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DataKing · 11-24-2003, 01:33 PM

Season 5 – League Match #2

WoM FC vs. Screamin’ Seamen

Date: November 23rd, 2003
Venue: Halas Hall (Chicago, IL)
Attendance: 31,087 (45,000)
Weather: Cloudy

The fans are in for a treat today, as we have our first Chicago derby in quite some time. WoM FC is one of the two clubs that promoted into The Series Of The Beast [tm] this past off-season, and are based in Chicago as well. This means that we’ll have a fair number of our own fans on hand today, even though we’re playing at the opposition’s facility: Halas Hall (good name

).

As we mentioned last week, this match is an important one. We figure to need a minimum of twelve points if we want to guarantee ourselves a qualification match at the end of the season, and the easiest way to get those points is to sweep both of the newly-promoted clubs. WoM FC is definitely the more talented of the two teams. WoM actually reminds me of the Screamin’ Seamen in years past, with a strong defense and a decent midfield, but lacking a bit in offensive power.

Formation: 3-5-2
Tactics: Normal

Starters (# appearances, *s last time out)

Keeper: #1 Cornelius “Corny” Jernigan (41st career appearance, ***~)

Right Wingback: #5 Arlen “Headcase” Lucas (64th career appearance, *****)
Central Defender: #2 Cameron “Big Mac” McDonald (19th career appearance, ****)
Left Wingback: #22 Tyler Willard (39th career appearance, ****~)

Right Winger: #16 Reg Nichols (17th career appearance, ***~)
Inner Midfielder: #19 Gino Behling (3rd career appearance, **~)
Inner Midfielder: #8 Javier Tejeda (3rd career appearance, **~)
Inner Midfielder: #7 Rune Kolberg (2nd career appearance, **~)
Left Winger: #23 Ivan Richardy (10th career appearance, **~)

Forward: #14 German Galvez (20th appearance w/SSFC, ***)
Forward: #12 Guido Metman (25th appearance, w/SSFC, **~)

Team Captain: #12 Guido Metman
Set Pieces: #22 Tyler Willard

Substitutes
-Keeper: #13 Darryl Read
-Defender: #17 Mattias Leier
-Midfielder: #4 Jaimy van de Kerkhof
-Forward: #11 Johannes Henriksson
-Winger: #20 Walter Bosch

WoM FC has no glaring weakness to be taken advantage of, so we’ll be leaving the fancy tactics in the bag today and just concentrate on out-playing our opponents. The one place where we’re likely to fall short is, predictably enough, in our midfield play. To help compensate for this, we’ll be pinching winger Ivan Richardy towards the middle to help out all our young inner midfielders. Ivan gets to start today over Austrian U-20 hopeful Walter Bosch, due to Ivan’s impressive improvement over the past couple of weeks. Walter has been no slouch, but we feel that Ivan’s earned the right to start a league match for us.

Today also marks the return of Dutch striker Guido Metman to the starting lineup. Guido has been missing from the starting lineup since the beginning of the season, as he sustained a knee injury in our off-season match with the Gargoyles. His return to the lineup was a little delayed, as the injury proved to be a nagging one, but he has assured coach Fluieras that he is one hundred percent and ready to go. We’ll be keeping a close eye on him today all the same, just to make sure.

Match Report

PRE-GAME

31087 spectators had come to Halas Hall this cloudy day. Fans from both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Chicago derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents.

WoM had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Serwinski - de Jongh, Stevanovic, Grassmann - Banic, Olsson, Nikl, Boonnak, Rachman - Steiner, Oldham.

Screamin' tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Jernigan - Lucas, Mcdonald, Willard - Nichols, Behling, Kolberg, Tejeda, Richardy - Metman, Galvez.

FIRST HALF

Screamin' took the lead after 17 minutes with 0 - 1. Guido Metman placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Screamin'´s Tyler Willard got himself booked.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 1. WoM held the ball, with a clear 56 percent possession rate.

SECOND HALF

Kreangkrai Boonnak made a superb strike at the goal in the 46:th minute with a long shot coming in from straight in front of the goal, but one of the visitors defenders got a foot in and warded it off to a corner.

Mark Oldham made a superb strike at the goal in the 61st minute with a long shot coming in from straight in front of the goal, but one of the visitors defenders got a foot in and warded it off to a corner.

Arlen “Headcase” Lucas of Screamin' received a yellow card in the 64:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

WoM held the ball, with a clear 56 percent possession rate.

