3. Archers 10 40 - 13 19
4. Deutsch Fire FC 10 20 - 14 16
5. Golden Eagles FC 10 16 - 10 16
6. §Panda§ 10 15 - 25 14
7. Little tech 10 7 - 50 3
8. La Academia F.C. 10 3 - 47 0

Deutsch Fire FC pulled off the upset of the LA Scullkickers. Looking back on it, I could have played that team better as well. Oh well, you learn for next year. White Sox Pride now has a commanding lead. That is good, because I will not feel guilty if I beat him in a couple of weeks. As you can see, we could get stuck with playing the qualification match, something we do not want to do.

<b>Up Next:</b> Last game of FOFC Cup pool play against Segrove United.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - FOFC Cup Match #5</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. Seagrove United

<i>Date:</i> June 12th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 671 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

The Golden Eagles are on the verge of being eliminated from the FOFC Consolation Cup. A loss to Seagrove United and we are most likely out of the running for cup contention. We are sending a B-team squad and honestly do not expect to win.

<i>Formation:</i> 5-4-1

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #0 Broussard

Right Wingback: #22 Silverman
Central Defender: #18 Pindea
Central Defender: #4 Hurman
Central Defender: #23 Ridley
Left Wingback: #16 Hatton

Right Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta
Inner Mid: #17 Shook
Inner Mid: #19 Devore
Left Winger: #20 Enhgren

Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Substitutes</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #24 Stankovic
Forward: #3 Jansson

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 671 to Golden Eagles FC Arena.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Broussard - Silverman, Ridley, Pineda, Hurman, Hatton - Ehngren, Shook, Devore, Fernández-Cuesta - Schindler.

Seagrove had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Valenzuela - Chee-kit, Ashley, Shipman - Reedy, Lau, Tavernier, Ki-Bum - Simons, Barnes, Galloway.

First Half

In the games 8:th minute Yann Tavernier almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a spectacular scissors shot just past the bar.

Yann Tavernier of Seagrove received a yellow card in the 17:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

In the 18:th minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Kevin Barnes put the ball away for 0 - 1.

The visitors Matt Galloway took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 20:th minute. 0 - 2 for Seagrove.

In the 23rd minute Goldens Thomas Shook received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

You Chee-kit caught everyone off guard with an opening pass - but unfortunately Matt Galloway was as surprised by the move as anybody else, and managed to miss the extraordinary opportunity.

The referee showed Goldens Franz Schindler the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

0 - 2 was the half-time score.

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

Second Half

Kev Reedy was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Matt Galloway managed to kick one of them into 0 - 3 in the 55:th minute.

In the 59:th minute Seagrove put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was William Lau.

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

Hoss Shipman of Seagrove received a yellow card in the 60:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Seagrove, with an impressive 89 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Thomas Broussard. Zane Devore on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Seagrove player was without a doubt Huan Ki-Bum. William Lau on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 0 - 4.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, Seagrove United 4</i>

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
Shook - yellow
Schindler - yellow

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#0 Broussard: **
#22 Silverman: **
#18 Pindea: *½
#4 Hurman: *½
#23 Ridley: *½
#16 Hatton: *½
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: **
#17 Shook: *
#19 Devore: ½
#20 Enhgren: **
#11 Schindler: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: disastrous(1)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: passable(6)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: wretched(2)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 34

Seagrove United
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: solid(7)
Central Attack: solid(7)
Left Side Attack: solid(7)
NSI: 51

<i>Comments</i>
Well, we have bowed out of the FOFC Cup in our first year of competition in the event. However, we vow revenge next year during the cup. We simply do not have the talent on our B team to make a run at the FOFC Cup this year. Our next endeavor we will play in is the “Everyone is a Winner” Cup. Check out the hat trick forum for more information.

<i>Other Club News</i>
If you paid attention to the line-up you will notice a new face on the Golden Eagles FC team. Actually, we have two new faces. I will introduce you to them now.

Archie Hurman
20 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and wretched leadership abilities

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

Archie is a defensive trainee who should pop to passable within a couple of weeks. He has the inadequate passing which is all important for a central defender in the future. We spent $1k on Archie.

Daniel Ukenings
25 000 US$, 17 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities [Head]

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

Daniel is another defender who we think will pop to passable soon. Unfortunately, Daniel was injured during the match after we bought him. He has passable passing ability and the all important head skill for a defender. We spent $6k on Daniel.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 10 Training Results

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 10 Training Results</b>

No players popped this week. It was a pretty boring week, but most players held their form so I will not complian.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Mats Enghren’s form increased to solid
Franz Schindler’s form decreased to poor
Zane Devore’s form decreased to wretched

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $51,632
Total Player Value - $981,000

<i>Other Club News</i>

We should announce a couple of sells. We sold veteran 21 year central defender Gabriel Dorsey for $125,000. We received $115,000 of it. Youth pull Thomas Broussard, an inadequate keeper, sold for $75,000. We received $62,500 from that deal.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 10 Youth pull and economic update on Saturday.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 10 Youth Pull and Economic Updates</b>

<i>Youth Pull</i>

Andrew Winters (12845265)
21 years, passable form, healthy

A controversial person who is balanced and honest.
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 9 000 US$
Wage: 540 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

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

Andrew is now currently employed in some form or shape of retrieving water for our team. From what I hear, he does a great job.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$199,350

Revenue

Crowd (friendly vs. Seagrove United) - $1,736
Sponsors - $31,350
Financial - $3,700
Temporary (sale of Gabriel Dorsey) - $115,000
Temporary (sale of Thomas Broussard) - $69,000
Temporary (signing up of 26 new supporters) - $720

Total Revenue - $221,566

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $16,614
Interest - $9,968
Temporary (buying of Archie Hurman) - $1,000
Temporary (buying of Daniel Ukenings ) - $6,000
Temporary (youth pull) - $2,000
Temporary (listing youth pull) - $1,000
Temporary (downsizing of staff) - $3,000
Staff - $24,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - $93,892

Net Income/loss: $127,674

New Balance: -$71,676

Team Information

Team Spirit: composed
Confidence: strong

Sponsor Attitude: delirious (same)
Supporter Attitude: delirious (up 1)
Supporter Club: 591 (up 26)

<b>Up Next:</b> A league show down between the GEFC and the Archers.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - League Match #11</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. Archers

<i>Date:</i> June 16th, 2002
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 15,890 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Overcast

The Golden Eagles FC this week faced a tough opponent in the Archers. Archers are third in the league and boast one of the league’s better midfields. They have some weaknesses on the time, however, and we will look to exploit them. You might recall that when we played Archers earlier this season, we lost 2-0. Now that the match is at our place, we are looking for different results.

<i>Formation:</i> 3-5-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #22 Silverman
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #24 Stankovic

Right Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #8 Karlland
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #18 Pineda

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #4 Hurman
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #16 Hatton
Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

15890 spectators had come to Golden Eagles FC Arena this cloudy day.

