CAT Match 6 – Estrella de Chile “B”

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Arceneaux propels Rino’s to victory

Kickoff: 4:00pm Saturday, October 16th at Point Grey Turf

Ryan Arceneaux made amends for his first half gaff that lead to a Chilean goal by putting in a superlative effort in the second half, dominating the midfield, scoring the tying goal, and setting up the match winner.

Rino’s looked destined to rue missed opportunities again until an explosive start to the second half saw them take control of the match as they finally buried their chances.  The Chileans must have been celebrating for two days straight after 33 of their comrades were rescued from a mine in their homeland on Thursday.  How else could one explain their inability to show up on time for a 4pm kickoff on Saturday afternoon?

After appearing to be in total disarray with only 8 players available 10 minutes before kickoff, a stream of Chilean players arrived and a strong lineup, including former Whitecaps Goalkeeping Prospect, Diego Oliveira, took the field.

From the start of the match both teams got good scoring opportunities.  First, a right-wing cross found Tommy Nolan unmarked at the penalty spot, but he flashed his header wide.  Then an odd handball call near the top of the Rino’s penalty area gave Chile a freekick from a dangerous position.  Fortunately for the home team, the kick grazed the outside of the goalpost.  Rino’s were soon on the attack again as Tim Pritchard wriggled free in the Chile penalty area, but managed to skew his right-foot shot just wide of the post.  Chile again threatened from a free kick, and this time goalkeeper Tyler Wilman had to dive across to make a spectacular save.  Unfortunately however, the resulting corner kick would lead to a Chilean goal.  Ryan Arceneaux attempted to clear the low corner, but mistimed the flight of the ball and instead deflected the ball into the centre of the box where a Chilean played deposited it in to Rino’s net.  At halftime Rino’s once again found themselves down despite their strong play, purely due to their lack of finishing!

Substitutions were made at half that paid dividends almost immediately.  A revitalized Rino’s midfield moved the ball quickly forward and won a corner kick opportunity.  Jordan Atkinson’s corner was headed superbly by Corby O’Genski, but he was denied by a miraculous save by the Chilean keeper who tipped the ball on to the crossbar and out of play.  A second corner was awarded, and when Atkinson delivered this one in to the box a scramble ensued where Declan Hill was fouled from behind while shielding the ball.  O’Genski stepped up to take the penalty, but his well struck shot was saved by the goalkeeper who dove well to his right.  Keen to make up for his first half error, Arceneaux pounced on the rebound and smashed it into the opposition net, notching the score at 1-1.

Shortly after the kickoff, while still full of adrenaline, Arceneaux won the ball in the midfield, weaved his way forward and expertly played a precise through ball into the path of Tim Pritchard.  With no one but the keeper to beat Pritchard kept his composure and slipped the ball low into the corner of the net giving Rino’s the well-deserved 2-1 lead.  Shortly thereafter Pritchard was cautioned for a rash challenge, and subsequently substituted from the game for his polar opposite, Max Kaplan.  The onslaught continued with Kaplan getting a semi-breakaway, but finding his shot saved.  From this point on the Rino’s backline tookover, and did an excellent job preserving the victory.  Chile soon became frustrated and after being ridiculed for allowing Ben Cougny to nutmeg him, one of their players was heard remarking that he would “pop a cap” in Corey Ford’s ass.  On the other side of the pitch a horror tackle on Sam Chow lead to a straight red card, and a 10-man Chile finished the game with a whimper.

Team:  Wilman, Khosrovi(Thompson 60), Caulfield, Chow, Matheson(Simey 45, McArthur 65), Crompton(O’Genski 45), Crowe(Atkinson 45), Arceneaux, Nolan(Hill 45), Pritchard(Kaplan 55, Wilhelm 75), Ford(Cougny 45)

Final Score: Rino’s 2 – Chile 1

Div 1 Match 6 – Lobbans FC

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**Note to Reader –Please turn your radio on and read this match report to the first song that plays**

As I begin this wonderful journey of writing the match report I am reminded of some very meaningful words that Sir Robert Freedmen once whispered to me, “I can’t bend over.”  Profound!  And with that I begin.