POST-GAME

Most important WoM player was Dirk Grassmann. Mark Oldham on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Screamin' player was without a doubt Arlen “Headcase” Lucas. However, Ivan Richardy made a disastrous appearance.

Final Score: Screamin’ Seamen 1, WoM FC 0

Goals

Metman – 1 (1)

Cards

Willard – yellow (1)
Lucas – yellow (2)

Player Ratings

Jernigan: ***~

Lucas: *****
McDonald: ****
Willard: ****~

Nichols: ***~
Behling: ***
Tejeda: **~
Kolberg: **~
Richardy: **

Galvez: ***
Metman: ***

Team Match MVP: #5 Arlen “Headcase” Lucas

Team Ratings

Screamin’ Seamen
-Midfield: Solid (7)
-Right Defense: Brilliant (11)
-Central Defense: Brilliant (11)
-Left Defense: World-Class (13)
-Right Attack: Outstanding (10)
-Central Attack: Formidable (9)
-Left Attack: Passable (6)
-Experience: Wretched (2)
-NSI: 81

WoM FC
-Midfield: Formidable (9)
-Right Defense: Outstanding (10)
-Central Defense: Formidable (9)
-Left Defense: Formidable (9)
-Right Attack: Passable (6)
-Central Attack: Passable (6)
-Left Attack: Solid (7)
-Experience: Wretched (2)
-NSI: 74

Comments

Things started out quite well for us today. Guido Metman had been itching to get back on the pitch, and it showed early on. He had some good opportunities, and took advantage of one only 17 minutes in, giving us the early lead. The rest of the first half proved to be a bit of a chess-match, as we could not improve upon our lead, and WoM FC could do nothing to regain the upper hand. The opposition did a good job of testing our wingbacks, however, and Tyler Willard earned his first yellow card of the season.

WoM FC made some adjustments during the halftime break, and came out firing. They had an excellent opportunity only one minute into the second frame, and another one a scant fifteen minutes later. But our defense (our pride and joy, especially today) came up big both times, warding the balls off for corner kicks that proved to be fruitless. WoM kept the pressure on though, you’ve got to give them that, and they succeeded in frustrating “Headcase” Lucas to the point where he earned his second booking in as many weeks. But in the end it would not be enough, as our lads took the first half of the Chicago derby with a scant 1-nil victory.

Today was a nail-biter, but that’s one of the things that makes this so much fun. The young midfield did a serviceable job, and with the help of Ivan Richardy were able to keep WoM somewhat in check, and Guido did quite well in his first time back (his goal being the game-winner, obviously). But the real heroes today are the defense, who managed to shut out some determined opposition.

Series Scores and Standings

-Sweden Heights surprised a lot of people, dominating the defending champion Ramblers, 4-nil.
-Croats in Miami had a field day with the Harrisburg harries, as expected, to the tune of 4-nil.
-Neon Genesis Evangelion are definitely contenders in the early going, shutting out Big Reds, 2-nil.



No.	Team				Played		Goals		Pts.	NSI

1.	Croats in Miami			2		8-2		6	78

2.	Neon Genesis Evangelion		2		4-0		6	80

3.	Big Reds			2		6-3		3	82

4.	WoM FC			        2		2-2		3	74

5.	Sweden Heights			2		5-6		3	78

6.	Screamin’ Seamen		        2		1-2		3	81

7.	Harrisburg harries		2		1-6		0	57

8.	Ramblers			2		2-8		0	86

Croats in Miami and Neon Genesis Evangelion certainly appear to be the early favorites to be slugging it out for the series title this season, and both clubs have been impressive in the opening two weeks. But one has to ask “what is going on with the Rambers?” Their ratings have been lights-out during the first two weeks (85 and 86), yet they remain without a point and got shelled by Sweden Heights today, 4-nil. Perhaps it’s just a bit of bad luck on their part, but I think that Heights exposed a big weakness in the Ramblers today (I just hope they don’t figure it out and correct it before we face them in week five).

Week 3 Matchups

Screamin’ Seamen vs. Croats in Miami
Big Reds vs. WoM FC
Sweden Heights vs. Neon Genesis Evangelion
Harrisburg harries vs. Ramblers

We’re looking forward to next week, as we get to renew our rivalry with The Croats. We always play well against the Croats, and last season was no exception. We split the series last season, with each team winning at home by a one goal margin. It’s always fun with our friends from Miami come to town.

Up Next: We’re on the road this week, traveling to San Francisco for our 3rd Round U.S. Open Cup match. Stay tuned!