Golden started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Stankovic, Larragoiti, Silverman - Fernández-Cuesta, Jansson, Kärrlind, Chu, Pineda - Lander, Ehngren.

Archers had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Josefsson - Gyllenell, Saucedo, Gooden - Shukla, Carbone, Bagwell, Wei-Hong, Reeves - Gross, Busquets.

First Half

After a fine move down the middle Goran Stankovic nearly gave the home side one up in the 29:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though.

Archers will have to do without Louis Carbone for a time due to a bad foot injury. He was substituted by Terry Simmons.

In the 31st minute cheers broke out as Dean Lander found his way through the guests central defense line, clipping the 1 - 0 goal in for Golden.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 33 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Golden. However, Patrik Josefsson made a spectacular save.

In the 41st minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as Per Jansson dashed through, knocking home 2 - 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.

Archers Todd Gooden got himself booked after a foul.

The teams went for a half-time break at 2 - 0.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Golden, with an impressive 54 percent possession of the ball.

Second Half

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Archers, with an impressive 57 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

Most important Golden player was Per Jansson. Leonardo Chu was a disappointment, however.

The most dominating Archers player was without a doubt Steven Bagwell. Terry Simmons was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 2 - 0.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 2 Archers 0</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Lander (1)
Jansson (3)

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **½
#22 Silverman: **
#14 Larragoitti: **½
#24 Stankovic: **
#18 Pineda: **
#13 Chu: **
#8 Karlland: **
#3 Jansson: **½
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: **
#9 Lander: **½
#20 Enhgren: **

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: passable(6)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: excellent(8)
Right Side Attack: solid(7)
Central Attack: passable(6)
Left Side Attack: passable(6)
NSI: 49

Archers
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: weak(4)
Right Side Attack: inadequate(5)
Central Attack: weak(4)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 40

<i>Comments</i>
Victory! Despite not having no events in the second half, we won the match 2-0. I am really disappointed we pulled back after leading by just two goals. But I guess our coach felt like it was too important of a match to try to be scoring goals. The win moves us into a three way tie for third place, but we would be playing the qualification match as of right now.

<i>Around the League</i>

Deutsch Fire - §Panda§ 2 - 0
Golden Eagles - Archers 2 - 0
morningside - White Sox Pri 0 - 8
Little tech - LA ScullKicke 0 - 10

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. White Sox Pride 11 45 - 7 29
2. LA ScullKickers 11 48 - 10 25
3. Archers 11 40 - 15 19
4. Deutsch Fire FC 11 22 - 14 19
5. Golden Eagles FC 11 18 - 10 19
6. §Panda§ 11 15 - 27 14
7. Little tech 11 7 - 60 3
8. morningside 11 3 - 55 0

New addition morningside got welcome to the league by getting drilled 8-0. I hope they enjoy their short stay.

<I>Other Club News</i>

Readers: GoldenEagle, who is this Dean Lander kid?

Good question. Here he is:

Dean Lander
69 000 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and inadequate leadership abilities

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

We may have overpaid for him a bit, spending $40k. But he bolstered our attack ratings greatly. We can also train him in defense, as he is still in a trainable age.

<b>Up Next:</b> A friendly match vs. China Town.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - Friendly Match</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. China Town

<i>Date:</i> June 19th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 558 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Overcast

Today we host China Town. China Town is owned by one of my friends from school. I got him addicted to Hattrick. He, in return, got his two brothers addicted. Isn’t it funny how the Hattrick circle of addiction is completed? :D

A mistake on my part means we will be running a 4-5-1 today. Dean Lander is unlucky because he does not get defensive training.

<i>Formation:</i> 4-5-1

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari

Right Wingback: #16 Hatton
Central Defender: #4 Hurman
Central Defender: #23 Ridley
Left Wingback: #18 Pineda

Right Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuetsa
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #17 Shook
Inner Mid: #9 Lander
Left Winger: #11 Schindler

Forward: #19 Devore

<i>Substitutes</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #22 Silverman
Forward: #3 Jansson

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

558 spectators had come to Golden Eagles FC Arena this cloudy day. Golden started off with a 4-5-1 lineup.

They fielded: Ferrari - Hatton, Ridley, Hurman, Pineda - Fernández-Cuesta, Lander, Shook, Chu, Schindler - Devore.

chinatown had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Willis - Heard, Cathey, Puckett - Conway, Rosenborg, González, Marquez, Zhong-Zheng - Gage, Bower.

First Half

Golden broke through to the left in the 17:th minute, Zane Devore firing at an acute angle giving the home side a 1 - 0 lead.

The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 0. chinatown, bringing the final ball possession rate to 52 percent, dominated the battle.

Second Half

Archie Hurman was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was saved by the keeper.

However, Golden´s Dean Lander managed to get hold of the rebound and scored the 2-0 goal.

After 71 minutes Leonardo Chu put Golden ahead 3 - 0 as he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side.

chinatown's Jeffrey Heard scored 3 - 1 by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent goalie no other option than to pick up the ball from the net.

A bit later chinatown´s Van Bower easily reduced to 3 - 2 after a misunderstanding in the home sides central defense line.

Golden appeared unsure on how to play.

A couple of quick and successful challenges, followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area after 83 minutes might have resulted in another goal for Golden. However, Garry Willis made a spectacular save.

Visitors Van Bower was alert on a play coming in from the left, making the score a tie at 3 - 3 in the 84:th minute.

The referee showed chinatowns Jeffrey Heard the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Due to a severely mistimed tackle,Thomas Shook spent some on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 53 percent possession rate.

Overtime

After the regular 90 minutes, the agonizing of overtime followed.

Golden´s Dan Hatton left the field after 95 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was José Luis Larragoiti.

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

Golden made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in from the right hand side left Leonardo Chu completely alone with keeper Garry Willis, who made a spectacular block.

There was still no winner after 30 minutes of extra time so the teams had to select a lineup for a penalty contest to settle the result.

Golden´s Leonardo Chu cooly put the ball past Garry Willis. 4 - 3.

chinatown´s Van Bower was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, producing a badly laid penalty, blocked by Cutberto Ferrari.

Score still 4 - 3.

Golden´s Thomas Shook hesitated a long time before shooting a penalty going just wide of the left post.

Still 4 - 3.

chinatown´s Joel Conway cooly put the ball past Cutberto Ferrari.

4 - 4.

Golden´s Nicky Ridley was seemingly taken by the gravity of the moment, producing a badly laid penalty, blocked by Garry Willis.

Score still 4 - 4.

chinatown´s Zack Gage looked insecure all the way from laying the ball down to clipping the ball miles wide of the crossbar. No goal.

Golden´s Dean Lander seemed nervous, putting the ball to the centre of the goal. Garry Willis however, made an early dive to the right, the ball passing him.

5 - 4.

chinatown´s Peter Rosenborg, obviously having last minute doubt´s, produced a loose ball to the right post. Unfortunately Cutberto Ferrari made a premature move to the left and didn´t make it back.

