Pregame: I've got nothin'. And since we're still not live, I'm unlikely to get anything. I can tell you Jack Hutchison might play with his roster a bit, but we all knew that anyway.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
As It Happened: Dalhousie Tigers (M) v.Acadia Axemen (M)---AUS Sept. 27, 2009
-Not much time for a pregame. Here are your teams.
As It Happened: Dalhousie Tigers (W) v. Acadia Axewomen (W)---AUS Sept. 26, 2009
2:46pm: Pregame hobnob: The Acadia Axewomen (has there ever been a worse compound word?) are at least better than the Acadia Axemen. Dal are better than their 2-0-2 record suggests. But enough of stats. Nobody cares about stats. What people (or at least me, and I'm the only one who really counts here since we're not doing this and you don't even have a voice to write in and stop me going on this digression--tough) is why I think "Axewomen" is the worst compound word ever. "Is he," they ask, "really that sexist? He covers women's soccer for crying out loud." But my motives are purely metaphysical. Can a woman not be called an axeman? What is an axeman, anyway? I mean, presumably if Acadia striker Michelle Davey comes onto the pitch wielding a massive axe, then we can assume she has bigger problems than what is essentially grammar. Though coming onto the field with a massive axe might intimidate Dal a bit. Why should we call axemen axemen? Isn't that just as sexist? Yes, it is. So we'll be calling everyone "axepeople" today, which is probably an even worse compound word than axewomen.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Dalhousie Tigers (M) v. Saint Mary's Huskies (M)
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.
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.
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.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
As It Happened: Mount Saint Vincent Mystics (M) v. University of Kings' College Blue Devils (M)---ACAA
I promise, no more bad action figure analogies (see previous posts).
Teams: UKC: Viner, Poulton, Bathe, Reid, Wallingford, Peacock, Reid, Boudreau, Parsley, MacIntyre, Karkilins.
MSVU: Forgeron, Burgess, Doell, Every, Choi, Andrew Thompson, Kreig, MacPherson, Goodwin, Hafez, Simmons.
1min: MSVU kick-off and lose possession.
2min: MacIntyre latches onto a pass from Bathe but his cross blows past everyone. A fell wind is on the air.
5min: GOAL! Karkilins scores, deflecting a bouncer past Forgeron and into the net. A soft goal.
8min: GOAL! Parsley scores, and that was too easy, with last week's ACAA player of the week trotting down the left channel and scoring with ease.
10min: Is this over already?
13min: MacIntyre blazes a shot just wide from a tight, but not impossible, angle.
19min: Craig Every--official long-ball thumper of the Mystics--thumps a long ball in the general direction of the Kings' net. not for the first time, it's intercepted.
20min: Boudreau forces Forgeron to his left with a nice low shot.
24min: Free kick about 26 yards out for MSVU. Choi will take it. A miss.
26min: Viner with an impressive strip on Simmons, as the Mystics' striker broke away from Poulton with very tangible ideas about scoring.
28min: A nice free kick in leaves Viner a spectator, this time. All the MSVU shirts in the box were also spectators, sadly.
30min: GOAL! Parsley is spotted by Anders Peacock, who rolls a nice pass behind the defenders. Forgeron simply isn't quick enough off his line and Parsley calmly chips it past him and into goal. MSVU need to have a thorough search of the locker room--their defenders haven't come out of it yet.
33min: Karkilins misses what should have been goal number 4 by millimetres after a nice hard cross from MacIntyre. And hasn't MacIntyre shown up this year! Last year he was a "grinder"--the guy who came on, intimidated the other team with his tackles, got booked, and then yanked off before he could be sent off. This year he's been explosive offensively while being just as strong physically. He's brought a much more rounded game this year and he's much more entertaining to watch. The yellow cards just show he's involved, now.
35min: Karkilins us cut down late and Everly ends up in the book. The free kick's in a dangerous position, especially with the wind, but Peacock misses with his left boot. He missed by quite a distance, too.
