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Originally Posted by bonefish  2 ‘A’ Rangers FC 'A' vs Yaletown FC: MOTW These 2 former group C teams were very close in caliber last season. Rangers have the edge in workrate and Yaletown had an awesome keeper and the Big OB as a first class striker.
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City FC 0-2 Yaletown
A much better night in Ladner than last year's matchup in freezing rain when we lost by the same scoreline. A fairly close game, all in all, but a fair scoreline. Rangers seem to be pretty much the same as last year, although they have picked up an impressive new keeper. They have a good workrate as Bonefish points out, but our hellish pre-season regimen in waist-high grass helped to even the scores on conditioning. The four new faces we brought in since last year fit right in with the squad, and have given us a lot more depth. Certainly a good result for a first match together. We had several good chances in the first half, and their keeper did very well to save, even using his face to stop one clear chance, and the score was 1-0 at the interval. In the second half, the dew setting on the pitch made the surface a lot faster, and through-balls all seemed to run too far for both sides. Near the end, Rangers were forced to throw everything forward and were caught out by a counterattack five minutes from time for the second goal. The referee was submitted to the odd bit of abuse, but calls were evenly distributed with no big mistakes that gifted or denied goals. Especially in the second half, there was a fair bit of complaining by YFC players and fans about suckerpunches and elbows behind the scenes, and an equal amount of complaining about YFC's complaining by Rangers players and fans. For the most part, though, it was a clean hard game and good opener for the season. Rangers will definitely be in the pack of contenders in 2A, and we're glad to have gotten out of Ladner with the three points to start the season on a high note, especially since they swept us last year.
Good luck to everyone on the weekend!