Welcome to another exciting round up post from the world of football. The Pro Bowl ended in an awesome revenge win for the NFC, and nobody watched. Did they?
After beating Edison with an impressive 2-1 win on the pitch, the Barons of soccer took to the grass against Los Al, and lost. After a dead even first half at 0-0, Los Al's Josh Dobson netted the game winning goal, and he was assisted in the shutout game by Nick Brady between the pipes. The loss has staked the Blue & Gold to a 6-7-4 record (4-4-1 in the Sunset), and has the whole thing set up for the last game of the season against Esperanza this upcoming weekend. Can FV pull away with a large win to finish at .500?
No one expected the Hoops Scottish Cup match from this weekend to be so close, but a 2-1 squeaker against Queen's Park has Celtic through to the quarter finals. Stirling, Scottland native Gary Caldwell nailed a header in the first half, and was joined by a header from Scott "A Dingo Ate Your Baby" McDonald to give the boys the 2-0 first half lead. Queen's Park (named, the Spiders) halved the lead in the 65th minute against Boruc. It wouldn't be enough for the unknown side, however, and the Sligo squad is through in the Cup. Of course, the really test comes next week when the Catholic side lines up against Rangers in the biggest game of the season. I'm really, really confident about this Protty matchup.
Newcaslte won! I don't really even expect that these days, but a giant 3-2 win against West Brom has a smile across my face this morning. All three Magpie goals were scored in the first 45 minutes of the EPL match. With Shay Given long gone, the goaltending was completely a sham on the pitch, as 3 goals were scored overall in the first 10 minutes of the game. How do I not have FSC? This would have been a sweet one to watch. In the end, the Boys in Bars took advantage of more mistakes than the Brommies, as they nailed down goals from Ballyboden's Damien Duff, Peter "Great Dane" Lovenkrands, and Steven "Greenwich Mean Time" Taylor. Steven Harper did just enough to keep the Mags up, and the win is one of the biggest of the season. Of course, next week's win against Everton will be even better! The win has us at 6-10-9 on the year, and those precious 27 points are good enough for #13 in the EPL (4 points up on relegation and 29 points back of Manchester United). Everton is ranked 6th in the league, but a Newcastle win next weekend could move us into the top 10.
Meanwhile, Chivas de Guadalajara suffered a draw with Necaxa over the weekend 1-1. It was a 64th minute goal by Necaxa's Alfredo Moreno that put the away side out in front, and a thrilling Ramon Morales strike at 83:00 that saved the day for the Goats. It was Ramoncito's first goal of the campaign, which matches up well with his 1 assist on the year. Despite not getting the win, the La Piedad native really saved the day for the Mexican boys in bars. It was really the goaltenders that made all the headlines in this one, however, as a total of 13 shots (7 on goal) came upon them. Luis Michel held strong from the 64th on, and my Mexican side did just enough to earn a point. Still on top of the table at 2-0-2 (8 points), Chivas has to be proud with their undefeated run so far. The Copa Libertadores is up next for the Goats, as they match up with some squad named Lanus, before getting back to FMF play against Santos (0-2-2) next weekend. Love it.
Not sure if you know this, but rugby is often referred to as "footie", so I figured I could add some 6 Nations action to the football post. As I predicted, Ireland shocked France with a big 30-21 win over France in a see-saw battle that got the 6 Nations tournament underway. 82,000 fans watched Leinster (my favorite rugby team, and of course, arch rivals of Brandon's favorite squad, the Llanelli Scarlets) stud Godron D'Arcy get a vital try after being away from the Irish squad for a year with a lack of fitness, and watched the Green & White triumph over the Tricolor squad. It only took two minutes for the Irish side to take the lead, thanks to a penalty score from (no joke) San Diego, CA native Ronan O'Gara, and then the back and forth battle began, with the Irish squad finishing things off nicely thanks all in all with tries from Gordon D'Arcy, Heaslip, and Brian "B.O.D." O'Driscoll, 3 conversions and 3 penalties from the San Diego Star O'Gara. This Sunday, Ireland continues their run against Italy as they try and march toward the top. And, in case Brandon is interested, Wales beat Scotland 26-13 to open things up.
So, I guess A-Rod breaking Barry Bond's record isn't really going to make things much better.
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