37min: Parsley nearly gets his third as Forgeron tries to make a save by charging miles out of his net when he didn't really need to. He doesn't save it, but Parsley's shot sails wide, instead.
39min: MSVU with some sustained pressure, although mainly due to a shoddy throw-in call which allowed the Mystics to maintain possession.
40min: What footwork from MacIntyre, leaving Kreig for dead and then picking out Karkilins, who mishits his shot.
43min: The Mount earn a chance and Simmons misses a rather easy volley. It doesn't matter, though, play was already called for some offense or another.
44min: Forgeron with a save! Boudreau didn't have much of an angle, but a decent save and Forgeron did well to hold it, too.
45min: MacIntyre gets a stud in the knee and launches into a series of expletives which might have gotten him booked if his complaints weren't completely justified.
45+min: GOAL! An odd one, too. Parsley does some amazing ball work to evade an out of position Forgeron, but he's dispossed at the top of the box. Karkilins claims it and fires into an open goal, but Choi's arm gets in the way. Before the ref can blow, Boudreau's put it in anyway. The ref lets it stand, and Choi gets booked for his blatant handball. He's probably lucky to escape a red--if advantage hadn't been played then he'd have denied a goal scoring opportunity, which is a textbook sending-off.
Half-time is called.
45min: So here are the MSVU changes: Scott Thompson is on for Hafez, Meagher for Andrew Thompson, and Little is also in for Simmons.
46min: Scott Thompson is immediately booked for dissent on a nothing offside call.
49min: Karkilins has a try from a distance. It slices across his body and just misses the far post. Nice shot, and Forgeron had no chance if that had been on target.
50min: MSVU are a fairly static team, an the wind is playing havoc with their long passes. Kings' are keeping it down and are able to move it very quickly, even in the high winds.
53min: Turkish midfielder Ibrahim Yuksel replaces MacPherson.
54min: A nice MSVu cross is cut back and comes to Little three yards from goal. He misses the net.
55min: MSVU are beginning to get the wind in their direction and the long balls are now causing Kings' a little more trouble. MSVU still have to find a way around 6'4" Greg Bathe, who is phenomenal in the air.
56min: Corner to MSVU. Palmer-Dxon comes on for Kings'. Not sure who went off, though it might have been Peacock. Simmons comes back in, Burgess comes out.
57min: Poulton draws a yellow for catching Krieg late. The fans around me are of the opinion Krieg embellished and I'd say they've got a point, though it may still have warranted a card. Krieg made the most of it, though.
60min: Boudreau fouls up a bike kick, but props for the effort anyhow.
61min: Little and Simmons link up in attack, but the latter misses from close range. Not the first time the Mystics (or Simmons, for that matter) have done that.
66min: Burleton has evidently replaced Karkilins at some point. MacIntyre commits a stupid foul in the midfield.
67min: MacIntyre hammers a shot Forgeron's way, which the Mystics' keeper does well to save.
69min: GOAL! Parsley gets his third! MacIntyre holds it up nicely for Kings', and finds Parsley, who drills his shot low into the corner. Between the quality of the shot and the wind, Forgeron had no chance. Superb strike from Parsley, too, very deserving of goal number three. Curci has just replaced Bathe. What a game for Parsley--perhaps deserving of a second stright player of the week honour?
73min: Nice chance for Little, but he contrives to drill his shot into Viner's gut.
74min: Every flirts with ejection for arguing a call as he was being lectured on hauling down Palmer-Dixon.
78min: Kings' get a bit restless (and possibly bored) and decide to shoot from 40 yards out. The effort is predictably weak.
80min: MSVU generate some more pressure, but they just don't look like they can score. Not passing quickly enough, a lack of decision-making. Kings' have been good, if not brilliant defensively. A team could break them down, but not the Mount.
82min: Boudreau decides to loose a shot into the wind and see where it goes. It nearly goes in, but not quite as it curls wide. Wallingford comes off for Straatof.
85min: Some more MacIntyre magic results in a corner from a narrow, deflected miss. It comes to nothing.