Sunday.  She was a marvelous day.  The sun was shining, the wind was calm and hopes were high as players from Rinos Vancouver assembled in the change room prior to their highly anticipated battle with Lobbans.  Everyone on the squad was focused, mentally running through their roles and expectations, seeing victory in every way.  Anticipation grew as the starting lineup was displayed on the wall.  Only a disaster could ruin their chances, only a monumental change in the universe could disrupt the positive outcome that all envisioned…

Could it be?  Cooper starting on the wing!?  Was this to be their undoing?

Upon constant assurance from Coach Ken that Cooper would be fine and with a less than philosophical quip from Anjin (aka John Bligh) the mighty Rinos took the field.  The rest, shall I say, was history.

However, due to some unfortunate wording in my contract I am forced to clarify the true happenings of that storied day. The game began as most games do, with a blow of the whistle and the monotonous movement of the ball.  Bligh passes to Hanson. Hanson passes to Bligh who passes to Haas.  Haas passes to Hanson.  Hanson passes Cyrus.  Marsh yells.  Carrick passes, oops, meant shoots.  Miss.  And so it goes on like this for much of the first half. With little pressure from the Lobbans forwards it seemed like only a matter of time before the powerful Rino attack would strike.  And they didn’t disappoint.  At roughly the thirty-five minute mark the Lobbans defense presented Rino with a gift.  Obviously mesmerized by the Ross Gellar-like looks of Cyrus Greenall one of the defenders was late in clearing the ball and with poise only a true “Friend” could have Cyrus stripped the ball and calmly placed it into the back of the net for 1-0 Rino lead.  As the remaining minutes ticked away and with superb and often elegant defending by the Rino back four made up of John, Brent, Jordan, and Peter or as I like to say the PB and J’s (sorry it’s been a long day at work), the halftime whistle blew with the score still 1-0.

While the Rino players gathered at the sidelines, replenishing lost electrolytes, eager to begin the next half, the frantic screams of the Lobbans coach could be heard, as his now berated players prepared for the second half.  Had they known that the second half would see the much anticipated return of Dylan, fresh off a mysterious ailment that ravaged his entire body often leaving him without the ability to experience any “joy” at home for the fear of a heart attack, they probably would have returned to Surrey early.  Dylan’s presence was felt shortly into the second half as he received yet another perfect pass from Cyrus and with blazing speed busted through the defense and found himself on a breakaway.  With his heart pounding, his finger throbbing and his ankles ready to collapse Dylan slid the ball flawlessly past the goalie. In the words of Salt-N-Pepa, “Shake Your Thing,” it was 2-0.  (That reference, for those of you too slow to get it, was referring to Dylan’s beautiful yet sophisticated hair).

With a 2-0 lead it seemed inevitable that Rino would go on to victory until a rare breakdown in the Rino defense found a Lobbans forward one on one with Bligh.  With an extra burst of speed, obviously attributable to his taking of steroids, the forward drove past Bligh and into the penalty box. With a desperate last lunge by Bligh this comically ballooning forward found himself floating through the air, hands raised, crashing to the turf.  Perfect scores were given along with penalty shot. Stepping up to take the penalty was a Lobbans midfielder.  Placing the ball on the white dot he was immediately questioned by Bligh as to whether he had the right spot.  The player, unbeknownst to him, was being lured into one Bligh’s talented yet irritating plots of destruction.  Unsure as to whether he had placed the ball correctly, white or yellow, white or yellow, and with one final look towards Bligh for help (Bligh just shook his head) the kick was taken and missed as the ball slammed against the crossbar.  Well covered by Tyler and beautifully distracted by Bligh the score remained 2-0 and the clean sheet intact.

Roughly at the seventy-five minute mark Vincent, not my cousin, Martin entered the game.  With his recent call up from the minors Vinny has showed a lot of promise and he too did not disappoint.  The ball was passed from Rino to Rino, eventually finding the leading assist giver Cyrus, who played a wonderfully placed cross into the box as a charging Vinny, now finding himself falling over his own feet, connected perfectly with the cross and scored.  Although he entered the net before the ball the goal was given and the score was 3-0.

