Chicago & Evanston, IL, USA
Monday March 22, 2010
The Soccer Times

Hello my fellow soccer fans! I am excited to be back behind the typewriter again and tell you all about our favorite soccer team: Joga Bonito! But first, anybody excited about other teams and leagues?

How about that Messi? The guy must be from another planet for real! How can he do all that stuff? He takes on opponents like if they were little children! La Liga is getting exciting! Well, I mean the fight between Barcelona and Real Madrid, because the other teams are so far behind that no one really talks about them anyway.

And how about that Rooney? He is on fire! Will he be the best player this year? What do you think? And what happened to Chelsea? Cant take care of Blackburn? Come on!

And what the heck happened with Milan? The make me so angry! Inter dropped 2 points and this was the weekend where Milan could take the lead and they blew it! I think Ronaldinho did his part. He is playing excellent. The other guys have to step up!

And dont even ask what happened to my beloved hometown Atletico Junior from Barranquilla, Colombia. It was humiliation at home against Real Cartagena. I dont even want to talk about it anymore. Teofilo come back please!

Anyway, enough talk about uimportant leagues, lets discuss about the best league in the universe: the YMCA indoor soccer league!

Joga Bonito vs Chupacabras game review
We were very excited to see that Joga Bonito TV hired the amazing and beautiful Alicia Quintero to video record the game! She did an amazing job and you can see some of her talent on my Facebook page.

Honduras international super star Rolando Paz was out of town. We missed some of Rolando's amazing skills but JB took care of business even without Rolando!

We were sad to find out that US international soccer super star Emily Shand was out of town for the week. Fortunately, Emily Lovejoy's friend Carly came to help us out and she did a outstanding job!

We received the shocking news that Colombian international super star goalkeeper Mauricio Pumarejo was not in town either. What is going on? However, never fear, Captain Carlos Quintero is always here! Carlos grabbed his goalie gloves and protected the goal like his life depended on it!

JB had most of the posession in the game as always. Yet, they had a hard time scoring. We must admit that Chupacabras had some good defense and goalkeeping. Fortunately, Peruvian international super star Anthony Gamboa found a nice assist by Colombian international super star Pablo David and JB found the net! Tony found scored again before half time and JB looked very nice. The second half started rough as Chupacabras found the net very early in a very strange corner kick where the ball was bouncing all over the place. Finally, Pablo made another beautiful assist and Keith scored on an empty net. JB won 3-1!!! Congrats!

Man of the Match: Anthony Gamboa
This guy does everything! He defends, he scores, he assists. What doesnt he do? He keeps amazing us every game and yesterday he showed his top form scoring 2 goals. Outstanding!

Standings
1 Joga Bonito 15
2 Warriors 12
3 YMCA 10
4 Buckeyballs 10
5 Chupacabra 10
6 Fish Keg 6
7 Rotary United 3
8 Team Lee 4
9 Peoples Rep 0


Last Results
Sixth week - March 21
Time
4pm Buckeyballs 4 vs Fish Keg United 1
5pm Joga Bonito 3 vs Chupacabra 1
6pm People's Rep 1 vs Team Lee 5
7pm Rotary United 3 vs YMCA 5
Bye - Chupacabra

Next fixture
Seventh week - March 28
Time
4pm Chupacabra vs Fish Keg United
5pm Joga Bonito vs Team Lee
6pm Peoples Rep vs YMCA
7pm Buckeyballs vs Willard Warriors
Bye - Rotary United

JB Top Scorers
Scorers Regular
Rolando 10
Tony 5
Antonio 4
Ernesto 3
Carlos 2
Keith 2
Lovejoy 2
Pablo 1
Shand 1
Byron 1
Total 31

Next Game: JB vs Team Lee Sunday March 28 at 5pm
This is going to be a very good game because Team Lee is fighting relegation! I'm just kidding. There is no relegation at the YMCA. But anyway, Team Leed doesnt look very good on paper but who knows, hopefully they will surprise us!

Thank you for reading! Please send me your comments or I might think you are just ignoring me! Check out the video and pics on my Facebook page and blog.

Here is the YMCA link for schedule and standings:

http://www.mcgawymca.org/index.cfm?fa=prog.type&id=830

Follow my blog at:

http://carlosjquintero.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading!