New score 5 - 5.

Golden´s Cutberto Ferrari looked insecure all the way from laying the ball down to clipping the ball miles wide of the crossbar. No goal.

chinatown´s Jeffrey Heard had nerves of steel at the penalty, changing the score to 5 - 6.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt José Luis Larragoiti. However, Zane Devore made a disastrous appearance.

Most important chinatown player was Garry Willis. Peter Rosenborg was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 5 - 6.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 5, China Town 6</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Devore
Lander(2)
Chu(2)

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#25 Ferrari: **
#16 Hatton: *
#14 Larragoitti(replaced injured Hatton): **½
#4 Hurman: **
#23 Ridley: *½
#18 Pineda:*½
#12 Fernandez-Cuetsa: **
#13 Chu: **
#17 Shook: *
#9 Lander: *½
#11 Schindler: *
#19 Devore: *

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: passable(6)
Right Side Attack: weak(4)
Central Attack: wretched(2)
Left Side Attack: wretched(2)
NSI: 34

China Town
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Right Side Attack: weak(4)
Central Attack: passable(6)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 39

<i>Comments</i>
Well we met China Town’s A-Team and we played decent against them, jumping out to a 3-0 lead. We blew that lead, and that is cause for concern even from our B team. Our B team is now still winless. They should improve, however, when defender Daniel Ukenings returns from injury. Dan Hatton is out for two weeks.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 11 Training Results

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 11 Training Results</b>

Another week goes by with no players popping. A couple sure have to be close though.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Jochen Schultz’s form increased to excellent
Stefan Silverman’s increased to solid
Archie Hurman’s increased to solid
Dan Hatton’s increased to solid
Cutberto Ferrari’s increased to solid
Han’s Karrland increased to passable
Per Jansson’s decreased to passable
Tyrone Pineda’s decreased to passable
Mats Enhgren’s decreased inadequate
JC Vera’s decreased to weak

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $55,620
Total Player Value - $1,053,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Weekly financial updates and youth pull.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 11 Youth Pull and Economic Updates</b>

<i>Youth Pull</i>

Boyd Madden
0 US$, 20 years, passable form
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities

Stamina: wretched Keeper: wretched
Playmaking: disastrous Passing: wretched
Winger: disastrous Defending: disastrous
Scoring: disastrous Set Pieces: disastrous

Needless to say, Boyd was giving his walking papers immediately from the club.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$71,676

Revenue

Crowd - $82,588 (home match vs. Archers)
Crowd - $1,486 (friendly vs. ChinaTown)
Sponsors - $32,700
Temporary - $6,875 (mother club money from resale of Thomas Broussard)
Temporary - $840 (signing up of 28 new supporters)

Total Revenue: $124,459

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $17,142
Interest - $3,584
Temporary - $40,000 (buying of Dean Lander)
Temporary - $2,000 (promotion of youth player)
Staff - $24,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses - 117,306

Net income/loss: $7,153

New Balance: -$64,523

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit - Composed
Team Confidence - Wonderful

Sponsor Attitude - Delirious
Supporter Attitude - High on Life
Supporter Club - 619 (up 28)

<b>Up next:</b> Our Match of the Season vs. White Sox Pride

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - League Match #12</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. White Sox Pride

<i>Date:</i> June 23rd, 2002
<i>Venue:</i> White Sox Pride Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 16,300 (16,300)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

<i>Formation:</i> 3-5-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #24 Stankovic
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #22 Silverman

Right Winger: #18 Pineda
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #8 Karlland
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #4 Hurman
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #21 Ukenings
Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

16300 spectators arrived at White Sox Pride Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

White tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Obrien - Williams, Tate, Petkov - Gah-Fat, Crabtree, Baugh, Björkén, Hansson - Dewitt, Merrill.

Golden had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Stankovic, Larragoiti, Silverman - Pineda, Jansson, Kärrlind, Chu, Fernández-Cuesta - Lander, Ehngren.

First Half

In the 1st minute Hans Kärrlind surprised the opponents with a 40 metre pass to Tyrone Pineda who quite easily could settle the score to 0 - 1.

White´s Frank Merrill made a successful breakthrough attempt in the game´s 6:th minute and should have levelled the score, but clipped it over the bar.

After 12 minutes David Dewitt made a dash down the middle past the away teams defenders scoring 1 - 1.

The 15:th minute saw the home team take a 2 - 1 lead after a leak in the visitors right side defense. Scorer for White was Frank Merrill.

Hans Kärrlind caught everyone off guard with an opening pass - but unfortunately Tyrone Pineda was as surprised by the move as anybody else, and managed to miss the extraordinary opportunity.

A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in White´s David Dewitt putting the lead up to 3 - 1.

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

The teams went for a half-time break at 3 - 1.

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

Second Half

Golden fought on and, in the 68:th minute Dean Lander was able to reply with 3 - 2 after some excellent moves on the right side finished off by an incredibly clever chip.

In the 80:th minute of the match the visitors central line of defence had to look on as David Dewitt dashed through, knocking home 4 - 2 for White. By then David Dewitt was a three time scorer - a hat trick!

A great save by goaltender Jochen Schultz in the 82nd minute kept the visitors in the game as Liu Gah-Fat struck from the left with a real cannonball.

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

Post Game

Most important White player was Jerald Obrien. Arnold Crabtree on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Jochen Schultz. Mats Ehngren was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 4 - 2.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 2 White Sox Pride 4</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Lander (2)
Pineda (3)

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **½
#24 Stankovic: **
#14 Larragoitti: **½
#24 Silverman: **½
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: **
#13 Chu: **
#8 Karlland: **
#3 Jansson: **½
#18 Pineda: **
#9 Lander: **½
#20 Enhgren: **

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: excellent(8)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: passable(6)
Left Side Attack: passable(6)
NSI: 49

White Sox Pride
Midfield: inadequate(5)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: formidable(9)
Right Side Attack: solid(7)
Central Attack: solid(7)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 58

<i>Comments</i>
Well we used our Match of the Season and we lost 4-2. It is a disappointment. It proves to me that I will have to go out and get some more help in the midfield and attack if I expect to be in Division IV in Season 21, which is our club goal. It is not that fart out of reach if we can just get our youth squad producing quality talent, preferably in the midfield. I was surprised that keeper Jochen Schultz gave up four goals in excellent form.

<i>Around the League</i>

LA ScullKicke - §Panda§ 6 - 1
Little tech - morningside 1 - 0
White Sox Pri - Golden Eagles 4 - 2
Archers - Deutsch Fire 0 - 1

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. White Sox Pride 12 49 - 9 32
2. LA ScullKickers 12 54 - 11 28
3. Deutsch Fire FC 12 23 - 14 22
4. Archers 12 40 - 16 19
5. Golden Eagles FC 12 20 - 14 19
6. §Panda§ 12 16 - 33 14
7. hooahs 12 8 - 60 6
8. morningside 12 3 - 56 0

DFFC beat the Archers in their match. I was hoping for a draw. Hooahs take over for Little Tech and will be my opponent next week.

