Archive for: May, 2015

Schedule for May 31st

May 28 2015 Published by under Club

Although some teams have wrapped up, there are several teams with key games ahead.

The Women’s League is going down to the wire – check out the current standings:

Women’s Red are off this weekend but have a game vs Fuel FC, 6/7 at 11am on East 6th

Women’s White vs Fuel FC, 5/31 at 11am on East 6th and 6/7 at NY Smoking Aces, 6pm Bushwick Inlet

And we have some good stuff left on the CSL front as well:

Men’s White Reserves in the League Cup semi-final: 5/31 vs NYAC Reserve, 10am Travers Island

Men’s Red play in the Metro 1 finals: 5/31 vs NY Itthiad, 12noon Randalls #72

The Old Boys already had their playoff game, and lost a tough one to a strong Shamrocks team.

Good Luck Everyone!!!

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And down the stretch we go…season finales, playoffs and a cup

May 23 2015 Published by under Club

As we all get a break for Memorial Day weekend, and some teams have wrapped up, there are several teams with key games ahead.

The Women’s League is going down to the wire – check out the current standings:

Women’s Red vs Fuel FC, 6/7 at 11am on East 6th

Women’s White vs Fuel FC, 5/31 at 11am on East 6th and 6/7 at NY Smoking Aces, 6pm Bushwick Inlet

And we have some good stuff left on the CSL front as well:

Men’s White Reserves in the League Cup semi-final: 5/31 vs NYAC Reserve, TBD/TBD

Men’s Red play in the Metro 1 finals: 5/31 vs NY Itthiad, 12noon Randalls #72

The Old Boys already had their playoff game, and lost a tough one to a strong Shamrocks team.

Good Luck Everyone!!!

 

 

 

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A frustrating end to a fantastic OldBoys season

May 19 2015 Published by under OldBoys

The OldBoys squared off against the Shamrocks in the O-30’s Division 1 Semi-Final on Sunday. It was an evenly-matched, low-scoring, grind-it-out type of game with two of the league’s best defenses yielding limited scoring chances. The Shamrocks came out strong in the first half and true to form banged aggressive direct passes up to their strikers. The OldBoys absorbed the pressure and while the Shamrock fired plenty of shots the OldBoys only allowed one shot on target the entire half. But, Shamrocks #20 made the most of that lone opportunity, as he slipped into the box from a very wide angle he blasted a shot over Becker’s head and into the underside of the cross-bar for the game’s opening goal.

The OldBoys struggled to create much in the first half. The best opportunity emerged as Jens beat his man on the right wing but as he entered the box with an eye towards Matt Hureau’s free central run, the Shamrock defender took Matt down, leaving no one on the end of the pass and a referee not interested in blowing his whistle. Kinda frustrating. The Shamrocks lead 1-0 at the half.

At halftime the OldBoys made some major adjustments. We decided to put out our most attacking line-up and push hard for a goal early in the half. That left us a bit exposed at the back and Shamrock nearly took advantage as their only other shot on target the entire game hit the post. Relieved, the OldBoys pushed forward. In the 55th minute, Ernest skinned his man on the left wing, got to the end line inside the box, passed to Steve Morse for a shot from the 18 that hit Brandon, Brandon passed to an unmarked Ernest for a tap in goal. 1-1. Our halftime changes were making a huge impact.

We stuck with our attacking line-up and as we continued to pressure Shamrock the ref cut Shamrock a break on what should have been a game-changing decision leaving them with 10 players. As Matt was beating his man on the right wing he cut back into the wide-open middle and was headed for goal from about 30 yards out. Knowing he was totally beat, Shamrock #17 who was already on a yellow threw out a desperate foot and caught Matt’s heel. The referee agreed and said it was definitely a yellow he but didn’t want to send the player off. It was such a perplexing conversation with the ref because he 100% agreed it was undoubtedly a yellow card offense but in the same breath just shrugged and said of course he’s not going to call it because he didn’t want to send the player off. WTF? Shamrocks knew they got lucky and immediately subbed off #17 who never returned. Highly frustrating.

With 30 minutes still to play the OldBoys felt they had another goal in them and I’m sure the Shamrocks thought the same. Shots on target were few but the referee’s gifts to Shamrock were plenty. As the OldBoys threatened, Earnest was dragged down in the box to prevent him from receiving a pass. Again the ref was not interested. Then the dagger in the heart. In the 73rd minute, Paul and #20 were going after a ball in our box when #20 hooked Paul’s arm and dragged him to the ground hoping the ref would call a penalty….to everyone’s surprise, the ref let play proceed, still on his knees screaming for a call #20 just threw himself on the ball to force the ref to make a call, the ref still didn’t blow his whistle, then #20 picked the ball up, brought it to his chest and began to stand up, still no whistle from the ref so #20 dropped the ball to his feet and Paul kicked him as he tried to shoot. The ref awarded a penalty and a straight red to Paul. Paul shouldn’t have kicked him but it was absurd that the ref never blew the whistle against #20 for taking down Paul and handling the ball (#20 knew he cheated and even apologized for it after the game). The Shamrocks converted and held on to win 2-1. Ultimate frustration.

