Description by Dave H:
"We took a 2-0 lead on two excellent goals by Marco that were set you on great passes by Josh. Then we had a half dozen chances to score again but kept missing the net.They came back to take a 4-2 lead on some shoddy defending, mostly by me.
But we got back to 4-3 on another Marco goal and then tied it up 4-4 on goal that Colin might have pushed in with his stomach directly from a throw in. There was some controversy because South's thought they should have gotten the throw. So, we were pushing for the winner with Colin basically in all alone on the big goal upstairs and the ref blew the whistle and called it game over.

We played pretty well as a team. We moved the ball around,made some runs and generally had everyone involved in the game. John got forward at times, Darren was really working to get forward and back.

Seniors falls under the unstoppable juggernaut of the Juniors machine. David L. starting the scoring with and excellent right footer and then proceeded miss most of the rest of his shots. One of those nights for David, I suppose. Seniors got one back on a hand ball that when uncalled followed by a toe ball from onetime Juniors, Partha. Oooh! Temporary Gotham sub Greg got the second and it was all downhill from there. Josh Lee sunk a third one in the second half and then Greg got the fourth again after much time was spent playing with Seniors. Lots of crosses, not too many shots. Lots of misses. A nice win but it should have been about 10-0. Good work from everyone- solid defending in the back from John and Dave H. and good stuff in the middle and front from everyone else. Thanks to both Greg and Andy for filling in on a short night.

Bloomberg couldn't field a team for the playoffs so we breezed through the first round. Tried to play a scrimmage at JJ Walker but the lights went off on us AGAIN. You won't sucker us into playing there again, Jaime!

 We played an excellent hard fought game against the 'Lads in the semifinals. Juniors stormed out of the box and ran the score up to 3-0 in the first ten minutes on goals by David L, Marco, and an own goal. Then the Lads got organized and came back with two goals by the half. Second half played even for a long time, but then David opened it up to 4-2. Souths came back again to make it 4-3 but that's the closest they got. Two more goals from Andy and another from David. Southlads got one more but the outcome was eventually sealed.

The final game was a long stalemate. Juniors dominated possession 85% of the time but couldn't get anything through a tight Roospect defense. Still 0-0 at half. Roospect kept packing the back and playing the long ball down to one or two guys in the front and eventually slipped one in on defensive error in the second half. It was an even game, but not very satisfying. Juniors denied the trophy again. Sigh.

Goals - 9, 33

Uh.

A double header makeup from last week's snowout. Juniors opened the evening with a goal-fest against last place Soc Gen. We had a slow start in the first half, but Juniors grit came through and there was little trouble finishing them off.

The second game brought the long awaited matchup with Gotham. David L defected to Gotham giving both teams one sub. A tight fought match saw both teams playing evenly. Gotham got the lead though when Keith McEvoy was able to put away the rebound from David Lazanja power shot. Gotham went on to make it 2-0 in the second half on another powerful shot from David L that just barely deflected off of Colin's leg and away from the goalkeeper's hands. Close to the end, Keith McEvoy went down with a knee injury and was forced to play down a man. Colin sank a magnificent cross the box shot into the net to save some dignity for Juniors and the game ended 2-1. This rivalry is far from over though and Juniors relishes our rematch, whenever it may happen!

Details are sketchy but we do remember that our sole goal came from Darren's knee.

Postponed due to rain and field conditions.

Ugly first half as we go down 3-0. But a sassy long distance bouncing goal from Marshall and a fortuitous penalty kick put us back in the game in the second half. Two more goals from Josh put us out on top, but a late one from Aurora tied it up. Coulda shoulda woulda, but a tie is an ok result.

Seems like we're detecting a Juniors pattern - Show up asleep, give up an early goal or two, wake up, step up tempo, and even it up or win. Tonight was no exception. Early breakaway put them up 1-0. Then a classy one-two and visiting player Adam Babiker evened it up. Marco sank a second one in the first half to give us the edge. We held them off in the second half mostly because we shut down their one shooter. (Kudos to John for taking on this task and masterfully marking their guy out of the game.) A third goal from Josh sealed their fate. It wasn't pretty, but what the hey, it's a win.

Weird game. Juniors came out reasonably strong, but still gave up two early goals to the 'lads. Then their keeper went down with a dislocated knee. Ugly! They're playing a man down so being the sporting guys we are, we play a man down too. And Southlads promptly scores three more leaving us 5 goals down; mostly all breakaway goals. 2nd half, Souths slows down a bit and we get three quick one from Marco, Marshall, and Darren. Not enough though. Souths gets one more and it's over. As Josh pointed out, it's probably just as well we played a man down to match them. It we'd played with a man advantage and lost it would have been pretty embaressing. Oh well. there's always winter season.

A close game, but Juniors righteous cause triumphs again. Classy goals from David L and Matt. Junk goal for the other team. Many thanks to Mario for coming out and bring his stellar recruit, Andy.

Wow! We show up with ten guys expecting to play 7v7 and they've changed the field and we're only playing 6v6 which means four on the sideline. No matter. Two up on Southlads on goals by Marshall and super-sub Chris Danelian and we let them come back with two to equalize on goals off of throw ins. Two Lads went down injured at the same time and took a little wind out of them. Two 5 minute overtimes and nothing changes. Penalty shots and we sank three and they sank only two with a save by Peter. On to the finals!

Final game. They've expanded the field and we get to play 7v7 now and we're playing a slightly winded Juventus whose goalie went out injured in the previous game, though their replacement is pretty decent too. Two goals put us up at the half but we let them slip one in the backside and it's 2-1. Juniors controlled the action though and the outcome was never in doubt. Another goal puts us over the top and final is 3-1, with goals by Marshall, Chris, and Sandro

Nice work Juniors! First championship in over a year. Classy teamwork carries the day!

Quite a demotion derby! Kudos to Marco for the nutmeg throw-in and to Dave H for his goalie 'meg as well. Micah is scoring so consistantly that it almost doesn't warrent a note. And FINALLY, a free round at the Ear to boot. Those of you who skipped this week MISSED OUT.

On a hot night, David L. opened the semifinal scoring with a beautiful net ripper early in the game. Josh followed later with his own scorcher. Maracaibo got on the board on a deflection own goal off of Marco. Valentin the ref made his usual unfathomable calls, eventually driving one Maracaibo player to lose it and spit on the ref and push him. A red card followed but Juniors wasn't able to further punish them.

On to the finals with Southlads. Again David L opened the scoring minutes into the first half. Juniors controlled well, but Southlads answered with a goal minutes later. Then they snuck in a second goal on a rebound off of Peter's save later in the first half. A hard semifinal game and the heat took its toll and Juniors faded in the second half with the score running to 5-1 against us at one point. A late rally brought us back in the game, but wasn't quite enough. All in all, though a very classy and clean game, nobody whined, no dirty play. If we had to go down, Southlads is a great team to whom to lose. There's always next season......