District 8A/AA Tournament

[soccer7]

QUOTE(No1ScoresOnMe @ May 9 2007 - 07:05 PM) 826455722[/snapback]The loser of the district final is most likely to play Livingston. No idea who the runner-up from District 7 is going to be, but I expect them to be eliminated by Portland or S.C.

 

LA vs. Dekalb at LA tonight at 6:30.

[No1ScoresOnMe]

Any result from the championship match? Or have there been that many rounds of PK's that they're still going?

[timbdp]

LA beats dekalb 2-1

[soccerislife8944]

station camp 2, portland 0

[ThomasJ]

QUOTE(soccerislife8944 @ May 10 2007 - 09:50 PM) 826456882[/snapback]station camp 2, portland 0

 

Is this the Final Score???

[ajc]

YES

[No1ScoresOnMe]

Any info on how this game went?

[smittygk00]

QUOTE(No1ScoresOnMe @ May 10 2007 - 10:52 PM) 826456974[/snapback]Any info on how this game went?

 

 

Station Camp's game plan was absolutely brilliant. I almost feel like they read my post about the two teams before the game and took it to heart. Portland possessed the ball for probably 60% of the game. The first half saw Portland work the ball very well and they got three good scoring opportunities that ended i nweak shots or wide shots. SC had one good look at the goal in the first half on a abll that kind of bounced around in the box and ended when an SC shot at goal ricocheted off a Portland defender's face. The first half ended scoreless.

 

The second half started very similar to the first, with Portland applying good offensive pressure and SC weathering the storm. I think the turning point of the game was when the SC keeper made a phenomenal save on a breakaway by Groft (I think that evens the score between those two). That save was like a shot of adrenaline for SC and they picked up their pace. Their first goal was not pretty. SC mis-struck two balls and yet it landed right in the center of the box, and #11 buried it. The second goal kind of came out of nowhere, as the kid collected the ball just outside the 18 and curled one inside the far post.

 

But like I said to start, the SC game plan was brilliant. They knew that Portland's midfield was too strong to contend with, and so they let Portland win just about everything in the middle. Portland had no trouble moving the ball around or even winning anything in the middle third. SC always had at least 6 players between the ball and the goal and really crowded the Portland offense. They waited for Portland to make a mistake and then popped the ball over both team's midfields to their strikers. They were not trying to score any pretty goals tonight. They seemed to just want something ugly to go in and it did. It was a very good game, and both teams had opprtunities to pull out the victory. In the end, SC simply executed their gameplan better than Portland. They let Portland control the game and simply waited for their opportunities and they made them count. Congrat to SC and good luck to both in regions. The fun is only beginning...

[soccer7]

Oh man. This should be good.

[soccerislife8944]

so now on to region. any word on how livingston and dekalb play? how good are they. I know station camp played livingston so what's the word?

on a side note, well played sc. I hate to see portland lose but they were just the better team that night. soccer's just that kind of game

[No1ScoresOnMe]

QUOTE(soccerislife8944 @ May 11 2007 - 01:42 PM) 826457350[/snapback]I hate to see portland lose but they were just the better team that night. soccer's just that kind of game

 

 

Amen, and that is the beauty of the sport.

Since S.C. won and are playing at home, I expect both district 8 teams to advance. However, I say this without having seen either district 7 teams play, so my opinion is pretty much worthless. I know a little bit about Livingston in that they lost to S.C. 1-0 off a poor call in the closing minutes of the game and Dekalb gave them a good fight in their district final, so who knows? It all depends on who decides to show up next week.

[expo]

QUOTE(No1ScoresOnMe @ May 11 2007 - 01:50 PM) 826457358[/snapback]Amen, and that is the beauty of the sport.

Since S.C. won and are playing at home, I expect both district 8 teams to advance. However, I say this without having seen either district 7 teams play, so my opinion is pretty much worthless. I know a little bit about Livingston in that they lost to S.C. 1-0 off a poor call in the closing minutes of the game and Dekalb gave them a good fight in their district final, so who knows? It all depends on who decides to show up next week.

 

yeah both s.c. and livingston had starters out that game. livingston havin a striker and two defenders out. not sure about s.c. Livingston had alot of opportunities in front of the goal.