Great Pretenders Fall 2006

Record 5-1-1



Leading Scorers
(Kept since 04/01/2002)
Player Goals Assists
Mike J.
42
24
Brandon
34
4
Dean
32
13
Izzy 32
10
Totan
29
17
Mike F.
22
29
Dave
21
11
Bryan
19
9
Frank
17
31
Rick
17
20
Ice
16
24
Rob
15
6
Pete
13
8
Roberto
8
4
Korey
7
1
Paul
6
0
Dave G.
5
7
Reza
5
3
Pierce
4
3
RJ
3
4
Gary
3
2
Phil
3
2
Billy W.
3
1
Powell
2
3
Mark 2 1
Pete M.
2
0
Steve 2 0
Alan
1
4
Mo
1
4
Buzz 1 3
Vince
1
1
Diego
1
0
Kieth
1
0
Mark J.
1
0
Matt 1 0
Ralph
1
0
Pat
0
2
Jawad
0
1
Larry
0
1
Mike P. 0
1
Guests 34
22
TOTALS 408
277

Game Summaries

11/18/2006 (N/A) Game canceled due to poor field conditions.
11/11/2006 (W9-0) The opponent was short so we loaned them a player to make it nine on nine. It was 3-0 at halftime. The defense anchored by Gary with Dave G. and Phil on the outside put  good pressure on the ball and used good ball control to get out of  trouble. Buzz made a few key saves in both halves and used the goal post effectively in the second half to preserve the shutout. The hightlight of the match was in the second half when Ice scored on the opponent's best player utilizing the old NUTMEG play.

Goals - Mike J, 4, Roberto 3,  Ice, Ralph
Asssits - Mike J. 2, Roberto 2, Mike F. 2
11/04/2006 (T2-2) This was the 400th Pretenders match. We were short a few players so the opponent loaned us a few. Two of the loaned players teamed up on a corner kick to give us a 1-0 lead. We went up 2-0 later in the first half when Ice sent a beautiful long cross from the right sideline to the far post where the same guy that scored the first goal easily put it away with a header. The opponent scored early in the second half to make it 2-1. A few minutes later the opponent was awarded a free kick just outside the box which they put right in the corner under the crossbar to tie the match 2-2. Night began to fall and there was a full moon but Buzz told the ref he could not see the ball very well and complained the moon was not putting enough light on the field. A little while later, Buzz made a blind save in the dark of night and complained once again to the ref who called the match due to total darkness on the field.

Goals - Guests 2
Asssits - Guest, Ice
10/28/2006 (N/A) Game canceled due to poor field conditions.
10/21/2006 (N/A) Game canceled not enough players.
10/14/2006 (W6-2) Goals - Billy W. 3, Korey 2, Dave G.
Asssits - Dave G. 2, Billy W., Frank, Mike J
10/07/2006 (N/A) Game canceled due to poor field conditions.
09/30/2006 (W3-1) We controled the ball in the midfield for most of the match. Ice was a monster in the air, getting to every head ball in his vicinity. Good defensive effort by Steve, Pat, Gary, Mo, and Phil. Totan scored on a rebound off a shot by Mike J. to make it 1-0 at halftime. We went up 2-0 early in the second half when Mike J. put away a low corner by Mike F. The opponent made it 2-1 a few minutes later. A couple of our guests put the opponent away late in the match and made it a 3-1 final.

Goals - Mike J., Totan, Guest
Assists - Mike J., Mike F., Guest
09/23/2006 (L4-2) We only had seven players so the opponent lent us three. Phil left at half time. They went up quickly 2-0 then Pete scored off a cross from Mike F. Halftime was 2-1. They went up 4-1 and then Mike F. scored on a header from Pete. By then we were playing two men down the whole second half. Mo played well in goal and kept us in the game.

Goals - Pete, Mike F.
Assists - Mike F., Pete
09/16/2006 (W5-3) We started out playing 9 v 9, but after 5 minutes Herndon had 11. After giving up 2 goals in the first half we got to full strength when Dave G. and Roberto showed up. Dave got a early goal off a nice ball from Frank, then Roberto got one from a pass from Dave. Brandon, playing in his last match before moving Seattle, got the next 2 goals, the 1st off a corner from Rick, and a rebound off a shot by Dave. Rick scored the final goal off a pass from Man of the match Dave. Great come from behind victory! Steve, Sly and Phil played well in the back.

Goals - Brandon 2, Dave G., Roberto, Rick
Assists - Dave G. 3, Frank, Rick
09/09/2006 (W6-4) The match was played on a short pitch. We were up 3-2 at halftime. We played with 10 the second half. We were up 6-2 with about 15 minutes to play when the opponent was able to score twice in a short period. Fatigue was beginning to set in but we were able to hold off the opponent even though they had several subs.

Goals - Brandon 2, Pete 1, Guests 3
Assists - Pat, Pete, Guests 4
09/02/2006 (N/A)
Game canceled Labor Day holiday weekend.