Goleada! Islanders manhandle Miami FC 4-0
By: BoriQa | August 9th, 2009
Miami got lucky… Really lucky that it didn’t finish 7-0 or 8-0!
The Islanders dismantled Miami FC 4-0 last night in front of 3,662 fans at Juan Ramón Loubiel. Miami FC was outclassed in every facet of the game. Tactically, technically, and enthusiastically the men in orange were superior to the men in blue, as Bill ‘The Wall’ Gaudette got his 8th straight shutout and his 11th of the season.
Against a short-handed Miami FC team (limited due to some key players out with minor injuries) fell to a Puerto Rico Islanders side that decided to test and let loose their striking power in preparation to the CONCACAF Champions League debut August 18th against the MLS Champion Columbus Crew.
In the 11th minute, Cristian Arrieta received a perfectly placed corner kick from Jonathan Steele and headed the ball into the back of the net:
In the 32nd minute, Miami’s Chris Williams made a vast mishap when he tried to pass the ball to his fellow defender but instead, awarded Nicholas Addlery with the ball right in front of the net. Addlery made a clever move and finished with a lethal right footed strike to put the Islanders up 2-0, a lead that would remain for the rest of the first half:
In the 57th minute Haitian international Fabrice Noël connected with Josh Hansen for Puerto Rico’s third goal of the night:
Scott Jones concluded the night with an amazing goal in the 81st minute, capping off an astonishing performance from the Puerto Rico Islanders:
The Islanders (who managed a 0-0 draw in their previous encounter in Miami) now lead the Miami FC Blues in the race for the 2009 Ponce de León Cup. The final encounter between the two sides will be on September 19th in Miami.
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Looking forward to next Saturday’s Impact-Islanders matchup…3 days before your CCL match…are you guys gonna field a full squad? Should be interesting.
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Yes it will be fun. I don’t know if they will field the full squad. Probably the will keep Gaudette and Arrieta out.
There are rumors that we will get on loan Puertorican defender Marco Velez from TFC.
If he comes to PRI before the Montreal game, he will surely play to backup one of the regulars.
Since Velez was already in the TFC lineup for the CCL (even though he didn’t play) he can not play for another team in the CCL.
Therefore he would be playing exclusevely in USL games.
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Tidy little arrangement, isn’t it?
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