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Radii · 08-31-2014, 11:51 PM

North America Amateur Cup - First Round Draw

We still haven't played our qualifying round match yet, its coming up soon against Nomads FC, if we win we get a home game against Palm Bay Pelicans, they're in the tier below us so if we get there we'll be favored.

June 17th, 2016

Caguas Huracan (2-5-5, 18th) vs Wake Forest Cougars (6-6-0, 2nd)

Attendance: 186

-- Our first league match in awhile since June is tons of cup play. We've been playing too many draws in league play lately, we really need to win here against a bottom feeder.

Starting Lineup

GK: Gyan
D: Campbell/Pickering/Burke/Jackson
M: Tapia/Shakespeare
AM: Davidson/Fisher
ST: Cole/Roth

We have so many tired guys, |I should have held a lot of our reserves out of our last reserve match and played some younger guys here who may not get so complacent vs a bad team. But lets see how it goes.

We will attempt to attack against the weaker side here.

1': They start with possession but give it away quickly. We work the ball forward, Shakespeare heads it ahead, Roth has it, ahead to Fisher, a cross, Cole with a header in the box, its in! 1-0

8': Pickering with a yellow.

HALF: No more highlights after the first minute goal. We have 4 shots to their 1. I do drop back to a standard mindset in the hopes of not giving up a stupid goal on a counter or something, and we go forward.

48': Tapia a yellow.

53': Shakespeare gives it away int he midfield, they get a run down the right, a cross to the center of the area, a pass to the left side for a wid eopen man who scores easily. 1-1

58': Our defense falls apart and they get a ball into open space for a clear cut chance, but Burke rushes over and gets to it just in time to block it. Corner goes nowhere.

59': Lets attack again.

69': Davidson ahead to Campbell, a cross in to Fisher, the area is crowded though, its blocked.

72': We set up with some very nice passing, Roth over to Cole, their defense opens up, Cole hits Shakespeare making a run right down the middle, and Shakespeare scores! 2-1

77': ratzburg in for Roth, Castro in for Tapia.

78': Davidson earns us a corner after a long run down the left, corner is cleared.

86': They take a tough shot from the right side of the area and Gyan makes a nice save, they earn a corner, corner is headed behind by Davidson, second one goes nowhere.

86': Hernandez in for Burke.

We hang on for the win, our first league win in awhile.

Caguas Huracan 1 : 2 Wake Forest

Man of the Match: Colin Cole (7.8)
Goals: Cole, Shakespeare (7.3)
Assists: Cole, Fisher (6.7)
Notables: Pickering (7.0), Campbell (7.1)

Nice to see Campbell have a good game, he's been really struggling. Roth had a poor one, 6.3, lower than everyone else out there.

-- We move back up to first with that win, 1 point ahead of Maunabo. Probably most importantly, with only 6 matches to play before the league split, we're 9 points clear of 11th place.

Back to cup play for the rest of the month.

-- Pickering's yellow earns him a 1 match suspension.

08-31-2014, 11:51 PM	#238
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	North America Amateur Cup - First Round Draw We still haven't played our qualifying round match yet, its coming up soon against Nomads FC, if we win we get a home game against Palm Bay Pelicans, they're in the tier below us so if we get there we'll be favored. June 17th, 2016 Caguas Huracan (2-5-5, 18th) vs Wake Forest Cougars (6-6-0, 2nd) Attendance: 186 -- Our first league match in awhile since June is tons of cup play. We've been playing too many draws in league play lately, we really need to win here against a bottom feeder. Starting Lineup GK: Gyan D: Campbell/Pickering/Burke/Jackson M: Tapia/Shakespeare AM: Davidson/Fisher ST: Cole/Roth We have so many tired guys, \|I should have held a lot of our reserves out of our last reserve match and played some younger guys here who may not get so complacent vs a bad team. But lets see how it goes. We will attempt to attack against the weaker side here. 1': They start with possession but give it away quickly. We work the ball forward, Shakespeare heads it ahead, Roth has it, ahead to Fisher, a cross, Cole with a header in the box, its in! 1-0 8': Pickering with a yellow. HALF: No more highlights after the first minute goal. We have 4 shots to their 1. I do drop back to a standard mindset in the hopes of not giving up a stupid goal on a counter or something, and we go forward. 48': Tapia a yellow. 53': Shakespeare gives it away int he midfield, they get a run down the right, a cross to the center of the area, a pass to the left side for a wid eopen man who scores easily. 1-1 58': Our defense falls apart and they get a ball into open space for a clear cut chance, but Burke rushes over and gets to it just in time to block it. Corner goes nowhere. 59': Lets attack again. 69': Davidson ahead to Campbell, a cross in to Fisher, the area is crowded though, its blocked. 72': We set up with some very nice passing, Roth over to Cole, their defense opens up, Cole hits Shakespeare making a run right down the middle, and Shakespeare scores! 2-1 77': ratzburg in for Roth, Castro in for Tapia. 78': Davidson earns us a corner after a long run down the left, corner is cleared. 86': They take a tough shot from the right side of the area and Gyan makes a nice save, they earn a corner, corner is headed behind by Davidson, second one goes nowhere. 86': Hernandez in for Burke. We hang on for the win, our first league win in awhile. Caguas Huracan 1 : 2 Wake Forest Man of the Match: Colin Cole (7.8) Goals: Cole, Shakespeare (7.3) Assists: Cole, Fisher (6.7) Notables: Pickering (7.0), Campbell (7.1) Nice to see Campbell have a good game, he's been really struggling. Roth had a poor one, 6.3, lower than everyone else out there. -- We move back up to first with that win, 1 point ahead of Maunabo. Probably most importantly, with only 6 matches to play before the league split, we're 9 points clear of 11th place. Back to cup play for the rest of the month. -- Pickering's yellow earns him a 1 match suspension.