[larrymcg421]

Des Moines Menace (3-7-9, 10th) at Pittsburgh Riverhounds (12-2-5, 2nd)

Our defensive line continues to play incredibly well, shutting down a strong Pittsburgh team in the 1st half. 17 yr old Fox actually intercepts two shots on goal. We manage to take the lead early in the 2nd when Forsythe gets around the defense and beats the keeper! I make a tactical blunder by ignoring my defensive line structure and they're able to score on a counterattack. We stop their final attack and are able to launch one of our own, when Hensley gets the ball to Forsythe in great position and his superb strike wins it on the last turn of the game! What an upset!

Final Score: Des Moines 2, Pittsburgh 1
Goals: Forsythe 2
Top Three: Forsythe, Nesbitt, Guy

Lance - lvl 29
Huffman - lvl 25 and learns the Central Defender role.
Dyson - lvl 23

Guy learns the amateur defender role.
Lance now gets 70% bonus XP.


Relegation battle:

K-W United won and Wilmington drew, so there is a 3 way battle for the final non-relegation spot. We're losing the tiebreak on both Goal diff and total goals.

FC Tucson - 21
Wilmington - 19
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K-W United - 19
Des Moines - 19
Bethlehem Steel - 15