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DataKing · 01-02-2004, 02:02 PM

Season 5 – League Match #7

Sweden Heights vs. Screamin’ Seamen

Date: December 28th, 2003
Venue: Sweden Heights Arena (New York, NY)
Attendance: 33,660 (40,000)
Weather: Partly Cloudy

The home stand from hell as finally come to an end, and we’re back on the road this week. Today we’re in one of my favorite placed, The Big Apple, for the first of a home-and-home series with Sweden Heights. The Heights are in a similar situation to our own, just trying to survive another season in The Series Of The Beast [tm] and live to fight another day.

They are also a club that has recently changed their training program, and are now training wingers. None of their trainees have really come to fruition just yet, but their training program is relatively new, like our own. As far as formations go, they play either a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-3 formation, depending on their midfield needs for that particular match (a sound strategy, if you ask me). Due to the fact that our midfield isn’t up to snuff just yet, I suspect we’ll be seeing a 3-4-3 from them on the pitch today.

Previous Meetings

(W) 4/27/2003 – Screamin’ Seamen 2, Sweden Heights 0
(L) 6/15/2003 – Sweden Heights 1, Screamin’ Seamen 0
(L) 7/27/2003 – Sweden Heights 2, Screamin’ Seamen 1
(W) 10/26/2003 – Screamin’ Seamen 3, Sweden Heights 2

As you can tell, home field advantage has been the name of the game thus far between our two clubs, with the home side winning all four matches. We’re hoping that we can break with tradition today and steal a win from Heights on the road.

Formation: 3-5-2
Tactics: Normal

Starters (# appearances, *s last time out)

Keeper: #1 Cornelius “Corny” Jernigan (65th career appearance, ****)

Right Wingback: #17 Mattias Leier (13th career appearance, ***~)
Central Defender: #2 Cameron “Big Mac” McDonald (25th career appearance, ****)
Left Wingback: #5 Arlen “Headcase” Lucas (72nd career appearance, *****)

Right Winger: #16 Reg Nichols (23rd career appearance, ***~)
Inner Midfielder: #19 Gino Behling (8th career appearance, ***~)
Inner Midfielder: #7 Agustin Alustiza (6th career appearance, **~)
Inner Midfielder: #10 Milan Dufek (8th career appearance, ***~)
Left Winger: #20 Walter Bosch (8th career appearance, ***)

Forward: #12 Guido Metman (30th appearance w/SSFC, ***~)
Forward: #14 German Galvez (29th appearance w/SSFC, ***)

Team Captain: #12 Guido Metman
Set Pieces: #7 Agustin Alustiza

Substitutes
-Keeper: #13 Darryl Read (32 career appearances, **~)
-Defender: #22 Tyler Willard (45 career appearances, ***~)
-Midfielder: #4 Jaimy van de Kerkhof (14 career appearances, ***)
-Forward: #11 Johannes Henriksson (77 career appearances, **~)
-Winger: #23 Ivan Richardy (13 career appearances, ***)

The most obvious change in the lineup today is Mattias Leier starting in place of Tyler Willard at wingback. Tyler’s form has taken a serious nose-dive over the last few weeks, so we’ve decided to sit him in place of Mattias for today’s match. Mattias is in good form, and should fill in well. Tyler will be available in case of an emergency, however.

Other than that, it’s pretty much business as usual for us this week. We’re not using any fancy tactics or anything of that nature, as Sweden Heights aren’t a club with any glaring weaknesses. We just need to out-play them today if we’re going to earn a victory.

Match Report

PRE-GAME

33660 spectators arrived at Sweden Heights Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Heights started off with a 3-4-3 lineup.

They fielded: Jelaèiæ - Pressley, Domínguez, Claesson - Lannes, Jansson, Thomas, Persson - Andersson, Sunesson, Czerwinski.

Screamin' tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Jernigan - Leier, Mcdonald, Lucas - Nichols, Dufek, Alustiza, Behling, Bösch - Metman, Galvez.

FIRST HALF

Many thought Timothy Thomas ought to have been awarded a penalty shot in the 15:th minute, as he went down trying to circle the visitors keeper Cornelius “Corny” Jernigan.

After a fine move down the middle Bengt Sunesson nearly gave the home side one up in the 20:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though.

Arlen “Headcase” Lucas of Screamin' received a yellow card in the 29:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

After a fine move down the middle Timothy Thomas nearly gave the home side one up in the 34:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though.

The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 0. Heights held the ball, with a clear 53 percent possession rate.

SECOND HALF

Heightss Bengt Sunesson gave, after 48 minutes, the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.

Gino Behling made a good effort at breaking through from the right, but the home team left defence cleared the ball to a corner.

