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[huforrester]

Findlay 6 Celina 0 - Extremely lopsided wasnt even competitive, Celina has a lot of work to do if they want to make a mark in the wbl or tournaments this year and on findlay side they were fast on the outside and up top and very patient in the middle and back looked like a quality side didnt really get to see the keeper work much

[DISSENT]

Kalida 1
Wapak 0

Horrible hit at end of game - Kortokrax took an intentional kick to the leg when - straight red card issued.

[dkusma96]

Kalida - 1
Wapak - 0

Kalida scored in the 74th min.

While Kalida was the better side, Wapak looked very good.

Game was chippy in the 2nd half. Wapak had a player sent off in the 78th min.

[DAWG_ALICIOUS]

Defiance - nil
Napoleon - nil

Horrible refereeing, as we have come to expect.

[dkusma96]

Defiance - nil
Napoleon - nil

Horrible refereeing, as we have come to expect.

Bite you tongue, you never know who on here referees

[DAWG_ALICIOUS]

Bite you tongue, you never know who on here referees

Let me repeat... Horrible refereeing, as we have come to expect! For both sides.

[dkusma96]

Let me repeat... Horrible refereeing, as we have come to expect! For both sides.

Absolutely NO sense of humor. Pathetic.

Whine, whine whine. Blame the officials. Nice try Carlos.

[Theodore]

Kalida 1
Wapak 0

Horrible hit at end of game - Kortokrax took an intentional kick to the leg when - straight red card issued.

DISSENT,
So you're saying a Wapak player beat up on a Kalida player? What's this world coming too?? Is this a new era of passive Kalida players? Or are they just not as obvious as Wapak?!

[Goin2goal]

DAWG, so who SHOULD have won this game? The result is great for Defiance based on recent trends. What quality does either team have? Offensively, defensively, GK and/or individually....

[Venom]

DISSENT u still posting on here? lol especially after the last three years ....i was at the wapak kalida game and i thought perhaps there was some dirty play on both sides i seen a kalida player take down a wapak player by the neck and then that red card at the end ya it was deserved, but i was kinda surprised in kalida so far...wapak didnt look too bad but kalida appears to be a lil down this year compared to the last couple years at least thats my opinion...altho DISSENT u might have them winning every game this year? lol jk

[SportsGranny]

DAWG, so who SHOULD have won this game? The result is great for Defiance based on recent trends. What quality does either team have? Offensively, defensively, GK and/or individually....

This was absolutely a TERRIFIC game to watch. BOTH sides played team ball and were great!! Thought it was rather NICE the way it turned out. Both teams have A LOT of good qualities - during play AND in their sportsmanship. I was very proud of ALL the boys!!

[dkusma96]

DISSENT u still posting on here? lol especially after the last three years ....i was at the wapak kalida game and i thought perhaps there was some dirty play on both sides i seen a kalida player take down a wapak player by the neck and then that red card at the end ya it was deserved, but i was kinda surprised in kalida so far...wapak didnt look too bad but kalida appears to be a lil down this year compared to the last couple years at least thats my opinion...altho DISSENT u might have them winning every game this year? lol jk

I was at the game too. Kalida was not dirty in the least. Physical? Most certainly. The Kalida player certainly should've gone in the book with that horse collar, but if you watched play leading up to it, the Wapak player had him by the waist, then the jersey. The two officials called a respectable game, but they let Wapak latch on to jerseys for most of the game until a Wapak player almost disrobed a Kalida midfielder about 15 min from time.

Kalida looks better than last year, but the problem will be the same. Scoring. A few tactical things here and there: defense needs to support the attack more effectively, decision making in the final third (this was much better in the last 20 minutes).

Wapak looked surprisingly good and extremely organized on defense, but couldn't really sustain attacks. They had a couple of solid counterattacks, but not much outside of that. If Wapak can find some offense, they could make a run at the WBL.

All in all a very well played match until the last two minutes when Wapak had the player sent off.

[DAWG_ALICIOUS]

DAWG, so who SHOULD have won this game? The result is great for Defiance based on recent trends. What quality does either team have? Offensively, defensively, GK and/or individually....

No "should have" or "shouldn't have" in this game. It was a classy game between two bitter rivals with both teams leaving it out on the field. The game was a nail biter from opening kick to the final whistle.

The quality of play was way beyond the ability of both referees. The one referee was so far out of position on at least three plays, two of which quite likely cost Napoleon a goal when the ball bounced directly away from the play off of his body. The Napoleon fans were irate, as they should have been.

Napoleon has speed and quickness, to go along with a quality keeper. They opted for the long ball in the 2nd half which caused Defiance's youth and inexperience in the back to get caught behind the play many times. The DHS keeper made some wonderful saves, and the 4-leaf clover he had in his pocket certainly didn't hurt his situation any either.

The midfield for Defiance will be their strength throughout the year, and when the forwards learn that if they give the ball up at the proper time, they will get many more scoring chances. The youth in the back need to mature very quickly, as the WBL foes that Defiance will soon face have the speed of the Napoleon attackers but much more size. The same mistakes they made on Tuesday will not result as favorably in upcoming games.

Monday the DAWGS travel to Continental for the annual battle with the Pirates. This is always a great game, as many of these kids play together on the same team during the summer and have played together since they were 9 or 10 years old. This will be a great test of how the Dawgs will fare in the WBL, as Continental is strong and physical like most of the league opponents.

Edited by DAWG_ALICIOUS, 26 August 2010 - 08:07 PM.