90min: Full-time. Another 5-0 thumping. Kings' have now scored 5 goals against 3 of the 5 other teams in the ACAA--they've played 4 of them, have yet to play UNBSJ, and were limited to three and then two against Holland College. All this while conceding just five goals. And still, C.J. Young seems less than ecstatic with the performance. He may just be trying to keep confidence down, but it does make you wonder what they're capable of in the playoffs.
Friday, September 25, 2009
As It Happened: Mount Saint Vincent Mystics (W) v. University of Kings' College Blue Devils (W)---ACAA
As if they needed more scoring, the Mount have added further rookie strikers, who, if the scorelines last week are anything to go by, know how to get the ball in the net. They have a very young back line, though, which won't be much comfort to Kings' if they play like they did on Sunday, that is, badly. Holland College didn't need a back line on Sunday.
I don't need much build-up--it's the Mount against Kings'. Expect at least a few "mistimed" challenges and a few goal, especially from MSVU's Sarah Parker, who nobody can figure out how to stop. Parker has also taken on captaincy duties tonight, a duty which she takes over from, I believe, Deirdre Gormley, who has departed.
And Gormley's an interesting case, too. She wasn't very fast and she didn't look like a soccer player--until she made a pass. The best vision in the ACAA hands-down, a good shot, great touch, and an excellent passer. She'll be missed for MSV, that's for sure.
Teams: UKC: Bishop, Spessot, Kraus, Skinner, McKenzie, Trueland, Cousens, Yang, Crothers, Flatley, Smith.
MSVU: Church (and not MacDermid, which is either very bold or Church is a better keeper, which is hard to believe given how good MacDermid is), LeBlanc, O'Neil, Pettipas, Melanson, Dockrill, Edwards, Westerhaver, Parker.
1min: MSVU kick-off. Kings' immediately concede a chance on goal.
3min: Now Kings' with a chance of their own. Church claims it well. Maybe she is better than MacDermid.
5min: Smith with a volley. Church misjudges it and fumbles it out for a corner. Maybe not.
7min: LeBlanc dribbles adventurously past her own goalkeeper and out of play for another Kings' corner.
9min: Skinner passes to Parker in her box. Kraus bails her out. That all started because Trueland lost Edwards on the wing. Trueland's not the fastest and she'll have difficulty out wide today. MSVU are quick all over.
11min: A very nice long pass from Smith allows Flatley to speed past Pettipas like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun." She wins a corner, from which Kings' go offside on the initial delivery--somehow.
13min: McKenzie makes a great challenge and Yang sends a pass in diagonally for Flatley. Flatley wins yet another corner from which Kings' get very little.
16min: GOAL! Flatley takes the goal off another beautiful through pass from Smith. Clinical finish, too, low into the far corner where Church had little chance of getting down to it.
18min: Skinner and Spessot combine for some queasy defending at the back. Giving the ball away all a little too easily here.
20min: GOAL! And with the kind of skill that befits the Mount, Edwards equalises for the Mount. She finds a pass from Parker at the top of the box and loops a scintillating curler into the top corner. that looked like a free kick on a first touch shot. She even dummied slightly before shooting an unstoppable shot. Man, even when they look bad the Mount look good.
24min: GOAL! Oh dear! Kraus looks to have made a great defensive play by holding the ball in when it might have gone out for a corner. But she's a bit hesitant on the ball and Dockrill slide passes and Chrissy Henneberry puts home from 20 yards. Bishop kinda.... Well, "missed" is the gentlest word. She should've had that.
26min: So, Kings' are 2-1 down after a very promising start. Bishop's last major flub was int he playoffs last year. She's often very solid, but her bad games tend to show up especially brightly.
28min: Corner to MSVU. Bishop comes, misses, and Melanson gets the ball at neck height for a tap in. It's too tricky for her to handle and Kings' clear, and Bishop gets away with a miss, there, too.