The crowd was silenced in the 69:th minute as the visiting teams Agustín Alustiza came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1.

After 72 minutes Screamin' put themselves up by 1 - 2 as Guido Metman finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post.

Heights held the ball, with a clear 54 percent possession rate.

POST-GAME

Most important Heights player was Mats Claesson. Adam Czerwinski on the other hand, had a terrible day.

The most dominating Screamin' player was without a doubt Arlen “Headcase” Lucas. Agustín Alustiza was a disappointment, however.

Final Score: Screamin’ Seamen 2, Sweden Heights 1

Goals

Alustiza – 1 (1)
Metman – 1 (3, GWG)

Cards

Lucas – yellow (3, suspended)

Player Ratings

Jernigan: **** (best performance to date)

Leier: **** (best performance to date)
McDonald: ****~
Lucas: *****

Nichols: ***~
Behling: ***
Alustiza: *** (best performance to date)
Dufek: ***~
Bosch: ***

Metman: ***~ (best performance to date)
Galvez: ***

Team Match MVP: #5 Arlen “Headcase” Lucas

Team Ratings

Screamin’ Seamen
-Midfield: Passable (6)
-Right Defense: World Class (13)
-Central Defense: Magnificent (12)
-Left Defense: World Class (13)
-Right Attack: Formidable (9)
-Central Attack: Excellent (8)
-Left Attack: Excellent (8)
-Experience: Wretched (2)
-NSI: 81

Sweden Heights
-Midfield: Solid (7)
-Right Defense: Magnificent (12)
-Central Defense: Brilliant (11)
-Left Defense: Magnificent (12)
-Right Attack: Outstanding (10)
-Central Attack: Formidable (9)
-Left Attack: Excellent (8)
-Experience: Poor (3)
-NSI: 83

Comments

Heights came out firing in the first half, and I will not deny that we were fortunate to weather the storm unscathed. Well, not entirely unscathed. Arlen “Headcase” Lucas lived up to his nickname and got himself booked for the third time this season. He will be unavailable for the rubber match against Heights back in Chicago next weekend.

Early in the second half all of the pressure Heights had been putting on the defense finally paid off, and they took the lead. I have to admit that I was getting nervous, fearing another shutout and the explosion that would come from our supporters, but one of our trainees, Agustin Alustiza, settled those fears with a nice strike in the 69th minute. For the first time in ages it seemed like we had the momentum, and actually did something with it, as veteran striker Guido Metman gave us the go-ahead goal only three minutes later. That is all that it would take, as our slump finally came to an end.

I realize that luck was a part of the victory today, but I also think that our defense really shined, even with Tyler Willard out of the lineup. They weathered things well in the first half. We’re also fortunate that Heights only went with two midfielders against us, a mistake which I do not expect to see them repeat next week when they come to The Docks.

Series Scores and Standings

-Big Reds continue to act like the dominant team in the series, shutting out the Ramblers, 3-nil.
-Croats in Miami had an easy time on the road this week, trouncing WoM FC, 5-1.
-Neon Genesis Evangelion also had it easy this week, dominating the Harrisburh Harries, 4-1.



No.	Team					Played		Goals		Pts.	NSI

1.	Big Reds				7		25-4		18	95

2.	Neon Genesis Evangelion			7		15-7		16	77

3.	Croats in Miami				7		20-11		13	83

4.	Ramblers				7		14-13		12	79

5.	Sweden Heights				7		16-15		10	83

6.	Screamin’ Seamen			        7		9-11		10	81

7.	WoM FC				        7		7-21		3	60

8.	Harrisburg Harries			7		3-27		0	59

Now that the season is half-way over, and each team has played every other team once, we can finally give some credibility to the series standings. As it looks right now, it seems that Big Reds and Neon Genesis Evangelion will be the two most serious contenders for the series title. Those two do not meet again until Week 13, which means that match could very well decide the series winner. It is also worthy of mention that Big Reds are only two spots below the automatic promotion line, so we very well could be looking at the first automatic promotion out of The Series Of The Beast [tm] in recent memory.

As far as your beloved SSFC is concerned, we’re in good shape despite our sixth place standing. Our goal for the season was simply to avoid relegation, and at the moment we have a very comfortable seven point cushion over WoM FC. We have some very difficult matches scheduled for the second half of the season, but so long as WoM FC keeps losing, we’ll be all right.

Week 8 Matchups

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

The annual rubber-matches have us actually in pretty good position to move up in the standings, at least for one week. Ramblers face the tough Big Reds again, and will likely lose even though they are at home. We, on the other hand, get to play Sweden Heights on our home turf this time. It won’t be easy, but a win on our part could very well vault us to 4th place.