Carlos Quintero
Joga Bonito Owner
El Presidente
Manager
Captain
Second Goalkeeper
Chauffer
Soccer Times Reporter
Water Boy
and even Camera Man!

Joga Bonito vs Fish Keg United review

Chicago and Evanston, IL
Monday, March 8, 2010
The Soccer Times

Joga Bonito vs Fish Keg United review
Amazing game yestersday Joga Bonito! First half was very tough again for JB. They had most of possesion but could not finish. Captain Carlos Quintero seemed very frustrated by his wide or saved shots. Indeed, JB had some mean powerful shots by Rolando, Pablo, Antonio, Carlos and Tony that were all blocked by the keeper. JB was able to score a couple of goals before half time but Fish Keg never gave up and score one themselves. Half time score: 2-1 in favor of JB. Again, the second half was a completely different story with complete possesion from JB. Final score: 7-1 in favor of JB!

Apparently, JB always gets in the groove during the second half. We saw some amazing passing abilities by all the players. We must congratulate Emily Shand because her game was outstanding and she gave JB the relief of the third goal. Again, Carlos & Pablo's shots were all blocked by the keeper. They both looked very frustrated!

We were able to catch Captain Carlos for comment, "Yeah, I must admit that I was and am very frustrated because it seems that I cannot find the net as much as I want to. I also feel bad for my teammate Pablo who works so hard to score for the team. Scoring is his blood so it must be a little discouraging for him not to find the net. However, he is an amazing player and very important for this team. We both need to be patient and keep helping the team succeed. Goals will come eventually."

It was an odd game yesterday because most of the goal scorers like Carlos, Pablo, Ernesto and didnt score. Most of the goals came from the defenders Antonio, Tony, Emily Lovejoy and Emily Shand! We think this shows how JB is such an amazing and balanced team. All the players have fascinating talent!



Man of the Match: Antonio Escalante!
Colombia international Antonio Escalante gave us some beautiful soccer yesterday! It seems that he was inspired by an unexpected guest yesterday: his girlfriend! He scored 2 amazing goals which solidified JB's victory plus he participated in many important plays. Felicidades!



Standings
1 Joga Bonito 12pts
2 Willard Warriors 9
3 Buckeyballs 7
4 Chupacabra 7
5 YMCA 4
6 Fish Keg United 3
7 Rotary United 3
8 Team Lee 1
9 Peoples Republic 0


Last results

Fourth week - Sunday March 7
4pm YMCA 8 vs Chupacabra 2
5pm Rotary United 3 vs Buckeyballs 7
6pm Peoples Republic 1 vs Willard Warriors 6
7pm Joga Bonito 7 vs Fish Keg United 1
Bye - Team Lee



Next fixtures

Fifth week - Sunday March 14
4pm Peoples Republic vs Fish Keg United
5pm Rotary United vs Willard Warriors
6pm YMCA vs Buckeyballs
7pm Team Lee vs Chuapacabra
Bye - Joga Bonito

Sixth week - Sunday March 21
4pm Buckeyballs vs Fish Keg United
5pm Joga Bonito vs Chupacabra
6pm People's Republic vs Team Lee
7pm Rotary United vs YMCA



Joga Bonito's next game: Sunday March 21 5pm against Chupacabra
Unfortunately, we will not be able to see Joga Bonito this coming weekend since they have a bye weekend. We will have to wait until Sunday March 21 at 5pm to see them again. But the wait will be worth it because they are facing non other than last season's runner's up: Chupacabra! If you remember from the final last season, Chupacabra gave JB some decent competition. The final score was 5-2 in favor of JB obviously since they are the defending champs. We are looking forward to this game. The shocking result this past weekend was to see Chupacabra humiliated by Team YMCA 8-2. I was able to speak with Chupacabra's key player Hans and he said the following, "We seemed very sure of the win and the opponent took us by surprise. Also, they recruited better players that I have never seen before!" If this is true, then we are looking forward to see JB play against Team YMCA! It will be a fantastic game!



JB Top Scorers
1. Rolando 10
2. Antonio 4
3. Tony 3
4. Ernesto 3
5. Lovejoy 2
6. Carlos 2
7. Pablo 1
8. Shand 1
9. Keith 1

Here is the YMCA link for schedule and standings:

http://www.mcgawymca.org/index.cfm?fa=prog.type&id=830

Follow my blog at:

http://carlosjquintero.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading!

