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Wild gets full dose of Big Pimento's best
After winning Group B in the AO Champions League with a 2-1-0 record, the Woodstock Wild have their sights set on Big Pimento teams in both champions leagues, with Calista Flock the next opponents for the Wild in the worldwide Champions League and Scelestus Iunctus the next matchup for Woodstock in the regional competition.
For Coach David Bostwick, that makes matters more challenging.
"We're going to have to watch tapes of Big Pimento's league matches for these two teams," Bostwick said. "It's hard because we've gotten an unreliable signal from BP television over the last few years. We can get their newspapers, but you can't run a scouting report from a newspaper."
The Wild has been watching the tape of the match between the Portland Timbers and Calista Flock intently and they are now awaiting the tapes of Scelestus Iunctus. The team said they hope to lull Scelestus Iunctus to sleep by playing a defense-oriented system, but they also intend to have forward Brian Wilson drop back and play midfield in a 4-5-1 formation.
"Horace [Sandt] is a good keeper but he's still young," midfielder and team captain Bobby Convey said. "The more we do to help him out, the better we'll be."
"I'm looking forward to playing them," Sandt said. "Little Pimento should be big fun." |
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VILITAN STELLAR:
Runners Up - ( S5, S6, S9, S10 )
Third Placed - ( S1, S3, S8 )
VILITAN CUP:
Champions - ( S7 )
Runners-Up - ( S5, S8 )
Semi-Final - ( S3 )
Tropical Trophy:
Champions - ( S5, S6, S9 )
Runners-Up - ( S8, S10 )
::Club Records::
LARGEST VICTORY:
( 7-1 ) v. Arcticala Inlet - Vilitan Stellar (S6)
LARGEST DEFEAT:
( 0-4 ) v. Yeaddin Owls - Vilitan Stellar (S2)
HIGHEST SCORING MATCH:
( 6-3 ) v. Marine Coast - Vilitan Stellar (S10)
CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES:
( 10 ) - Season 10
CONSECUTIVE UNBEATEN:
( 14 ) - Season 10
CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS:
( 4 ) - Season 9
CONSECUTIVE WINLESS:
( 5 ) - Season 2
-------------------Strike FC met with Marine Coast United at The Shultis in one of the most memorable Stellar Division clashes of all time. Umberto Melli put Strike off to a dream start 3 minutes in after a cross from Emarka Laniora. Marine Coast faught back but it was Strike who scored again, the veteran Santo Kecker picking up Inaki Solers rebound after the winger saw his shot bounce off the crossbar. Just minutes later, the difference was 3 has Soler again provided the set up for the goal. Marine Coast were dealt a blow just before half time as young defender Petros Alfieri was sent off for violent conduct.
-------------------Marine would not give up though, Carmine Mbidzo rose higher than Michel Rousoi to power Jim Vella's free kick home to reduce the deficit. Two more Strike goals saw the home side get complacent at a deserved 5-1 advantage. However, Callum Banda had other ideas with his 80th minute strike. Marine Coast looked set to score a 3rd, when Inake Soler intercepted and ran the distance of the field, outskilling Sibusisio Azaiez before scoring a highlight reel strike. Azaiez got his revenge in stoppage time, but his scrappy goal off Malovar Stokks corner kick was not enough to save Coast's blushes, Strike solidfying their place in the record books with the 6-3 victory.
-------------------In a surprise move during Season 10, the prodigal Inaki Soler left Strike FC to join Yeaddin Owls in an all-time record transfer fee between Vilitan Clubs. The highly toughted Maurizio Sala moved on to Turoki Isle from relegation-threatened Nusira Lionta. Only Yeaddin Owls purchase of Tanner Nerni, a player much in Soler's mold, even produced a fee half as much as the astronomical fee for Inaki Soler.
::Individual Records::
MOST ALL TIME APPEARANCES:
Danilo Liguori - (271) - Season 1-3; 5-10
ALL TIME GOALSCORER:
Serge DuPont - (115) - Season 2-6
GOALS IN A SEASON:
Serge DuPont - (42) - Season 5
YOUNGEST PLAYER
Ricky Ezis - (16 Years) - Season 3
OLDEST PLAYER
Santo Kecker - (35 Years) - Season 10
Strike FC Midfielder Umberto Melli In action in the Vilitan Stellar Division |
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Fmjphoenix teams to face tougher matches against all the other winners of their respective groups
The Vanguard Eagles and Spraatan Tigers were both hoping to get a hold of the Strike FC first, to regain a little revenge for the Capitol Hariots, who went 0-0-3 in the first rounds and had a hard 7-1 loss against the Strike FC from Vilita, but will have to wait.
