With 2 games in 16 hrs and 90 degree heat, it was not a good weekend for Sporting. Saturday Sporting played Metro Sting for the second time this season, the first meeting ended 1-1. With only one sub and some key players missing, Metro Sting DID show up to play and took care of business defeating Sporting 3-1.
Kick-off to Sunday's match vs Partizan Richmond was set for 9am. Sporting had the numbers but did not have the finishers. It was 1-0 Partizan at the half but with Sporting having more of the chances, they could not find the back of the net. Second half Partizan put a few more in and before we knew it, the scoreline was 3-0. Chris Green finally stepped up and tucked away a great through ball to the far post to make it 3-1. Sporting with a glimpse of hope but strikers Casey Smith and Cecil could not find the back of the net to save their lives. The final whistle came and it was 5-1 Partizan. Sporting suffering the worst loss of the season.
Next week Sporting will take on XRams for the first time. Rams are 1-3-1 on the season, Sporting 2-4-1.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Drawn
Sporting Richmond came from behind on Sunday to draw 1-1 with Metro Sting. In the end the result was a good one for Sporting due to the circumstances. With only 11 players, many of which were injured, Sporting was able grab a point, and at times looked like it would maybe nip all the points in the end. The first half was a midfield battle and ended 0-0 after both teams had a few half chances. Metro Sting's keeper kept out a Green effort after Casey Smith had slotted him in at the near post. At the other end Tommy did well all half to keep the score knotted at 0.
After the break, Sporting came out flat. Metro sensed that lag in tempo and pushed for the opening goal. The breakthrough came in the 55th minute when a cross field ball found a questionably onside Metro attacker at the back post to make it 1-0.
As the second half wore on, Sporting started to increase the pressure on Sting and it would pay dividends in the 78th minute. A back pass to the Metro Sting keeper was pressured by Green, his pass was picked off my Cecil Lewis who then found Casey Smith wide open at the back post to slot in from 6 yards.
1-1 was the final and with the points shared was a good result giving the circumstances. Sporting will now look to Saturday when they take on Metro Sting again, this time hopefully with a full squad.
After the break, Sporting came out flat. Metro sensed that lag in tempo and pushed for the opening goal. The breakthrough came in the 55th minute when a cross field ball found a questionably onside Metro attacker at the back post to make it 1-0.
As the second half wore on, Sporting started to increase the pressure on Sting and it would pay dividends in the 78th minute. A back pass to the Metro Sting keeper was pressured by Green, his pass was picked off my Cecil Lewis who then found Casey Smith wide open at the back post to slot in from 6 yards.
1-1 was the final and with the points shared was a good result giving the circumstances. Sporting will now look to Saturday when they take on Metro Sting again, this time hopefully with a full squad.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Kittens...
Sporting Richmond dispatched Lions FC 6-2 this past Thursday. It was a game where Sporting never looked to be in any sort of trouble. Man of the Match Chris Kull opened his account in the 15th minute with low right footed arrow to the far post after he shrugged off his defender. From that point on it was all Sporting. There were some missed opportunities to stretch the lead in the first half. Both Stu and Cecil failed to find the back of the net when played through on goal.
It looked like the half was going to end at 1-0, but Casey Smith was first to pounce on a deflected Justin Williams shot. The Lions keeper got down well to save the slow shot but Smith was first to react and tucked the ball away neatly.
2-0 at the break, Sporting cruising towards 3 points with Lions only seeing half chances.
The second half started with more of the same. Lewis came flying down the right flank on a counter attack. With options wide open for the easy finish, Lewis showed his class and finished the ball in the far post side netting. 3-0 and Lions were dead and buried. With Sporting now controlling the game, the passing and movement started to flow. The ball went from right to left out of the back and found its way back to Lewis wide left. Making space for himself, he sent in a low telling ball across the face of goal. Kull had made the perfect run into space and with the finish of the night, placed the ball with the outside of the right foot in the upper far corner, 4-0 and no looking back for Sporting. 5-0 came off of another rebound finish for Smith while the 6th came from some scrappy play from Williams.
Green and Smith could have extended the score even more but failed to find the back of the net when played clear through. All in all Sporting looked at ease. The 2 late consolation goals for Lions where a bit of a blemish but the game had long been decided by that point.
Up next for Sporting is Metro Sting FC...
