Hi. I'm waiting for some interviews. Might miss a bit here.
Dal are number five in Canada. SMU aren't. But SMU have won 3 of the last 5 meetings with Dal.
Teams:
Dal: Ur, Mannix, Weymann, Haughn, Al-Awaid, Negulic, Rogers, Hagen, Beck, Afani, Daoust.
SMU: Harvey, McMillian, Rajaraman, Downie, Scichilone, O'Callaghan, Cordoba, Garonis, McNeil, Karklins, Sun.
Referee: Jose Feres
1min: Here we go. The fans are here again.
2min: Afani gets half a chance, which Harvey saves. O'Callaghan has a concussion hat on for SMU.
3min: Daoust and Afani looked psyched for this. O'Callaghan has twice booted the ball away from a Dal player on a throw in in the span of three minutes.
6min: O'Callaghan boots it away again.
7min: Corner to Dal. Daoust misses it.
9min: Afani will have agrudge to bear against the team that never played him last year. Combined with Daoust and Hagen, Dal look good.
11min: Free kick to SMU as Cordoba is brought down. 4 in the wall for Dal.
12min: It's powerfully hit in low and it thuds against Ur's post. It bounces in front but is quickly cleared.
15min: Daoust licks a pass to himself, but Harvey gathers well. In other news, there's a toddler swordfight with thundersticks going on near the sideline. The swordfight is currently more exciting than the game, whcih has descended into a lot of longballing.
19min: Cordoba comes off for Mohammed Shamout.
24min: SMU win a free kick after a Hagen push. It's cleared.
26min: SMU move the ball around well, but they don't do a great deal with it.
28min: Still not much breaking through going on.
29min: Afani picks out Negulic with a beautiful cross but the Dal winger just misses the open header.
32min: GOAL! A terrific, penetrating run from Daoust ends with a sketchy dispossession in the box, but Afani is there to put it in past his old team. (Well, his second old team. He was at Dal first, then SMU, now Dal again). Revenge, it must be said, is sweet.
34min: Michael Sun is fouled by Weymann, which earn him a yellow. Some subs:
-Cordoba is in for Karklins
-Ishraw Hassan is in for Sun
-Sidney Doucette is in for O'Callaghan
35min: Downie is levelled by Haugn, which sends a woman next to me into conniptions. Haughn gets a yellow. It wasn't a pretty tackle, but he did keep his studs down and his back leg well out of it. Could have been a red for excessive force--as the SMU fans are claiming--but I think the ref handled that quite well. Still, I wouldn't have been surprised.
41min: Sorry for the delay--had to write all that foul stuff down. You aren't missing anything. Afani leaves Scichilone for dead and tests Harvey. The keeper palms it back in, but Haughn can't get his follow-up shot through.
43min: Interestingly, the middle-aged woman next to me has heckled the ref more than the huge Howe Hall group tonight.
45min: Negulic runs onto a wonderful cross from Mazurkewich (who's come on for Beck, I think) and controls nicely. Harvey makes a great low save off his shot, though.
45+1min: Afani tries a nifty back-heel in the box ut it doesn't quite come off. 2 minutes added on.
45+2min: Half-time. Dal lead it and there's a good, vocal supprt for both teams here.
In the spirit of cooperation, Shirref Hall have sent down a large yellow and black feathered pole for the Howe Hall supporter's group to use. They're not quite sure what to do with it.
45min: No changes.
46min: Afani glances a header to goal which Harvey snags.
49min: McNeil concede a free kick and draws a yellow. Afani hits the wall and Dal foul.
51min: O'Callaghan comes in for Doucette, I think.
54min: Downie body checks Mannix and gets a yellow.
57min: GOAL! Afani returns the the favour to Daoust, putting on a huge burst of speed to round Scichilone before hitting a high cross over Harvey which drops perfectly onto Daoust's boot for him to sidefoot home.
58min: Unfortunately, Afani's gone down after getting hit with a clearance. Just dazed, though.
