SF Spikes - 2006 Marin Team Game Report

SF Spikes :: 2006 Season Marin Team Game Report

	2006 Season Marin Team :: Game Report
Game Date: Opponent: Final Score:	August 12, 2006 Pikers W 3-2
Report:	We played our League game # 11 in Marin this morning against the Pikers. It was a clean and fun game both to watch and play. Our guys are playing some good soccer these days. We were the dominant team from the start, but found ourselves down a goal after 12 min. of the first half. The Pikers scored on a questionable penalty kick, after the ball hit the hand of one of our guys. We didn’t waste any time, and 3 min. later the game was level again. Gil made a nice pass to Chuck, who scored on a really nice shot. We continued to play well, and looked like the strongest team out there. The Pikers had the best player on the field in their main striker, but our defense did a nice job defending him throughout the game. 1-1 at halftime. Second half started great for us, when Bob got his first league goal of the season to give us the lead after only 5 minutes of the half. This time it was the Pikers that didn’t waste any time to level the game, when they scored just a couple of minutes after our goal. The Pikers got a lot of new players at the end, but even with the fresh legs, it was our guys that took the lead again. Michael found Chuck in front our their goal, and he hammered the ball into their net for his second goal of the day. The Pikers pushed hard for a goal in the last 15 minutes, but our guys held them off, and they only came (really) close once, when Rio cleared the ball off our goal line to save the day for us. Final score 3-2 to the Spikes, which put us back into 3rd place in the league. Great team effort guys. Our 14 players were: Adel, Alan, Bob, Brian B., Chuck, Ed, Gil, Ian, Karl, Matthew S., Michael, Patrick J., Rio, York, GO SPIKES!