Notes
The first player is the "home" player, the second player was the "away" player and had to use the small Subbuteo or Zeugo style goalkeeper.
Fri Mar 13, 09: League Cup First round second leg
Jason Mitchell 0 v Wayne Smith 4 (HT 0-2) aggregate 0-5
Goals
First half
0-1 6:15 Wayne
0-2 8:57 Wayne.
Second half
0-3 4:27 Wayne
0-4 14:05 Wayne.
Pitch : Mawra, Porter Ranch
Comments:
Wayne: Once I took a two-zero lead Jason was forced to throw everyone forward. He had as many as ten figures in front of the center line. This made for a very interesting second half.
Jason: [said with a wry smile] I let him, as usual.
Fri Mar 13, 09: Simon Hutchinson 2 v Dominic Hutchinson 2 (HT 0-1)
Goals
First half
0-1 10:58 Dominic.
Second half
0-2 10:41 Dominic
1-2 12:45 Simon
2-2 15:00 Simon, penalty
Pitch : Middle pitch, Porter Ranch
Comments:
Simon: I am dropping too many points this season. I am beginning to think that I might finish the first stage [of this season] in the bottom half.
It was a tough game. Both of his goals were surprise chip shots that flew over the goalkeeper. The first has to be one of the better goals I have had scored against me. For the second goal I did not have my hand on the rod [of the goalkeeper] when he shot.
I really had to scramble hard to get the first goal as Dominic had everyone back.
My second was a penalty he gave up with just two seconds left. Fortunately he moved his goalkeeper to the left and I blasted the ball dead center and high.
Fri Mar 13, 09: League Cup First round first leg
Kevin Nieman 3 v Adam Carlson 0 (HT 1-0)
Goals
First half
1-0 5:42 Kevin
Second half
2-0 3:44 Kevin
3-0 11:41 Kevin.
Pitch : Fast pitch, Porter Ranch
Comments:
Adam: It was a good game with a lot of good flicks, but I could just could not score any goals. I played good defense but he still scored three goals.
Kevin: Adam made excellent defensive flicks and he made it extremely hard for me to score.
Despite the three-zero score the game was played much closed due to his excellent flicks.
Fri Mar 13, 09: League Cup First round second leg
Adam Carlson 0 v Kevin Nieman 2 (HT 0-1) aggregate 0-5
Goals
First half
0-1 9:32 Kevin
Second half
0-2 6:52 Kevin.
Pitch : Fast pitch, Porter Ranch
Comments:
Kevin: I felt my offense was better in this game than the last, and I think Adam had a couple of lapses in defense. I might not have scored my two goals if he played defense like he did in the first game.
Adam: I definitely did not play as well as the first game. I did have a couple of saves and I am proud of those.
Fri Mar 13, 09: Jason Mitchell 2 v Wayne Smith 6 (HT 1-3)
Goals
First half
0-1 0:18 Wayne
0-2 2:48 Wayne
0-3 4:02 Wayne
1-3 14:12 Jason.
Second half
1-4 7:11 Wayne
1-5 9:04 Wayne
2-5 11:20 Jason
2-6 12:07 Wayne.
Pitch : Mawra, Porter Ranch
Comments:
Wayne: For my home Jason played terrific defense, and kept everyone back. [For report see here]
This game I scored in the opening 18 seconds and took him out of his defensive game plan.
Jason: I was going for the record defeat in the league, but I even managed to lose that.
Fri Mar 13, 09: Adam Carlson 0 v Jason Mitchell 3 (HT 0-1)
Goals
First half
0-1 6:58 Jason, penalty.
Second half
0-2 9:17 Jason
0-3 12:36 Jason
Pitch : Mawra, Porter Ranch
Comments:
Adam: That wasn't my best game. I had a few good flicks, but Jason's penalty kick brought it down.
Jason: My biggest win the the league. I took my chances for once.
Fri Mar 20, 09: Jason Mitchell 1 v Munir Merchant 0 (HT 0-0)
Goals
Second half
1-0 7:36 Jason.
Pitch : Rookery, Maricopa, Simi Valley
Comments:
Jason: One of the most enjoyable games I have played in. It was so tight that I believe there was only three shots in the game. I had once chance and took it. Happy with the win.
Munir: Tight game, a good game. I think it was pretty even. I had once chance and I blew an open shot at goal with a stranded goalkeeper, but I missed coming up short. Apart from that it was tight.
Fri Mar 20, 09: Dominic Hutchinson 0 v Steve Tucker 2 (HT 0-1)
Goals
First half
0-1 1:15 Steve.
Second half
0-2 9:48 Steve.
Pitch : Drey, Maricopa, Simi Valley
Comments:
Steve: Two - nil, I am happy with the victory. Got an early and a late goal too, but not too late. A typical me and Dominic game.
Dominic: Just felt my touch was not there. Every time I would get the ball into his shooting zone I would miss. Every time I did a long flick, which are easy for me, I would miss by inches.
Felt I could have played better, but at least I did not lose too badly.
Fri Mar 20, 09: Wayne Smith 0 v Munir Merchant 0
Goals
None.
Pitch : Rookery, Maricopa, Simi Valley
Comments:
Wayne: Munir's defense was the best defense I have played against in southern California that I remember. Six or seven times he was left with a one inch space he had to flick a figure into and he did every time.
I had one good chance and I shot the ball off the underside of the crossbar, inside of the post and out.
Each goalkeeper had to make one save. And Munir had more chance in the first half than I did.
Munir: I think my flicking was much better than it usually is. Usually I miss them [defensive flicks]. This time I put them exactly where I wanted to. Other than that I think I did not play all defense. I was trying to be offensive. I had chances in the first half. In the second half Wayne was bearing down.
Fri Mar 20, 09: Jason Mitchell 0 v Steve Tucker 2 (HT 0-2)
Goals
First half
0-1
3:01 Steve
0-2
13:50 Steve
Pitch : Drey, Maricopa, Simi Valley
Comments:
Steve: I got an early goal that really helped settle my team. Jason had his pressure and I was able to get decent defensive flicks to deter him.
My second goal was against the run of play.
The second half I actually tried to apply more pressure, but he had the run of play and a couple of shots.
Jason: The early shocked me. The second goal was disappointing as I thought I was creating a lot of pressure. And in the second half my defense really held out and I created some chances from counter attacks. I was happy with my performance.
Fri Mar 20, 09: Adam Carlson 1 v Wayne Smith 5 (HT 0-4)
Goals
First half
0-1 0:44 Wayne
0-2 4:38 Wayne
0-3 9:24 Wayne
0-4 11:37 Wayne.
Second half
1-4 3:36 Adam
1-5 8:50 Wayne.
Pitch : Rookery, Maricopa, Simi Valley
Comments:
Wayne: Everything went my way early on with a goal in 44 seconds. Adam played much better in the second half and scored a very funny goal. He had the ball on my goal line and I took my hand of my keeper. He rolled the ball off my keeper and in. In order to do that the ball had to push my keeper out of the way. It would have never happened had I had my FISTF keeper.
Adam: I did not play as well in the first half as I did in the second half. I did have a few good flicks but there were not good enough to beat Wayne. I did like my goal.