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vs Young Warriors (1st)
G: George Frederick
D: Kelly Robinson/Anderson Derrick/Marc Jarvis/Janiel Santiago
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Victor Matthew/Jermaine George
S: Kelly Nesbitt/Kelly Matthew/Bo Benjamin

2 - What the actual fuck?! Santiago kicked the ball into our goal like he was paid off 0-1

6 - Robinson throws in to Santiago, gets it back, and centers to Nesbitt who forces a kick through two defenders into the net! 1-1

9 - Frederick kicked it right to them. WTF is going on?! 1-2

25 - "This will make it 14 straight games without defeat 1-3

58 - Bitchass fluke goal 1-4

I didn't expect to win, but this was just trash. Victor Matthew is out next match with yellows.

@ Wadidi (3rd)
G: George Frederick
D: Terrence Lewis/Anderson Derrick/Marc Jarvis/Rolston Benjamin
M: Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin/Randolph Abraham/Jermaine George
S: Bo Benjamin/Kelly Matthew/Brentton Matthew

Janiel Santiago has been in awful form lately, so he's getting dropped.

5 - Abraham plays it short right to Brentton Matthew, who beautifully feeds Kelly Matthew in the box for the score against his old team! 1-0

16 - Pfeh. Immediate answer 1-1

19 - ...Well, shit. Kelly Matthew out with injury. Just when I think we're starting to turn the corner... Kelly Nesbitt in and an ensuing shuffle of strikers

54 - Sigh 1-2

56 - Rolston Benjamin slides in to replace Jarvis; Santiago's day off ends by in at DR

69 - Rolston Benjamin strips the ball away and plays it long to Brentton Matthew. He dribbles and cracks the 25 yarder into the net! The 16 year old has been exactly what I hoped for when we signed him 2-2

83 - I'm horrified at a dangerous pitch ground cross by George, but Jahraldo-Martin races forward to retrieve it, then tears his ass off all the way down the left side of the pitch until hitting Brentton Matthew on the cross for the stunning go-ahead goal!!! Santiago shifts to DC, Lewis over to DR, and Robinson jogs in at DL to try and stay fresh in the last minutes of the game. Derrick has redeemed himself slightly, but is wiped. 3-2

84 - Robinson with a critical interception on the following kickoff, and on the back end, it's Nesbitt playing right to George, and the short pass into the box finds Brentton Matthew for the hat trick insurance goal!!!!!! 4-2

86 - Abraham finds the seam in the defense and longballs to Jahraldo-Martin near the touchline. Cross and the defense can't stop Brentton Matthew in the second half, as he torches them for his fourth goal of the night!!!!! 5-2

9.7 and PotM for Brentton Matthew, obviously, but shoutouts also to Jermaine George (8.7), Ranjae Jahraldo-Martin (8.5 and who has really made the ML spot his own since Luke Simon's early season struggles), and Randolph Abraham (7.8).

We pay $275 to send Kelly Matthew to a specialist, and he's still out 4-5 weeks. Devastating, really.

@ Sea View Farm (FA Cup Second Round)
G: Bo Luke
D: Kelly Robinson/Anderson Derrick/Marc Jarvis/Rolston Benjamin
M: Brentton Kirwan/Victor Matthew/Jermaine George
S: Kelly Nesbitt/Bo Benjamin/Brentton Matthew

My mortal enemies right here. They always play us hard. Rough, rough draw.

3 - That one is squarely on Derrick's shoulders 0-1

37 - Derrick atones for his earlier fuckup by heading in the corner from Bo Benjamin for his Fort Road goal! 1-1

47 - Rolston Benjamin shifts to DC, replacing Jarvis, and Lewis takes over at DR

65 - Jahraldo-Martin's day off ends as he replaces Kirwan

82 - George is squeezed between two defenders just outside the box, and somehow his tired ass fights them off just enough to feed Brentton Matthew in the box, and our heroic teenager comes through again!!! 2-1

PotM goes to 9.0 Victor Matthew, who has sparkled in our MC spot lately. 8.1 for Jermaine George and 7.6 for Brentton Matthew. Although it didn't show up in the ratings, Rolston Benjamin made stop after stop after stop after moving to DC, and will get an extended look there.

Finally, we get that monkey off our backs. And Brentton Matthew continues to be precisely the rising star I hoped he'd be. Between him, Kelly Matthew, and Bo Benjamin (the latter a player I always feared at the lower level), we've got a really good trio of strikers up front.