It looked like the half was going to end at 1-0, but Casey Smith was first to pounce on a deflected Justin Williams shot. The Lions keeper got down well to save the slow shot but Smith was first to react and tucked the ball away neatly.
2-0 at the break, Sporting cruising towards 3 points with Lions only seeing half chances.
The second half started with more of the same. Lewis came flying down the right flank on a counter attack. With options wide open for the easy finish, Lewis showed his class and finished the ball in the far post side netting. 3-0 and Lions were dead and buried. With Sporting now controlling the game, the passing and movement started to flow. The ball went from right to left out of the back and found its way back to Lewis wide left. Making space for himself, he sent in a low telling ball across the face of goal. Kull had made the perfect run into space and with the finish of the night, placed the ball with the outside of the right foot in the upper far corner, 4-0 and no looking back for Sporting. 5-0 came off of another rebound finish for Smith while the 6th came from some scrappy play from Williams.
Green and Smith could have extended the score even more but failed to find the back of the net when played clear through. All in all Sporting looked at ease. The 2 late consolation goals for Lions where a bit of a blemish but the game had long been decided by that point.
Up next for Sporting is Metro Sting FC...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
1-0
The first meeting of Sporting Richmond and Partizan Richmond was a real chess match. Both teams looked up for it from the beginning. Dorey Park was in shambles which caused the game to start off at a wild pace. There might have been 5 square feet of even ground on the entire pitch and neither team was able to find it to settle the ball.
Partizan started off strong carving out a few chances and Tommy did well to save from a point blank Andy Macintosh shot in the 5th minute. Sporting started to gain a bit more possession as the half wore on from great midfield play of Stu B, Casey Smith, and Jonny Rios. In the 35th minute, Cecil Lewis broke free of the Partizan defense but could not find the finishing touch to put the ball past the keeper. The score stayed knotted at 0's until the half.
The second half started with more of the same. Each team with spells of possession but Sporting looking the more likely to score. It wasn't until the 67th minute that the ball ended up in the back of the net. Against the run of play Partizan won a corner, with the ensuing dead ball situation, Macca placed a ball into the box. Some how the ball slipped through to the 6 yard box, rebounded off of Vaughns shin and landed in the back of the net. Disaster had struck, an undeserved own goal to put Partizan up 1-0.
Sporting continued to pour the pressure on by switching up the 4-5-1 to a 3-4-3 formation seeking the equalizer. Lewis did well to make some space for himself but before he could get a proper shot off or pass the ball the door was closed by two Partizan defenders. Sporting had corner after corner, but none could find the back of the net.
With nearly the last kick of the game Sporting was awarded a free kick from 20 yards out. Up stepped Lewis again testing the keeper with a well placed shot but it did not have the power to cross the line. The whistle blew and it was defeat again for SRFC. A tough result for a match that had draw written all over it.
Sporting with try and buck the trend of the last two defeats this Thursday versus Lions.
Partizan started off strong carving out a few chances and Tommy did well to save from a point blank Andy Macintosh shot in the 5th minute. Sporting started to gain a bit more possession as the half wore on from great midfield play of Stu B, Casey Smith, and Jonny Rios. In the 35th minute, Cecil Lewis broke free of the Partizan defense but could not find the finishing touch to put the ball past the keeper. The score stayed knotted at 0's until the half.
The second half started with more of the same. Each team with spells of possession but Sporting looking the more likely to score. It wasn't until the 67th minute that the ball ended up in the back of the net. Against the run of play Partizan won a corner, with the ensuing dead ball situation, Macca placed a ball into the box. Some how the ball slipped through to the 6 yard box, rebounded off of Vaughns shin and landed in the back of the net. Disaster had struck, an undeserved own goal to put Partizan up 1-0.
Sporting continued to pour the pressure on by switching up the 4-5-1 to a 3-4-3 formation seeking the equalizer. Lewis did well to make some space for himself but before he could get a proper shot off or pass the ball the door was closed by two Partizan defenders. Sporting had corner after corner, but none could find the back of the net.
With nearly the last kick of the game Sporting was awarded a free kick from 20 yards out. Up stepped Lewis again testing the keeper with a well placed shot but it did not have the power to cross the line. The whistle blew and it was defeat again for SRFC. A tough result for a match that had draw written all over it.
Sporting with try and buck the trend of the last two defeats this Thursday versus Lions.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Sporting slips up...