To start off the first day of matches in the second round, the Eagles will face the Jhanna United of Starblaydia and the Tigers face the Tuncastle Rovers of Nove Britannicus. They will both be playing their hardest to stay alive. |
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Second Round Leg 1 Scores
Strike FC 3:0 Dinamo Neodzki
Yeaddin Owls FC 2:1 Vecchio Victors
Jhanna United 1:0 Vanguard Eagles
Incurtio City 1:2 Marine Coast United
Hallad Reavers 2:2 Jokerit Kjellburg
Woodstock Wild 3:1 Scelestus Iunctus
Tuncastle Rovers 1:1 Spraatan Tigers
Iskara Daii 2:0 Cefn Albion
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ooc:: My Belated Cednia Beach Background RP::
VILITAN STELLAR:
S10 - 8th Placed
S 9 - 6th Placed
S 8 - 6th Placed
S 7 - 9th Placed
S 6 - 5th Placed
S 5 - 4th Placed
S 4 - 5th Placed
S 3 - 5th Placed
S 2 - 5th Placed
S 1 - 4th Placed
VILITAN CUP:
Runners-Up - ( S1, S3 )
-------------The 5-5 Draw with Marine Coast United at the Cednia Beach Center in Turori in the middle of the Inagural Vilitan League Season will go down as one of the matches that catapulted the Vilitan League into what it is today. The only 10 Minute period of the game where no goals were score was the final 10, after a Keiaon Akita goal in the 78th minute for Cednia Beach levelled the scores at 5. Cednia Beach had opened the scoring 9 Minutes in, but it took Baron O'Toole just 9 more to equalize for Marine Coast. Then it was Jim Vella putting Marine back in front another 8 minutes later. Yet another 8 minutes passed before Cednia Beach tied the match to the delight of the home support, but Baron O'Toole's second of the match from the ensuing restart quited the Cednia faithful. Mailano Mumamba would have none of that however, as he converted a beautfil free kick less than 5 minutes later to send the match level into the half. Cednia took an improbable lead 5 minutes into the half, but Jim Vella quickly set the match level at 4. It was Baron O'Toole who scored the first hat trick for Marine Coast, before Akita's late leveller launced Cednia Beach into the limelight, taking them from a Relegation threatened team, to a well supported Vilitan Cup Finalist.
::Club Records::
LARGEST VICTORY:
( 6-0 ) v. Tivaliy City - Vilitan Stellar (S3)
LARGEST DEFEAT:
( 0-5 ) v. Strike FC - Vilitan Cup Semi Final (S5)
HIGHEST SCORING MATCH:
( 5-5 ) v. Marine Coast United - Vilitan Stellar (S1)
CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES:
( 6 ) - Season 7
CONSECUTIVE UNBEATEN:
( 9 ) - Season 1
CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS:
( 5 ) - Season 5
CONSECUTIVE WINLESS:
( 9 ) - Season 10
-------------While Cednia Beach is not known as a team harnessing loads of International Talent, currently with only one serving international, aging Turori Eels Goalkeeper Milauo Slietah, the Beach can claim to having as many future internationals training as anybody. At the conclusion of Season 7, a representative from Marine Coast United travelled to Cednia with the mighty Marine Coast bank account with him. He left with Vilitan International Carmine Mbidzo and Vilitan Under-21 World Cup 9 Captain Maurizio Sala. Earlier that season, they gave up the rights to a then little known Forward by the name of Riccardo Appolloni. Appolloni is now first choice striker for Yeaddin Owls AFC, and partners Callum Banda in the Vilitan National Team. Cednia Beach accrued a then-record transfer fee at the conclusion of Season 8 for Wing-Midfielder Tanner Nerni, now a Vilitan International for Yeaddin Owls AFC. Also departing the Beach at that time was now Vilitan Under-21 International Midfielder Jacques Vintila, who went to Jlinal Cove FC. Other past Internationals groomed in Cednia Beach include Turorian Internationals Marlian Hunial, Kiatin Likao, Yabaiy Tbaio, Moiba Linaian and Malaino Mumamba. Rejistanian International and World Cup winning captain Kadu Hsen made 25 appearances for Cednia Beach during Season 6, while former Vilitan Under-21 and Regional Internationals Malovar Stokks and Christos Tchami also spent time at the Beach.
