Semi Final Round 1 (2/8/08)
We had a fight on our hands this morning but I all fell into place as scripted with a spirited 2-0 win over our foes at a breezy school oval this morning. Roselea came out hard and camped themselves firmly in our half for the first 10-15 minutes and the coach and crowd were nervous, nervous, nervous. Harry, (a.k.a. “rubber man”) pulled off a ripper of a save diving to his left and covering a ball that was earmarked for the left hand corner….we loved it. Still……Roselea couldn’t find their mark and our team composed themselves and started to grind out a win. Andrew scored our first goal with a volley that came from a cross from the wing and we went to the break 1 nil up but with plenty of work still left to do. We needed some speed up front and some driving kicks to provide some momentum that we could work with. Sammy was brought back into defence to clear and drive and she did just that. Sammy drove up to Josh, Josh crossed to Joel and hey presto…”Joela Joela” gets number one for the season. (well done…we knew it was in there somewhere.) Jeremy was everywhere today and was a deserved “MOTM” recipient….he chased down everything today. A special “THANKYOU” to our star sweeper Charlie, who played his last game before he departs to the USA to show Beckham a thing or two. You have done yourself and your team proud Charlie….we couldn’t have got this far without your speed and skill and for that we all say “Bon Voyage” and we will be thinking of you.
Next week…Hill Hawks……so plenty of soccer left yet. See you Wednesday.

Semi Final Round 1 (2/8/08)
Scorers – Steve Kirkby (4) , Josh Nicholson (2)
A tense game to start – our opposition ensured every last player was between us and the goal. The game was exciting as a lot was at stake especially as we have never managed to win over Redbacks this season. Well done to Nicho and Steve for being able to kick the ball in definitively after wonderful team efforts each time. The sideline certainly enjoyed the game which was played with a really good spirit.

Semi Final Round 1 (2/8/08)
SCORERS: Alex Szanto, Andrew Meikle
Welcome back team – another win – this time 2-0 over West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook. Great to have all the team back together again and looking as strong as ever. We had a tough match on our hands today with the opposition putting on a very strong show. They were very determined to win, they obviously wanted a shot at the Grand Final, but…. so did we!
Time was dragging on and we were well into the second half with not a goal in sight – you could feel the tension in the air – were we going to go down to a draw or even worse, a loss? Finally and to everyone’s relief Alex came up with the goods – it didn’t look like it was going to go in but it bounced over their goalie’s head and in it went – you could hear the crowd roar clear across Dural, it was THE BEST goal and boy did we need it. A few minutes later Andrew picked up the ball and put our second one in the corner of the net. Fantastic job guys, but next time we REALLY would appreciate it if you don’t wait so long to score, your poor manager and coach were having some very, shall we say, “anxious moments” as were most of the parents!! Once again the better team prevailed and well done to Callum who earned Man of the Match for a very solid and well played match.

Semi-Final Round 1 (2/8/08)
SCORERS: Reynor Jones (3)
Our team played their best game of the seaon. Everyone was at their peak resulting in a win. Reynor scored the three goals with one exceptional goal that came from half way up the field. Jayden had three attempts with all being near misses.
Player of the Week went to Michael Benson.

Week 12 (21/6/08) played 26/7/08
Scorers – Steve Kirkby (4), Sammy Belmonte
A great and enjoyable match – very close result – we are thankful that Steve gave up a planned trip to Canberra to play the game and scored 4 of our goals. We have finished the season without losing a match – that is a real credit to the boys and their determination. The next two weeks will be interesting as we play the two teams we have drawn against this season. Go Pumas!!

Week 12 (21/6/08) played 26/7/08
Not our best effort today but boy…North Epping were there to play. They were very quick all over the park today and exposed some big holes in our midfield. In our defence ….. It was our “have fun” match and we did play out of positions to give the backs a turn up front and vice versa….so I hope you boys and girl enjoyed it as next week it will be back to usual. It gave us a good chance to “target” their best players as I get the feeling we will be meeting this team again in the near future….but we will have done our homework and will be preparing for a vastly different outcome. Well done to Tom N who scored our only goal but Dale had a great shot and near miss from a free kick out side the box. Thanks to Matt for coming along to observe…all be it with a very sore foot. You will be greatly missed Matty but the team will do our best for you. Harry played a great game in goals and was throwing his body around like a rag doll …and pulled off some great saves……earning him the man of the match. I think that we learnt a lot from this game and now we know how our opposition attack and defend and we can take measures to combat them in both departments. It’s the “business” end of the season so we still have some hard work ahead team….see you on Wednesday.

Week 12 (21/6/08) played 26/7/08
SCORERS: Caleb Vinson
We had a shaky start to the game, but great teamwork saw Caleb sneak past the goalie to put us a goal up about halfway through the first half. Aaron was tested in goals on many occasions, but he held firm.It’s really tough to pick out one player each week, when everyone gives 100%. Well done everybody.
Best Player: Mitchell Webb, putting his body on the line (literally) to defend our position.