And so it ends.  3-0.  Another perfect game by Rino, another shutout by the defense and another berating by the Lobbans coach.  Well played everyone! Let’s continue our unbeaten streak on Friday.

U21 Match 6 – UBC Metropolitan

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Hall of Fame basketball player Bill Russell once said, “Concentration and mental toughness are the margins for victory.”

We hear coaches talk about toughness all the time, and I am sure most of you probably think, how can a team not be tough, certainly a player has to be tough to play in this league. But being tough is not for just one moment, it requires being able to overcome adversity and still focusing on the task at hand. It means being able to not worry about the future and doing your job.

At this point of the season, we are finding out which teams have mental and physical toughness to overcome bad starts, bad series, bad halves and bad results.

In a classic battle of experienced and tough versus young and skilled, the former prevailed. The common thread between these two teams was that we were both coached by a great coach, Ekrem. However, during the course of the game it was clear that one team really understood and emulated Ekrem’s work, while another was still trying to work out the kinks.

The match was an extremely competitive and physical one, that unfortunately ended against the Rinos. However, the loss came almost exactly as had our earlier one to Norvan Pacific; the Rinos had a lucky goal scored on them in the first 10 minutes and then let in another one in the last 10 minutes. In the 70 minutes between these two tragedies, the Rinos played lights out! We won every ball in the air, we were the first ones getting to 50-50 balls and pressured every pass. On the other hand, we had nothing to show for this effort. We barely took 7 shots, and of those 7 only 3 were on target. This leads directly to our recurring issue which is ripping the Rinos apart; our lack of scoring. Having only scored 2 goals through 6 games is worrying, as it constantly puts pressure on our defense and keeper to stone wall the other team match after match.

In the end, this game came down to mental toughness, physical fitness, and experience and unfortunately UBC Metro weighed in heavier in all three of these factors. The Rinos ran all over the field chasing down UBC players and didn’t have anything left in the tank to mount a comeback. The Rinos have the heart to play from behind, but the mental toughness to do so is going to come with experience and concentration! Can we rise to the occasion? It will be a test and will require that every day there is a commitment to improvement, not winning. This is not going to be a quick fix and will take the mental and physical toughness Russell talked about.

CAT Match 5 – Croatia SC “B”

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Kickoff: 4:00pm Saturday, October 9th at Point Grey Turf

On Thanksgiving long weekend, an understaffed CAT side took the field against a young reserve team from Croatia SC. The game was played in torrential rain, and that combined with the general clumsiness of many of the Croatia players lead to some pretty woeful tackles, none of which were even cautioned by the Eastern European referee.

Early in the match Croatia missed an opportunity to jump out to a shock lead as a missed header in the Rino’s backline allowed them to play a ball across the box to a wide open left winger, who with the net gaping wide open duly smashed the ball off the outside of the post! This served as a wake up call to the Rino’s as they started attacking in waves. If it were not for the heroics of Croatia’s pint-sized, rotund goalkeeper, they would have surely been behind by halftime. Instead Rino’s strikeforce was left wondering just what it would take to find the back of the net.

The second half was dominated by Rino’s, as any time Croatia entered their half they were dispossessed by the likes of Stefan, Sam, and Ashkan. So comfortable were they in fact, that Sam was often seen pushing up the field ahead of the midfielders in search of the elusive goal. Far from a thing of

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beauty, the goal finally came when 2nd half substitute Vinny Martin (who came directly from playing in the 2pm Div 1 game) sliced a cross in front of the net and it was poked home by another substitute, Gowan Gillis. Despite further pressure, including some free kicks in dangerous areas, Rino’s were unable to score again and settled for the 1-nil victory. The win evened their record after 5 games at 2-1-2.