::Individual Records::
MOST ALL TIME APPEARANCES:
Milauo Slietah - (325) - Season 1-Current
ALL TIME GOALSCORER:
Carmine Mbidzo - (82) - Season 1-7
GOALS IN A SEASON:
Carmine Mbidzo - (25) - Season 3
YOUNGEST PLAYER
Tanner Nerni - (16 Years) - Season 2
OLDEST PLAYER
Milauo Slieta - (31 Years) - Season 10 |
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---------------Owls Keep Tradition Rolling
---------------Yeaddin Owls AFC have Struck back and started what will hopefully be a trend in Atlantian Oceania over the coming week, by knocking off Starblaydi club Veccio Victors in the first Atlantian Oceania Champions League, held in South Osettia. The Second Round matchup between the Vilitan Megaliths and the solid Starblaydian representatives was the highest attending match of the round, and the return leg looks set to be no different.
---------------The Victors got the match started early with a 12th minute opener that seemed to give them the momentum they needed to steal an opening leg point from the Vilitan champions. However, Vilitan International phenom Inaki Soler had other ideas, receiving the pass from Riccardo Appolloni directly off the kick off, before storming past the Veccio defense and firing a blinding effort from 25 yards that curled round the Starblaydi keeper and into the far corner of the net, levelling the scores. The match would stay level through the half, but the Owls were too strong, and a 63rd minute Calaesa Mitaroka Penalty Kick gave the Owls the important advantage heading into the second leg.
Final Score:: Yeaddin Owls AFC 2 - 1 Veccio Victors |
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Second Round Leg 2 Scores
Dinamo Neodzki (1)1:2(5) Strike FC
Vecchio Victors (2)1:0(2) Yeaddin Owls FC (Vecchio Victors win on Away Goals)
Vanguard Eagles (0)0:2(3) Jhanna United
Marine Coast United (4)2:2(3) Incurtio City
Jokerit Kjellburg (2)0:0(2) Hallad Reavers (Jokerit Kjellburg win on Away Goals)
Scelestus Iunctus (2)1:2(5) Woodstock Wild
Spraatan Tigers (2)1:0(1) Tuncastle Rovers
Cefn Albion (2)2:0(2) Iskara Daii AET (Iskara Daii win 5-3 on Penalties)
The draw for the quarter finals is as follows:
Jokerit Kjellburg vs. Woodstock Wild
Strike FC vs. Jhanna United
Marine Coast United vs. Iskara Daii
Spraatan Tigers vs. Vecchio Victors |
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Wild passes second stage, face more Pimento action
Four time SFC champions Woodstock Wild continues to carry the banner of the Sarzonian national league in both the AO and NS Champions Leagues, and the Wild dispatched Scelestus Iunctus after a hard-fought 2-1 win away to take the two match series 5-2 on aggregate goals.
The Wild will face another Big Pimento team, Jokerit Kjellburg, in the quarterfinals of the AO Champions League. Unlike the series against Scelestus Iunctus, the first match will be away, so Wild Coach David Bostwick decided to keep his team in a hotel rather than have the team return to Sarzonia.
"I'd rather have us get used to the sights and sounds in Big Pimento than worry about logistics of flying home and flying back. It's a short trip, but it's still tiring to do that much travelling in short order. We'll all get back in our own beds soon enough."
With the national team in Turori for the World Cup finals, the Wild have secured permission from the Incorporated Football Federation, the sport's governing body in Sarzonia, to use Hendrix Stadium for the second leg. The stadium recently added seats to boost its capacity to 79,240, dwarving the Wild's usual home, the Palestra and its 32,000 seat capacity.
"We think we'll be able to get a home field advantage at Hendrix," midfielder and team captain Bobby Convey said. "Not that we couldn't at the Palestra, but we think Hendrix will be an intimidating place for anyone playing against us." |
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With the Eagles losing 2-0 and 3-0, there were eliminated from the second leg of the AO Champions League, but there is still hope for a team from the Football Association of Fmjphoenix, as the Spraatan Tigers are alive and kicking with a 1-1 draw and 1-0 victory to their credit in the first leg. Now, in the second leg, the Tigers find themselves pitted against Vecchio Victors. Hopefully they can keep going and put some fear into other teams. |
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Quarter Finals Leg 1 Scores:
Jokerit Kjellburg 1:3 Woodstock Wild
Strike FC 2:2 Jhanna United
Marine Coast United 1:2 Iskara Daii
Spraatan Tigers 3:2 Vecchio Victors |
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Wild doesn't need home cooking in first leg
Maybe the Woodstock Wild ought to stay in Big Pimento.