Up Next: FOFC Cup V kicks off with SSFC traveling across the pond to Spain for a match against Swamioms FC. Stay tuned!

01-02-2004, 02:02 PM	#83
DataKing Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago	Season 5 – League Match #7 Sweden Heights vs. Screamin’ Seamen Date: December 28th, 2003 Venue: Sweden Heights Arena (New York, NY) Attendance: 33,660 (40,000) Weather: Partly Cloudy The home stand from hell as finally come to an end, and we’re back on the road this week. Today we’re in one of my favorite placed, The Big Apple, for the first of a home-and-home series with Sweden Heights. The Heights are in a similar situation to our own, just trying to survive another season in The Series Of The Beast [tm] and live to fight another day. They are also a club that has recently changed their training program, and are now training wingers. None of their trainees have really come to fruition just yet, but their training program is relatively new, like our own. As far as formations go, they play either a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-3 formation, depending on their midfield needs for that particular match (a sound strategy, if you ask me). Due to the fact that our midfield isn’t up to snuff just yet, I suspect we’ll be seeing a 3-4-3 from them on the pitch today. Previous Meetings (W) 4/27/2003 – Screamin’ Seamen 2, Sweden Heights 0 (L) 6/15/2003 – Sweden Heights 1, Screamin’ Seamen 0 (L) 7/27/2003 – Sweden Heights 2, Screamin’ Seamen 1 (W) 10/26/2003 – Screamin’ Seamen 3, Sweden Heights 2 As you can tell, home field advantage has been the name of the game thus far between our two clubs, with the home side winning all four matches. We’re hoping that we can break with tradition today and steal a win from Heights on the road. Formation: 3-5-2 Tactics: Normal Starters (# appearances, s last time out) Keeper: #1 Cornelius “Corny” Jernigan (65th career appearance, *) Right Wingback: #17 Mattias Leier (13th career appearance, ~) Central Defender: #2 Cameron “Big Mac” McDonald (25th career appearance, *) Left Wingback: #5 Arlen “Headcase” Lucas (72nd career appearance, *) Right Winger: #16 Reg Nichols (23rd career appearance, ~) Inner Midfielder: #19 Gino Behling (8th career appearance, ~) Inner Midfielder: #7 Agustin Alustiza (6th career appearance, ~) Inner Midfielder: #10 Milan Dufek (8th career appearance, *~) Left Winger: #20 Walter Bosch (8th career appearance, ) Forward: #12 Guido Metman (30th appearance w/SSFC, ~) Forward: #14 German Galvez (29th appearance w/SSFC, ) Team Captain: #12 Guido Metman Set Pieces: #7 Agustin Alustiza Substitutes -Keeper: #13 Darryl Read (32 career appearances, ~) -Defender: #22 Tyler Willard (45 career appearances, ~) -Midfielder: #4 Jaimy van de Kerkhof (14 career appearances, ) -Forward: #11 Johannes Henriksson (77 career appearances, ~) -Winger: #23 Ivan Richardy (13 career appearances, *) The most obvious change in the lineup today is Mattias Leier starting in place of Tyler Willard at wingback. Tyler’s form has taken a serious nose-dive over the last few weeks, so we’ve decided to sit him in place of Mattias for today’s match. Mattias is in good form, and should fill in well. Tyler will be available in case of an emergency, however. Other than that, it’s pretty much business as usual for us this week. We’re not using any fancy tactics or anything of that nature, as Sweden Heights aren’t a club with any glaring weaknesses. We just need to out-play them today if we’re going to earn a victory. Match Report* PRE-GAME 33660 spectators arrived at Sweden Heights Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Heights started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Jelaèiæ - Pressley, Domínguez, Claesson - Lannes, Jansson, Thomas, Persson - Andersson, Sunesson, Czerwinski. Screamin' tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Jernigan - Leier, Mcdonald, Lucas - Nichols, Dufek, Alustiza, Behling, Bösch - Metman, Galvez. FIRST HALF Many thought Timothy Thomas ought to have been awarded a penalty shot in the 15:th minute, as he went down trying to circle the visitors keeper Cornelius “Corny” Jernigan. After a fine move down the middle Bengt Sunesson nearly gave the home side one up in the 20:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though. Arlen “Headcase” Lucas of Screamin' received a yellow card in the 29:th minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After a fine move down the middle Timothy Thomas nearly gave the home side one up in the 34:th minute. The finishing shot went just wide, though. