Canon Sportif 2:1 Green Briar FC
The league leaders may well be out of sight of the Green Briar but there is still plenty to play for this season. A third place finish in the league campaign could be rewarded with a N.E. Champions League berth, a competition where the region's elite teams lock horns and players get great exposure in the US Soccer Federation's Region 1.
This competition should be well within the attainable goals of the Green Briar which boasts a very talented young roster. However to attain such goals the Briar need to be picking up the points they are supposed to pick up, against the teams in and around them in the league.
Our goals are unlikely to be achieved however, if we field teams of 9 players like we did last Sunday against Canon Sportif. We carry a full compliment of 25 players on our roster and needless to say that is a disgraceful turn out.
The management and players that did show up on the day should be commended for an extremely spirited performance as they battled for the pride of the club. Those dedicated players on the day, to a man, performed brilliantly, with an abundance of spirit, physical fitness and footballing skill on display. That they were unable to get the reward they so greatly deserved from the game is a shame.
The Briar were 1-0 down by half time after spending much of the half shorthanded. The second half began brightly, when finally playing with 11 men the Greens scored a beautiful equalizer. Tom Caldwell picked up the ball in front of his defense and played it forward. Brian McGuinness got a vital flick on to spring the offside trap and send Brendan Mitchell away.
Mitchell advanced the ball and showing great composure finished the goal off at the second attempt after the keeper got a piece of the initial shot.
The Briar had the better of the second half in general but were unlucky to concede a second when a corner was headed in beautifully at the near post by the Canon attacker.
The remainder of the game was spent knocking on the door for an equalizer. George Lumanyika and Conor Hannick were almost on the end of great moves as Keith McLoughlin and Brian McGuinness controlled the centre of the park along with Tom Caldwell.
Brian Claus and Conor Hannick played through injury to complete the match also in a commendable display. Hannick in particular had put in a full 90 minutes only 2 hours previous for the Over 30's side.
Let's all get back on track this week at training and put our best foot forward at the next game.
Line Up: DelPieri, Lumanyika, Hennessy, P Miller, Clarke, Claus, T Caldwell, McGuinness(c), McLoughlin, Hannick, Mitchell
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