The only Irish man to get his hands on the cup this time around
Green Briar FC on tour
Monday, June 18, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Games This Week
For games, please be at the venue no later that 30 minutes in advance of kick-off.
OTH League Game 9
Sun June 10th: Green Briar O30 vs Azzurri FC, 9:00AM (Filippello Park)
MSSL Cup
Sun June 10th: Green Briar FC vs FC Lynn, 12:00PM (Danehy Park)
OTH League Game 9
Sun June 10th: Green Briar O30 vs Azzurri FC, 9:00AM (Filippello Park)
MSSL Cup
Sun June 10th: Green Briar FC vs FC Lynn, 12:00PM (Danehy Park)
Monday, June 4, 2012
Terrific Result against league leaders
Green Briar FC 1:1 Lowell United
The Briar bounced back from the midweek loss to Albania in the best possible way, putting in a tremendously disciplined performance against league leaders Lowell United that earned them a valuable point and causing Lowell to drop their first points of ther season.
To a man, the Briar worked relentlessly throughout the 90 minutes. Hassling, pressuring and closing down the skillful Lowell players. When things did get broken up, the Briar were confident in possession as they probed for an opening on the counter attack.
The Briar maintained their clean sheet in the first half helped in no small part by a specatacular save by Peter Dupuis. Aswerving shot from distance was tipped over by Peter after making a terrific adjustment in the air.
That opening came in spectacular fashion. Janak Altidore sent a searching diagonal ball to the far post where Braima Samati had peeled off of his defender to find space. He subsequently sent a beautiful side footed volley past the hapless keeper into the bottom right hand corner of the net. The young man is in great form.
The Briar closed out the half with the lead intact and went about business in the second in much the same manner. Lowell were enjoying a little more of a territorial advantage as they pushed for the equalizer as the second half progressed.
With ten minutes to go Lowell restored parity. The Briar had a couple of chances to clear a bouncing ball at the edge of their area but instead the ball fell kindly for a Lowell man. Showing terrific skill he sent a side-footed shot out of the reach of Peter Dupuis in goal and the sides were level.
In the minutes that remained it was the Briar that could have stolen all three points. Confusion reigned in the Lowell defense for once as a high ball bounced over the centre half and towards the edge of the box. The keeper and defender collided resulting in the ball bouncing out to Tom Caldwell who was 25 yards from goal. Tom chose to take the shot at the empty net on the half volley but his effort was slightly miscued and ended back with the keeper who had picked himself up at the edge of the area.
The result sees the Briar keep pace with the top of the league, but a closer look at the table will show that there is no room for slip ups in the coming weeks if the Briar want to push on and put pressure on the elite teams of the MSSL. Other teams such as Lusitanos and Albania United are slowly gathering momentum also. With an away trip to Lowell Lusitanos next up for the Briar, it seems the big games keep coming.
Line Up: Dupuis, Clarke, Hennessy, Miller, Altidore, Roux, Caldwell, McGuinness, Hardy, McLoughlin, Samati, Jones, McCarney, Claus, Doonan, Coen
The Briar bounced back from the midweek loss to Albania in the best possible way, putting in a tremendously disciplined performance against league leaders Lowell United that earned them a valuable point and causing Lowell to drop their first points of ther season.
To a man, the Briar worked relentlessly throughout the 90 minutes. Hassling, pressuring and closing down the skillful Lowell players. When things did get broken up, the Briar were confident in possession as they probed for an opening on the counter attack.
The Briar maintained their clean sheet in the first half helped in no small part by a specatacular save by Peter Dupuis. Aswerving shot from distance was tipped over by Peter after making a terrific adjustment in the air.
That opening came in spectacular fashion. Janak Altidore sent a searching diagonal ball to the far post where Braima Samati had peeled off of his defender to find space. He subsequently sent a beautiful side footed volley past the hapless keeper into the bottom right hand corner of the net. The young man is in great form.
The Briar closed out the half with the lead intact and went about business in the second in much the same manner. Lowell were enjoying a little more of a territorial advantage as they pushed for the equalizer as the second half progressed.
With ten minutes to go Lowell restored parity. The Briar had a couple of chances to clear a bouncing ball at the edge of their area but instead the ball fell kindly for a Lowell man. Showing terrific skill he sent a side-footed shot out of the reach of Peter Dupuis in goal and the sides were level.
In the minutes that remained it was the Briar that could have stolen all three points. Confusion reigned in the Lowell defense for once as a high ball bounced over the centre half and towards the edge of the box. The keeper and defender collided resulting in the ball bouncing out to Tom Caldwell who was 25 yards from goal. Tom chose to take the shot at the empty net on the half volley but his effort was slightly miscued and ended back with the keeper who had picked himself up at the edge of the area.
The result sees the Briar keep pace with the top of the league, but a closer look at the table will show that there is no room for slip ups in the coming weeks if the Briar want to push on and put pressure on the elite teams of the MSSL. Other teams such as Lusitanos and Albania United are slowly gathering momentum also. With an away trip to Lowell Lusitanos next up for the Briar, it seems the big games keep coming.