Team: Henrique De Sousa, Khosrovi, Caulfield, Chow, Jinks(Nolan 80), Crompton(Ford 45), Shih(Freedman 70), Hill, Wilhelm(Martin 45), Nolan(Kaplan 45), Pritchard(Gillis 55)

Div 1 Match 5 – Bingers Army

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Rino’s took on Binger’s on October 9th, and it rained heavily throughout the game.  The field featured baseball diamonds on each corner, on which large puddles had gathered, especially around 2nd base, which prompted team Captain Jordan Haas to remark that the puddles should not be an issue for John Bligh (starting sweeper) as Bligh has never been to 2nd base and has no prospects of doing so.  The starting line up featured many familiar faces, and a first start in mid field for newcomer Paul Thomson, who was recruited to make sure Rino’s keeps its requisite quota of Irishmen, as this also proved to be the last game for midfielder David Collins.  He has been a valuable edition to the club, and we wish him well as he moves to Toronto for work.

The match was scrappy from the outset, with the slick field leading to mis-hit passes and poor touch.  Bingers had skilled forwards, and created a few chances in the early going. Bingers scored first on a low cross, which the forward got to ahead of his marker, Jon Cooper.  Rino’s bounced back quickly though, and 5 minutes before half they capitalized on profligate defensive play by Bingers to equalize, with Cyrus crossing neatly for Charlie to finish.  At the end of the 1st half, Rino’s were unfortunate not to be ahead 2-1, after John Bligh was taken down from behind in the box, a blatant penalty.  This was far from the ref’s only poor decision on the day as the performance of both teams was marred by bad officiating.

Rino’s started the 2nd half strong enough, but gifted a goal to former Rino’s defender Cory Jackson, who was not marked closely enough on a Binger’s corner.  Apropos of the weather, Rino’s ‘stormed’ back. In-form striker Cyrus scored after being set up by Charlie, and then Charlie put Rino’s ahead, finishing off a fast break by rounding the keep and netting home.  Rino’s was able to hold on to their lead for about 20 minutes, a period of play which featured a crushing (though completely legal) tackle by Bligh, which propelled the opposing player horizontal over the drenched turf.

With about 5 minutes to go, Binger’s was awarded a free kick, about 40 yards from goal, and they equalized off of this when their striker pushed Rino’s defender John Marsh (who came on at half) in the back, thus opening space for a header at close range.  This obviously caused much consternation amongst the Rino’s players, and in payment for politely making his feelings known to the referee, Charlie was given a yellow card.  A grave injustice.  Shortly thereafter, before the re-start, he engaged in a light hearted discussion with Rino’s midfielder Laurie Flynn, which the referee mistook for an argument.  Failing to appreciate the subtleties of Laurie’s Scottish accent, the ref gave him his 2nd yellow card and he was sent off.  As sorry as Rino’s were about the send off, the team’s cooler was sorrier, as Laurie demolished it as soon as he got to the sideline.

Rino’s pushed hard through injury time, aggressively choosing to maintain 2 front runners despite the sending off, and they were awarded with a last minute penalty kick.  Unfortunately the keeper guessed right, and saved Charlie’s effort.  The game ended 3-3, a tie that in many ways felt like a loss.  That said, the spirit and effort of the team were good throughout the match, as evidenced by Rino’s twice coming back from one goal deficits.

U21 Match 5 – Sapperton Rovers

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Thanksgiving is a time of generosity and giving. This Saturday, the heavens opened up and gave the Rinos as much rain as it could muster…i.e., the Rinos match was played through freaking hurricane Katrina like weather. Tonight, for the first time, skill wouldn’t separate winners from losers! This game was going to be won and loss in the trenches. This game was going to be decided by who had more grit and which team could get “fired-up” in the freezing rain to steal the W.

Before the referee could even start the game, the field was soaked, the players were soaked, the ball was a mess, and the rain wasn’t letting up. The match started with the Rovers attacking in swarms; their players would sail down the river they called their field and start peppering our goalie with shots that flew out of the muck like torpedos. The Rino’s defense had a hard time adjusting to the Rovers early in the match, but 10 minutes into the game we settled down and started shutting down their advances. With the defense able to stop the Rovers charges, we could finally start to generate our counter-attacks.

The Rinos mid fielders took charge of our counter attacks and, time after time, they were able to find Juan streaking in behind the Sapperton defense and generated numerous one-on-one situations for our strikers. However, these chances end with the ball hitting the fence behind the goal as mother nature screwed around with our strikers concentration. But, all the blame can’t be pushed to the rain, because this has become a recurring problem for these young Rinos; we just can’t seem to close the deal! The Rinos cannot score….whether this be a mental block or a physical one, it has led us to own a horrific goal differential and has put immense pressure on our goalie to pull clean sheets outta his ***!!