<b>Up Next:</b> A friendly against Mylesknights’ First Coast Conquistadors

[MylesKnight]

Originally posted by GoldenEagle

<b>Up Next:</b> A friendly against MylesKnight’s First Coast Conquistadors
Friendly?

....(Evil Laugh) MUAHAHAHA!!

First Leg of the Miss Fla Challenge (that's Mississippi/Florida for the infadels out there), tomorrow evening in South Memphis. ;)

[GoldenEagle]

The First Coast Conquistadors are expected to sweep the match-ups, 10-0.

[MylesKnight]

HAHA, very funny..

Can you say Tank?

What's the minimum amount of players I need on the field in order to play?? That's all I need to know.. ;)

By the way, great writeup. Make sure you DO NOT stop doing this as I definitely would feel a bit of a void in my daily excursion to FOFCentral without the G.E. FC Dynasty there to check out during my trip to the Dalie Lama of all Websites. Excellent work my friend.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - Friendly Match</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. First Coast Conquistadors

<i>Date:</i> June 26th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 668 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

The Golden Eagles FC took place in Part 1 of the event that has been termed the Miss/Fla challenge by Hattrickers from all over the world. We met the First Coast Conquistadors owned by FOFC’s own MylesKnight. We will send our B-team into the match, and if you read above, we expect to get beat pretty badly.

<i>Formation:</i> 5-4-1

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari

Right Wingback: #13 Chu
Central Defender: #4 Hurman
Central Defender: #9 Lander
Central Defender: #21 Ukenings
Left Wingback: #18 Pineda

Right Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuetsa
Inner Mid: #2 Vera
Inner Mid: #17 Shook
Left Winger: #11 Schindler

Forward: #19 Devore

<i>Substitutes</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #22 Silverman
Forward: #20 Enghren

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Golden Eagles FC Arena saw a crowd turnout of 668.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Ferrari - Chu, Lander, Hurman, Ukenings, Pineda - Schindler, Shook, Vera, Fernández-Cuesta - Devore.

Conquistadors had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Durward - Owens, Benner, Gustafson - Cereceda, Jacob, Valero Gonzalez, Poirier, Fernando Moreno - Warren, Godwin.

First Half

Daniel Ukenings sprang high, as always, and was very close to scoring with a header after a corner, but missed just barely.

Dean Lander of Golden received a yellow card in the 32nd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Conquistadors had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 32nd minute when Dustin Gustafson came up alone against Cutberto Ferrari who managed a block.

Conquistadors had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 35:th minute when Bruno Godwin came up alone against Cutberto Ferrari who managed a block.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 0. Conquistadors held the ball, with a clear 72 percent possession rate.

Second Half

In the 67:th minute the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending and Danilo Valero Gonzalez put the ball away for 0 - 1.

Conquistadors´s Danilo Valero Gonzalez received a play slashing through the home side´s defense in the 69:th minute, chipping it past the keeper scoring 0 - 2.

The home crowd was not pleased with that one.

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

Conquistadors had, after 74 minutes of the game, worked the left side industriously, creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but somehow didn´t achieve closure.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Conquistadors, with an impressive 84 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Leonardo Chu. Zane Devore on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Conquistadors´s best player was Dustin Gustafson. However, Danilo Valero Gonzalez made a disastrous appearance.

The match ends 0 - 2.

Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0 First Coast Conquistadors 2

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
Lander - Yellow

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#25 Ferrari: **
#13 Chu: **
#4 Hurman: **
#9 Lander: **
#21 Ukenings: **
#18 Pineda: * ½
#12 Fernandez-Cuetsa: **
#2 Vera: *
#17 Shook: *
#11 Schindler: *
#19 Devore: ½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: disastrous(1)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: formidable(9)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: wretched(2)
Central Attack: disastrous(1)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 33

First Coast Conquistadors
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Central Defence: inadequate(5)
Left Side Defence: weak(4)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: passable(6)
Left Side Attack: solid(7)
NSI: 39

<i>Comments</i>
In a game viewed by millions, the First Coast Conquistadors dominated to take a 2-0 aggregate lead. The Golden Eagles FC B team seemed like their minds were on the loss of the past weekend to the White Sox Pride, even if most of them did not play in the match.

MK - Thanks for the support and also thanks for the friendly. Looking forward to playing at your place next week.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 12 Training results.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 12 Training Results</b>

The Golden Eagles FC witnessed one player pop this week. No others did but a couple just have to be close and we could have as many as three by the end of the year.

Goran Stankovic (11303635)
19 years, inadequate form(5), healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience(1) and weak leadership(4) abilities.

Nationality: Sverige
Assessed value: 50 000 US$
Wage: 840 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 1

Stamina: weak(4)
Playmaking: inadequate(5)
Winger: inadequate(5)
Scoring: poor(3)
Goaltending: disastrous (1)
Passing: poor(3)
Defending: <i>passable</i>(6)
Set Pieces: poor(3)

I expect us to put Goran up for sale after the season. He should net about $50k. He really has no long term plans with our team.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Franz Schindler’s form increased to weak
Zane Devore’s form increased to weak
Archie Hurman’s form decreased to passable
Dan Hatton’s form decreased to passable
Goran Stankovic’s form decreased to inadequate
Per Jansson’s form decreased to inadequate
Hans Karrland’s form decreased to inadequate
Nick Ridley’s form decreased to inadequate
Tyrone Pineda’s form decreased to inadequate
Thomas Shook’s form decreased to poor

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $53,750
Total Player Value - $1,075,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 12 youth pull and economic updates

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 12 Youth Pull and Economic Updates</b>

<i>Youth Pull</i>

Howard Cruz (13294028)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is tranquil and honest.
Has disastrous experience and weak leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 15 000 US$
Wage: 580 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

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

Howard is no longer employed at the club.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: $-64,523

Revenue

Crowd - $1,735
Sponsors - $33,900
Temporary - $690 (signing up of 24 new supporters)

Total Revenue: $36,325

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $18,360
Interest - $3,226
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Temporary - $1,000 (transfer listing)
Staff - $24,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses: $78,896

Net Income/loss: -$42,571

New Balance: -$107,094

<i>Team Information:</i>

Team Spirit - Furious
Team Confidence - Strong

Sponsor Attitude - Delirious
Supporter Attitude - Delirious
Supporter Club - 643 (up 24)

<b>Up Next:</b> League match vs. hookahs, a new team to V.167

[GoldenEagle]

<B>Season #1 - League Match #13</b>

<i>Date:</i> June 30th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 14,790 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

This week we host hooahs, a team that is new to V.167. The owner for the hooahs is yet to log in. We expect an easy match, but do not want to PIC because we do not want to lose money from crown revenue, due to our financial state. So we will play it normal and expect a big win. We also want to extend our goal differential lead over Deutsch Fire FC.