60min: SMU withdraw Shamout--who's been invisible--for Shaun Kodejs.
61min: Afani finds Negulic in the box but he loops his shot over. That was very close, there.
62min: Afani is tearing SMU apart. Now he's won a corner. It's cleared.
64min: Afani will get at least a rest as he comes off for Julian Perrotta. Perrotta's got similar pace, but he hasn't played much yet this year, so he'll be eager to show he belongs in the starting 11.
67min: Corner to Dal which Negulic sends in. A foul is called as Weymann heads off the bar.
68min: The game's been quite physical, with Weymann now sent flying--fairly though.
70min: Dal with some more changes. Haughn and Daoust come off for Hawley and Burr. That's an oddly attacking sub for a 2-0 scoreline.
73min: Al-Awaid goes down after a tough challenge from O'Callaghan. Fair again. O'Callaghan off for Chris MacEachern.
74min: Al-Awaid limps off for Andreas Hart.
77min: Hawley breaks in with Perrotta, but he gives his teammate a hospital ball to try and finish--it's way too far ahead of him. They lose possession and it's out for a corner.
78min: GOAL! The corner comes in and it drops to Weymann, who spins and shoots to the top corner past Harvey.
79min: Free kick to SMU as Negulic comes off with cramp. Andrew Hutchison replaces him. Cordoba to take the shot. He fakes it an Scichilone--who probably has the hardest name to spell in AUS--sends it into the wall.
82min: Another dangerous free kick to SMU as they press. It's more central this time. It's hit through the wall, but it loses most of its momentum and Ur claims it.
83min: Now Perrotta sends a weak shot Harvey's way.
84min: SMU make their 6th and 7th subs, with Cordoba and Rajaraman out for Karklins and Ryan Whiteman.
86min: Perrotta gets in behinds but can't beat Harvey.
89min: SMU get a chance as the pace picks up. Whiteman really should score but he chips it wide from close while Ur was down.
90min: SMU replace Downie with Johannson. 2 added minutes.
90+2min: GOAL! And what a goal! Hutchison starts with the ball about 25 yards out and carries it all the way to goal before putting it under Harvey for the fourth Dal goal.
Full-time: 4-0 your final as Afani punishes his old team. Dal remain undefeated and SMU drop valuable points as they slip away from a playoff spot.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
As It Happened: Dalhousie Tigers (W) v. Saint Mary's Huskies (W)
Hi. This was not a nice fixture for SMU and blah blah blah. Lets' just be clear--this hasn't been a nice season for SMU so far. 1 goal in 4 games ain't good, and they've not scored against anyone except UNB this season. They didn't even come close against Dal in preseason.
So, naturally, Dal will rub it in by flaunting thier impressive goalkeeping depth, starting "back-up" Taryn McKenna tonight. She's very highly rated--looked superhuman in the warm-ups.
Given the fact she didn't take the warm-up, I'd guess Alannah MacLean's groin is still a problem. The good news is that whatever problem Hutchison had with rookie left-back Stephanie Crewe (inexperience, I think) was resolved in Moncton last week when she was named player of the game. So perhaps Katie Richard will finally get to attack a bit.
Teams:
Dal: McKenna, Huck, Henry, C. MacDonald, Crewe, Morrison, Santilli, O'Reilly, Blodgett, Donald, Landry.
So Hutchison goes with McKenna and no true striker.
SMU: Wilson, Langley, Caldwell, Fox, Diab, Holland, Pentz, Benedict, Rostaert, Hunter, Burgess.
Referee: Carl Gorsky.
1min: SMU kick-off. Dal have clearly been warned about the profanity during the CBU men's game two weeks ago. Anyone swearing will be thrown out. These things are never enforceable, though.
3min: Donald is playing striker, which she did last year for SMU. She can do it, but I don't know that it's her best position. She's sitting quite deep at the moment for a striker.
5min: It'll be interesting to see how McKenna does tonight. Some say she's better than Armstrong. Landry gets space for a shot but underhits it spectacularly. Wilson somehow manages to fumble it anyway, but there's no one there to capitalize.
