Evening Intramurals kicked off its Fall Indoor Soccer Tournament this evening with ten (10) teams.  This first night pf play consisted of a round robin style whereby the first two teams to loose two games wouldn’t advance to the playoff round on December 12^th, the last night of the tournament.

The first game of the night was between College Boys (1) and Baseline (0).  The game started with some very attacking soccer from both sides, they went into the half tied at  (0-0).  In the second half LIU’s men soccer standout Wendell Parris found the back of the net with an assist from Kyle Lee Young.  College Boys were able to hold off Baseline for the (1-0) victory.

The second game was even more intense, this featured Taliban (2) against Thunders (0).  Taliban lived up to their name and attacked in full force from the opening whistle and quickly found them one up, with a goal by Ashton.  Even ahead by one goal in the second half the Talibans kept up the pressure attack and Abede found the back of the net with a bullet from about 5 yards, this victory made Taliban one of the favorites for the remainder of the tournament.

The third game saw Parkside (2) defeat Atlas Lion (0).  This game started off very evenly matched with both sides having numerous opportunities to score.  A few minutes before the half Parkside’s Almoth Hoyte B produced one of the best goals of the tournament, he dribbled pass one player in midfield went to his left and took a powerful shot from the left flank that went by the last defender before he could even react the ball was bouncing around in the back of the net.  This broke the moral of the Atlas Lions, they came out after the half very tame and once more Hoyte capitalized with his second of the game, another beauty that also had to be ranked in the top five goals of the tournament.  This victory put Parkside alongside Taliban as the two favorites and vying for the top two seeds.

The fourth game was between Vasco (1) and JJ Youths (1).  This was the first game of the tournament to go into sudden death and be decided by pentitley kicks.  Edell Joefield put JJ Youths ahead in the first half. Five minutes into the second half Anthony tied up the game for Vasco.  JJ Youths won the coin toss (Pentitleies) kicked first and missed their pentitley.  Vasco then scored on their first try.

The fifth game featured, past champions, Cushite (1) against L.H (0).  Both teams played great defense but a breakdown in L.H gave Cushite their only opportunity, which Roman capitalized on in the second half.  Cushite then played very defensive while L.H pressed on for the equalizer but time was also against them.

The next game Baseline (2) defeated Thunders (0).  This extended Baseline’s season putting them into the playoff round while Thunders season came to a htitle.  Baseline came out with the same style as the first game very attacking.  This style of play saw them go into the half with a (2-0) lead, thanks to Kwesi and Sherwyn.  They then played defense the entire second half to preserve the victory.

The last game of the night JJ Youths (2) vs. Atlas Lions (1) was one of the more exciting games of the night.  Atlas Lions went ahead (1-0) in the first half thanks to Mohammed Aitkassou.  The second half belonged to JJ Youths, they settled down and played their brand of soccer and quickly equalized via Junior Bonos, a few minutes Kerry Celestine took the roar out the Lions with a goal from midfield, this sent the Atlas Lions home and JJ Youths onto the playoff round.

The teams for the December 12^th playoff round were all decided and seated as follows:

Parkside (1)                             Vasco (5)

Taliban (2)                                Baseline (6)

Cushite (3)                               JJ Youths (7)

 College Boys (4)                     L.H (8)  

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