<i>Formation:</i> 3-5-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #24 Stankovic
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #22 Silverman

Right Winger: #18 Pineda
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #8 Karlland
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuesta

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #21 Ukenings
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #18 Hatton
Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

14790 spectators arrived at Golden Eagles FC Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

Golden started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Schultz - Stankovic, Larragoiti, Silverman - Fernández-Cuesta, Jansson, Kärrlind, Chu, Pineda - Lander, Ehngren.

hooahs tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Summers - Woodall, Holman, Billings, Evans - Belcher, Faulkner, Kiesner, Jean - Gállego, Betancourt.

First Half

Some beautiful plays on the left side of the field resulted in a 7:th minute goal by Stefan Silverman for Golden, putting them ahead 1 - 0.

A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Golden´s José Luis Larragoiti putting the lead up to 2 - 0.

In the game's 14:th minute hooahs´s Neil Summers limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue.

José Luis Larragoiti received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 16:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score.

The home sides Mats Ehngren twisted a free kick home in the 19:th minute, putting Golden ahead 3 - 0.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, hooahs´s Shaun Holman got himself booked.

In 34:th minute of game time hooahs´s Shaun Holman received his second yellow card and was sent off.

The Golden player was Hans Kärrlind who had to be helped off the pitch, unable to finish the game.

In the 36:th minute Golden put themselves up 4 - 0. The visitors defenders lost the ball to Per Jansson coming up from the left, who proceeded to cooly round the goaltender and knock the ball home.

After this Golden lowered the tempo in order to concentrate on their defensive efforts. The teams went for a half-time break at 4 - 0.

Golden, bringing the final ball possession rate to 70 percent, dominated the battle.

Second Half


In the games 51st minute hooahs´s Ignacio Betancourt fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Ignacio Betancourt for taking a dive.

The home side´s Goran Stankovic came close to extending the lead in the 53rd minute. His shot came in off the right hand side but Neil Summers managed saving with a fingernail.

The home side failed to add to their score as Mats Ehngren shot a penalty wide in the 56:th minute.

Ferrán Gállego of hooahs received a yellow card in the 63rd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Neil Summers was caught napping a bit later as Mats Ehngren lifted a ball over him after a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keepers arms.

Things were going to get worse for the visitors. Mats Ehngren squirmed himself through the central defense line in the 64:th minute, asserting the lead to 5 - 0.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 68 percent possession rate.

Post Game

Most important Golden player was Jochen Schultz. However, Thomas Shook made a disastrous appearance.

The most dominating hooahs player was without a doubt Alberto Kiesner. Franklyn Billings on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 5 - 0.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 5, hooahs 0</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Silverman (2)
Larragoitti (1)
Enhgren 2 (2)
Jansson (4)

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **½
#24 Stankovic: **
#14 Larragoitti: **½
#24 Silverman: **½
#12 Fernandez-Cuesta: **
#13 Chu: **
#8 Karlland: **
#17 Shook: *
#3 Jansson: **
#18 Pineda: **
#9 Lander: **½
#20 Enhgren: **

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Central Defence: passable(6)
Left Side Defence: solid(7)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: inadequate(5)
Left Side Attack: passable(6)
NSI: 44

hooahs
Midfield: disastrous(1)
Right Side Defence: poor(3)
Central Defence: weak(4)
Left Side Defence: poor(3)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: weak(4)
Left Side Attack: weak(4)
NSI: 24

<i>Comments</i>
The game should have been alot worse and we should have won by the score of 8 or 9 to 0. We will take the win though. The move bumped us to 4th place and we have a realistic or even a great chance at 3rd. We will see.

<i>Around the League</i>

Golden Eagles - hooahs 5 - 0
§Panda§ - Archers 0 - 4
Deutsch Fire - White Sox Pri 2 - 3
LA ScullKicke - morningside 6 - 0

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. White Sox Pride 13 52 - 11 35
2. LA ScullKickers 13 60 - 11 31
3. Archers 13 44 - 16 22
4. Golden Eagles FC 13 25 - 14 22
5. Deutsch Fire FC 13 25 - 17 22
6. §Panda§ 13 16 - 37 14
7. hooahs 13 8 - 65 6
8. morningside 13 3 - 62 0

Ok, so we are in 4th. DFFC should win easily this week as they play hooahs. We play moriningside. Archers play LA Scullkickers. White Sox Pride are getting very close to auto-promote line.

<b>Up Next:</b> The return leg of the Miss-Fla Challenge, meaning we will play MK's team at his place.

[MylesKnight]

Congrats on the most recent W, G.E. It looks as if, if you just take care of business against Morningside, 3rd Place and extra $$$ is yours, so long as the Skullkickers do their part and beat the Archers.

By the way, the head sponsor has asked me to inform you that the Miss-Fla Challenge be stated as the Miss-Fla Challenge presented by Ted's of Beverly Hills Steakhouse.

There will be Ted's Posters and Billboards at the Match this Wednesday Evening, with the majority of them stating the Restaurant's Slogan.. "Come on down to Ted's of Beverly Hills, 'cause at Ted's, We Want to Put Our Meat in Your Mouth"

GOOD LUCK!! :D

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - Friendly Match</b>

First Coast Conquistadors vs. Golden Eagles FC

<i>Date:</i> July 3rd, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> The Paladium
<i>Attendance:</i> 323 (7,000)
<i>Weather:</i> Overcast

The Golden Eagles FC once again took their famed bus southward. Their destination this time around was somewhere in Florida, where the return leg of the Miss/Fla challenge was being played against MylesKnight and his First Coast Conquistadors. We lost the first leg 2-0 and really expect the same results. Anyways, we managed to pump our B team up enough to get excited for the match!

<i>Formation:</i> 5-4-1

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari

Right Wingback: #18 Pindea
Central Defender: #4 Hurman
Central Defender: #9 Lander
Central Defender: #21 Ukenings
Left Wingback: #16 Hatton

Right Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuetsa
Inner Mid: #2 Vera
Inner Mid: #17 Shook
Left Winger: #13 Chu

Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Substitutes</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #22 Silverman
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

At The Paladium, 323 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came.

Conquistadors had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Durward - Owens, Benner, Gustafson - Fernando Moreno , Valero Gonzalez, Poirier, Light, Cereceda - Warren, Godwin.

Golden had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Ferrari - Pineda, Lander, Hurman, Ukenings, Hatton - Fernández-Cuesta, Shook, Vera, Chu - Schindler

First Half

In the 5:th minute Conquistadorss Willy Owens received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.

Golden were forced to a substitution as Gabriel Fernández-Cuesta couldn´t continue playing due to the rough treatment.

In the 7:th minute Ali Warren almost put the home team one ahead on a cross pass coming in from the right, but the shot went wide.

The referee showed Conquistadorss Odín Cereceda the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

0 - 0 was the half-time score.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Conquistadors, with an impressive 72 percent possession of the ball.
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Second Half

Odín Cereceda was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the enemy box - Juan Miguel Fernando Moreno Inse managed to kick one of them into 1 - 0 in the 51st minute.

