Decent week for us - we didn't win any games but we didn't lose any either.

Last midweek we went defensive at LA and secured a point 0-0 and more importantly didn't sustain sending offs or an injury. This allowed us to qualify for the Al Sellers Cup Quarter Finals.

Fast forward to Sunday and home to Inter Miami was a different ball game. We qwent a goal down from the penalty in the 4th minute that saw SW Smitt sent off. But we buckled down and were leading 2-1 till the 71st minute when my main link man Mitchell went off injured. That gave Inter some momentum and they levelled shortly afterward. A point was probably the correct result.

The Colts opened their campaign - and what a humdinger that was. We lined up to train the age 0 lads including a rookie keeper, and then we had defender Blount sent off in the 19th minute. We held out till half time and then put on some better SL lads to make a game of it. It didn't work as we were battered from the 1st to the 90th minutes - even had Wayne sent off with 15 minutes to go - but ended up thieving a point in a 0-0 scoreline. Feel sorry for CIW as they had 10 on target shots but rookie keeper Hynd saved 2 in the first half and Hill saved 8 in the 2nd half. Fiortunately both sending offs were fior players who are seqasoned and low SLs so won't miss them for the next game.

Home to Andy's San Jose and still looking for our 1st win of the season,we opted for a 4-3-3 normal as they went for a 4-2-4 normal, both sides started well and enjoyed lots of possession but we opened the scoring on 13 minutes when Sarabina fired home 1-0,SJ hit back and levelled things up on 14 minutes when Jackson slotted home 1-1,defences then took control till half time, 2nd half subs on and they seemed to up their tempo as Jackson fired home his 2nd goal on 50 minutes 1-2 and Lineker headed home on 63 minutes 1-3,we had no answer to this surge in tempo,game changing moment on 76 minutes when Gusto had a red card and SJ down to 10 men,we then upped our tempo and Kownacki fired home on 78 minutes 2-3,80 minutes and they changed tact to stall,we kept pushing and on 87 minutes Carranza slipped through and drilled home 3-3,we were outplayed for periods and outshot 11 to 7 but held out for a point,well played Andy.

Away to Stephen's Houston, who like us love to play early ball attacking football,we opted for a 4-2-4 early ball as they unusually opted for a 4-2-4 longball, we started well and enjoyed lots of possession and opened the scoring on 29 minutes when Carranza fired home 0-1,defences then took control till half time, 2nd half and subs on and on 50 minutes Driussi headed home 0-2,HOU slowly played themselves back into the game and pulled one back on 62 minutes when Myhill fired home 1-2 and on 69 minutes Lupienska slotted home to level it up 2-2,70 minutes and Mokhayana drilled home 2-3 and on 81 minutes Sarabina fired home to seal the win 2-4 in a really close encounter with both sides having 8 shots each ,Vermeer in our goal was in outstanding form with 6 saves ,well played Stephen and Austin have their 1st win of the season giving us the chance of progression. 

After last weekend's surprise (to us at least) loss at home to Chivas which dropped us to 3rd in the section, we needed the lads to shift up a gear. The away match at Chivas midweek saw a change in tactics and we closed out a 2-0 win which pushed us into 2nd place.

Yesterday we completed game 5 with a home match against Charlestown. 2 goals up early on we saw the lead halved near the end but at the same time our opponents had 2 injuries to contend with. It allowed us to score twice more, collect a Captain's bonus, go top of the section, and qualify for the last 8. 
Training goes well, and last night we won an auction player - a DF aged 1/14 - he will be a 1/23 by season end.

5 games in and RNG (formerly known as Olmec) have shit upon us 4 times. Even the game against Miami was scary, where although we did get morechances than we should, the result was in doubt as we couldn't take our chances but they looked like they could score if they got a chance.

Today was back to the same old crap as, although Kansas deserved to win with up to twice the shot chance they actually created 14 chances to our 5. And despite 42% chance or less of scoring they scored 60% of their shots on target.

We can't qualify for the knockout stages so I will change my orders if I get the chance.