10min: SMU look alright defensively--though Dal haven't really tested them yet.
12min: Some bad blood is already developing between Blodgett and Holland. Pushes and nast tackles have been thrown. Diab is ordered off for some reason, and replaced by Melissa Currie. Probably a hair problem, or maybe some blood.
16min: Blodgett tries a Steven gerrard-esque volley and discovers she's not Steven Gerrard.
18min: Morrison is mugged in the box and there are appeals for a penalty, but it would have been a harsh call.
20min: Landry with more solid pace aroudn Langley, but her shot is blocked. Currie and Diab swap again and Blodgett--who has looked decent so far--comes out for Kate MacDonald, who's announced as "Nugget."
24min: "Nugget" curls a corner off the post, but it was already behind the line.
25min: A nice glancing header from Rostaert gives McKenna her first real test of the afternoon.
27min: Donald with Dal's best chance now, beating Langley and forcing Wilson into another save. Landry's on hand to pot the rebound, but she just can't reach it.
28min: Kirbey Hunter comes off for Bermudan winger Kascia White, who looked good in preseason.
29min: GOAL! And SMU carefully direct a Dal corner past Wilson and it's 1-0 to Dal. After conferring with the Tigers' reserves in front of me, we've come to a hazy consensus that it might have probably been Pentz who put it in. She's certainly as likely as anyone to have done it out of that scrum.
34min: Santilli with some skill through the middle which looks to have unlocked a chance until Fox dispossess her.
38min: Donald with some more good work up front. SMU's defenders have really struggled to control the ball and it keeps pinging around the back line, giving Dal numerous chances.
40min: Huck sends a ball in and Donald is dumped in the D. Free kick which Santilli will hit....
41min: She fakes it and Huck skims it over the bar. Wilson was well beaten.
45+min: This half is puttering out like a certain well-known downtown sewage plant.
45+min: The ref calls half-time. Dal will likely lock this game down in the second. They're very good at that, which is why the first half was so choked after the own goal. It's a dangerous game, though. It's too easy to concede a soft goal on a corner kick--in other words, do exactly what SMU have already done.
Looks like it's the alumni day today. A nice kind of occasion, although it seems somewhat disorgainzed so far. A lot of people standing around. Watch for a ceremony between the games.
Oh wait, here they come now! Ceremony! Ceremony! They spend some time pointing out that it's been 10 years since Dal won a CIS gold medal. Just the sort of thought one wants, eh?
45min: Ah, here we go> The necessary trinkets have been presented and we're ready to go.
Here all all the subs:
-Hardy in for Landry
-Clarke in for White
-Johnstone in for Donald
Hardy's a solid veteran. She doesn't get much playing time, but her leadership is excellent.
49min: Lots more midfield banging. That'll suit Dal just fine, since SMU are getting very little possession and fewer chances.
50min: Hardy and Morrison link up well but make several too many passes and give Wilson an easier save than necessary as a result.
52min: Morrison battles for possession in the box and chips it up for "Nugget," who blasts it wide.
54min: Hardy gets ger head on a cross and directs it wide. Dal look like scoring.
56min: Penalty! Dal win a corner and SMu give a handball away in the box. Holland is booked for dissent, I think.
57min: GOAL! Huck slots cooly into the bottom corner to make it 2-0. I should mention that SMU are pretty upset about the call, and I can see why. It was a bit of an almighty scramble and it looked like ball-to-hand, though the action may also have blocked a very good scoring opportunity. Tough to say.
62min: Santilli fires wide on a prime opportunity. Hardy's brief appearance is over and Richard comes on.
64min: Free kick in the corner for Dal and it's cleared off the line. Dal win another corner.
65min: Another free kick to Dal, this one more centrally. Huck and Santilli are ready.
66min: O'Reilly fouls as it comes into the box, though.
67min: Colleen MacDonald misses her mark and Clarke breaks in but McKenna saves her weak shot.