After 78 minutes Bruno Godwin put Conquistadors ahead 2 - 0 as he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side.

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

Conquistadors put their lead ahead another goal as Ali Warren struck home the 3 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Conquistadors´s Dustin Gustafson got himself booked.

The fortyfive minutes were dominated by Conquistadors, with an impressive 84 percent possession of the ball.

Post Game

Conquistadors´s best player was Bruno Godwin. Juan Miguel Fernando Moreno Inse on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Golden player was without a doubt Stefan Silverman. Thomas Shook on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 3 - 0.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, First Coast Conquistadors 3</i>

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#25 Ferrari: **
#18 Pineda: *½
#4 Hurman: **
#9 Lander: **
#21 Ukenings: **
#16 Hatton: **
#12 Fernandez-Cuetsa: *½
#22 Silverman (on for injured Fernandez-Cuetsa): **
#2 Vera: *
#17 Shook: *
#13 Chu: **
#11 Schindler: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: disastrous(1)
Right Side Defence: solid(7)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Right Side Attack: inadequate(5)
Central Attack: wretched(2)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 34

First Coast Conquistadors
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Central Defence: inadequate(5)
Left Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: passable(6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 41

<i>Comments</i>
Well the return leg of the challenge went about as expected. The First Coast Conquistadors take the challenge with an easy 5-0 victory (combined two scores). Unfortunately, the First Coast ‘Thugs’ injured one my starters who will be out for Sunday’s league match. :D Fernandez-Cuesta will, however, be available for next week’s friendly. I was impressed with the play of Dan Hatton, who picked up two starts playing as an offensive wing back. He is not near a pop and is only in passable form. He may very well start in Fernandez-Cuesta’s place on Sunday.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 13 Training Resutls

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 13 Training Results</b>

We did have one player pop this week at the club:

Daniel Ukenings (12575778)
17 years, passable form(6), healthy

A pleasant guy who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience(1) and passable leadership abilities(6).

Speciality: Head

Nationality: Deutschland
Assessed value: 42 000 US$
Wage: 792 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

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

We bought Daniel a couple of weeks ago for $6k. Now with passable defending/ passable passing combination we could easily sell him for $40k. But what would be the point of that? Daniel very well could be come the gem of our training program, with an outside chance of being excellent by the end of next year in defending. He also has the all important head specialty.

<i>Form Changes</i>

Leonardo Chu’s form increased to excellent
Mats Ehngren’s form increased to passable
JC Vera’s form increased to inadequate
Dean Lander’s form decreased to passable
Cutbero Ferrari’s form decreased to passable
Nick Ridley’s form decreased to weak
Tyrone Pineda’s form decreased to weak
Hans Karrland’s form decreased to weak

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value- $53,050
Total Player Value - $1,061,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 13 Youth Pull and Economic Updates

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 13 Youth Pull and Economic Update</b>

<i>Youth pull</i>

Our youth pull was so bad this week, that I refuse to post him here. I fired him on the spot. I don’t wont those who are weak at the heart to vomit if you saw his abilities.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$107,094

Revenue

Crowd (home match vs. hoohas) - $77,972
Crowd (friendly vs. First Coast Conquistadors) - $741
Sponsors - $34,800
Temporary (signing up of 28 new supporters) - $840

Total Revenue: $114,353

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $18,360
Interest - $5,335
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Staff - $24,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses: $80,025

Net Income/loss: $34,428

New Balance: -$72,766

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit - Irritated
Team Confidence - Wonderful

Sponsor Attitude - delirious
Supporter attitude - high on life
Supporter Club - 670 (up 27)

<b>Up Next:</b> The final regular season match against morningside.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - League Match #14</b>

Morningside vs. Golden Eagles FC

<i>Date:</i> July 7th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Morningside Arena
<i>Attendance:</i> 4,539 (7,000)
<i>Weather:</i> Overcast

The Golden Eagles FC travel to New York City to face off against Morningside, a team that is relatively speaking, new to V.167. Hopefully it will be the last match of meaning in Season 19. Their owner has never logged into hat trick, and quite frankly, despite being on the road, we expect an easy win. That being said, I want to remind you the race in V.167 is a close one. Prize money and the right to not play a qualification match are on the line heading into the final week. We decided to ‘Match of the Season’ going into the game.

<i>Formation:</i> 3-5-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #24 Stankovic
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #17 Ukenings

Right Winger: #18 Pineda
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #2 Vera
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #22 Silverman

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Substitutes:</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #4 Hurman
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #18 Hatton
Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

4539 spectators had come to morningside Arena this cloudy day.

morningside had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Harrison - Albright, Mabry, Person, Shockley - Anglin, Hare, Hammond, Briggs - Ngwe-Khain, Schaeffer.

Golden had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Schultz - Stankovic, Larragoiti, Ukenings - Silverman, Jansson, Chu, Vera, Pineda - Lander, Ehngren.

First Half

After 5 minutes Golden put themselves up by 0 - 1 as Per Jansson finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post.

Some fine manouvering on the left lead to an 6:th minute Golden goal, making it 0 - 2. Dean Lander was noted down as the scorer.

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

Will Albright behaved like an inexperienced youth player in the 27:th minute as he gave the ball away to an opponent. Lucky for him though, there was no goal.

In the 33rd minute Golden put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was Dean Lander.

In the 37:th minute Golden put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. Scorer was Dean Lander. By then Dean Lander was a three time scorer - a hat trick!

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

morningside´s Elroy Briggs left the field after 38 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Lester Pitts.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 5.

Golden held the ball, with a clear 62 percent possession rate.

The visitors Tyrone Pineda took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side´s goalie and full backs in the 53rd minute. 0 - 6 for Golden.

The referee showed morningsides Devon Person the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Woodrow Schaeffer almost put the reducer away having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper.

morningside held the ball, with a clear 58 percent possession rate.

Post Game

morningside´s best player was Cleo Anglin. Devon Person on the other hand, had a terrible day.

