Olympique Montreux, 4
Park City Newpark, 2
ByPierre d'Estaim
Sports Writer
PARK CITY , UT.
The Olympian midfielder capped an impressive sequence by taking a hard ground shot that found the back of the net to the surprise of the Snowmen's defense and the keeper.
Park City Newpark, 2
By
PARK CITY
The Olympian midfielder capped an impressive sequence by taking a hard ground shot that found the back of the net to the surprise of the Snowmen's defense and the keeper.
Undaunted, the Snowmen quickly regrouped behind the leadership of their talisman player Liam Hanafer who created the equalizer merely four minutes after Tiger's goal.
Pedaling backward
The Olympians nearly reclaimed the lead in the 10th minute when Tiger made an excellent pass to Jesse Day who dished the ball to Nate Murphy whose shot missed just wide.
Knowing that a victory or even a tie would guarantee the Olympians their second Premiership title in successive years,Park City was determined to make sure OM would not celebrate in its stadium. To keep the ball from the Olympians' lethal midfield, they smartly played long and high balls from the defense to their speedy forwards.
For several minutes,OM was clearly disorganized and the defense was pedaling backward trying to impede the recurring raids of Liam and company. Keeper Aaron Bruderer was tested often.
Park City Park City
Regaining control of the middle
The Snowmen continued to pressure Paul Williams and the rest of the defense as the first half wore on. The Olympians tried to reorganize to slowdown the game and plug up the holes.
Tiger and Ken Barton did just that. With Ken standing as a Claude Makelele in front of the defense, and Tiger slashing through the Snowmen's midfield and making timely passes to the sides, the Snowmen's compact defense opened up just enough for league leading scorer Sergio Vasquez to score his 20th goal of the season.
The marksman benefited from a well-timed Tiger pass in the 35th minute, controlled the ball, outpaced his marker and hit it past the keeper from just outside the penalty area.
The Olympians' midfielders and wingers took the controls for good after Sergio's goal. They were awarded a penalty in the 44th minute. Jeremy Jones coolly converted it to make the score 3-2 at the half.
The Olympians returned to the field for the second half understanding that the forwards had to pressurePark City
The strategy seemed to work as a hurriedPark City
In the 54th minute, Mauricio Borba escaped his marker, but shot wide. Three minutes later, he again misled the defense. His bending shot from the left hit the far post with the keeper clearly beaten.
The Snowmen could not find much time to get into a rhythm.
In the 62nd minute, Jake got a great pass through the middle from Jeremy. He went straight in and buried a big shot into the net with beautiful definition.OM was up 4-2.
Park City
“That kind of attitude clearly spoils it for me.”
With about two or three minutes to go and the game virtually won, and the Park City defenders playing very physical, thinking ahead to the cup games and wanting to avoid unnecessary injury, Bel-Ami started pulling out some players. One in particular outwardly expressed his disgust for the manager.
“That kind of attitude clearly spoils it for me. There was cause to celebrate before that excessive response to being substituted with the game all but over and the three points in the bag,” said a clearly humiliated Bel-Ami.
“I am here on the sidelines in the cold weather suffering from a very bad cold and a high fever, doing my best to help manage the team, only to be disrespected. That is neither the Olympian attitude, nor a way to react upon winning a championship after a very successful campaign.”
Bel-Ami looked a lonely figure in the cold weather as he picked up the trash left behind after the players had departed.Pedaling backward
The Olympians nearly reclaimed the lead in the 10th minute when Tiger made an excellent pass to Jesse Day who dished the ball to Nate Murphy whose shot missed just wide.
Knowing that a victory or even a tie would guarantee the Olympians their second Premiership title in successive years,
For several minutes,
Regaining control of the middle
The Snowmen continued to pressure Paul Williams and the rest of the defense as the first half wore on. The Olympians tried to reorganize to slowdown the game and plug up the holes.
Tiger and Ken Barton did just that. With Ken standing as a Claude Makelele in front of the defense, and Tiger slashing through the Snowmen's midfield and making timely passes to the sides, the Snowmen's compact defense opened up just enough for league leading scorer Sergio Vasquez to score his 20th goal of the season.
The marksman benefited from a well-timed Tiger pass in the 35th minute, controlled the ball, outpaced his marker and hit it past the keeper from just outside the penalty area.
The Olympians' midfielders and wingers took the controls for good after Sergio's goal. They were awarded a penalty in the 44th minute. Jeremy Jones coolly converted it to make the score 3-2 at the half.
The Olympians returned to the field for the second half understanding that the forwards had to pressure
The strategy seemed to work as a hurried
In the 54th minute, Mauricio Borba escaped his marker, but shot wide. Three minutes later, he again misled the defense. His bending shot from the left hit the far post with the keeper clearly beaten.
The Snowmen could not find much time to get into a rhythm.
In the 62nd minute, Jake got a great pass through the middle from Jeremy. He went straight in and buried a big shot into the net with beautiful definition.
“That kind of attitude clearly spoils it for me.”
With about two or three minutes to go and the game virtually won, and the Park City defenders playing very physical, thinking ahead to the cup games and wanting to avoid unnecessary injury, Bel-Ami started pulling out some players. One in particular outwardly expressed his disgust for the manager.
“That kind of attitude clearly spoils it for me. There was cause to celebrate before that excessive response to being substituted with the game all but over and the three points in the bag,” said a clearly humiliated Bel-Ami.
“I am here on the sidelines in the cold weather suffering from a very bad cold and a high fever, doing my best to help manage the team, only to be disrespected. That is neither the Olympian attitude, nor a way to react upon winning a championship after a very successful campaign.”
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