[McNasty]

Ottoville- 6 Riverdale- 0

[dkusma96]

Ottoville- 6 Riverdale- 0

Riverdale was disappointing. I think they lacked their stud scorer. It showed. Riverdale was useless on offense; they couldn't even generate a signal chance. The midfield wasn't much better and the defense was porous and the goalkeeper was slow of foot.

Is it just me or is Ottoville's pitch TINY? They have a GREAT facility, but the field is so freaking narrow. Hard to play pretty soccer when there's simply no space to do so. End rant.

Ottoville overmatched Riverdale in every way. Ottoville didn't play pretty soccer, but they knew what to do when the ball gets into the offensive third and are pretty athletic. A nice goal on a thru pass in the first half and a nice header in the second off a throw in (see above paragraph, ugh). The other three goals I saw were rebounds, far post trash collection, but well finished none the less.

The Riverdale coach blew up late in the 2nd half after a hard foul on one of his players didn't draw a booking or worse. Shocked he wasn't sent off. I was halfway to the parking lot and I heard him ranting. I don't know if he was blowing up at the foul or the fact that his side was on the wrong end of a 6-0 scoreline.

[dkusma96]

Monday the DAWGS travel to Continental for the annual battle with the Pirates. This is always a great game, as many of these kids play together on the same team during the summer and have played together since they were 9 or 10 years old. This will be a great test of how the Dawgs will fare in the WBL, as Continental is strong and physical like most of the league opponents.

Continental is not a good litmus test for WBL play. IMO Napoleon is a better side than Continental. It may be a bit of a rivalry, but the quality and speed of play isn't in the same ball park as you'll see from the quality WBL sides.

[Venom]

I was an outside spectator at the Riverdale and Ottoville game, and that so called "hard foul" that drove the Riverdale coach crazy, was defintely no fould at all...i dont even think i heard any of the Riverdale fans yelling out begging for a foul, because i didnt see anything, i just seen a good win for the ball, and then a player from Riverdale go onto the ground...now there might have been some contact on winning the ball, but nothing to get too excited from it and i believe that how the game was going and him seeing one of his players on the ground got him really mad, but Riverdale was just as rough and if anything i thought got more calls for them than Ottoville...like i said i was just an outside spectator, and let me say this, Riverdales coach showed no class and i think deserves to owe Ottoville an apology after his actions...no need for a coach to act like he did and little did he actually know Ottovilles JV was in at least half way thru the second half, besides the game was only a 6-0 win its not like it was 15-0 or so, now maybe in the pros 6-0 is out of hand, but in high school well ive seen teams come back from 3 even 4 goals down, so why wouldnt u leave ur starters in ???...From the start Riverdale was looking good, Ottoville got off to an early 1-0 lead 2 minutes in but Riverdales defense was playing strong most of the first half, but once Ottoville got going, they really moved the ball well, so a lot of frustration i think was the leading cause, but in all honesty i think this needed to be said cuz i havent seen this at any high school athletic game...like i said no disrespect to anyone here but i was there just wanting to watch a good game, and from the outcome Ottoville seemed to be the better team out there and a team to watch this year

[dkusma96]

Venom, like I said, I didn't see the "foul," but heard/saw the rant from near the parking lot. He should've been booked when he started his rant and if he continued he should've been sent off. He owes no one an apology except his players and fans for embarrassing them.

6-0 is a drubbing, HS or EPL...even more so when the opponent doesn't get a shot on frame...(I can't remember seeing a HS men's game where one team came back from 4 down...) Ottoville certainly didn't run up the score, but then again I could care less if they did. If you play that poorly, it's not up for the opponent to make you feel good about it. Ottoville played at least 18 players a significant amount of time and even threw some more kids in there in the 65th minute.

Ottoville's a decent side. Would love to see how they stack up against respectable competition.

[ToffeeMan]

I have sent an apology to Coach Gerker & their AD. I congratulated their players for their deserved win, we were well & truly beaten. I was wrong & clearly guilty of being a human being and I am the first person to stand up & admit when I am wrong. I'm not going to offer any other justification for what I did & not going to comment on the circumstances surrounding what happened.

Unfortunately, I am judged by many for these rare outbursts that this stupid game brings out of me. This is not the person that I am. These are also my students & a protective nature comes out. I'm embarrassed and need to be a man and suffer anything that is said regardless of what was in mind. I will not comment any further beyond the fact that I was in error, I know it & I need to live with the further hit on my character & I apologize to all that were there. Please know that this is not the person that I am but cannot undo the fraility of my human nature.

Edited by ToffeeMan, 26 August 2010 - 07:34 AM.

[Theodore]

Riverdale was disappointing. I think they lacked their stud scorer. It showed. Riverdale was useless on offense; they couldn't even generate a signal chance. The midfield wasn't much better and the defense was porous and the goalkeeper was slow of foot.

Is it just me or is Ottoville's pitch TINY? They have a GREAT facility, but the field is so freaking narrow. Hard to play pretty soccer when there's simply no space to do so. End rant.

Ottoville overmatched Riverdale in every way. Ottoville didn't play pretty soccer, but they knew what to do when the ball gets into the offensive third and are pretty athletic. A nice goal on a thru pass in the first half and a nice header in the second off a throw in (see above paragraph, ugh). The other three goals I saw were rebounds, far post trash collection, but well finished none the less.

The Riverdale coach blew up late in the 2nd half after a hard foul on one of his players didn't draw a booking or worse. Shocked he wasn't sent off. I was halfway to the parking lot and I heard him ranting. I don't know if he was blowing up at the foul or the fact that his side was on the wrong end of a 6-0 scoreline.

Where is the Stud Scorer? Grant right?