ROADRUNNER DATELINE: NEWS & EVENTS

Aug 11: Roadrunners defeat ODST 3-2.   It was a night of tears and cheers as the Roadrunners played their last match of 2010 with beloved Irish International Lee Mooney.  Lee, who is retuning to his homeland, marked the occasion with a brilliant long range free kick goal that put the Roadrunners in the lead.   The other two goals were scored by Giles Orban who is burning up the pitch, and goal keeper's tempers.  While emotions were already running high, after the match, Roadrunners keeper Mike Raymond announced his engagement to Jodi Harvey fueling a wild celebration at an un-named downtown pub.

Aug 4: Roadrunners lose to Callejero 4-1.   The Roadrunners started the game under fire and gave up an early ugly goal but bounced back when Alfie Kiernan scored the tying goal. The Roadrunners looked poised to take over the game when Callejero answered with a lightening quick goal to retake the lead.  That goal took the wind out of the Roadrunners sails as they then looked out of place in a very fast and entertaining match.  With the season winding down the Roadrunners have yet to find their best play, but hope still abounds.

July 28: Roadrunners defeat hapless Ilegales 8-3.   The Roadrunners were ready to attack tonight as were Ilegales, but the men in black, or blue depending on how you look at it, only had 8 or 9 players depending on how you added it up.  It was a break out scoring match for Steph Snider and Hiroya Oishi and let's not talk about Giles Orban and his 3 goals.  The night was more of a friendly than anything, but S'up with the 3 goals against?

July 21: Roadrunners tie Gremio 3-3.   After weeks of poor play the Roadrunners finally took a step in the right direction and played a reasonable game.  The Roadrunners scored an early goal which led to a see saw battle ending in a 3-3 tie.  The game was marred by offsetting bad calls by the referee leading to goals for both squads.  Giles Orban continued his scoring ways, as did Kirk Nordick and Alfie Kiernan with his patented "spinwheel" strike.  It was a hard fought and exciting match thoroughly enjoyed by a large crowd.  The Roadrunners looked to score the final goal late in the match but were continually thwarted by the guile of the Gremio defense.  Steph Snider again put in a solid performance in net as negotiations with starting keeper Mike Raymond continue to drag through the summer.

Confirming months of rumours, Dick Stinson, long time Roadrunner manager, announced that with the World Cup in the books, the team has come to terms with Adam Ailsby to manage the squad for the rest of the season.  It is hoped he can reorganize a squad that is clearly performing less than the sum of its parts right now.

June 9: Roadrunners defeat struggling Ilegales.   Fresh off of Monday night's stinging loss to RD Porto, the Roadrunners took to the pitch with 11 men to take on a patched together Ilegales.  Despite some early scares the Roadrunners amassed a 5 -1 lead off of two goals by Giles Orban, two goals from Tony Chiwetelu, and perhaps the nicest goal of the night by Clinton Kleisinger.  With the game in the bag the Roadrunners confidently went to sleep and Ilegales took advantage with three unanswered late goals.  While calls for accountability rang out Alfie Kiernan took control of the dieing minutes of the match by kicking the ball to Uplands Pizza until the referee blew the final whistle.  While critics are left to ponder the late game collapse a win is a win.

 

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