WEEK 2: Several Clubs Bounce Back After Slow Openers

BURUD TOWN 4 ALAMO CITY 1: The Stags are now 4 for 4 against the Battle. In this latest match up, Burud Town opened the scoring when Steve Zakuani chipped in a goal on Friday. However, it was the red card by Hassli that changed the completion of this game. Coming in off the bench for the Stags was Paulo Araujo Jr, who scored a goal and assist. Alamo City in return could only muster a late Juan Pablo Angel goal. The club was able to bring in a substitute of their own after Burud Town recieved a 2nd yellow card in the game, but Paladini was unable to score as well. CD GUNNERS 5 HILLCREST UTD 0: Unlike last week, the Gunners took advantage of their scoring chances. Well, two players did at least. Javier Morales and Marco Pappa collected all 5 scores for Capital District on route to the clubs first win of 2011. On the flip side, the Rainbows were shutout again. Its the first time in BSL history that a club has failed to score in back to back games. On a side note though, Hillcrest United has had scorers, but they have been sitting on the bench. Last week Rodgers goal was unused. This week both reserve players scored goals for the club. UNION SC 3 ALLIANCE 2: The Blues 2010 MVP came to the rescue in week 2 of the season as Chris Wondolowski's 2 goals were the difference in this game. Dwayne DeRosario got the scoring started with an assist. Alliance equalized off a Joseph goal. After Wondo's two scores built a 3-1 lead, the Lions inched a little closer thanks to Matt Pickens clean sheet. Both clubs had subs enter the game but they were a non factor in the score sheet. PENNSYLVANIA 5 PN RANGERS 1: The Stoners found their offense. A whole whirlwind of players joined the celebration as 4 starting position player made contributions. Mondragon for the second game in a row produced a clean sheet as well. The only sour note in an otherwise impressive first win for Pennsylvania is that Puerari's goal was left on the bench. The Rangers suffered a similiar fate as the Stoners last week, with only the goal keeper, Frei, able to score for the club. The rest of the starting line up produced nothing. GATEWAY UTD 3 GOLD COAST 1: The Saints improved to 2-0 on the season thanks to Jon Busch. With the score tied 1-1 and almost all players in the game accounted for, Busch produced a clean sheet with 5 saves to change the score line for Gateway United. For the Suns, it was a struggle all weekend. Omar Bravo was ejected, forcing the club to play a man down. Matt Reis was minutes away from clean sheet, before a PK was called. The man who scored that PK was Charlie Davies for the Saints making what could have been a 2-0 lead a 1-1 tie instead. The Saints were allowed to bring in Quaranta off the bench, but it had no affect on the game.