WEEK 10: Red Cards Play Huge Roll in Outcomes

SPARTANS 2 UNION SC 1 - A couple of streaks ended in the Game of the Week. Spartans 1612 snapped a 2 game losing skid riding a couple of goals from Sene and Grazzini to victory. The defeat ends the Union SC unbeaten streak at 5 games as the clubs offense just could not get going. The only score came off the bench when Arnaud came in after New York's second card in the match. BOXSCORE: Spartans- Sene(G), Grazzini(G), Juninho(Y), Myers(Y). Blues- Arnaud(G).
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BURUD TOWN 3 CD GUNNERS 2 - The Stags have now won back to back games thanks to another 3 point performance. The hero in this game was Pajoy's brace, his first 2 goals of the season. Meanwhile the Gunners started strong this week when Montero scored a couple of mid week goals, but blanked in the weekend to average 1 point. Freddy Adu's assist had the game tied at 3-3, before he was red carded out of the match taking away his point. BOXSCORE: Stags- Caskey(A), Pajoy(G G Y). Gunners- Montero(1T Y), Ricketts(SP), Adu(A -R), Saborio(Y).
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ROSE CITY 1 ALLIANCE 0 - Neither club was able to score in this match. The Lions DC players blanked. Even Brian Ching could not score in his new stadium. 2nd place Rose City, could not do any better as Rosales could not get a point in his 2 matches this week.The lone point came in the final seconds as Dan Kennedy recorded his 5th save. The Flyers stole 3 points in this one. BOXSCORE: Flyers- Kennedy(SP), Moffat(Y). Lions- Stephenson(Y).
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GOLD COAST 2 ALAMO CITY 1 - A short handed AC Battle chose keep its roster unchanged in week 10. The result was a 4th straight loss. The match was tight throughout the week and looked like it could have ended in a 1-1 tie, before Joel Lindpere scored the game winning goal on Sunday. Gold Coast has won 4 in a row. BOXSCORE: Suns- Tierney(A), Lindpere(G Y), Jacobsen(Y). Battle- Hassli(G Y), Johnson(Y), Mirosevic(Y).
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PENNSYLVANIA 4 KC QUEST 0 - The Stoners got scores from 4 different players to route the Quest and get their 6th win of the season. Kansas City did get a point from Bobby Convey but it was disallowed with a line up failure. BOXSCORE: LeToux(A), Kamara(A Y), Espindola(G), Castillo(1T Y). Quest- Convey(G -LF), Segares(Y), LaBrocca(Y).
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SECOND CITY 5 GATEWAY UNITED 3 - The best match of the week saw the Saints get off to a quick start with goals from Cooper and Beckham midweek. Then the Stars fought back including 2 clean sheets from Nick Rimando to average a clean sheet for the game. Brad Davis' beautiful goal in Houston gave the Stars the lead. Roger Espinoza did tie the game up, but his assist would not count after he was red carded from the match. Correa came in off the bench and scored a goal to add some insurance for Second City.  BOXSCORE: Stars- Rimando(CS) Oduro(G), Nyarko(A), Davis(G), Correa(G). Saints- Beckham(G Y), Cooper(1T), Chiumiento(A), Espinoza(A -R), Corrales(Y).