It's time to remember Spring 2009. Have any good memories of the season? Share them here!
We closed a roller coaster season with a competitive match versus the Flirts in the semifinals of the playoffs. We lost 4-0, giving the Flirts a 3-2 advantage versus our team lifetime, including two wins in the advanced rounds of the playoffs. Everybody knows that we played well in the first half, and that it was generally a good showing. We were plagued by the same problems we faced all season - inability to hold and possess the ball, ineffective use of space, yielding of counterattacks, and lack of depth to spell our tired players! When we pushed up, we paid the price. Hey, we'll work on it. No big thing, I thoroughly enjoyed the game and the season as a whole.
Here's our record:
SPRING 2009 (.500 w/ playoff appearance)-------------------L, 6-5 vs DC Thunder on 3/29W, 4-3 vs Armory on 4/5W, 3-2 vs Tsunami on 4/19L, 4-0 vs Diplomats on 5/3W, 2-1 vs Flirts on 5/10L, 7-3 vs Little Urban Achievers on 5/31L, 6-2 vs Capital Crew on 6/7W, 3-2 vs Gang Green on 6/14-----------------------PLAYOFFSL, 4-0 vs Flirts on 6/21 (semis)
It was a success. We finished with a 4-4 regular season record (.500), placing 4th in a highly competitive division of 10 teams, and earning a semifinal playoff berth versus the top seed. What characterizes our season is the number of goals we gave up (31, plus 4 in the playoffs) and the fact that we were not competitive in three of our matches (4-1 loss to the Diplomats, a 7-3 loss to Little Urban Achevers, and a 6-2 loss versus the unsportsmanlike Capital Crew). Your captains are working on strategy to ensure this doesn't happen in the fall. You have to like our group, no matter what the result is. I really look forward to Sunday soccer.
Don't forget the highlights. We had two happy fun happy hours.
Adrian's favorite spot in Ballston
We also beat two of the top teams, Flirts and Gang Green, during the regular season. And we got a nice win versus Armory in which Ally called in some reinforcements and got that job done short-handed. In this league, every win counts. Each week, we have to show up, and each minute of a close game we have to concentrate.
A is for attitude; D is for defense
The division was quite competitive. Every team had a least one loss and several teams were in danger of relegation with as many as 3 wins - until all the chips fell in the last game. Here are the final standings:
| CSL>Second Division> | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | W | L | T | GP | PTS | GF | GA | GD | GDA | |||
| 1 | Capital Crew | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 2.0 | |||
| 2 | Flirting With Sobriety | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1.6 | |||
| 3 | Gang Green | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0.9 | |||
| 4 | Goleros | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 31 | -9 | -1.1 | |||
| 5 | Lost Tourists | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 6 | The Diplomats | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 29 | -7 | -0.9 | |||
| 7 | Armory | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 22 | -4 | -0.5 | |||
| 8 | Little Urban Achievers | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 24 | -2 | -0.3 | |||
| 9 | DC Thunder | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -6 | -0.8 | |||
| 10 | Tsunami Naranja | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -8 | -1.0 | |||
Capital Crew won the regular season. They are headed to the first division. Good riddance. The Flirts, due to their strategic play, will also head to first division. They won the playoffs (they're on facebook, I got the update there). DC Thunder and our friends at Tsunami had a tougher stretch. DC Thunder is a real mystery. My guess is that their key striker, Roland, only shows up for some games. Remember that guy put in 4 against us in a game in which we played pretty well actually? How did they only win 2 games? Hmmm, perhaps I'll do a more fulsome promotion/relegation report later.
Great season everyone! Check back later this week for a post on our stats.
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