Great day for Surrey United yesterday!! I am still recovering from the night of drinking and from the accidental elbow that's given me a nice shiner below my right eye.
As for the game, knowone summed it up very well in his short post. Mine on the other hand will be a little longer since I am still basking in the glow of victory.
We played a solid team game and outside of the PK (which was a little questionable) I don't think Coquitlam had a direct shot on net. A few crosses that looked dangerous but other than that our defence was solid.
Player of the game was definitely Randee Hermus, who came on five minutes in after Summo wrecked her ankle after being taken down by a very hard tackle (which should have been played on as the advantage since Andy sent one of our players in on a breakaway before she got clattered). But Randee scored the first goal off a corner, the second on a great individual effort, and our fourth goal to put the game away. Besides getting the hatty she was also all over the pitch winning balls in the air and playing great defensively.
The game should have been over at half as we hit two crossbars and could have been up 4-buzz. But the ref got them back in it with the PK call a minute before half making it 2-1. That gave Coquitlam some life and most of the second half was back and forth. Then the red card happened in about the 75th minute when our left back (K-vale7) took off on a counter-attack from a free kick and outran the last man back for Coq before being pulled down. Of course, many people are questioning the call - I guess because it happened about ten yards past half but even though it would have been a long one it would have been a breakaway. I think the ref showed a lot of guts in making the correct call according to the rules.
We scored our third goal when Geri Donnelly gave yours truly a great ball on the wing and I crossed it to Martina Franko for the finish. The fourth came just seconds after that as we stole the ball on the kick-off took it down the wing and crossed it into the box where Randee finished it with a half-volley.
All in all a great performance by our team and nobody can say we didn't deserve this championship as we outplayed both UBC Alumni (in the semis) and Coquitlam to win it. I am very proud of every single player on our team and we have some unfinished business at the nationals.
Hats off the Coquitlam for one helluva battle. Everytime we play you it is a hard fought game and very exciting to be a part of and to watch for the fans.
Oh yeah and this year we didn't lose the trophy but it still may have been violated a little
