JOSHUA KIMBALL IN FULL FLIGHT AS OM THUMPS BOSNIA UNITED 7-0

Pierre d'Estaing, Sports Writer

Salt Lake City(May 6).--Olympique Montreux FC was in festive mood this afternoon with a comfortable victory against Bosnia United. Goalkeeper Chad Evans made his first start for the side and earned the shut out as the team collected all twelve points in four games and conceded only one goal and scored 22. Last season's Golden Boot winner, Sergio Vasquez, leads the way with nine goals.

It's raining goals, alleluia!

The Bosnian team was keen to take something from the match, not wanting to sink to new lows, having collected zero point in their first three games. Unfortunately for them, however, the Olympians had other ideas. From the start, they pushed the Bosnians against the wall with a machine gun volley of three goals in the opening 15 minutes. Chad Gilbert tallied in the 4th minute, Tracy McGuire in the 8th minute, and Sergio Vasquez made it 3-0 two minutes later. The Olympians were so dominating that any effort their opponents tried to muster were swatted aside quickly. Bel-Ami's men just dominated possession with their familiar quick passing style.

The power of a pretty fan

Although all components of the OM machinery were working perfectly, the performance of Josh Kimball is worthy of special mention. Perhaps the presence of a young woman of a certain beauty had something to do with the winger cranking his game up several gears. Kimball delighted the public and impressed his teammates with his prolific running at the opponents and successful Zidanesque moves. Kimball is having a good run in the side and making the most of it. Today especially, he apparently found a talisman.

The winger was brilliant in creating the second goal. In the 8th minute, he picked the ball up some ten yards out of the area, sped past two defenders and slipped it to McGuire who fired on goal and was delighted to see his shot neatly resting in the back of the net. It was a classic finish that McGuire can be proud of after being injured in last week's game against Utah Mix.

Number seven McGuire could have doubled his tally moments later when Kimball picked him out in the area, after controlling the ball and firing his shot, Bosnia United's keeper was able to push it out, but striker Ricky Johnson was there for the tap in. Bosnia then tested Evans as Admir Softic, a 2001 OM alumnus, took aim from 30 yards only to see Evans parry the ball with authority.

The Barton-Murphy magic show

With the lead secured, Nate Murphy and Kenny Barton began entertaining the crowd with a series of flicks, dummies and pinpoint passes that were greeted with loud olé cheers, but the defense still had to be on its guard as the wind was proving a tricky ally of the Bosnians. In the 20th minute, Barton found Vasquez and the prolific marksman one-timed a perfect shot to claim his 9th goal of the young season.

Five minutes later, Todd Miller sent a long ball forward. Murphy controlled it, slid the ball past the Bosnians defense to Barton who returned the favor and the in-form Murphy slotted home for the sixth goal of the afternoon. Ricky Johnson closed the scoring two minutes from time.

Olympique Montreux in full control

The seven first half goals relaxed the Olympians who basically controlled the second half and maintained 95 percent possession. They remained vigilant though as Softic and Zlatan Radalovic tried a couple of times to thread through the Olympians' minefields. With the game already won, Bel-Ami used the opportunity to enforce OM's policy not to run up the score and take unnecessary risks. The game ended a bit prematurely as several United Bosnia players either became sick, injured or literally stopped playing.