Saturday, May 26, 2012

ACSL Week 6

Despite some last week losses, two of the three Angel City squads have qualified for the Cup round next week at Playa Vista.

Angel City FC topped the EPL and the league with a record of five wins and a tie to take the No. 1 seed and bye to the semis.  Angel City will face the winner of a match between Malibu United and Real Talk in the second round of playoffs.

The squad finished up the season on a quiet note, taking a 3-0 default win over Mr Snuggleton FC, who for the second week in a row could not field a team.

Malibu United earned its fourth win of the season with a 6-2 win over TWSS to take second place in the EPL.

Meanwhile a seemingly tired ACFC dropped an 11-2 (Mathieu, 2) decision to the Slutty Buffalos, knocking them into second place in La Liga behind the Buffalos, who also earned a bye into the semis. ACFC will face Serie A winner LA Plushdamentals in the quarter finals, the winner of which will play the Buffalos in the semis.

The Swamp Donkeys finished third in La Liga also ending the season with a 3-0 default win against Trenchtown United, a squad which missed three of their six matches.

La Plushdamentals capped their first ACSL season with a 2-1 win over the One Touch Stars to top Serie A.  Real Talk earned second place with a 7-3 win over the AC Allstars, who finished up third.  Allstars goals were netted by Jonny Ibanez and Brandon Cole (2).

See you next week for Cup Round play with matches at 4 PM, 5 PM and 6 PM.

Quarters

Game A:  LA Plushdamentals v ACFC | West | 4 PM
Game B: Malibu United v REal Talk | East | 4 PM

Semis

Game C: Angel City FC vs Winner of Game B | West | 5 PM

Game D: Slutty Buffalos vs Winner of Game A | East | 5 PM

Finals

Winner Game C v Winner Game D | West | 6 PM

Consolation Finals

Loser Game C v Loser Game D | East | 6 PM

Sunday, May 20, 2012

ACSL Round 5

Angel City posted a trio of wins during round 5 of the ACSL Saturday at Playa Vista.

Angel City FC took the EPL title a week early with a 4-2 win over That's What She Said.  A hat-trick from T and a single from DW, lifted the squad's record to four wins and a tie for 13 points. Malibu United sit in second with a week to go ... on nine points, having collected three points this week from a default by Mr Snuggleton.  Any points by Angel City next week in their matchup with Mr Snuggleton would also hand the squad the top seed for Cup action June 2.

In La Liga action ACFC also secured a playoff spot with a default win -- 3-0 -- over Trenchtown United. ACFC are tied on 10 points now with the Slutty Buffalos, with both teams now out of reach of the third place Swamp Donkeys (on 6) and Trenchtown United with just a single point.  The Buffalos and Donkeys agreed to a 0-0 result this week after neither could field a squad.  Next week ACFC and the Buffalos will face off for the La Liga title and first and second place.

In Serie A the AC Allstars racked up their best win of the season -- 8-2 over an undermanned LA Plushdamentals.

DW scored a brace, Brandon Cole a hat-trick and Rahoul Ghose, Kevin and Ben Kull all added singles.

The win leaves the squad one point out of second place behind Real Talk, who beat the One Touch Allstars 9-4. Real Talk and the Allstars play in the final week for the second playoff spot in Serie A.

LA Plushdamentals, now on 10 points, would seem to have things wrapped up, but if they drop points anything is possible. If they lose and the Allstars win, the Plushdamentals would be eliminated on head-to-head GD and the Allstars would take the Serie A title.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

ACSL Round 4

Angel City suffered mixed results on Saturday during Round 4 ACSL 7s action at Playa Vista.

Angel City FC started the day strongly, coming back from an early deficit to take their second win of the season against an always strong Malibu United, 6-3.  The win leaves the squad four points up on Malibu in the EPL (with three wins and a tie), needing only one more win to capture the division title.
That's What She said posted their first win on the season in the other EPL match-up, 6-3 against Mr. Snuggleton.

ACFC dropped a close 4-3 result to the Swamp Donkeys in La Liga action, having tied them 5-5 on opening day. Despite the loss ACFC remain in second place on 7 points with two games to go in the regular season topped only by the Slutty Buffalos (on 9 points), who trashed a make-piece Trenchtown United 8-1. The Donkeys have 5 points, followed by Trenchtown with 4 ... so the top two playoff spots remain open to anyone.

The final match saw a dilapidated AC Allstars, with one sub and no regular keeper, hand the One Touch Stars their first win of the season 7-4.  Sloppy keeping in the first half saw the squad down 3-1 at the half.  In the second 45 the Allstars did mount a valiant effort, but losing their lone sub to injury left the team out-manned by the 14-player One Touch side. Many of the Allstars were on their third game.

The loss sees the Allstars remaining in third spot, behind LA Plushdamentals and Real Talk, who drew 4-4 on the day.  The LA Pushdamentals, on 10 points, have more than likely sealed the Serie A title and a spot in the playoffs.  But only a single point separates the bottom three in the race for the second spot berth.

Meanwhile in LA Premier League action Saturday, Angel City dropped their sixth loss of the season, 3-0 to Valhalla.  The 3 PM kickoff time on Saturday at West LA College, definitely proved detrimental to the Allstars 7s roster.