With the second leg of the quarterfinal series against Scelestus Iunctus and the opening leg of the semifinal series against Jokerit Kjellburg both taking place in Big Pimento, Coach David Bostwick had his team stay in Big Pimento rather than travel home to Woodstock to train, saying he thought the team would be fresher than if they made the trip. Forward Brian Wilson certainly looked the part, scoring two goals and assisting on the third to lead the way for the Wild in a 3-1 win.
"We looked like a team that was used to the sights and sounds of the country we were playing in," Bostwick said. "Besides that, we had a bit more legs under us than we would have if we went back to Woodstock to train and flew back. It's going to make things a lot easier for us when we do return home."
The Wild jumped out of the gate early, getting a shot on goal from midfielder Bobby Convey just three minutes into the match and getting Wilson's first goal nine minutes in. His one-time header of a Convey cross gave the Wild a major lift in confidence.
"We felt like we could beat anyone anywhere," Convey said. "This goes a long way toward proving that."
The two combined for the next Wild marker with Convey getting the goal off a dangerous cross from Wilson that just eluded the punch attempt of the Jokerit Kjellburg goalkeeper. Convey made sure he didn't miss his chance, burying the ball into the back of the net 23 minutes in. Wilson made it 3-0 after an attempted clear by the Jokerit Kjellburg central defender hit him in the chest. He trapped the ball and fired an off-footed shot that bounced off the goalpost and into the back of the net just two minutes before first half injury time began.
Jokerit Kjellburg got one goal back in the 65th minute thanks to a gaffe by Wild goalkeeper Horace Sandt. He took too long to play a back pass, resulting in an indirect free kick the Jokerit Kjellburg playmaking midfielder bent into the back of the net behind a startled Sandt. The host team tried desperately to get back into the match, but the Wild defense was up to the task and shut the door on the match.
The Wild will host Jokerit Kjellburg in the second leg of the series at Hendrix Stadium in an attempt to earn a trip to the semifinals. With a 3-1 lead in aggregate and three away goals, it seems that only a total collapse will prevent the Wild from the semifinals, but Bostwick isn't taking anything for granted.
"We weren't expected to do anything in [the SFC's] first year, but we beat Portland," Bostwick said. Despite the Portland Timbers' 20-4-4 regular season record and the Wild's being just above the .500 mark, Woodstock defeated Portland in the SFC Cup final that year on the way toward becoming the most decorated Sarzonian club team. |
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Tigers roar into victory, keep streak alive
The Spraatan Tigers, the team that finished in second place in the FFL last year, is on a tear in the AO Champions League, as they defeated Vecchio Victors 3-2 in the first leg of the second round.
Victor Flout scored 2 goals and assisted Corvin Mendel, younger brother of Jorge Mendel, on the third goal. Goalkeeper Breven House gave up two goals early on, but was solid throughout the second half as he did not allow a goal past.
Match two comes today and hopefully the Tigers will keep pouncing on its opponens with no mercy. |
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Quarter Finals Leg 2 Scores
Woodstock Wild (5)2:1(2) Jokerit Kjellburg
Jhanna United (2)0:1(3) Strike FC
Iskara Daii (4)2:0(1) Marine Coast United
Vecchio Victors (4)2:2(5) Spraatan Tigers
The draw for the semi-finals is as follows:
Strike FC vs. Spraatan Tigers
Woodstock Wild vs. Iskara Daii |
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Strike soar into Semis
--------------------Jungle Strike FC have capitalized on their early exit from the World Champions League by focusing on the Atlantian Oceania Regional Champions League, and knocking out competitive rivals Jhanna United 3-2 on aggregate.
--------------------The first leg match up, held at the Shultis in Lonngeylin, Vilita, ended as a 2-2 draw with Jhanna taking away 2 important away goals. However, the ruling would not need to be enforced as Strike settled down, went to Starblaydia and left Jhanna City 1-0 victors, leaving the Starblaydians down trodden on their own turf.
--------------------The next opponents for Strike FC will be Fmjphoenix's Spraatan Tigers who will be playing with a passion after their country's early exit from this seasons Cup of Harmony tournament. |
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