One of the key moments of the game involved Jordan crushing the Sapperton’s stopper when they both went up for a header in their 18 yr box. Jordan came in at a sprint and took off to put the header away, but instead met head on with their stopper, who then had to be helped off the field! Unfortunately, this collision stopped Jordan from heading the ball into the top corner of the net, but he still sent his message to the Rovers defense.

The “miss-play-of-the-game” honours were taken by our goalie, Anthony, on one his many determined efforts to ink in his 3rd clean sheet. After standing in the freezing rain for almost 90 minutes, Anthony got a bit too excited and a little loopy. He went after any ball as if it was a dry, warm snickers bar. On one ball that was sailing wide of the goal, Anthony tried to chase it down, only to have his feet run straight into his left post. Tripping over his feet like a drunken mess, he ended up face down in the watery hell that was all around us!

This match, unfortunately, ended just as it had started, 0-0. Huge disappointment?? Maybe….but walking away with 1 point and the confidence to know that we are creating legitimate chances to win games is more reassuring than the overall score. Slowly, but surely, the engine on these young Rinos is churning, and soon it’ll be firing on all cylinders…..just wait and see!

Next Saturday night the Rinos play UBC metro on the road in a game that has a bit of a personal feel to it. UBC signed two strikers that played for Rinos 21 squad last year and its time we show them what a big mistake that was!

CAT Match 4 – Westside FC "B"

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Kickoff: 12:00 pm Saturday, October 2nd at Andy Livingstone East

Rino’s “B” team faced off against arch-rival Westside FC “B” on Saturday without inspirational captain Vinny Martin. After being on stellar form for the first 3 matches of the season, Vinny was rewarded with an invitation to go on a trek to North Surrey with the “A” team as they faced off against Desmesh FC. Stepping up to fill the vacancy was former goalkeeper-turned defender, Stefan Caulfield, who started the game in the heart of the defense.

A 4-4-1-1 formation was employed, and Rino’s started brightly with the returning Tim Pritchard causing Westside’s defence fits with his pace. A nice bit of build up lead to Chris Thompson flashing a shot just wide from the top of the box, and the teams were taking turns going on the offensive. Unfortunately this was as good as it got for Rino’s men in the first half. A lack of marking in the midfield, combined with a string of turnovers including a botched short corner-kick lead to too many Westside

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attacks and finally culminated in a goal.

It was almost inevitable that a goal would be scored as Westside attacked down the left and Caulfield uncharacteristically took a tumble, allowing the opposition an odd-man rush. As the remaining defenders squeezed over, the ball was laid back across the penalty area where the Westside midfielder had a free strike on goal. To everyone’s surprise the shot rebounded off the post and when Rino’s Under 21 alumnus, Michael Honey, corralled the rebound and flopped to the ground under Crompton’s panicked challenge, the referee awarded Westside a penalty kick. Honey himself stepped up to the spot, and his scuffed shut was fortunate to find the back of the net with Henrique de Sousa diving the wrong way.

Half-time brought a number of substitutions, and none shone brighter in the second half than Yuda Shih. He used his pace to repeatedly terrorize Westside’s left-back, and if only his crosses were a little more precise the team may have reaped the rewards of a goal. Also entering the midfield at the halfway mark, Declan Hill showed off his passing precision as he sprayed the ball about and helped to open up the Westside defense. Unfortunately, the next goal came against the run of play, as some lax marking by Rino’s back-line afforded the aforementioned Michael Honey too much time and space and he again found the back of the net.

Rino’s continued to push forward in search of a goal, and while they had few clear cut opportunities did manage to play in some dangerous crosses and were awarded numerous corner kicks. On one corner kick, which the opposition failed to clear, Ashkan Khosrovi, who was recently re-introduced into the game took matters into his own hands as he jinked past a couple of defenders and smashed the ball into the roof of the net from a tight angle.

Rino’s played the remaining 10 minutes with 3 forwards, but the offensive push was too little, too late and the final whistle sounded with the scoreline reading 2-1 in favour of Westside.

