Monday July 14th, 2008

Less than 24 hours after they won an important match against a direct rival for the playoffs (Read SF Seals - LA Legends match report), the San Francisco Seals confirmed and took the 3 points against the Lancaster Rattlers.

The Seals quickly took control of the game which resulted in an early goal which was a remake of the Seals' second goal against LA the day before (watch Saturday's goals on video): Kellan Wilson (Listen to him below) passed the ball to Corey Woolfolk who instantly deflected it into Peter Lovell's run. Lovell, didn't miss the opportunity to beat Lancaster's goalkeeper Zach Brunner. (1-0, 11th)

Peter Lovell scored twice for the Seals on Sunday Photo: Nap -The Project FC

 

Kellan Wilson, former goalkeeper scored the second goal for the Seals Photo: Nap -The Project FC

The Seals then continued their domination. Lancaster seemed to be in danger every time San Francisco took possession of the ball and could only respond with a couple of good long shots.Not enough to really threaten the local team who logically scored two more goals before half time by Kellan Wilson (34th, Assist: Doug Carr) and Peter Lovell (38th, Assist: Wilson)

 

3-0, half time. The score reflected the difference between the two teams in the rankings as well as on the pitch so far, but the visitors have at least one quality: they never give up. The Seals started to seem tired of the day before's efforts and, taking advantage of that, Lancaster took control of the game in the beginning of the second half. They missed a few good opportunities but finally started their comeback thanks to Carlos Aguilar (3-1, 59th)

Photo: Nap -The Project FC

 

Seeing that his team was in difficulty, Tom Simpson (Listen to him below) started a long series of substitutions and the fresh players brought some energy to their side. The Seals dominated the rest of the game and Anthony Grillo should even have obtained a penalty (82nd)

However, the Rattlers did not give up and scored a beautiful goal by Miguel Ibarra after a great move and a pass by Aguilar. (3-2, 89th)

The visitors tried everything they could to steal one point in the stoppage time, but the Seals found enough energy to resist and take the lead of the Southwest Division (See rankings below).

The San Francisco Seals play their last 2 two matches at home (USF - Negoesco Stadium) next week-end on Friday against the Bakersfield Brigade and on Sunday against the San Jose Frogs. (See below, the schedule has been recently modified!)

The other Bay Area team lost their two games in a nightmare week-end at Orange County Blue Stars and Southern California Seahorses. The Frogs can not make the playoffs anymore but will certainly be eager to remain undefeated* against their Bay Area rival in a promising derby next Sunday.

Thierry Heumann (email)

* The San Francisco Seals never won against the Frogs.

Listen to Kellan Wilson: Listen to Tom Simpson:

Line-ups:

Eric Conner Shea Whelan Tyler Barry Rich Halvorsen (C.) Josh Leon Doug Carr (Niall Irwin 55) Dimitrius Omphroy (Ian Conklin, 64) Junior Burgos (Justin Kim, 59) Peter Lovell (Eric Lafon, 59) Corey Woolfolk (Anthony Grillo, 68) Kellan Wilson (Chris Deal, 14)

Asst: Aaron Apperson	Ref. Philippe Dor	Asst: Andres Pfefferkorn
4th: Pofer Fletcher

Mauricio Harrie		Christian Hernandez
	Carlos Aguilar
Miguel Ibarra			Ben Corrodi (Aaron Lott, 82)
	Daniel Vigil (C.)
Taylor Rivas	Jesus Lopez	Hector Marcias	Brandon Howell
Zach Brunner

Goals:

SF Seals: Peter Lovell (11th, Assist: Corey Woolfolk), Kelan Wilson (34th, assist: Doug Carr), Peter Lovell (38th, Assist: Kelan Wilson)

Ratlers: Carlos Aguilar (59th), Aaron Lot (Assist: Aguilar, 89th)

Cautions:

SF Seals: Doug Carr (Reckless Foul, 14th), Tyler Barry (Reckless Foul, 27th), Peter Lovell (Repeated Fouls, 31st)

 

Bay Area Teams' remaining games:

Friday July 18th, 2008 at 7 PM
San Francisco Seals - Bakersfield Brigade
Half time show: Jokes For Feelings
Negoesco Stadium (USF), San Francisco, CA (Map)

Saturday July 19th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
San Jose Frogs - Bakersfield Brigade
James Lick High School, San Jose, CA (Map)

Sunday July 20th, 2008 at 7 PM
San Francisco Seals - San Jose Frogs
Half time show: 77 Straight
Negoesco Stadium (USF), San Francisco, CA (Map)

 

PDL Southwest Division Rankings

July 14, 2008
PDL 2008 - Southwest Division		Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
1	San Francisco Seals	27	14	8	3	3	21	13
2	Fresno Fuego	26	14	8	4	2	32	23
3	Ventura County Fusion	24	14	7	4	3	20	10
4	San Fernando Valley Quakes	24	14	6	2	6	27	22
5	Los Angeles Legends	22	15	6	5	4	31	23
6	San Jose Frogs	18	14	5	6	3	19	18
8	Orange County Blue Star	18	16	5	8	3	24	31
7	Bakersfield Brigade	16	14	3	4	7	13	17
9	Southern California Seahorses	13	14	3	7	4	12	21
10	Lancaster Rattlers	9	15	2	10	3	17	38

Pts: Points - GP: Games Played - W: Wins - L: Losses - T: Ties - GF: Goals for - GA: Goals against
3 points for a win - 1 point for a tie - Each team plays 16 games - First 2 teams qualify for Playoffs - Last Update: July 14th, 2008