69min: Dal go the way and Morrison is left unmarked in the box. She looks top corner but Wilson makes an incredible fingertip save to force it over.
73min: Caldwell comes off for Hunter.
74min: Given SMU's remarkable inability to score, I'd say Dal have this game wrapped, and comfortably.
77mi: Wilson is forced to snag away from over "Nugget's" head after another Johnstone-trademark cross.
78min: Johnston puts in a brilliant corner and O'Reilly has a rare attempt at goal, which is blocked.
79min: Johnstone will get to swing another ball in. It comes very close, too. Wilson gets levelled and misses the ball as a result. "Nugget" can't quite get to the rebound. Wilson looks like she's sometime in next week, but she's back up now, retrieving her golf cap and shaking it off.
84min: SMU bring off Diab and Clrake for Reeves and Turner-Chiasson. Dal switch Johnstone for Hardy.
86min: Huck sends another cross in and Wilson shies way from it. "Nugget" just misses, though.
90min: There will be two more minutes. Dal bring off Richard for Johnstone.
90+1min: SMU have no offense.
90+2min: Dal take it rather easily. They're still undefeated, but so are St. FX, who are tops of the conference right now. Should be a dandy when they come to town next Sunday--a top team and Teresa Morrison's first game against her former team, too.
So, naturally, Dal will rub it in by flaunting thier impressive goalkeeping depth, starting "back-up" Taryn McKenna tonight. She's very highly rated--looked superhuman in the warm-ups.
Given the fact she didn't take the warm-up, I'd guess Alannah MacLean's groin is still a problem. The good news is that whatever problem Hutchison had with rookie left-back Stephanie Crewe (inexperience, I think) was resolved in Moncton last week when she was named player of the game. So perhaps Katie Richard will finally get to attack a bit.
Teams:
Dal: McKenna, Huck, Henry, C. MacDonald, Crewe, Morrison, Santilli, O'Reilly, Blodgett, Donald, Landry.
So Hutchison goes with McKenna and no true striker.
SMU: Wilson, Langley, Caldwell, Fox, Diab, Holland, Pentz, Benedict, Rostaert, Hunter, Burgess.
Referee: Carl Gorsky.
1min: SMU kick-off. Dal have clearly been warned about the profanity during the CBU men's game two weeks ago. Anyone swearing will be thrown out. These things are never enforceable, though.
3min: Donald is playing striker, which she did last year for SMU. She can do it, but I don't know that it's her best position. She's sitting quite deep at the moment for a striker.
5min: It'll be interesting to see how McKenna does tonight. Some say she's better than Armstrong. Landry gets space for a shot but underhits it spectacularly. Wilson somehow manages to fumble it anyway, but there's no one there to capitalize.
10min: SMU look alright defensively--though Dal haven't really tested them yet.
12min: Some bad blood is already developing between Blodgett and Holland. Pushes and nast tackles have been thrown. Diab is ordered off for some reason, and replaced by Melissa Currie. Probably a hair problem, or maybe some blood.
16min: Blodgett tries a Steven gerrard-esque volley and discovers she's not Steven Gerrard.
18min: Morrison is mugged in the box and there are appeals for a penalty, but it would have been a harsh call.
20min: Landry with more solid pace aroudn Langley, but her shot is blocked. Currie and Diab swap again and Blodgett--who has looked decent so far--comes out for Kate MacDonald, who's announced as "Nugget."
24min: "Nugget" curls a corner off the post, but it was already behind the line.
25min: A nice glancing header from Rostaert gives McKenna her first real test of the afternoon.
27min: Donald with Dal's best chance now, beating Langley and forcing Wilson into another save. Landry's on hand to pot the rebound, but she just can't reach it.
28min: Kirbey Hunter comes off for Bermudan winger Kascia White, who looked good in preseason.
