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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. |