It was a tough loss to swallow. We clearly weren’t good enough to overcome two game-changing calls against us. The teams played each other dead even so who knows what the outcome would have been if not for the ridiculous refereeing. Too bad it wasn’t determined by the players.

Back at the pub we got over it and raised a glass to an excellent season. This was our first season in the Over-30’s 1st Division, we made it to the playoffs, we proved we’re capable of competing with the best and the lessons learned from this season will only make us a tougher team next year.

By Mark Becker

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Legends end season on a high note despite staggering referee incompetence

May 19 2015 Published by under Legends

With the inaugural Over 35 division limited to only 6 teams there is a fair amount of repetition in the scheduling.  So it was that the Legends were once again featuring a Banatul team that 11 men had comprehensively beaten two weeks previously.  The largest squad of the season did not augur well for Banatul.  However, for some reason the Legends started the game sluggishly and Banatul were able to keep possession and take advantage of unnecessary sloppiness by CPR.  While the defence was dangerously composed with the ball in trying to pass it out from the back, the attacking midfield and forwards were playing hot potato with the ball and losing possession.  The extra players on the sidelines also caused uncharacteristic foolishness during the substitutes with 12 men on the field for about a minute, not that the referee was paying any real attention.

”Disgraceful
The incorrect offside calls just never stopped

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortunately, Banatul were able to count a +1 on their behalf with a refereeing performance for the ages.  In an Over 35 league the bar is already set low for refereeing, but at the least you would expect the officials to know the basic minimum rules that most people learn in single digits, such as what constitutes offside.  Hint: When you pass the ball backwards to an open man and they score, its not offside regardless of the fact that no defender is close to them since the striker outran them all.  After Baron opened to scoring with a surging run from midfield, a great run and cross by Vale to an open Casanova was mystifyingly disallowed for Offside despite the fact that Vale was crossing the ball back from the byline.  A half time enquiry confirmed the fact that not only did the referee not understand the offside rule but had no intention of discussing it.  To add insult to injury, his clear thick skin resulted in numerous bookings for verbal backtalk yet no bookings for elbows thrown or tackles from behind.

 

This was a game that abysmal officiating could well have caused physical altercations, but fortunately cooler older heads on both sides helped tamp down the testosterone.  After Banatul had a fortunate equalizer a trademark long range shot from Pattinson restored the lead.  Casanova soon added two opportunistic goals taking advantage of defensive mistakes, exacerbating the poor offside decision in the first half as it would have been his first CPR hattrick in 15 seasons playing for CPR.  With Banatul playing a high line with a slow defence, they gambled on the fact that the referee would bail them out with continuously awful offsides calls.  Indeed, the performance was so bad that usually phlegmatic characters like Chris Williams were screaming in rage.

”Disgraceful
Lesson #1: This is a ball. Learn this before next season!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the end, the referee’s performance(?!) was the only thing noteworthy about an otherwise forgettable 4-1 win.  Although 4th out of 6th for the season may seem disappointing, the Legends were actually only 3 points out of the runners up spot with comparable goal difference, so a good bounce here or there would have been enough for them to jump the pack.  With the squad vastly improved from that of Fall, there is much promise for next season.

 

Competition: Banatul, League Opposition

Location: Randall’s Island #74, Randall’s Island

Conditions: Another rapidly heat increasing 8am game

Fans: None

Result: 4-1 (1-0 at H/T).  Not counting 2 perfectly good disallowed goals and numerous other legal one on ones called back because the paid official didn’t understand the offside rule

Goals: 1-0: Baron

2-1: Pattinson, Assist Casanova

3-1: Casanova, Assist Pattinson

4-1: Casanova

Yellow Cards: Ridiculously thin skinned referee brandished more bookings in the game than the rest of the season’s games put together.  D’Andrea, Casanova, Resnik, Roberts, Williams

Red Cards: None

Mike D’s aka No Shows: None

Conboy’s aka Reverse Mike D’s: None

”Mr. Glass” Fragility/Old Man Injury Award: Tony Vamvouris went down late with a hamstring injury but no other issues to report

Old Man of the Match:  Casanova gets an honorary mention with two opportunistic goals, but no show to the bar was the defining trigger.

Old Man of the Bar: There were a couple of Tier 1 potentials, but nobody won it outright

El Presidente (new award for Old Men who don’t make it to game but come to the bar): None

Statistic of the week:  It should have been Casanova’s first hattrick for CPR in 15 seasons.  Thanks Ref.  Use your money for the game to buy a rulebook.

