vs La Horquetta (8th)
G: Kevin Mussio
D: Devon Young/Kirt Lewis/Hayden Vincent/Marvin Thomas
MC: Everald Coker/Kevin Jamerson
AM: Damian Pino/Kyle Morgan/Colin Williams
S: Akim Peltier
60 - The usual
Jamerson to AMR,
Cummings as attacking MC,
Samuel at AMC
85 -
Thomas with the long, long throw to
Cummings. His pass to
Jamerson in the box is intercepted, but
Cummings takes the ball on the perimeter of the half-circle and drills the long bomb home!!!
1-0
88 -
Jamerson draws a double yellow. Ugh.
Trent Cummings' 8.1 off the bench is PotM and our lone standout. Next best is
Kevin Jamerson with a 7.2 before his sending off. Ugly win, but we'll take it.
Also out next game is
Everald Coker with yellows. Not that it matters - winning here clinched that we'll finish somewhere in the 5th to 7th band.
@ Bethel United (15th)
G: Kevin Mussio
D: Devon Young/Kirt Lewis/Hayden Vincent/Marvin Thomas
MC: Kowyn Samuel/Trent Cummings
AM: Damian Pino/Kyle Morgan/Colin Williams
S: Akim Peltier
11 -
Peltier takes the long ball on the right outside edge of the box and holds up play. A defender's on him, but he kicks back to flying
Williams for the precision cross to
Pino and the score is on
1-0
58 -
Samuel goes left to
Pino, and the pass into box space is easy for
Peltier to pick up the 1v1 and get the insurance goal, as we overcome laziness in the first half.
2-0
82 -
Morgan clears out a set piece and
Williams runs down the loose ball for a boomer down the right flank to
Peltier. Hold up of play, ground cross to
Pino, and we've clinched these guys are going down.
3-0
Everyone but Kyle Morgan had a 7.0 or higher, with our 3 standouts
Damian Pino (9.3 and PotM),
Colin Williams (8.0), and
Akim Peltier (7.9).
vs Santa Rosa (TRI) (3rd)
G: Kevin Mussio
D: Devon Young/Kirt Lewis/Hayden Vincent/Marvin Thomas
MC: Everald Coker/Kevin Jamerson
AM: Damian Pino/Kyle Morgan/Colin Williams
S: Akim Peltier
21 -
Jamerson to
Williams for the box lead that
Peltier picks up and curls the hook shot in!
1-0
38 - That's why they're a top 3 team
1-1
40 - FUCK YOU!!!! PELTIER WAS ONSIDES!!!!!!
51 -
Spann is in for
Pino;
Jamerson moves to BWM MC and
Cummings comes on as attacking MC
53 -
Morgan tries to get it to
Peltier, but it's nicked. Somehow
Cummings fights through three different defenders to get to the ball and send it to
Peltier in the half-circle. Moonshot hits, and fuck your offsides shadiness, ref!
2-1
Those assholes get a free shot at the end of the game, but
Mussio stops it.
Akim Peltier carried us on his back with his 8.8 PotM,
Colin Williams his deputy at 7.4. Not a game we frankly deserved to win, but we'll take it.
Hell of a season. Predicted to relegate at 13th, and here we are with a Top 5 finish and firmly cemented status as a second-tier team within the league.
Which raises the question - can we compete for the title next year? *Should* we go for it? The 7-1-1 record since the transfer deadline says we can. Our 12th ranked attendance out of 15 says we shouldn't. We lost almost $26k on the season thus far, so our financial solvency is non-existent - just $114 in the bank before next year's sponsorships. And
6 out of 10 Pro League clubs are Insecure financially.
That pushes me in the direction of trying to dump all our high-priced vets and operating with a even smaller budget.