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Valentini Scores Hat Trick as the Rovers Clinch 7th

JohnnyCanuck — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:12:30 +0000

Man of the Match, Gino Valentini, hammered in his third goal of the night with the back of his foot like a stake through the Dragon’s heart as the Rovers doubled the Dragons 6-3. In what could arguably be their most convincing win of the season, the Rovers held the lead for most of the game.

The Dragons came close to drawing towards the end of the first, but a flurry of quick succession goals from the outside by Gary, Jean Francois and Gino were enough to settle the pace of game. Playmakers Bobby and Jose had the midfield locked up pretty tight and were the key factors in many of the night goals. Solid goal keeping from Owen also ensured that Luciano Palladini, on loan from the Red Devils, was held down to only 2 goals. An aggressive defense for Gary and Hector, kept the rest of the Dragons striker at bay. Steve’s support up the field was also a key factor in opening up the oppositions defense.

Michel Bassil also made the score sheet for the fifth time this year bringing him within a goal of fellow striker and Kinatex boss Marty Bellemare.

Full Game Sheets and Stats at SoccerStats.ca

2009 Rovers Winter Season: GAME ON!

JohnnyCanuck — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:21:09 +0000

The 2009 Rovers winter season starts tonight at the Lachine Catalognia SoccerPlexe @ 10 PM

This years team looks pretty strong, the Twin Towers of goal keeping are back to share the duties. Team Captain, Owen Branigan, and rookie keeper, Francois Fortier held their own through out summer in what can only be described as a rebuilding year. Up front the Pocket Power forwards of Marty Bellemare and Bobby Piazza seem to finally be getting over the language barrier and finally getting some goals into the back of the net. Long serving Rovers veterans Tony Buffo, Gary Albrecht, Hector Alcortag, Steve Duckworth and José Velazquez return for another winter season providing some solid defending and leadership up front. Along with all the of the experience, we’re counting on Tonny right (and sometimes left) foot, Gary’s fervour and Hector’s lungs to the 13 strong side. José is joined in the middle by this summer’s Latin sensation: Juan Ruiz Mendoza. Adding to the middle is sometimes midfield and is Jeff Ayoub who you can always count to move on up and strike the deal! And finally rounding out the roster is another summer addition acquired during the spring transfer window from the Predators: Michel Bassil. The Rovers are counting on Michel to repeat his summer exploit of 1 goal at least another 15 times.

See you all tonight!

Pizza and Beer After Tonight's Playoff

JohnnyCanuck — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:28:43 +0000

Bobby’s buying the beers and ordering pizza for the team after tonight’s playoff against the Sonics.

We drew against them, 2 all, just this past Sunday with Only 10 men due to and early retirement from Nick.

It looks like we’ll have a near full roster for tonight rematch as well as the return of our pocket rocket forwards Marty and Bobby.

See you all there!

The 2009 Summer Calendar

JohnnyCanuck — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:08:45 +0000

The Rover::LOGS 2009 Summer calendar is now up to date on Google Calendar and on this site. If you had already subscribed to it in the winter, you should already see it in your Outlook Google Calendar or any other CalDav compatible calendaring application. For more information on how to get this calendar on your BlackBerry, iPhone and other smartphone, please click the calendar tab above and then click on the subscribe link at the bottom of the calendar. This online calendar will automatically display the Game night, time and field location. This year all of our games are either of the Terra Cotta fields. I will also update the Calendar and Roster soon with beer night duty dates.