Team Bar Showing: 7 out of 16 (44%)

Team Bar Night: 3.5 out of 5. Solid day at the pub, commiserating with the Old Boyz regarding referee buffoonery.  After a few hours continued festivities back on the UWS.

Team (No new profiles this week): Telly Vamvouris (GK), Andrew Faherty (DF), Steve Roberts (DF), Mark Resnik (DF), Luciano Belizan (DF), Randall Klitz (DF), Paul Vale, Tony Vamvouris, Tom Pattinson, John Hodges, Ugo Solinas, Todd Baron, Manohar Venkataraman, Willan D’andrea, Manuel Casanova, Chris Williams

”Disgraceful
Don’t worry Tony, the Ref would never call this a foul

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Whites Reserves top the group with a wild win

May 18 2015 Published by under Club

Reserves needed a win against bottom-of-the-table Hoboken to secure first place in the group, but with the focus on the first team’s relegation battle, the game had a bit of hot Sunday “stroll in the park” feeling.
The feeling was confirmed when within 15 seconds, the Hoboken right back was lightly pressured by Brent and just passed the ball to Alberto who scored easily. This may have been the fastest goal in CPR history. That particular episode was rather misleading, and Jon had to make a good save to keep us in the lead after persistent Hoboken pressure in the first 5 minutes. We settled down eventually and started to dominate possession, Alberto took advantage of Hoboken’s high line to play Mike Boas through on goal, and Mike converted to double the lead. Feeling the heat and losing two players to injury, we then stopped playing completely and conceded two goals to leave us red-faced in more than one way at the half.
Despite having no subs for the rest of the game, we stepped up the level in the 2nd half and regained the lead, this time Mike returned the favor to Alberto. A 4th goal followed quickly, Saidou lobbed the keeper to score for the second week in a row. With the 1st team getting ready to play, I wasn’t paying too much attention from this point on, but I did notice that Brent hid the post, we conceded another goal, and then restored a 2-goal lead with Alberto getting his well-deserved hat-trick. Final score 5-3.

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Results from May 17th

May 17 2015 Published by under Club

Women’s Red beat NYC United , 9-2

Womens White shutout Manhattan Kickers/Scala(MKS) 6-0

Men’s White beat Hoboken FC 1912, 2-1

Men’s White Reserves beat Hoboken FC 1912 5-3

Men’s Red advance to their division finals with a 3-2 win over FC Gwardia PLNY

Old Boys lost 1-2 to Shamrock (O30s D1 Playoffs)

The Grays are done

The Legends beat Banatul SC 4-1

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Schedule for Weekend of May 17th

May 13 2015 Published by under Club

Saturday Fun:

CPR FootGolf Outing!!

And on Sunday:

Women’s Red @ NYC United , 6pm Randalls #50

Womens White @ Manhattan Kickers/Scala(MKS), 1pm East 6th

Men’s White @ Hoboken FC 1912, 3:30pm Lincoln Park Field (turf)

Men’s White Reserves  @ Hoboken FC 1912, 1:30pm Lincoln Park Field (turf)

Men’s Red @ FC Gwardia PLNY, 2pm Randalls #72 (Playoffs)

Old Boys @ Shamrock. 8am Randalls #75 (O30s D1 Playoffs)The Grays are done

The Legends vs Banatul SC, 8am Randalls #74

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Small squad Legends hold Barnstonworth 2-2

May 12 2015 Published by under Legends

Competition: Barnstonworth O35, League Opposition

Location: Randalls Island #74

Conditions: Sunny and a warm low 70′s

Fans: 0

Result: 2-2 (2-1 at H/T).   Legends played very well, but it was a tall task with only 12 players.  Second half just didn’t have the same energy to defend in numbers and to make attacking runs.  Both teams easily could have scored a third, so a draw seemed a fair result.

Goals: Hodges assist Enticott,  Williams assist D’Andrea

Yellow Cards: None

Red Cards: None

Mike D’s aka No Shows: Baron was a no show

Conboy’s aka Reverse Mike D’s: None
”Mr. Glass” Fragility/Old Man Injury Award: None.

Old Man of the Match:  Teesdale.  Played out of position in the middle and shut down everything that came his way.  Honorable mention to Luciano who as usual had solid game in the middle.  Honorable mention to Williams/Enticott who ran tirelessly and kept the Barnstonwoth defense on their heels and help create lots of chances.  Williams arguable scored Legends third on a very questionable offsides call.

Old Man of the Bar: None

El Presidente (new award for Old Men who don’t make it to game but come to the bar): None.

Statistic of the week:  None

Team Bar Showing: 0 out of 12 (0%)

Team Bar Night: 0 out of 5.  Asked at the field, but no one had it in them to make the trip to Percy’s which may or may not have been open at 1020am.