29min: Kings' counter nicely through Smith, but Flatley puts her cross behind. There wasn't anyone in front anyway
32min: Flatley gets a fortuitous pass from Smith and rolls to Church. Kings' look a bit like a team with an identity problem. They are at their best on the counter, but when under any sort of duress, they tend to resort to long ball. Trueland comes off for Miesner, which is a bit of a pace upgrade on the right.
36min: Miesner gets into a conversation with a toddler on the touchline as she goes to take throw--discussing tactics, I presume. MSVU withdraw Melanson, who looked great going forward and rather suspect coming backward, for Jessica Lilly.
37min: Lilly, initially confused as to which team she plays for, sets up Allison Smith for a shot, which she sends wide.
38min: Spessot with a silly mistake as she lets the ball bounce over her and straight to Sarah Parker. Parker can't elude Kraus and Spessot recovers well. She concedes a free kick in doing so, and Dockrill hammers it just wide.
43min: A bit of a lull, but it's broken by a fantastic cross from Westerhaver. Parker misses, but Dockrill gets space and has a go. It deflects to Bishop and the Kings' keeper deals with it fairly easily.
Half-time: Kings' have recovered quite nicely from the 2-goal shock. And they look fairly tight, especially up front. It's worth remembering MSVU have been playing with the wind, which gave Bishop some trouble and accelerates their shots. Kings' will have that advantage in the second half.
45min: Subs are up, with Courtney McMaster replacing Westerhaver for MSVU. No changs for Kings'.
47min: Kings' continue their habit of yielding possession very easily. Parker takes advantage and gets in alone, but Bishop charges out and Parker panics a bit by shooting wide.
49min: A clash out on the wing sees Kings' win a free kick. The delivery is not one of Spessot's best and it goes out for a goal kick.
51min: Kings' work some possession, from which Smith tries a last hope shot. It doesn't work out.
53min: MSVU work a forward move with great flair and beauty, until McMaster bottles it by trying a one-touch cross, tripping over her own feet, and falling flat on her face.
55min: Yang's been swearing a lot tonight, which isn't a great sign. Generally, whenever the ball comes near her and she flubs a touch. She still looks a bit tentative out there.
59min: GOAL! Smith gets a lucky bounce after a tremendous run from Flatley along the by-line. Smith's poise would have looked better with a clinical sort of finish, but as it stands it's deflected awkwardly off of O'Neil in front of Church and it loops in.
61min: Now Smith puts in a great run of her won, winning a corner. Smith wins another corner.
62min: From which Dockrill clears off the line! Smith deflects the cross onto goal and Dockrill heads clear. McKenzie follows up with a dangerous strike, it's over the goal.
65min: Kings' are holding Parker pretty well, a job which has been done mostly by Kraus.
68min: Yang with a good touch around Dockrill, but she follows it up with a poor pass. The game as nodded off right now.
72min: Kings' are winning the midfield. MSVU are really missing Gormley.
76min: Flatley is levelled by LeBlanc, but it's a fair tackle and the ref lets play continue.
78min: Lilly whiffs on a goal kick. Smith intercepts and has her shot blocked. Crothers now gets it and elects to shoot from the kind of distance from which very few goals are scored. Smith gets one last chance, but her shot is blown wide by the wind.
79min: Both sets of strikers are having difficulty getting the ball, despite Flatley's "Top Gun" pace and the continual whiffed goal kicks from Mount players.
80min: McMaster, whose main accomplishment tonight has been a display of one-touch crossing comedy (53min), now runs into Dockrill and loses possession. This game may be pretty much locked down, but at least we've got some entertainment.
84min: Flatley in alone! She gets by Lilly with Millennium Falcon type speed (sorry), but Church looms large and saves it.
86min: Yang, who's shown signs of cramp all night, finally goes down with some obvious cramp. Dowler's ready to come on, but Yang elects to keep on playing. She doesn't do a lot of flat-out running, anyway.
89min: Looking like a draw here--except Flatley puts on a turn of pace more reminiscent of...something really fast that I can't think of right now...and gets in again. Her shot is good, but Church preserves a point.
Full-time: That's it, and a much better show than Sunday for Kings'.
