As the autumn air gets crisper, and the leaves get crinklier, and the nights get longer, the minds of middle-aged men and maids turn to soccer.
In the women’s league this week, the Ya Yas edged Blazers 4-3, with Blazers strikes coming from Jen Bridgeman, Sherry Moffat and long-time twine-twinkler Jackie Ostrosky, who has been putting balls behind bars now for decades. Ya Yas strikes came from Keri Dixon, Eli August and Jasmine Mendez with a pair.
In the men’s league, Ted Dixon field saw the much-anticipated rematch of last season’s fiery overtime playoff between Chiefs and Wolves. These two teams have tied in every single one of their regular time Sechelt Nation derby matches since spring 2013. Their opening match this year ended, not surprisingly, in a 0-0 tie.
Gibsons Ridgepoint Bruins, while unable to field a team last week, this week took HMB to the mat in a 5-2 smackdown. Although he’s only five foot nothing and weighs a buck and a half soaking wet, one of Metro Vancouver’s leading scorers paid a nasty visit to HMB this week. Sean Whalen put his number 10 bumble bee jersey on his back to raise havoc amongst HMB backliners, who looked like paddle boarders who’d just seen a tidal wave. Whalen put four in their net, then passed one off to teammate Ian Marshall for good form.
After a 13-year career in the men’s league with many tournament and season wins, the long-in-the-tooth squad CPU finally folded. The remaining prodigal CPUers, who broke away from Sita’s in 2000, limped back to their original colours, wiser, greyer and worse for wear, but keen as ever. They won a lot of hardware in their time and looked good doing it, causing sideliner fan Kelly Kammerle to wonder: “Do good looks help win games?”
