Another win for Taipei City
Ah yes, the early BML kickoff. On one hand it makes it a bit difficult to plan wicked Saturday night festivities, yet on the other hand you’ve got still got the rest of your Sunday to do with as you please.
Both teams looked short on players during warm up. After the lineup and friendly greeting, City only had 10 guys on the field when the kickoff whistle blew.
About 15 minutes later, with a full eleven on the pitch, things started to warm up for Taipei City offensively. Michael Christie took a nice half-volley from outside the 18-yard box to beat the keeper. 1-0 City.
Then we had some more goals, please forgive me if they’re not in the right order.
Gustavo dribbled through the Jako defense for a tidy finish on the keeper, 2nd game scoring streak. 2-0
Tim cracked a well-placed shot past the keeper just on the edge of the 18-yard box. 3-0
Unlucky deflection as Taipei City scores its first own goal. 3-1
Michael Christie again with a diagonal wormburner from outside the 18 across the goal into the bottom left corner. 4-1 (2 goals from center-mid, nicely done!)
Ross beats defender and keeper with a header from Spencer’s cross. final score 5-1.
It may sound like a one-sided game but Rojen made 3 spectacular one-on-one saves as substitute keeper…without which we would have easily been under heavy pressure from Jako.
After the game we headed down to OnTap for some food. Great turkey with all the fixings, thanks again to Matt for arranging the holiday meal!
Lineup and shaking hands
Ricky's throw down the line
John dribbling up the wing
Ross and Spencer celebrating after a goal
Having a nice holiday dinner at On Tap after the game
Fritz Air No Match for Taipei City
Coming into the game after a surprising loss to the Red Lions, Taipei City had to muster up some fighting spirit to defeat Fritz Air.
Final score 4-0 for Taipei City with goals coming from Dan Calvert, Gustavo Lopez, Chris Grimaud, and Spencer Pangborn.
Lining up against the air shipping division of the Fritz Company
Gustavo Lopez and the 2-0 scoreboard
Dawda makes a pass forward
Red Lions defeat Taipei City FC
In a repeat of last year’s 1st leg of the BML, the Red Lions served up a healthy dish of revenge pie beating the reigning BML champions 2-1.
The boys in blue were up 1-0 at halftime but the Red Lions fought back hard in the 2nd half to score 2 goals and take home the win.
Taipei City did manage to score a goal, M. Christie in the 2nd half.
Photo courtesy of taiwanfootball.tv
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