OM Oquirrh Field. June 12, 2011 - Olympique Montreux’s Premiership team stayed undefeated after a hotly contested match against an in-form Westminster College team, also known as Lazio, that came to OM Oquirrh Field with upset on [their] mind.
The match was played after a turbulent week at the club that saw manager Bel-Ami de Montreux suspend or release many players who repeatedly failed to show up for practice and even scheduled games.
“You either lead, follow or get out of the way,” asserted the manager.
“Rules are rules, the fact we are an amateur team does not mean players can simply thumb their noses at our project. There are many teams in Utah that do not practice. If a guy is not comfortable with our mission or if we interfere with his work schedule, he should freely transfer elsewhere.”
The P1 (Premiership) Olympians had a fast start when in 5th minute, left back Parker Haycock penetrated into the area to score on crossed kick.
Westminster marched on to tie the score in the 20th minute.
Playmaker Ivan Marcos Olmedo, who is having an MVP season so far, delivered one of his classic free kicks from twenty yards out to put the Olympians back in charge in the 35th.
Forward Esteban Lecuona, the side’s leading scorer after five games, scored in the 40th minute.
The first half was not without its hair raising moments however, as newly signed keeper Oscar Sanchez made one bad mistake after another to keep the match full of suspense.
It was in the second half that Oscar’s performance quickly came to shreds.
On a pass back from fullback Spencer Whipple, the keeper carelessly kicked the ball right into traffic only to have a Lazio forward intercept and put the ball right into the Olympians net to make the score 3-2.
That was the second time Oscar had made the same mistake.
After a glaring miss by forward Isai Tapia on a one on one with the keeper, the Olympians, behind the leadership of Ivan, pushed forward to make the score 4-2 on Esteban’s second goal.
Just when it seemed like business was settled, a bewildered and overwhelmed Oscar, lacking in confidence, let in a third Westminster goal on his mistakes filled debut.
“Perhaps the keeper was nervous. He is a good guy though. Unfortunately, our P1 games are high level and our D1 games are not easy either. Oscar has a lot of work to do to earn another start with OM,” explained Bel-Ami.
ALAN RUELAS COMING INTO HIS OWN, SCORING FOR D1
Olympique Montreux’s First Division team extended its winning streak to seven games with a 3-1 victory against Meatus FC to maintain its lead at the top of the table.
Meatus F.C. opened the scoring eight minutes into the second half putting O.M. down 1-0. Not the kind of start anticipated.
Alan Ruelas tied the game two minutes later with a beautiful strike that found the side netting.
Tim Ballantyne (67th minute) and Leo Oliveria (84th) ensured the Olympians took all three points from the match.
Also, keeper Martin Martinez was good in goal, stopping several point blank shots that the defense allowed while playing rather badly on this evening.
“If it wasn’t for the inability of the Meatus F.C. forwards to finish and Keeper Martin’s big presence in goal, we could have lost that game,” said Bel-Ami.
Although the Olympians showed some shining moments when they, at various times, held possession of the ball for extended minutes by passing it quickly.
NOTES: The D1 Olympians return to practice on Tuesday. Thursday’s practice for the Premiership will not be held because of the match against Park City on Friday evening.
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