Week 2 Indoor Soccer

This week's Game of the Week featured the 6v6 Men's A Champions, Milan versus the very talented D Ocho Boys. The game between the two juggernauts was played just as expected, with lots of scoring.

The scoring started in the first minute with a goal from D Ocho boys. The ball was knocked around inside the goal box, with the fight for the ball ending with Jason Murphy punching the ball past Milan's goalie, Gopal Narang. However, Milan did not allow this early goal to dictate the game and came back with five unanswered goals. The first was a follow up shot from Louis Holmes that beat D Ocho Boy's goalie, Sean Hersey to the far post. The second goal for Milan was a nice turn-and-shoot situation from MArk Amirtharaj. The third goal was set up nicely by Homes, as his cross found Grant Vickers for the put away. The fourth goal in this barrage was scired by Daniel Contreras' open net follow up shot. The final goal of the 5-0 run was hands down, the goal of the day. Contreras played a ball from mid field, through 3 players and found Richard Barriga who one-timed the ball right past Hersey.

Before the end of the half, D Ocho Boys were able to answer back and regain some momentum when Sathi Wijeyesinghe stole a pass at midfield and had a one-on-one with the goalie, beating Narang far post.

The second half followed the first half in producing more of what we expected...goals. The first goal of the second half was Barriga's second goal of the game, increasing Milan's lead to 6-2. Barriga stole a botched goal kick and had a one-on-one with the goalie which he put away easily. D Ocho Boys refused to back down, and went on to score three straight goals. The first two were scored by David Cencula. The first of Cencula's goals was a hard shot from about 12 yards out, with Joseph Cardoso on the assist. Goal number 2 for Cencula was D Ocho's most impressive goal of the day. He received the bacll at midfield and dribbled the ball through two defenders before chipping the ball over Milan's goalie (Narang) and into the back of the net. The third goal in the run for the Boys came from Kevin Cencula who beat the goalie far post on a hard shot. This put the Boys within one of Milan.

Milan fought back when Contreras found the net on a dropped cross from Amirtharaj. D Ocho Boys had some fight left and managed to score another goal with less than a minute remianing. This time, Cardoso found the net with a cross from Murphy.

The game ended with Milan on top 7-6. Look for these two teams to potentially meet again in the late rounds of bracket play.

Milan:
Amirtharaj 1 goal, 1 asst
Barriga 2 goals
Contreras 2 goals, 1 asst
Gochnour 1 asst
Homes 1 goal
Narang 11 saves
Vickers 1 goal

D Ocho Boys:
Cardoso 1 goal
D. Cencula 2 goals
K. Cencula 1 goal
Hersey 10 saves
Murphy 1 goal 1 asst
Wijeyesinghe 1 goal