Team (No new profiles this week): Telly Vamvouris (GK), Mark Resnik (DF), Randall Klitz (DF), Steve Teesdale (DF), Luciano Belizan (DF),  Tony Vamvouris, John Hodges, Tom Pattison, Ugo Solinas, Willian D’Andrea, Chris Williams, Rich Enticott

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Missile Misfires, Reds end regular season with a bang, win 6-0 @ Missile FC

May 12 2015 Published by under Reds

The CPR Reds capped a big turnaround season with a 6-0 win on the road in Whothefuckknowswhere, NY vs. Missile FC

 

Richie Kavanagh stormed his way to tie Timur Mone in the golden boot race with 4 goals. The other highlight from the game came from Blake Berg on a rocket blasted from the top of the box into the top right corner of the net. It was a comfortable win to end the season and a reminder of how great the Reds were this season.

 

Below are some key comparisons from last year to this in what was an almost worst to almost first transition. The Reds finished 2nd place with 36pts after finishing 2nd to last in the East Division last year.

                             2013-14                         2014-15     

Record:                   5-6-5                          11-2-3

Pts:                           20                                 36

Goals for:                29                                  65

Goals against:        30                                 14

Goal Differential:   -1                                  +51

 

Below are the team stats for the season.

 

Name GP GS G GA GK-Games
Jonny Williamson 14 14 7
Blake Berg 13 13 2
Chris Valentine 16 12 2 1 0.5
Matt Hatcher 14 12 1
Andrew Snell – GK 12 12 12 12
Ian Nolan 13 11 1 0.25
Deco Heff 12 11 9
Sam Emsell 12 11 0
Felipe 14 10 2
Hendo DeReuiter 12 10 6
Eddie Walter 10 10 0
Richie Kavanagh 14 8 12
Timur 11 7 12
Mack Woodruff 8 6 3
Tim Lonergan 9 5 0
Alberto Riego 7 5 1
Kevin DeRaffelle 9 4 0
Eric Pierot 7 3 2 0 0.5
Lance 8 2 2
Paul Piveteau 4 2 2
Will Denselow 2 2 0
Rochie – GK 2 2 2 1.75
Hunter Norte 6 1
James Salter 2 1 0
Alex Oneill 2 1
Luke Butcher 1 1 0 1
Andrew  – GK 1
0 1 0 0 0
Antonio Rejman 4 0 0
Phil Zubkowicz 2 0 1
Justin DeLuca 2 0
Jack Williams 1 0 0
James Barbour 1 0
Chris Harress 0 0 0
Flinter 1
STATE CUP
Name GP GS G GA GK-Games
Eddie Walter 2 1
Will Denselow 1 0
James Salter 1 0
Sam Emsell 2 1
Tim Lonergan 1 0
Blake Berg 2 2
Ian Nolan 2 2
Matt Hatcher 2 1
Alberto Riego 2 2
Jack Williams 1 0
Chris Valentine 2 1
Lance 1 0
Felipe 1 1
Jonny Williamson 2 2
Paul Piveteau 1 0
Phil Zubkowicz 1 0
Mack Woodruff 1 1
Antonio Rejman 1 0 1
Kevin DeRaffelle 1 0
Deco Heff 2 1 1
Chris Harress 0 0
Hendo DeReuiter 2 2
Timur 2 1 2
Eric Pierot 2 1 1
Richie Kavanagh 1 1 1
Andrew Snell 1 1 1
Subs
ANDREW 1 1 1
38 22 6 0 2
League Cup
Name GP GS G GA GK-Games
Eddie Walter 1 1
Will Denselow
James Salter
Sam Emsell 1 1
Tim Lonergan
Blake Berg
Ian Nolan 1 1
Matt Hatcher
Alberto Riego
Jack Williams
Chris Valentine 1 1
Lance 1 0
Felipe 1 1
Jonny Williamson 1 1 1
Paul Piveteau
Phil Zubkowicz
Mack Woodruff 1 1
Antonio Rejman
Kevin DeRaffelle 1 0
Deco Heff
Chris Harress
Hendo DeReuiter 1 1
Timur
Eric Pierot 1 1
Richie Kavanagh 1 1
Andrew Snell 1 1 1 1
Subs
ANDREW
Justin DeLuca 1 0

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Results from 5/9+5/10

May 11 2015 Published by under Club

Women’s Red and Womens White were off

Saturday Night Special:

The Grays lost 1-5 to Shamrock SC

And on Sunday:

Men’s White lost 1-3 to NY Greek Americans

Men’s White Reserves drew 1-1 with Greek Americans

Men’s Red thumped Missle FC, 6-0

Old Boys beat Barnstonworth Rovers Premier. 4-1

The Legends drew 2-2 with Barnstonworth Rovers over 35

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