And so the league campaign begins
Division 1
CAR home to CLB and opting for opportunistic tactics as CLB went for early ball tactics, another really close exciting encounter with both sides enjoying lots of possession, had draw written all over it right up until 88 minutes when Flick fired home 1-0,although they were outshot 6 to 3 they take the points.
COL home to HOU and opting for longball tactics as HOU went for early ball tactics, another really exciting game with both sides enjoying lots of possession, defences on top for the 1st half but 2nd half and HOU seemed to up their tempo and opened the scoring on 46 minutes when Pizzaro fired home 0-1,49 minutes and Van Ry slotted home 0-2,52 minutes and Budd made it 0-3 and Fairweather made it 0-4 on 58 minutes in an amazing 12 minute period of free flowing football, 71 minutes and COL pulled one back on 71 minutes when Oniswo fired home 1-4 ,straight from the restart HOU went upfield and Van Ry drilled home his 2nd 1-5,COL ended the game on 10 men when Wolf saw red on 86 minutes, HOU outplaying them and outshooting them 16 to 3.
KAN home to POR and opting for early ball tactics as POR went for normal tactics, another really close exciting encounter with both sides enjoying lots of possession, KAN started the quicker and opened the scoring on 32 minutes when Olsen fired home 1-0 and Falcao headed home on 40 minutes 2-0,POR pulled one back on 42 minutes when Lieper slotted home 2-1,2nd half and POR changed tact to press on 60 minutes, Falcao headed home his 2nd on 65 minutes 3-1,66 minutes and Purdy fired home 3-2 and Smyth drilled home on 68 minutes to level things up ,POR changed tact back to normal on 68 minutes, 76 minutes and Zobby fired KAN back ahead 4-3,POR changed tact again on 76 minutes to press,Zobby drilled home his 2nd on 78 minutes 5-3 and Falcao completed his hat trick on 84 minutes 6-3 as they just edged the shot count 12 to 11.
SJ home to VAN and both sides opting for normal tactics ,another really close exciting encounter with both sides enjoying lots of possession ,SJ started the quicker and opened the scoring in the 1st minute when Waddle fired home 1-0,VAN slowly played themselves back into the game and levelled things up on 25 minutes when Weah headed home 1-1,38 minutes and Lineker fired home 2-1 and he drilled home his 2nd on 39 minutes 3-1,43 minutes and Hogarth fired home 3-2,2nd half subs on and Banks fired home on 49 minutes to level it up 3-3,61 minutes and Weah headed home his 2nd 3-4,Hogarth fired home his 2nd on 65 minutes 3-5 and Grimsby slotted home on 68 minutes 3-6,Caiecedo pulled one back on 69 minutes 4-6 ,but all in vain they just edged the shot count 12 to 11 but go away pointless.
Division 2
ATL home to AUS and both sides opting for normal tactic, another really close exciting encounter with both sides enjoying lots of possession, AUS started the quicker and opened the scoring on 17 minutes when Kownacki fired home 0-1,from then on defences stood firm, ATL changed tact to press looking for a goal on 70 minutes but to no avail,AUS just edged the shot count 4 to 2.
CHA home to CHI and opting for longball tactics as CHI went for normal tactics, another really exciting game with both sides enjoying lots of possession, CHA started the quicker and opened the scoring on 15 minutes when Lee fired home 1-0,CHI slowly played themselves back into the game and levelled things up on 22 minutes when Ivy slotted home 1-1,2nd half and CHA upped their tempo as Del Boy fired home on 53 minutes 2-1 and Cea sealed the game on 61 minutes 3-1 as they edged the shot count 6 to 2.
DC home to INT and both sides opting for normal tactics, another really close exciting encounter with both sides enjoying lots of possession, DC had the worst possible start as Smitt saw red after only 4 minutes when he brought down Harrower in the box ,ref pointed to the spot and then produced a red card, DC down to 10 men and Harrower fired home his spot kick 0-1,DC slowly played themselves back into the game and on 30 minutes levelled things up when Duran fired home 1-1 and a minute later he drilled home his 2nd 2-1,2nd half and INT kept pushing and on 83 minutes Mills slotted home 2-2 as they just edged the shot count 6 to 5 but points shared.
LA home to SEA and opting for longball tactics as SEA went for normal tactics, another really exciting game with both sides enjoying lots of possession, LA started quickly and opened the scoring on 24 minutes when Roger's fired home 1-0,31 minutes and game changing moment when Sampson saw red and SEA down to 10 men,34 minutes and Pop rifled home 2-0,2nd half and Washington fired home on 47 minutes 3-0,62 minutes and Roger's drilled home his 2nd 4-0 and McGinn sealed the game on 72 minutes 5-0 as they outplayed and outshot them 9 to 2.
