[SirFozzie]

The win puts us back up to fourth, just one spot outside the promotion spots.. but our defense is still worrying, so much so that I'm continuing to scour the transfer market for better options as we get close to the May 1st transfer deadline.

We agree to a mutual contract termination with Jonathan Allen. He wasn't getting any playing time with our midfield setup and we save money on the contract termination.

We do sign a couple of youngsters for the future. Since they're youngsters from academy sides, we do not need to give a transfer fee:

D RC/DM Manuel Hernandez (Free Transfer from Dynamo Academy) 14 years old, but already grades out as 1.5 stars, and a five star potential

D C Carlo Thompson (CAN) (Free Transfer from Whitecaps Academy) 16 years old, 1.5 stars, 4.5 star potential

Hernandez is loaned out to the Minnesota Stars to get some training.

We also manage the following signings before the window closes:

D C Matt Bravo (On Loan from Portland) (31, 3 stars)
D C Albert Acevedo (Free Transfer from Irapuato in Mexico, will join on July first when his contract expires) (22, 3.5 stars)
D RL Keith Smith (50K from Seattle) (30, 3 stars)


Game 9 vs Dayton Dutch Lions (16th, 1-4-3)

Dayton may have only one win so far on the year, but four draws means they've gotten at least a point from a majority of their games so far.

We go down in the fifteenth minute, as we dispossess a Dutch Lions attacker with a slide tackle, but the ball squeezes free and Dayton's Honduran striker Carlos Gomez pounces on the ball and goes one on one with Shaffer and puts the ball past Shaffer.

Gomez scores again fifteen minutes after his first, so we're down 2-0 a half hour in.

It's 2-0 and unfortunately, one more goal is given up with five mintues to play in the game. 3-0 is the final, and I can't believe we played so flat.