As It Happened: UKC (M) v. Holland College (M)---ACAA
Teams:
UKC: Pyne, Wallingford, Bathe, Poulton, Reid, MacIntyre, Boudreau, Curci, Peacock, Karkilins, Burleton.
HC: Tanner, Kacsmarik, Gallant, O'Donnell, Vessey, #15, #16, DesRoches, 12, 21, 22. Sorry, their rosters are, as the women's coach told me, inaccurate.
1min: Just finished an interview with the women's coach. Kings' kick off with MacIntyre on the attack.
3min: Corner to Kings' which MacIntyre will put in. It's played to Curci, who whiffs an easy chance.
8min: Lots of attacking from Kings', who have scored on average 4.3 goals per game this year, including 3 against Holland last weekend.
9min: Peacock gest in alone, but he can't manage a chance. Gallant does well to stop him.
11min: Pyne is tested by a low cross which would have gone in had he not pushed it away.
12min: O'Donnell wastes an otherwise decent free kick by going for goal from 35 yards. He misses.
15min: GOAL! Kings' open it up after a poorly cleared free kick falls to Anders Peacock. he does well to keep his shot low and Tanner can't get enough behind it to save.
18min: Peacock trots down the left. Holland decide he isn't worth worrying about. He isn't, either--at least, not this time, as his shot goes wide.
19min: Reid wafts in a free kick, but Tanner collects it. Holland don't look very interested in this game right now.
21min: Great build-up by Kings', as Curci finds a streaking MacIntyre. His cross picks out Peacock with all kinds of time, but he dinks it straight at tanner from 5 yards out. How did he miss that?
23min: Kings' free kick into the wall froma dangerous position.
25min: Holland win a corner, which doesn't make it past the first defender.
27min: Kings' are running circles around HC at the moment. They're faster and they're more technically skilled, too.
29min: This could very well get ugly. Kings' could even get better in the second half.
33min: O'Donnell wastes another free kick by driving a "pass" out over the byline from 53 yards.
36min: Wallingford--who had been walking a disciplinary tight-rope for assisting MacIntyre in some skullduggery--is booked for an otherwise innocuous challenge on 21.
38min: Peacock again evades 9 and wastes a shot.
42min: GOAL! And that's probably it for Justin Pyne's streak of consecutive starts (2). Goodness, what a howler. 12 falters on his chance and mishits his shot straight towards Pyne with all the momentum of a stalled car. Pyne not only spills it but manages to fall over and push it behind himself at the same time. 12 jumps up, scampers around Pyne, and pokes the gift-wrapped ball home. Oh well, at least Josh Viner's confidence will be through the roof right now. I'd say Kings' have a goalkeeping controversy alright. Viner starts and blows the Holland and NSAC games, so Pyne comes in and isn't tested against St. Thomas and gives Holland College a life-line. That's a game-changing goal, too, late and it puts Kings' dominance in a completely new light.
45+min: MacIntyre nearly gets to the ball before Tanner does and gets booked for doing his job as a striker. C.J. Young and Matt Fegan both holler about it and are both told to sit down by the assistant referee. Young's probably pretty close to getting sent off here, this isn't the first round of shouting tonight. That will likely be his final warninng. MacIntyre's now been booked in two straight games.
45+min: Half-time is called and Fegan goes to the ref to exchange views.
45min: Well, Pyne's still in, though I noticed he got a private pep talk with Matt fegan at half-time. And a short catching lesson. Parsley is replacing MacIntyre for Kings', which is probably protecting MacIntyre from a card-happy ref. Mullet and 16 are in for Holland College, with 21 and someone I couldn't see coming out.
47min: Boudreau misses, after controlling well in the box off a free kick.
48min: DesRoches with a cross which Pyne catches. Those lessons at half-time are paying off already.
50min: I've just managed a spectacular evasion of a fresh barrage of pigeon dropping and nesting materials from the rafters. I'm now hiding under the press box again.
55min: Free kick to HC, wide left. It's sent in low and Pyne catches it.
56min: Kings' swap Sam Burleton for Rylan Palmer-Dixon.