Team: Henrique De Sousa, Khosrovi(Simey 45), Caulfield, Chow(Khosrovi 75), Crompton(McArthur 45, Ardila Garcia 82), Thompson(Shih 45), Arceneaux, Nolan(Hill 45), Ford(Cougny 45), O’Genski(Jinks 67), Pritchard(Crowe 45)

U21 Match 4 – ICSF Inter

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On a cloudy, starless night the Rino’s lit up the night with their own emerging stars. This was possibly the biggest game in the first quarter of our season. A loss here would push us to the bottom of the pile, while a win would propel us to the top 6 in the league. Sensing the pressure bearing down on these young Rino’s to follow in the footsteps of previous teams, Haydn brought out the big guns; he pulled out the old red Rino jerseys to help guide his young team about Rino’s winning ways.

As soon as the whistle blew, this team in its blood red jersey’s, looked exactly like previous Rino squads. They were flying around, pressuring every ball, and made every player on the other team dread getting the ball. All those uber-complicated drills that we ran with Ekrem at practice finally started to pay off. When we touched the ball we showed the discipline, urgency and ability of an emerging star studded team. With every pass we penetrated Inter’s defense, and had legitimate chances to get the numbers rolling on our scoreboard.

Each and every one of our 17 players brought their A game and left it all on the field and were crucial in getting the W! John, Davis, Jeff and Max created their own defensive islands on the outside and stranded any striker coming down into their area. Sebastian, Juan, David, Jonah, John and Petro dominated the center of the pitch and their one touch passing completely disseminated the Inter defence.

The TSN turning point of the game came midway through the second half when Davis lit the Rino’s on fire by scoring the game-winning goal. Off a corner kick, that was bent into the center of the 18 yr box, Dhiren got up and tried to head it into the top corner of the goal, but it was blocked. Davis saw this ball slowly falling to the ground and recognized his chance to propel the Rinos to their first W and took it! He wound up his left leg and let it loose on the unarmed ball, sending it to a place where all it touched was net.

Davis’s goal gashed Inter and now they were bleeding. The Rino’s smelt this and attacked in swarms for the last 15 minutes of the game. We kept Inter pinned down and didn’t let up until the ref forced us to by blowing his whistle.

We’re going to enjoy this win at practice on Tuesday, but come Thursday, it’s time to prepare for the Sapperton Rovers. The Rovers have kept pace with some of the top teams in the league, but are still looking for their first win…..and the Rino’s plan on keeping the Rovers on their search for that elusive win after next week.

Next Saturday night, when everyone else will be home stuffing themselves with Turkey, these Rino boys will be out in New Westminster fighting for their 1st road win of the season!

Div 1 Match 4 – Desmesh FC

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Rino returned to the scene of their Labour Day triumph on Saturday with high hopes of coming back to Vancouver with something much better than a new ball or even a Nissan hubcap: three points. Although our cobbler-to- the- stars benefactor was conspicuous by his absence, his team was roared on by their ever-increasing supporters club, which now comprises ‘Chair-breakin’ Steve Thom, ‘Mo-Money-Mo-Problems’ Khan, Cyrus’s party-loving dad and alternating members of the Hanson family.

The line-up remained mostly unchanged from last week’s demolition of CAFA, although Tyler started between the sticks and Peter made way for Cooper. And after a prolonged period of sterling work for the CAT team, Vinny Martin has forced his way into the first team picture, beginning this one on the bench.

Rino began the game with confidence and purpose and didn’t have to wait long for the breakthrough; Wadey’s far-post corner nodded back across goal by Charlie and Cyrus finding the bottom left with a carefully placed header. And while he may bear more than a passing resemblance to Ross Geller from Friends, Cyrus certainly wasn’t ‘on a break’ when he had the wherewithal to return the favour to Charlie a few minutes later. His smart pass to feet gave his partner the relatively simple task of turning his lumbering marker and firing into the far corner.