29min: GOAL! And SMU carefully direct a Dal corner past Wilson and it's 1-0 to Dal. After conferring with the Tigers' reserves in front of me, we've come to a hazy consensus that it might have probably been Pentz who put it in. She's certainly as likely as anyone to have done it out of that scrum.
34min: Santilli with some skill through the middle which looks to have unlocked a chance until Fox dispossess her.
38min: Donald with some more good work up front. SMU's defenders have really struggled to control the ball and it keeps pinging around the back line, giving Dal numerous chances.
40min: Huck sends a ball in and Donald is dumped in the D. Free kick which Santilli will hit....
41min: She fakes it and Huck skims it over the bar. Wilson was well beaten.
45+min: This half is puttering out like a certain well-known downtown sewage plant.
45+min: The ref calls half-time. Dal will likely lock this game down in the second. They're very good at that, which is why the first half was so choked after the own goal. It's a dangerous game, though. It's too easy to concede a soft goal on a corner kick--in other words, do exactly what SMU have already done.
Looks like it's the alumni day today. A nice kind of occasion, although it seems somewhat disorgainzed so far. A lot of people standing around. Watch for a ceremony between the games.
Oh wait, here they come now! Ceremony! Ceremony! They spend some time pointing out that it's been 10 years since Dal won a CIS gold medal. Just the sort of thought one wants, eh?
45min: Ah, here we go> The necessary trinkets have been presented and we're ready to go.
Here all all the subs:
-Hardy in for Landry
-Clarke in for White
-Johnstone in for Donald
Hardy's a solid veteran. She doesn't get much playing time, but her leadership is excellent.
49min: Lots more midfield banging. That'll suit Dal just fine, since SMU are getting very little possession and fewer chances.
50min: Hardy and Morrison link up well but make several too many passes and give Wilson an easier save than necessary as a result.
52min: Morrison battles for possession in the box and chips it up for "Nugget," who blasts it wide.
54min: Hardy gets ger head on a cross and directs it wide. Dal look like scoring.
56min: Penalty! Dal win a corner and SMu give a handball away in the box. Holland is booked for dissent, I think.
57min: GOAL! Huck slots cooly into the bottom corner to make it 2-0. I should mention that SMU are pretty upset about the call, and I can see why. It was a bit of an almighty scramble and it looked like ball-to-hand, though the action may also have blocked a very good scoring opportunity. Tough to say.
62min: Santilli fires wide on a prime opportunity. Hardy's brief appearance is over and Richard comes on.
64min: Free kick in the corner for Dal and it's cleared off the line. Dal win another corner.
65min: Another free kick to Dal, this one more centrally. Huck and Santilli are ready.
66min: O'Reilly fouls as it comes into the box, though.
67min: Colleen MacDonald misses her mark and Clarke breaks in but McKenna saves her weak shot.
69min: Dal go the way and Morrison is left unmarked in the box. She looks top corner but Wilson makes an incredible fingertip save to force it over.
73min: Caldwell comes off for Hunter.
74min: Given SMU's remarkable inability to score, I'd say Dal have this game wrapped, and comfortably.
77mi: Wilson is forced to snag away from over "Nugget's" head after another Johnstone-trademark cross.
78min: Johnston puts in a brilliant corner and O'Reilly has a rare attempt at goal, which is blocked.
79min: Johnstone will get to swing another ball in. It comes very close, too. Wilson gets levelled and misses the ball as a result. "Nugget" can't quite get to the rebound. Wilson looks like she's sometime in next week, but she's back up now, retrieving her golf cap and shaking it off.
84min: SMU bring off Diab and Clrake for Reeves and Turner-Chiasson. Dal switch Johnstone for Hardy.
86min: Huck sends another cross in and Wilson shies way from it. "Nugget" just misses, though.
90min: There will be two more minutes. Dal bring off Richard for Johnstone.
90+1min: SMU have no offense.
90+2min: Dal take it rather easily. They're still undefeated, but so are St. FX, who are tops of the conference right now. Should be a dandy when they come to town next Sunday--a top team and Teresa Morrison's first game against her former team, too.
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