60min: 22 misses a glorious chance. Pyne had collided with O'Donnell on a challenge, but the ball fell to 22 with an open goal. He hesitated, though, and Pyne managed to recover, forcing him to fire well wide.
61min: A phantom free kick to Kings'. Karkilins gets his head on the delivery but can only direct it wide.
67min: Kings' will make another change, with Boudreau replaced by Mark Higgins. An attacking sub by C.J. Young there. He's going with three real attacking-style players in Higgins, Karkilins, and Peacock.
71min: Wallingford makes a dreadful pass straight to 22, but the Kings' defender somehow escapes punishment as 22 lacks the pace to open up the rest of the Blue Devils' defense.
72min: Higgins slides a nice pass to Peacock, who blazes over the bar. I don't think he realised how much time he had.
76min: Kings' maybe shouldn't have taken MacIntyre off. They've lacked his pace and energy in the second half. Karkilins is booked for very little, as far as I can tell, though he did go in a bit hard on 14.
81min: DesRoches cuts down Higgins, who stays down. DesRoches gets booked. The free kick is cleared by Tanner, who is fouled.
83min: Two changes, with DesRoches off for 10 and Higgins off for Straatof.
85min: Another change for HC. 22 comes off for 15.
86min: Free kick to Holland on the right, top of the box. And it's a very nearly a goal from the substitute! 15 loops it over the wall and Pyne. It hits the bar, hits Pyne's back, a few different players whack at it and it somehow comes clear and we stay 1-1.
88min: Dangerous corner opportunity for Holland as a free kick is cleared.
90min: GOAL! Oh dear for Holland! A great ball through finds Peacock. Tanner makes a beautiful save but Karkilins is first to the rebound and Tanner in no position to save it. O'Donnell argues something with the ref and is booked for it.
Full-time: The ref blows for time right off the kick-off, sending O'Donnell into further conniptions, for which he is sent off. He'll now miss the MSVU game. Kings' may not ahve deserved this one, but they'll take it, I'm sure.
UKC: Pyne, Wallingford, Bathe, Poulton, Reid, MacIntyre, Boudreau, Curci, Peacock, Karkilins, Burleton.
HC: Tanner, Kacsmarik, Gallant, O'Donnell, Vessey, #15, #16, DesRoches, 12, 21, 22. Sorry, their rosters are, as the women's coach told me, inaccurate.
1min: Just finished an interview with the women's coach. Kings' kick off with MacIntyre on the attack.
3min: Corner to Kings' which MacIntyre will put in. It's played to Curci, who whiffs an easy chance.
8min: Lots of attacking from Kings', who have scored on average 4.3 goals per game this year, including 3 against Holland last weekend.
9min: Peacock gest in alone, but he can't manage a chance. Gallant does well to stop him.
11min: Pyne is tested by a low cross which would have gone in had he not pushed it away.
12min: O'Donnell wastes an otherwise decent free kick by going for goal from 35 yards. He misses.
15min: GOAL! Kings' open it up after a poorly cleared free kick falls to Anders Peacock. he does well to keep his shot low and Tanner can't get enough behind it to save.
18min: Peacock trots down the left. Holland decide he isn't worth worrying about. He isn't, either--at least, not this time, as his shot goes wide.
19min: Reid wafts in a free kick, but Tanner collects it. Holland don't look very interested in this game right now.
21min: Great build-up by Kings', as Curci finds a streaking MacIntyre. His cross picks out Peacock with all kinds of time, but he dinks it straight at tanner from 5 yards out. How did he miss that?
23min: Kings' free kick into the wall froma dangerous position.
25min: Holland win a corner, which doesn't make it past the first defender.
27min: Kings' are running circles around HC at the moment. They're faster and they're more technically skilled, too.
29min: This could very well get ugly. Kings' could even get better in the second half.
33min: O'Donnell wastes another free kick by driving a "pass" out over the byline from 53 yards.
