OLYMPIQUE MONTREUX EDGED BRAVE OREM. IVAN MORALES SHOWED STYLE

Orem, Oct. 1 (League News Service [LNS]). Unlike the opening match of the season when an explosive Olympique Montreux scored seven goals against Orem City, this afternoon a vastly improved City, playing a defensive 6-3-1 formation, resisted the attacks of an utterly impatient OM.

City parked a school bus in front of goal for most of the first half, at times packing seven men in the area. Lacking in patience, OM strikers resorted to solo freelancing, often running hard into City's tall and large defenders. Erick Ivan Morales, operating on the left wing in the absence of Jesse Day successfully put the ball in the area several times after shaking off markers. However, OM strikers either failed to connect or shot wide.

As time passed, the Olympians became even more impatient. Lineman Robert Batista flagged several of them offside.

It was not until the 30th minute that Mike Polich was able to have a good hold of a ball from midfielder Nate Murphy and set up Sergio Vasquez who notched up his tenth goal of the season.

City equalized ten minutes later on a quick restart while many OM players were still arguing Referee Scott Howard's call instead of setting up a wall. OM Keeper Devin Zimmerman was unhappy with his teammates.

The Olympians have a bad habit of arguing calls and failing to defend while their opponents take quick restarts. DLD FC scored on them almost the same way earlier in the season, and Utah Mix also exploited the lack of discipline.

OM settled down and played better in the second half. Jake Cavanaugh broke the tie in the 60th minute with a well-taken header from a Chad Gilbert cross.

Still playing its trademark 4-3-3 formation, OM made good use of maintaining possession, letting the ball do the running with City players chasing it in frustration.

At the 75th minute, Murphy blasted in the second goal on an unstoppable close range shot from a Vasquez's assist. OM was up 3-1.

In the 77th minute, Morales let loose a curbing shot that hit the post. Eli Dotto came close to scoring twice, but was unlucky. His shots sailed over the bar.

Josh Kimball's long-range effort looked promising at the 89th minute, but City's keeper turned the shot past the post at the last possible second.

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OLYMPIANS NOTES:

“ Our problem sometimes is that we want to score early and a lot," observed Bel-Ami de Montreux. "We need to be more patient and play more collectively."

"We also have a problem with some players who, when they become unhappy with another player on the field, start screaming to the sideline for the player to be substituted. That is counterproductive and cannot continue. I know by experience when you put a player down, he is going to do worse. It is best to prop up the player's self-esteem or address the situation with the on-field captain and then with me whenever possible," added de Montreux.

"We had that problem in 2003 with Captain Alex Pogman, and we ended up losing some young men. Last season, we again had issues with Simplice Djahanou for abusing his teammates and we had to part ways with the talented Togolese."

TRACY MCGUIRE did not dress up for the game. He is nursing a sore thigh muscle. Tracy should be ready next week.

ARTHUR VAN WAGENEN was affected by a strained thigh muscle as well. He contributed in the first half, but yielded his place to ISAAK JAMES who barely came off the injured reserve list.

JESSE DAY did not travel with the team because he is resting his sore knee. The left winger should also be back next week.

ERICK IVAN MORALES played with the calm and poise he is known for and did not make any mistakes. When trusted with the playmaker role after Murphy left the game, he handled the job admirably.

It is still not clear whether HUGH VAN WAGENEN received two yellow cards against International last week. If so, the influential midfielder should be in the starting line up next week when the Olympians take on Pan World at the West Jordan Soccer Complex.

ARRON BRUDERER stayed home and celebrated his son's birthday. He reported the event was a big hit. The team extends best wishes to the future OM keeper and the Bruderer family.

DEVIN ZIMMERMAN did what he does best. He nearly registered the shot out. Davin needs to be more vocal mostly on dead ball plays against the team.
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MAN OF THE MATCH: Jake Cavanaugh
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LEADING SCORERS:

Sergio Vasquez: 10 goals
Chad Gilbert: 9 goals
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STARTING LINE UP: Mike Polich, Erick Ivan Morales, Sergio Vasquez, Jake Cavanaugh, Nate Murphy, Paul Williams, Arthur Van Wagenen, John McQuarrie, J.T. Cracroft, Devin Zimmerman, Jeremy Jones.

SUBSTITUTIONS: Isaac James, Josh Kimball, Eli Dotto, Matt Wolley, Chad Gilbert.
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NEXT GAME:

Saturday, October 8, 2005. 4:00 PM
OM vs.. PAN WORLD West Jordan Complex, Field J