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Sports => Football => Topic started by: truetrini on March 14, 2012, 02:42:16 PM
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One nil.strikers penalty. First half. Keeper brought down striker in the box 37 th minute
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1 nil half time...we had one shot.on goal
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Goal T&T one all
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:goal strikers 2_ 1 now. Safe to say we look jaded and unimaginative
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Game done 2 . 1 loss.
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true,
thaanx for the update!!!
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Strikers defeat T&T Olympic team in preseason.
By Steven Bernasconi (strikers.com).
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers defeated the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic team by a score of 2-1 at Fort Lauderdale Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
Returning Strikers and new signings were given starts by head coach Daryl Shore.
The Strikers proved the more dangerous side the early stages of the match. Just 10 minutes in, Lance Laing nearly reproduced the freekick he scored last week against Old Dominion University. This time the Jamaican’s shot was narrowly deflected wide.
Minutes later Andy Herron would get his first of several chances. Miscommunication between the opposition’s goalkeeper and defense created a turnover at the edge of the penalty area for Herron who was left alone with the keeper. The Costa Rican forward didn’t fully capitalize on the opportunity to put the Strikers ahead, as his shot was easily saved by the keeper.
Team captain Abe Thompson limped off the field in the 24th minute. His replacement was Aly Hassan, a trialist who has already found the net twice this preseason.
In the 33rd minute the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic side had a great chance to score first. A lapse in concentration from the dependable Toni Ståhl left the other team’s forward with plenty of space ahead of just Matt Glaeser. The Strikers’ goalkeeper made himself large enough to put off the opposition’s forward; his lobbed shot went just wide of his goal.
The Strikers scored five minutes later when Andy Herron was taken down in the box after rounding the keeper. The 34 year-old sent the keeper the wrong way on the penalty kick to put the Strikers deservedly ahead going into the break.
As is custom in preseason games, coach Shore made several changes at the interval.
Jack Stewart and Alfonso Motagalvan were replaced by defenders Nicardo Blake and Emilio Orozco. Center back Conor Shanosky stepped into a defensive midfield role, and Pat Otte came on for the dynamic Walter Restrepo.
Trinidad and Tobago started the second half the brighter side. Within minutes they drew a foul on the edge of the box and had a legitimate penalty appeal turned down by the referee. The team was pressing hard for an equalizer.
The equalizer would come in the 51st minute. A freekick was whipped in from the right and was met by the head of a Trinidadian player. Matt Glaeser was helpless in goal as the header flew past him and into the net.
Glaeser would come up huge just two minutes later though. A Trinidad and Tobago player sprinted around defender Emilio Orozco on the edge of the touchline to find himself alone with the Strikers’ goalkeeper. Diving to the ground, Glaeser met the near post shot with his big hands to parry the ball away.
Glaeser would be replaced by David Martin in the 70th minute. The goalkeeper spent last season with the Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves, and has spent preseason with the Strikers after impressing during an open tryout.
Defender Toni Ståhl was sent off in the 78th minute, leaving the Strikers short-handed.
A man down, the Strikers showed great resilience and put up a fight. Their reward would come in the 88th minute when Andy Herron scored his second goal of the match, slipping the ball around the Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper following a through ball from strike partner Aly Hassan. The match finished shortly after, 2-1 in the Strikers’ favor.
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers remain unbeaten thus far in preseason matches. The Strikers’ next test will be against the Canada men’s national under-23 soccer team on Sunday. Kickoff time for the match—which is free and open to the public— is 3:00 P.M. at Kics Sports Complex in Sunrise.
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Fuentes, Angus Eve and a fan
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Future T&T U23 player..my son who is 5 years old...lol
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Shaun Fuentes after the game.
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T&T Goal Keeper about to try and stop a Penalty
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moving to the right to try and stop the penalty
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Goal! 1-0 Strikers
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Free Kick T&T
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Goal 1-1
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T7T players after game.