36min: Wallingford--who had been walking a disciplinary tight-rope for assisting MacIntyre in some skullduggery--is booked for an otherwise innocuous challenge on 21.
38min: Peacock again evades 9 and wastes a shot.
42min: GOAL! And that's probably it for Justin Pyne's streak of consecutive starts (2). Goodness, what a howler. 12 falters on his chance and mishits his shot straight towards Pyne with all the momentum of a stalled car. Pyne not only spills it but manages to fall over and push it behind himself at the same time. 12 jumps up, scampers around Pyne, and pokes the gift-wrapped ball home. Oh well, at least Josh Viner's confidence will be through the roof right now. I'd say Kings' have a goalkeeping controversy alright. Viner starts and blows the Holland and NSAC games, so Pyne comes in and isn't tested against St. Thomas and gives Holland College a life-line. That's a game-changing goal, too, late and it puts Kings' dominance in a completely new light.
45+min: MacIntyre nearly gets to the ball before Tanner does and gets booked for doing his job as a striker. C.J. Young and Matt Fegan both holler about it and are both told to sit down by the assistant referee. Young's probably pretty close to getting sent off here, this isn't the first round of shouting tonight. That will likely be his final warninng. MacIntyre's now been booked in two straight games.
45+min: Half-time is called and Fegan goes to the ref to exchange views.
45min: Well, Pyne's still in, though I noticed he got a private pep talk with Matt fegan at half-time. And a short catching lesson. Parsley is replacing MacIntyre for Kings', which is probably protecting MacIntyre from a card-happy ref. Mullet and 16 are in for Holland College, with 21 and someone I couldn't see coming out.
47min: Boudreau misses, after controlling well in the box off a free kick.
48min: DesRoches with a cross which Pyne catches. Those lessons at half-time are paying off already.
50min: I've just managed a spectacular evasion of a fresh barrage of pigeon dropping and nesting materials from the rafters. I'm now hiding under the press box again.
55min: Free kick to HC, wide left. It's sent in low and Pyne catches it.
56min: Kings' swap Sam Burleton for Rylan Palmer-Dixon.
60min: 22 misses a glorious chance. Pyne had collided with O'Donnell on a challenge, but the ball fell to 22 with an open goal. He hesitated, though, and Pyne managed to recover, forcing him to fire well wide.
61min: A phantom free kick to Kings'. Karkilins gets his head on the delivery but can only direct it wide.
67min: Kings' will make another change, with Boudreau replaced by Mark Higgins. An attacking sub by C.J. Young there. He's going with three real attacking-style players in Higgins, Karkilins, and Peacock.
71min: Wallingford makes a dreadful pass straight to 22, but the Kings' defender somehow escapes punishment as 22 lacks the pace to open up the rest of the Blue Devils' defense.
72min: Higgins slides a nice pass to Peacock, who blazes over the bar. I don't think he realised how much time he had.
76min: Kings' maybe shouldn't have taken MacIntyre off. They've lacked his pace and energy in the second half. Karkilins is booked for very little, as far as I can tell, though he did go in a bit hard on 14.
81min: DesRoches cuts down Higgins, who stays down. DesRoches gets booked. The free kick is cleared by Tanner, who is fouled.
83min: Two changes, with DesRoches off for 10 and Higgins off for Straatof.
85min: Another change for HC. 22 comes off for 15.
86min: Free kick to Holland on the right, top of the box. And it's a very nearly a goal from the substitute! 15 loops it over the wall and Pyne. It hits the bar, hits Pyne's back, a few different players whack at it and it somehow comes clear and we stay 1-1.
88min: Dangerous corner opportunity for Holland as a free kick is cleared.
90min: GOAL! Oh dear for Holland! A great ball through finds Peacock. Tanner makes a beautiful save but Karkilins is first to the rebound and Tanner in no position to save it. O'Donnell argues something with the ref and is booked for it.
Full-time: The ref blows for time right off the kick-off, sending O'Donnell into further conniptions, for which he is sent off. He'll now miss the MSVU game. Kings' may not ahve deserved this one, but they'll take it, I'm sure.
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