Line Up: Dupuis, Clarke, Hennessy, Miller, Altidore, Roux, Caldwell, McGuinness, Hardy, McLoughlin, Samati, Jones, McCarney, Claus, Doonan, Coen
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Win gets Briar back on track
Dover-Sherborn 1:4 Green Briar O30s
After a few eventful games, a comfortable 4-1 win was just what the doctor ordered and to be fair, exactly what the performance deserved. Plenty of chances were created which is always refreshing, but it took until the second half for the Greens to end the threat from Dover-Sherborn.
A brace each from David Coen and Java ensured the three points, with the assists spread around to John Hickey, Michael Graham, Brian McGuinness and Leo O'Connor.
The opener came from a terrific in-swinging corner to the back post from John Hickey. David Coen was left unmarked and powered the header home very well. Michael Graham missed a great chance to double the lead later in the half. A slide rule pass from O'Connor set Graham free but his touch and shot were off the mark.
John Hickey and Kevin Higgins were combining well down the left wing at this stage and plenty of quality crosses were raining into the box. The best of which fell to Diran Balekian who was unable to make his header count.
The equalizer came just before the half when a runner was left unmarked at the back post and a looping header found the far corner of the net.
The second half proved equally dominant for the Briar. Two or three good chances fell to the front men but no end result was forthcoming. Graham was sprung by a long ball from Higgins but his attempted lob of the keeper was overcooked.
Balekian later set up Graham for a rasping shot that the keeper did well to tip over and Graham would turn provider soon after but Balekian was again lacking the headed finish.
The second goal was provided from another in-swinging corner. Graham finding David Coen who controlled and shot to the roof of the net in a crowded box.
The third and fourth goals made the result safe for the Greens. Firstly Java showed composure in front of goal after a nice build up down the right featuring McGuinness and Graham. Soon after Leo once again found the killer ball to unlock the defense and Java made no mistake with an equally cool finish.
One official game left in the season against an Azzurri side that took all 3 points from the Briar first time around. A turn around of that result will ensure the Briar finish strong.
Line-Up: Sullo, Concagh, Coen, Hannick, Higgins, Glynn, O'Connor, McGuinness, Hickey, Balekian, Graham, Java, P. Nolan, McKenna, Kilber-Stearns, O'Donnell, Goin, McElwain
After a few eventful games, a comfortable 4-1 win was just what the doctor ordered and to be fair, exactly what the performance deserved. Plenty of chances were created which is always refreshing, but it took until the second half for the Greens to end the threat from Dover-Sherborn.
A brace each from David Coen and Java ensured the three points, with the assists spread around to John Hickey, Michael Graham, Brian McGuinness and Leo O'Connor.
The opener came from a terrific in-swinging corner to the back post from John Hickey. David Coen was left unmarked and powered the header home very well. Michael Graham missed a great chance to double the lead later in the half. A slide rule pass from O'Connor set Graham free but his touch and shot were off the mark.
John Hickey and Kevin Higgins were combining well down the left wing at this stage and plenty of quality crosses were raining into the box. The best of which fell to Diran Balekian who was unable to make his header count.
The equalizer came just before the half when a runner was left unmarked at the back post and a looping header found the far corner of the net.
The second half proved equally dominant for the Briar. Two or three good chances fell to the front men but no end result was forthcoming. Graham was sprung by a long ball from Higgins but his attempted lob of the keeper was overcooked.
Balekian later set up Graham for a rasping shot that the keeper did well to tip over and Graham would turn provider soon after but Balekian was again lacking the headed finish.
The second goal was provided from another in-swinging corner. Graham finding David Coen who controlled and shot to the roof of the net in a crowded box.
The third and fourth goals made the result safe for the Greens. Firstly Java showed composure in front of goal after a nice build up down the right featuring McGuinness and Graham. Soon after Leo once again found the killer ball to unlock the defense and Java made no mistake with an equally cool finish.
One official game left in the season against an Azzurri side that took all 3 points from the Briar first time around. A turn around of that result will ensure the Briar finish strong.
Line-Up: Sullo, Concagh, Coen, Hannick, Higgins, Glynn, O'Connor, McGuinness, Hickey, Balekian, Graham, Java, P. Nolan, McKenna, Kilber-Stearns, O'Donnell, Goin, McElwain
Friday, June 1, 2012
Green Briar Trivia Night
Thanks to the Green Briar pub and staff for sponsoring the event. Thank you to all who supported the Trivia night this year and thanks to Michael Douglas and also the President of the Midnight Riders Supporters Club for attending. The event just gets more prestigious every year.
Paul Glynn, Tom Caldwell, Brian Claus
Deirdre Hickey, Gavin Hall, John Hickey, Gary Keane, Mrs. Keane and Mrs. Keane
Paul Fallon, Pamela Dolan, Jason Sullo
Oisín McCarthy, Danny Concagh, Brendan Joyce, Dan Murphy, Colin Gallagher
Leo O'Connor, Nicole Dillon, Tom McElwain
Nicole Leonard, Conor Hannick
Michael Douglas (Hardy)
Dina Apovian, Michael Graham
Leo and Arianne O'Connor
Second place in the Soccer Crest Quiz
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