WEEK 5: Alamo Wins the Duel For First Place

ALAMO CITY 7 GATEWAY UNITED 4 - Coming into this match it was expected that there would be a lot of scoring to determine a winner. The Saints opened the week with a goal from Paulo Jr. Then the Battle countered with a clean sheet and 5 saves from Hartman to take a 2-1 lead. Gateway United countered with 2 goals from Kenny Cooper, but the clubs 3-2 lead was short lived because Thierry Henry continued his assault with another multi-point game. This time he had 2 goals and a assist. The Saints tried to fight back when Nielsen collected a clean sheet to make the score 5-4, but Alamo City pulled away when Hassli and Boyd added to the scoreline. BOXSCORE: Battle- Hartman(CS, SP), Henry(G G A), Hassli(A), Boyd(G). Saints- Paulo Jr(G), Cooper(G G), Nielsen(CS), Donovan(Y), Joseph(Y).
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UNION SC 2 GOLD COAST 1 - The first leg of the 2012 California Cup went to the Blues. Union SC had its lowest offensive output of the season, but finally got a win. Gold Coast scored first off a Joel Lindpere assist, but the Blues Captain, Chris Wondolowski equalized and then scored the game winner. BOXSCORE: Blues- Wondolowski(G G) DeGuzman(Y), Pickens(Y). Suns- Linepere(A), Tierney(Y).
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SPARTANS 2 ROSE CITY 1 - New York remained unbeaten 5 games into the season after edging the Flyers. Jon Busch scored the game winner with his saves point. The loss ends Rose City 3 game winning streak. BOXSCORE: Spartans- Koevermans(G), Busch(SP), Corradi(Y). Flyers- A.Moreno(G).
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BURUD TOWN 2 ALLIANCE 1 -It came down to the 2nd half of the last match of the week, But the Stags got their first win of the season. Down 1-0 to the Lions, Ryan Smith scored 2 late assists to win the game. BOXSCORE: Stags- R.Smith (A A Y). Lions- Neagle(A).
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CD GUNNERS 1 KC QUEST 1 - The Champions picked up another tie matching scores with the Quest However, it was Kansas City that could have won the game. The Quest got scores from Convey and LaBrocca, but due to the owners late line up submission, lost a point in the scoreline. Only time will tell if the 2 points lost in the standings will have consequences in the final standings. BOXSCORE: Gunners- Saborio(G), Santos(Y). Quest- Convey(A *LF*), LaBrocca(G), Gruenebaum(Y).
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PENNSYLVANIA 4 SECOND CITY 1 - The Stoners picked up 3 more points in the standings. Four players made a score including 7 saves from Meara. Second City got a clean sheet the hard way from Nick Rimando. He played twice this week and got a clean sheet both games to average a clean sheet for the week. Too bad none of the players in front of him helped him out with any scores. BOXSCORE: Stoners- LeToux(G), Kamara(G), Espindola(G), Meara(SP). Stars- Rimando(CS), Sanna Nyassi(Y), Beckerman(Y).