Points were dropped this weekend as Sporting fell to Lions 80 3-2. It was really a game of two halves and Sporting only showed up for one of them. The game kicked off and from the start 80 had the upper hand. Sporting came out flat and within the first 10 minutes of the game they found themselves down 1-0 when 80's man of the match, Matt Cooper, put in a rebound from a poor Sporting clearance. Sporting started to regain some possession and off of a corner Chris Thompson had a chance to knot the score at 1 but shot well wide with the keeper stranded.
Sporting would be punished for not finishing its chances in the 1st half as 80 would put two more past Tommy. In the 23rd minute 80 worked the ball down the left hand side of the field and produced a fine save from Tommy but the rebound was slotted home to make it 2-0. Cooper once again pinned Sporting back with a deft chip over Sporting's keeper in the 35th and it seemed as if the rout was on at 3-0 at the interval.
During the break changes were made to Sporting's formation and it began to pay immediate dividends. Opting for 5 in the midfield, Sporting slowly started to gain momentum and boss the game. Chris Green opting for playing wide right in the second half collected the ball outside the box and sent an arrow towards the top corner but 80's keeper was up to the task and somehow got a fingertip to the ball to push it past the post. With a little more pressure on 80's back line Sporting finally got the break through.
Green won a penalty in the 55th when he was brought down from a clumsy knee high challenge. Jonny Rios stepped up and slotted the ball in the bottom right hand corner to make it 3-1. This goal breathed new life into SRFC. In the 75th it was 3-2 when Rios was clean through on goal and was brought down from behind right outside the box. Kyle Lessig using his experience on the field stepped up and took a quick free kick while the keeper was still trying to set up his wall. It was a great heads up play to get Sporting back into the game. Sporting kept pressing for the equalizer but it was not just not going to be found, Green had a point blank header that was tipped over the bar and with the ensuing corner kick Casey Smith rose highest to meet the ball and smashed his header agonizingly just over the crossbar.
As the final whistle blew, Sporting knew it had missed its chance to grab at least a point from this game. They will look forward to tonight's encounter with Partizan Richmond, which sits atop the CVSA with a 2-0 record.
Sporting would be punished for not finishing its chances in the 1st half as 80 would put two more past Tommy. In the 23rd minute 80 worked the ball down the left hand side of the field and produced a fine save from Tommy but the rebound was slotted home to make it 2-0. Cooper once again pinned Sporting back with a deft chip over Sporting's keeper in the 35th and it seemed as if the rout was on at 3-0 at the interval.
During the break changes were made to Sporting's formation and it began to pay immediate dividends. Opting for 5 in the midfield, Sporting slowly started to gain momentum and boss the game. Chris Green opting for playing wide right in the second half collected the ball outside the box and sent an arrow towards the top corner but 80's keeper was up to the task and somehow got a fingertip to the ball to push it past the post. With a little more pressure on 80's back line Sporting finally got the break through.
Green won a penalty in the 55th when he was brought down from a clumsy knee high challenge. Jonny Rios stepped up and slotted the ball in the bottom right hand corner to make it 3-1. This goal breathed new life into SRFC. In the 75th it was 3-2 when Rios was clean through on goal and was brought down from behind right outside the box. Kyle Lessig using his experience on the field stepped up and took a quick free kick while the keeper was still trying to set up his wall. It was a great heads up play to get Sporting back into the game. Sporting kept pressing for the equalizer but it was not just not going to be found, Green had a point blank header that was tipped over the bar and with the ensuing corner kick Casey Smith rose highest to meet the ball and smashed his header agonizingly just over the crossbar.
As the final whistle blew, Sporting knew it had missed its chance to grab at least a point from this game. They will look forward to tonight's encounter with Partizan Richmond, which sits atop the CVSA with a 2-0 record.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
3...5...9...
3 games...
5 days...
9 points...
The season gets into full swing this weekend.
Sunday 9am Bryan Park "B" SRFC v Lions 80
Tuesday 830pm Dorey Park "3" SRFC v Partizan Richmond
Thursday 830pm Dorey Park "5" SRFC v Lions FC
5 days...
9 points...
The season gets into full swing this weekend.
Sunday 9am Bryan Park "B" SRFC v Lions 80
Tuesday 830pm Dorey Park "3" SRFC v Partizan Richmond
Thursday 830pm Dorey Park "5" SRFC v Lions FC
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