11-24-2003, 01:33 PM	#39
DataKing Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago	Season 5 – League Match #2 WoM FC vs. Screamin’ Seamen Date: November 23rd, 2003 Venue: Halas Hall (Chicago, IL) Attendance: 31,087 (45,000) Weather: Cloudy The fans are in for a treat today, as we have our first Chicago derby in quite some time. WoM FC is one of the two clubs that promoted into The Series Of The Beast [tm] this past off-season, and are based in Chicago as well. This means that we’ll have a fair number of our own fans on hand today, even though we’re playing at the opposition’s facility: Halas Hall (good name ). As we mentioned last week, this match is an important one. We figure to need a minimum of twelve points if we want to guarantee ourselves a qualification match at the end of the season, and the easiest way to get those points is to sweep both of the newly-promoted clubs. WoM FC is definitely the more talented of the two teams. WoM actually reminds me of the Screamin’ Seamen in years past, with a strong defense and a decent midfield, but lacking a bit in offensive power. Formation: 3-5-2 Tactics: Normal Starters (# appearances, s last time out) Keeper: #1 Cornelius “Corny” Jernigan (41st career appearance, ~) Right Wingback: #5 Arlen “Headcase” Lucas (64th career appearance, *) Central Defender: #2 Cameron “Big Mac” McDonald (19th career appearance, ) Left Wingback: #22 Tyler Willard (39th career appearance, ~) Right Winger: #16 Reg Nichols (17th career appearance, ~) Inner Midfielder: #19 Gino Behling (3rd career appearance, ~) Inner Midfielder: #8 Javier Tejeda (3rd career appearance, ~) Inner Midfielder: #7 Rune Kolberg (2nd career appearance, ~) Left Winger: #23 Ivan Richardy (10th career appearance, ~) Forward: #14 German Galvez (20th appearance w/SSFC, ) Forward: #12 Guido Metman (25th appearance, w/SSFC, ~) Team Captain: #12 Guido Metman Set Pieces: #22 Tyler Willard Substitutes -Keeper: #13 Darryl Read -Defender: #17 Mattias Leier -Midfielder: #4 Jaimy van de Kerkhof -Forward: #11 Johannes Henriksson -Winger: #20 Walter Bosch WoM FC has no glaring weakness to be taken advantage of, so we’ll be leaving the fancy tactics in the bag today and just concentrate on out-playing our opponents. The one place where we’re likely to fall short is, predictably enough, in our midfield play. To help compensate for this, we’ll be pinching winger Ivan Richardy towards the middle to help out all our young inner midfielders. Ivan gets to start today over Austrian U-20 hopeful Walter Bosch, due to Ivan’s impressive improvement over the past couple of weeks. Walter has been no slouch, but we feel that Ivan’s earned the right to start a league match for us. Today also marks the return of Dutch striker Guido Metman to the starting lineup. Guido has been missing from the starting lineup since the beginning of the season, as he sustained a knee injury in our off-season match with the Gargoyles. His return to the lineup was a little delayed, as the injury proved to be a nagging one, but he has assured coach Fluieras that he is one hundred percent and ready to go. We’ll be keeping a close eye on him today all the same, just to make sure. Match Report PRE-GAME 31087 spectators had come to Halas Hall this cloudy day. Fans from both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Chicago derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. WoM had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Serwinski - de Jongh, Stevanovic, Grassmann - Banic, Olsson, Nikl, Boonnak, Rachman - Steiner, Oldham. Screamin' tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Jernigan - Lucas, Mcdonald, Willard - Nichols, Behling, Kolberg, Tejeda, Richardy - Metman, Galvez. FIRST HALF Screamin' took the lead after 17 minutes with 0 - 1. Guido Metman placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Screamin'´s Tyler Willard got himself booked. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 1. WoM held the ball, with a clear 56 percent possession rate. SECOND HALF Kreangkrai Boonnak made a superb strike at the goal in the 46:th minute with a long shot coming in from straight in front of the goal, but one of the visitors defenders got a foot in and warded it off to a corner. Mark Oldham made a superb strike at the goal in the 61st minute with a long shot coming in from straight in front of the goal, but one of the visitors defenders got a foot in and warded it off to a corner. Arlen “Headcase” Lucas of Screamin' received a yellow card in the 64:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. WoM held the ball, with a clear 56 percent possession rate. POST-GAME Most important