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

The match ends 0 - 6.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 6, Morningside 0</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Lander 3 (6)
Jansson (5)
Ehngren (3)
Pineda (3)

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **½
#24 Stankovic: **
#14 Larragoitti: **½
#17 Ukenings: **
#22 Silverman: **
#13 Chu: **
#2 Vera:
#3 Jansson: **
#18 Pineda: **
#9 Lander: **½
#20 Enhgren: **

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: passable(6)
Central Defence: solid(7)
Left Side Defence: formidable(9)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: inadequate(5)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 44

Morningside
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: weak(4)
Central Defence: weak(4)
Left Side Defence: weak(4)
Right Side Attack: weak(4)
Central Attack: weak(4)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 29

<i>Around the League</i>

White Sox Pri - §Panda§ 3 - 0
morningside - Golden Eagles 0 - 6
hooahs - Deutsch Fire 2 - 4
Archers - LA ScullKicke 0 - 4

<i>The Updated Table</i>

1. White Sox Pride 14 55 - 11 38
2. LA ScullKickers 14 64 - 11 34
3. Golden Eagles FC 14 31 - 14 25
4. Deutsch Fire FC 14 29 - 19 25
5. Archers 14 44 - 20 22
6. §Panda§ 14 16 - 40 14
7. hooahs 14 10 - 69 6
8. morningside 14 3 - 68 0

<i>Comments</i>
The win means we finish in third place, a feat that I wanted to accomplish back during the middle of the regular season. Morningside was just absolutely horrible. I beat them 6-0 with two key injuries and my form in the toilet. It was also on the road none of the less. White Sox Pride surprisingly auto promoted. The team that will replace them is a bot team and will get a new owner immediately. Archers and Pandas play the qualification matches, but are expected to be replaced anyway because of owner neglect. I think next year it will be between us, LA Scullkickers, and maybe DFFC. If we can improve our midfield and get another forward similar to Dean Lander, then I think we will win the series.

<b>Up Next:</b> We host a friendly against a 6th division Swedish side, whose name escapes me right now.

[GoldenEagle]

Originally posted by NAIWF
I'm not trying to be a smartass here, but how can you be confident you'll end up in 3rd place (passing 3 other teams to do so) putting up a wretched midfield at home this late in the season?

Not to rub things in, but.....

Nanahnahanha

:D

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - Friendly Match</b>

Golden Eagles FC vs. Hollvikens GIF

<i>Date:</i> July 10th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Golden Eagles FC
<i>Attendance:</i> 1,477 (16,110)
<i>Weather:</i> Partly Cloudy

This week we decided to go for an international friendly and got a team from a Swedish 6th division to make the trek all the way to the Golden Eagles FC Arena located in Southaven, MS. The team, Hollvikens FC, appears to be a midfield trainer, although I am not sure. It should be an interesting match and will give a chance for my B team to become more experienced.

<i>Formation:</i> 5-4-1

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari

Right Wingback: #22 Silverman
Central Defender: #4 Hurman
Central Defender: #9 Lander
Central Defender: #13 Chu
Left Wingback: #16 Hatton

Right Winger: #12 Fernandez-Cuetsa
Inner Mid: #19 Devore
Inner Mid: #17 Shook
Left Winger: #18 Pindea
Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Substitutes</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Defender: #14 Larragoiti
Midfield: #8 Karrland
Winger: #24 Stankovic
Forward: #20 Enhgren

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

1477 spectators arrived at Golden Eagles FC Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.

Golden tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Lineup: Ferrari - Silverman, Lander, Chu, Hurman, Hatton - Fernández-Cuesta, Shook, Devore, Pineda - Schindler.

Höllviken had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Kalokairinos - Radojcic, Hedgren, Gröönstad - Strandsjö, Schulz, Palmling, Brofeldt, Bengtsson - Gullholt, Irborn.

First Half

Dean Lander of Golden received a yellow card in the 14:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Rocco Hedgren had a good try in the 16:th minute, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide.

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

Höllviken had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 18:th minute when Jörg Schulz came up alone against Cutberto Ferrari who managed a block.

Höllviken had obvious problems in finding their positions.

Golden took the lead by 1 - 0 after a penalty in the 29:th minute. Dan Hatton scored from the penalty spot.

Golden made a substitution in the 35:th minute. Gabriel Fernández-Cuesta limped off the field and was replaced by Goran Stankovic.

1 - 0 was the half-time score.

Höllviken held the ball, with a clear 64 percent possession rate.

Second Half

Höllviken -coach had an extra briefing during the break, and after that his players looked a lot more organized. Höllviken got a chance to level the score as Sven Palmling suddenly found himself free with the goaltender but the finishing shot hit the bar.

Almost all the way down to the corner flag Patrik Strandsjö somhow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Per F. Gullholt who struck for 1 - 1.

The referee showed Goldens Stefan Silverman the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.

Stefan Silverman received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 75:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score.

Höllviken´s Jörg Schulz could have put the guests one up in the 76:th minute, chasing a through ball but Cutberto Ferrari was fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose.

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

Höllviken, bringing the final ball possession rate to 68 percent, dominated the battle.

Post Game

Golden´s best player was Stefan Silverman. However, Zane Devore made a disastrous appearance.

The most dominating Höllviken player was without a doubt Patrik Strandsjö. Jörg Schulz on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The match ends 1 - 1.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 1, Hollvikens GIF 1</i>

<i>Goals</i>
Hatton

<i>Cards</i>
Lander - Yellow
Silverman - Yellow

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#25 Ferrari: **
#22 Silverman: **½
#4 Hurman: **
#9 Lander: **
#13 Chu: **
#16 Hatton: *½
#12 Fernandez-Cuetsa: *
#20 Stankovic (on for injured Fernandez-Cuetsa): **
#19 Devore: *
#17 Shook: *
#18 Pindea: *½
#11 Schindler: *½

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: disastrous(1)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: excellent(8)
Left Side Defence: passable(6)
Right Side Attack: poor(3)
Central Attack: wretched(2)
Left Side Attack: poor(3)
NSI: 33

Hollvikens GIF
Midfield: wretched(2)
Right Side Defence: weak(4)
Central Defence: inadequate(5)
Left Side Defence: inadequate(5)
Right Side Attack: inadequate(5)
Central Attack: inadequate(5)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 35

<i>Comments</i>
This was our first ever international friendly at the Golden Eagles FC. It was fun and we generated a little extra money off of it. Our B team is still unimpressive but they are steadily improving, especially on the defensive side of things.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 14 Training Results

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 14 Training Results</b>

We did have one player pop this week. It took him 11 weeks to pop, so that should be what it takes at our club for a 19 year old to pop.

Stefan Silverman (5646578)
19 years, solid form(7), healthy

A controversial person who is temperamental and upright.
Has wretched experience(2) and poor leadership abilities(3).

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

<i>Form Changes</i>

Daniel Ukening’s form increased to solid
Archie Hurman’s form increased to solid
Goran Stankovic’s form increased to passable
Hans Karrland’s form increased to inadequate
Franz Schindler’s form increased to inadequate
Zane Devore’s increased to inadequate
Jochen Schultz’s form decreased to solid
Cutbero Ferrari’s form decreased to inadequate
Mats Enhgren’s form decreased to inadequate
Nick Ridley’s form decreased to poor

<i>Value</i>

Average Player Value - $17,860
Total Player Value - $1,069,000

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 14 Economic Update as well as our youth pull.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Week 14 Youth Pull and Economic Update</b>

<i>Youth Pull</i>

Diego Mas (14228688)
19 years, passable form, healthy

A pleasant guy who is temperamental and honest.
Has disastrous experience and passable leadership abilities.

Nationality: USA
Assessed value: 167 000 US$
Wage: 1 400 US$/week
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0

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

Diego was our best pull in recent memory and probably our second or third best pull ever. He is listed starting at $70k.