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About to eat ah beat
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FOUL!!!
The Strikers coach was ejected and their players were acting the ass, tossing water bottles at the ref.
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Near miss for T&T
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Bullet from a Free kick..Can you spot the ball? Part 1
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(http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt359/truetrini/TTu23shot-1.jpg)
Cannon off the cross bar and up into the air! Part 2
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Game played under very windy conditions.
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nice pix dey, man
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That is a friend of mine and she.happens to be Stern John.s.sister.in law
TT, where are you from again, wilton manors?? ;D
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That is a friend of mine and she.happens to be Stern John.s.sister.in law
TT, where are you from again, wilton manors?? ;D
Is that where your friends the Catholic priests live?
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Nice pics.
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(http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt359/truetrini/TTSHOT.jpg)
Bullet from a Free kick..Can you spot the ball? Part 1
Look it dey by de side ah de goal. ;D Rel nice pics, man.
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Angus needs to quit mucking with the team chemistry
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Nice pics TT. You have a good eye for live action.
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C. George is rugged
http://www.youtube.com/v/P6tXkWqLrww&list=UUYjTv-40_nhaU5HVy5er3Ug
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See defference de foreigners bring. Them local fellas looking like they need to drink more milk !
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But Sam, none ah those fellas nashy or nutten. In fact they all big compared to former U 23 teams I saw. Even the speculators on both sides commented on the size of our players.
Yesterday they were very physical, maybe playing in Jamaica against them ruffians helped them.
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2-1 lost but how did the boys play?
I think at this stage in the preparation, a win against these sort of teams are important.
Kingman
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truetrini SC, look at de composure and steadiness not size.
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2-1 lost but how did the boys play?
I think at this stage in the preparation, a win against these sort of teams are important.
Kingman
At times they looked decent, but there was so much space in the middle that the Kickers exploited it.
Additionally, and this may be down to coaching, but when they had the strong wind at their backs, they continued to loft the ball towards the forwards, instead of playing on the ground, the ball then often carried to the other end. For instance, the keeper took a few dump kicks and the ball ended up in the other keeper's hands...to me that is much wasted playing time. Use your damn arms...
I guess the boom kicking was due to NO Facking available mid field!
There was no good build up from the midfield on a consistent basis, and Kingman I agree, at this stage the team should be winning these games going into the playoffs.
The players were none to happy with the soft second goal. the players walked thru the defense.
Cyrus looked real good going forward at times. But all in all we lacked real imagination in the attacking third.
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truetrini SC, look at de composure and steadiness not size.
That may be due to technique rather than strength and steadiness, but certainly composure is notable
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What I cant understand is why T&T players always stand around when they do not have the ball.
And they dont not use the width of the field, they play mumble jumble football and follow the ball instead of making the ball work.
They dont have a simple knock style. A simple one two works so effectively sometimes.
T&T use the wing to much and will be easily marked because they play with one target man. They need to learn how to use the center also.
Man mark Gay like teams did with Yorke and Stern while playing for T&T and they will never score. Nobody coming through de center like Latas, Dwarika and even Eve did while they was T&T players.
I see flaws in T&T play that can be correct by a better coach. Beenhakker did it in two months.
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Gay can be a real handful! Cyrus makes some decent overlapping plays. We will do well if we can play in the middle of the field. My biggest gripe with many T&T teams, is the way they allow opposing teams oodles of space to play in the middle.
Yesterday I saw a glimpse of aggression and some physical play at times.
We need to pressure the opposition in the center of the field.
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i think we will do better attacking tru the middle when Molino joins the team once Eve plays him behind Gay in the slot there
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i think we will do better attacking tru the middle when Molino joins the team once Eve plays him behind Gay in the slot there
Thats what i was just about to say, were missing our two starting central midfielders, Molino & De Silva. Hopefully they'll mesh with the team quickly.
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??? >:( :-\ :-[
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Thanks TT