Things were coming along rather nicely now, with Bligh and Brent again looking assured at the back and Desmesh’s 4-5-1 formation giving Coop and Haas time and space on either side of the burly duo. Even McMeners showed some lovely touch and passing in the engine room – the impish Scottish midfielder finally seems to be coming to terms with Corner’s abandonment of him and looks ready to fill Ally Gray’s child-size boots over the coming weeks. He still got taken off at half-time though; Ryan

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The second half began with Zain and Peter lining up down the left side and it was that combination which created the crucial third goal. A patient passing build up began at the heart of the defence and ended with Peter feeding Zain, who showed lovely feet to jink around three defenders and finish with aplomb. Vinny was also in the action now and was spraying passes around in distinctly Cantwellian fashion as well as proving more than capable in the defensive third of the field. On that note, it must be said that Desmesh were limited to exactly one goal scoring chance in the entire game. Bligh told me to put that in.

Just like last week, goals were now there for the taking and take them we did. First, a precise long pass from the excellent Vinny was controlled by Charlie and laid into the path of goal-virgin Ryan Armstrong. Moranis confidently found the bottom corner, but only via a diversion by Andrew Wade. Unlucky Ryan. Wade’s lucky day continued when his mishit ball to Cyrus was left by a defender and dropped at the feet of Charlie, who gratefully half-volleyed it past the hapless keeper. Remarkably, these two serendipitous contributions were enough to earn Wadey the Nissan man-of-the-match award at the filthy hubcap’s spiritual home. The fifth goal also marked the end of ‘Billy-Ray’ Cyrus’s afternoon, the on-form forward departing with an achy breaky ego when he saw that Wee Laurie McMenemie was his replacement.

All in all, this was another good performance from a team rapidly recovering its confidence and there

was encouraging work all over the pitch from all 15 guys involved. Next week`s game should prove a much tougher test but with no fresh injury concerns and no silly yellow cards, a head of steam has certainly been built up. I would say that the team seem to have bonded in the wake of a difficult start to the season, but I don`t want Wadey to get the wrong idea and hate crime me with his hubcap.

U21 Match 3 – Norvan Pacific

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On a night reserved to hit up a bar and watch Monday Night Football, the U21 Rinos hit the road to play a crucial game in North Vancouver against a team that was scoring at will against opponents. The Rino’s already had a tie and a loss and were now hungry for a win. We were out early in the pouring rain at confederation turf warming up and getting seized up to fire on all cylinders against a team that had been doing just that.

The first 15 minutes of the game were controlled by the Rinos, as our new striker, Etienne, reeked havoc amongst their backline with his size, speed and skill. Haydn’s twist on the 4-4-2 was working perfectly and it seemed like we were going to reap the rewards of our hard work when we got a free kick from about 24 yards out. Juan stepped up and bent it like beckham, but sailed it just past a diving goalie and nicked the post on its way out of bounds.

Soon the tables were turned when Norvan had a free kick for themselves from 25 yards out. Their striker got lucky, like the Irish, and his huge rainbow kick found the pot of gold in the top corner of our net. This goal didn’t deflate the Rino’s as we fought back even harder for the next 60 minutes, holding Norvan to a 1-0 game, heading into the last 10 minutes.

Feeling the pressure to score and the need to win, the Rino’s started pushing themselves harder and left it all on the field. We pushed up for every ball, playing an all-out attack game for all the marbles. This is when Norvan took advantage, catching us on our heels on their counter-attack, they went coast to coast to ripple the mesh on our side of the field.

Unfortunately, along with the loss, Jonah suffered a mild concussion when Brent decked a Norvan player who slammed into Jonah, using him to cushion his fall. Davis also nearly suffered a concussion when his dome came in the way of another shot smashed by Juan that could have been the TSN turning point of this game!

The highlight reel of the game was hogged by our goalie, Anthony Bayer, who made some mind-blasting saves on a couple break-aways. David snuck into the honour roll list by ripping a knuckle-ball shot in the last few minutes that came close to beating the goalie, but unfortunately it only resulted in a rebound and a lost opportunity.

Currently, the 21s stand at 0-2-1 and play a must win game this Friday night at point grey! With the amount of built up anger, frustration and energy, the Rinos smell blood and plan to rip apart the “ICSF Inter” when we turn on the flood lights at our turf on Friday night!