<i>Weekly Financial Update</i>

Previous Balance: -$72, 766

Revenue

Crowd (friendly match vs. Hollvikens GIF) - $3,813
Sponsors - $37,500
Temporary (signing up of 28 new supporters) - $840

Expenses

Arena - $10,310
Wages - $18,360
Interest - $3,638
Temporary - $2,000 (youth pull)
Staff - $24,000
Youth Squad - $20,000

Total Expenses: $78,308

Net Income/loss: -$37,955

New Balance: -$110,721

<i>Team Information</i>

Team Spirit - Irritated
Team Confidence - Strong

Sponsor Attitude - delirious
Supporter Attitude - high on life
Supporter Club - 698 (up 28)

<b>Up Next:</b> We travel down under to Oceania for a friendly against the Western Eagles.

[GoldenEagle]

<b>Season #1 - Friendly Match</b>

Western Eagles vs. Golden Eagles FC

<i>Date:</i> July 16th, 2003
<i>Venue:</i> Western Eagles Stadium
<i>Attendance:</i> 2,579 (33,000)
<i>Weather:</i> Overcast

The Golden Eagles FC boarded a plane and took one of the longest flights in the world to region of Oceania. Our opponent is a very formidable one indeed, as we play the Western Eagles who were just recently promoted to the Oceania fourth division. They walloped through their 5th division this year. We expect both teams to be fielding their A teams, since it is the off season and everyone is looking to get more experience for their players.

<i>Formation:</i> 3-5-2

<i>Starters</i>

Goalkeeper: #1 Schultz
Right Wingback: #24 Stankovic
Central Defender: #14 Larragoitti
Left Wingback: #17 Ukenings

Right Winger: #18 Pineda
Inner Mid: #13 Chu
Inner Mid: #8 Karrland
Inner Mid: #3 Jansson
Left Winger: #22 Silverman

Forward: #9 Lander
Forward: #20 Enhgren

Substitutes:

Goalkeeper: #25 Ferrari
Defender: #4 Hurman
Midfield: #17 Shook
Winger: #18 Hatton
Forward: #11 Schindler

<i>Match Report</i>

Pre Game

2579 spectators had come to Western Eagles Stadium this cloudy day.

Western had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Cuervo - Haydock, Bayliss, Jackson - Maizieres, Wishart, Haldon, Malolu, Waldren - Marsh, Marsh.

Golden tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Schultz - Stankovic, Larragoiti, Ukenings - Silverman, Jansson, Kärrlind, Chu, Pineda - Lander, Ehngren.

First Half

Westerns Brian Malolu gave, after 22 minutes, the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.

Keenan Jackson received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 25:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score.

With 32 minutes played Stuart Bayliss could have brought this one home for Western, had his hooked ball gone in, but it went just a bit too high.

1 - 0 was the half-time score.

Western, bringing the final ball possession rate to 68 percent, dominated the battle.

Second Half

Western put their lead ahead another goal as Brian Malolu struck home the 2 - 0 goal, after an attack from the left setting him up unmarked with the keeper. By now Western were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Western´s Nicolas Maizieres got himself booked. A bit later, a magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Western´s Clay Wishart putting the lead up to 3 - 0.

Jochen Schultz was caught napping a bit later as Tony Marsh lifted a ball over him after a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keepers arms.

Western, bringing the final ball possession rate to 81 percent, dominated the battle.

Post Game

Western´s best player was Theo Marsh. Tony Marsh on the other hand, had a terrible day.

Golden´s best player was José Luis Larragoiti. Tyrone Pineda was a disappointment, however.

The match ends 3 - 0.

<i>Final Score: Golden Eagles FC 0, Western Eagles 3</i>

<i>Goals</i>
None

<i>Cards</i>
None

<i>Player Ratings</i>

#1 Schultz: **½
#24 Stankovic: **
#14 Larragoitti: ***
#17 Ukenings: **½
#22 Silverman: **½
#13 Chu: **½
#8 Karrland: **
#3 Jansson: **½
#18 Pineda: *½
#9 Lander: **½
#20 Enhgren: **

<i>Team Ratings</i>

Golden Eagles FC
Midfield: poor(3)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: formidable(9)
Left Side Defence: outstanding(10)
Right Side Attack: passable(6)
Central Attack: passable(6)
Left Side Attack: inadequate(5)
NSI: 53

Western Eagles
Midfield: inadequate(5)
Right Side Defence: excellent(8)
Central Defence: formidable(9)
Left Side Defence: passable(6)
Right Side Attack: solid(7)
Central Attack: passable(6)
Left Side Attack: excellent(8)
NSI: 58

<i>Comments</i>
This was a good experience for our young men. The new adjustments in hat trick played slightly into the match. Leonardo Chu (weak experience) put up a half star more than what he normally does. Per Jansson (weak experience) also put up a half star then what he should in his current inadequate form. Jose Luis Larragoitti put up three stars for the first time in his career. This can not be contributed to experience, but simply defending training. We put up our best NSI ever and still got drilled 3-0. Go figure.

<b>Up Next:</b> Week 15 Training Results. However, I will be going out of town early Friday morning and I don’t know if I will have time to update or not.

[GoldenEagle]

<i>Other Club News</i>

Our recent youth pull, Digeo Mas, sold for $70,000 last night. We received $64,400 for the deal. You would expect us to sit on that money and help us get out of debt, right? Wrong.

The three newest Golden Eagles:

Grigore Dogaru (14418795)
19 years, passable form(6), healthy

A nasty fellow who is balanced and upright.
Has disastrous experience(1) and wretched leadership abilities(2).

Nationality: România
Assessed value: 73 000 US$
Wage: 1 056 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0


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

Grigore was brought in to do one of two things. We felt like we needed help up top and he will provide that for us. He also can step out and play the wing and may get the starting nod there, as an offensive winger. I think he was a fine pick up for $25,000.

Juan Luis Rodríguez (7811089)
28 years, inadequate form(5), healthy

A controversial person who is temperamental and honest.
Has inadequate experience(5) and weak leadership abilities(4).

Nationality: España
Assessed value: 21 000 US$
Wage: 804 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 1


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

Juan was brought in again to help out up top. He has the same ratings as current forward Dean Lander. Lander is a 2 and half star forward. Juan, in good form and with his experience, could put up 3 stars. Not bad at all for $5k.

Bryan Young (1598858)
29 years, inadequate form(5), healthy

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

Nationality: Oceania
Assessed value: 46 000 US$
Wage: 936 US$/week including 20% Bonus
Owner: Golden Eagles FC
Warnings: 0


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

I think Bryan was personally our best buy. He will give us a tireless worker up top and someone who can put the ball in net. I am hoping for three stars a game in good form. Bryan came with a price tag of $13,000

We will now turn to the midfield and our defender trainees. That will probably wait till next week however. I am planning on selling off certain players and still breaking even by the time the season begins.