WoM player was Dirk Grassmann. Mark Oldham on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Screamin' player was without a doubt Arlen “Headcase” Lucas. However, Ivan Richardy made a disastrous appearance. Final Score: Screamin’ Seamen 1, WoM FC 0 Goals Metman – 1 (1) Cards Willard – yellow (1) Lucas – yellow (2) Player Ratings Jernigan: *~ Lucas: * McDonald: Willard: ~ Nichols: ~ Behling: Tejeda: ~ Kolberg: ~ Richardy: Galvez: * Metman: * Team Match MVP: #5 Arlen “Headcase” Lucas Team Ratings Screamin’ Seamen -Midfield: Solid (7) -Right Defense: Brilliant (11) -Central Defense: Brilliant (11) -Left Defense: World-Class (13) -Right Attack: Outstanding (10) -Central Attack: Formidable (9) -Left Attack: Passable (6) -Experience: Wretched (2) -NSI: 81 WoM FC -Midfield: Formidable (9) -Right Defense: Outstanding (10) -Central Defense: Formidable (9) -Left Defense: Formidable (9) -Right Attack: Passable (6) -Central Attack: Passable (6) -Left Attack: Solid (7) -Experience: Wretched (2) -NSI: 74 Comments Things started out quite well for us today. Guido Metman had been itching to get back on the pitch, and it showed early on. He had some good opportunities, and took advantage of one only 17 minutes in, giving us the early lead. The rest of the first half proved to be a bit of a chess-match, as we could not improve upon our lead, and WoM FC could do nothing to regain the upper hand. The opposition did a good job of testing our wingbacks, however, and Tyler Willard earned his first yellow card of the season. WoM FC made some adjustments during the halftime break, and came out firing. They had an excellent opportunity only one minute into the second frame, and another one a scant fifteen minutes later. But our defense (our pride and joy, especially today) came up big both times, warding the balls off for corner kicks that proved to be fruitless. WoM kept the pressure on though, you’ve got to give them that, and they succeeded in frustrating “Headcase” Lucas to the point where he earned his second booking in as many weeks. But in the end it would not be enough, as our lads took the first half of the Chicago derby with a scant 1-nil victory. Today was a nail-biter, but that’s one of the things that makes this so much fun. The young midfield did a serviceable job, and with the help of Ivan Richardy were able to keep WoM somewhat in check, and Guido did quite well in his first time back (his goal being the game-winner, obviously). But the real heroes today are the defense, who managed to shut out some determined opposition. Series Scores and Standings -Sweden Heights surprised a lot of people, dominating the defending champion Ramblers, 4-nil. -Croats in Miami had a field day with the Harrisburg harries, as expected, to the tune of 4-nil. -Neon Genesis Evangelion are definitely contenders in the early going, shutting out Big Reds, 2-nil. No. Team Played Goals Pts. NSI 1. Croats in Miami 2 8-2 6 78 2. Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 4-0 6 80 3. Big Reds 2 6-3 3 82 4. WoM FC 2 2-2 3 74 5. Sweden Heights 2 5-6 3 78 6. Screamin’ Seamen 2 1-2 3 81 7. Harrisburg harries 2 1-6 0 57 8. Ramblers 2 2-8 0 86 Croats in Miami and Neon Genesis Evangelion certainly appear to be the early favorites to be slugging it out for the series title this season, and both clubs have been impressive in the opening two weeks. But one has to ask “what is going on with the Rambers?” Their ratings have been lights-out during the first two weeks (85 and 86), yet they remain without a point and got shelled by Sweden Heights today, 4-nil. Perhaps it’s just a bit of bad luck on their part, but I think that Heights exposed a big weakness in the Ramblers today (I just hope they don’t figure it out and correct it before we face them in week five). Week 3 Matchups Screamin’ Seamen vs. Croats in Miami Big Reds vs. WoM FC Sweden Heights vs. Neon Genesis Evangelion Harrisburg harries vs. Ramblers We’re looking forward to next week, as we get to renew our rivalry with The Croats. We always play well against the Croats, and last season was no exception. We split the series last season, with each team winning at home by a one goal margin. It’s always fun with our friends from Miami come to town. Up Next: We’re on the road this week, traveling to San Francisco for our 3rd Round U.S. Open Cup match. Stay tuned! __________________ Current Games Diablo III (BattleTag: DataKing#1685) Allegiances: Chicago Bears - Detroit Red Wings - Kansas Jayhawks Awards: 2011 Golden Scribe - Other Sports Category (The Straight(away) and Narrow - A Forza Motorsport 3 Dynasty) Last edited by DataKing : 11-24-2003 at 01:36 PM.