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 0. Heights held the ball, with a clear 53 percent possession rate. SECOND HALF Heightss Bengt Sunesson gave, after 48 minutes, the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Gino Behling made a good effort at breaking through from the right, but the home team left defence cleared the ball to a corner. The crowd was silenced in the 69:th minute as the visiting teams Agustín Alustiza came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1. After 72 minutes Screamin' put themselves up by 1 - 2 as Guido Metman finished off a strike from the left with a real cannon placed at the far post. Heights held the ball, with a clear 54 percent possession rate. POST-GAME Most important Heights player was Mats Claesson. Adam Czerwinski on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Screamin' player was without a doubt Arlen “Headcase” Lucas. Agustín Alustiza was a disappointment, however. Final Score: Screamin’ Seamen 2, Sweden Heights 1 Goals Alustiza – 1 (1) Metman – 1 (3, GWG) Cards Lucas – yellow (3, suspended) Player Ratings Jernigan: ** (best performance to date) Leier: (best performance to date) McDonald: ~ Lucas: * Nichols: ~ Behling: Alustiza: * (best performance to date) Dufek: *~ Bosch: * Metman: *~ (best performance to date) Galvez: * Team Match MVP: #5 Arlen “Headcase” Lucas Team Ratings Screamin’ Seamen -Midfield: Passable (6) -Right Defense: World Class (13) -Central Defense: Magnificent (12) -Left Defense: World Class (13) -Right Attack: Formidable (9) -Central Attack: Excellent (8) -Left Attack: Excellent (8) -Experience: Wretched (2) -NSI: 81 Sweden Heights -Midfield: Solid (7) -Right Defense: Magnificent (12) -Central Defense: Brilliant (11) -Left Defense: Magnificent (12) -Right Attack: Outstanding (10) -Central Attack: Formidable (9) -Left Attack: Excellent (8) -Experience: Poor (3) -NSI: 83 Comments Heights came out firing in the first half, and I will not deny that we were fortunate to weather the storm unscathed. Well, not entirely unscathed. Arlen “Headcase” Lucas lived up to his nickname and got himself booked for the third time this season. He will be unavailable for the rubber match against Heights back in Chicago next weekend. Early in the second half all of the pressure Heights had been putting on the defense finally paid off, and they took the lead. I have to admit that I was getting nervous, fearing another shutout and the explosion that would come from our supporters, but one of our trainees, Agustin Alustiza, settled those fears with a nice strike in the 69th minute. For the first time in ages it seemed like we had the momentum, and actually did something with it, as veteran striker Guido Metman gave us the go-ahead goal only three minutes later. That is all that it would take, as our slump finally came to an end. I realize that luck was a part of the victory today, but I also think that our defense really shined, even with Tyler Willard out of the lineup. They weathered things well in the first half. We’re also fortunate that Heights only went with two midfielders against us, a mistake which I do not expect to see them repeat next week when they come to The Docks. Series Scores and Standings -Big Reds continue to act like the dominant team in the series, shutting out the Ramblers, 3-nil. -Croats in Miami had an easy time on the road this week, trouncing WoM FC, 5-1. -Neon Genesis Evangelion also had it easy this week, dominating the Harrisburh Harries, 4-1. No. Team Played Goals Pts. NSI 1. Big Reds 7 25-4 18 95 2. Neon Genesis Evangelion 7 15-7 16 77 3. Croats in Miami 7 20-11 13 83 4. Ramblers 7 14-13 12 79 5. Sweden Heights 7 16-15 10 83 6. Screamin’ Seamen 7 9-11 10 81 7. WoM FC 7 7-21 3 60 8. Harrisburg Harries 7 3-27 0 59 Now that the season is half-way over, and each team has played every other team once, we can finally give some credibility to the series standings. As it looks right now, it seems that Big Reds and Neon Genesis Evangelion will be the two most serious contenders for the series title. Those two do not meet again until Week 13, which means that match could very well decide the series winner. It is also worthy of mention that Big Reds are only two spots below the automatic promotion line, so we very well could be looking at the first automatic promotion out of The Series Of The Beast [tm] in recent memory. As far as your beloved SSFC is concerned, we’re in good shape despite our sixth place standing. Our goal for the season was simply to avoid relegation, and at the moment we have a very comfortable seven point cushion over WoM FC. We have some very difficult matches scheduled for the second half of the season, but so long as WoM FC keeps losing, we’ll be all right. Week 8 Matchups Screamin’ Seamen vs. Sweden Heights Harrisburg Harries vs. Neon Genesis Evangelion Croats in Miami vs. WoM FC Ramblers vs. Big Reds The annual rubber-matches have us actually in pretty good position to move up in the standings, at least for one week. Ramblers face the tough Big Reds again, and will likely lose even though they are at home. We, on the other hand, get to play Sweden Heights on our home turf this time. It won’t be easy, but a win on our part could very well vault us to 4th place. Up Next: FOFC Cup V kicks off with SSFC traveling across the pond to Spain for a match against Swamioms FC. 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)