Carlos Quintero
Joga Bonito Owner
El Presidente
Manager
Captain
Second Goalkeeper
Chauffer
Soccer Times Reporter
Water Boy
and even Camera Man!

Joga Bonito vs Rotary United review

Chicago and Evanston, IL
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
The Soccer Times

Sorry for the delay on my article my fellow soccer followers. After watching Joga Bonito's game I had to fly out of town. Just came back from Milan, Italy. I was interviewing Ronaldinho and asking him about the possibility of coming to play for Joga Bonito. He said that there are too many talented players in Joga Bonito and he doesnt want to sit on the bench!

Joga Bonito vs Rotary United review:
If you remember from last season, Joga Bonito had a field day with Rotary United. This was the only game that JB was able to play with the futsal ball last season. And they had fun! They humiliated Rotary United 16-1 last season. JB loves that futsal ball.

The first half of the match this season was very surprising for JB. They began the game well scoring and leading 1-0. However, Rotary United's keyplayer was able to get a breakaway and tie the game with a beautiful shot. The game was tied 1-1 for a while and you could see JB frustrated. Finally, JB was able to score: 2-1. Rotary United fought tooth and nail and JB was not able to find the net anymore for the first half. The score remained 2-1 at half time! Coach Carlos Quintero was very frustrated. He asked his players to organize themselves and give accurate passes. He told them that the goal will come when they had possession. JB players received the message well.

The second half was a completely different story. You can see how it takes some time for JB to connect but when they do, they are mortal! JB dominated the second half. Rotary United began to show their weakness. And the party began. Emily Lovejoy scored the goal of the match giving JB the 3-1 lead. Everyone jumped and celebrated with her because it was such a relief. The 4-1 came later. Then 5-1 and 6-1. Everyone start having so much fun: 7-1, 8-1, 9-1. At this point it was just a practice game for them: 10-1, 11-1 and could have been even more. I think JB held back out of respect for Rotary United! Most of the team scored: Rolando 2, Ernesto 2, Antonio 2, Carlos 2, Pablo 1, Keith 1 and Emily 1!

After the match, Coach Carlos Quintero reactions, "It was a rough first half. But I knew that we were the better team. We just needed to organize ourselves and keep possession. My players are fantastic! Emily's goal was delightful! It was so beautiful because it was a collective effort."

Man of the Match: Emily Lovejoy

It was very difficul to select the "Man of the Match" this week because everyone was playing extremely well especially in the second half. I want to select the beautiful and talented USA international Emily Lovejoy because her score that put Joga Bonito 3-1 was arguably the most exciting part of the game! The opponent was holding Joga Bonito 2-1 for a while and JB was very frustrated. Emily's goal gave JB players that extra relief that they could overcome this opponent if they connect. Besides, the goal was a beautiful display of passing from several players. I must say that some of the credit goes to Colombian international Antonio Escalante for leading the practice of this play that lead to the goal!

Last results:
Third week – February 28
4pm Joga Bonito 11 vs Rotary United 1
5pm YMCA 2 vs Fish Keg United 3
6pm Team Lee 0 vs Willard Warriors 6
7pm Chupacabra 2 vs Buckeyballs 2
Bye – Peoples Republic

Next fixtures:
Fourth week – March 7
4pm YMCA vs Chupacabra
5pm Rotary United vs Buckeyballs
6pm Peoples Republic vs Willard Warriors
7pm Joga Bonito vs Fish Keg United
Bye – Team Lee

Next game: Sunday March 7 at 7pm against Fish Keg United!
Fish Keg United is one of those new teams in this season. On paper, JB should dominate this game, but on the field who knows?! Fish Keg just won their last game 3-2 against YMCA so they might be inspired to give JB good competition. Unfortunately, we just found out that US international Keith Veneziano will not make the roster this coming Sunday because he was called for international duty against none other than the Netherlands this Wednesday! He will not make it back in time for the game. Regardless, JB should have plenty of talent to take care of business this Sunday!


Standings:
1. Joga Bonito 9pts
2. Chupacabra 7pts
3. Willard Warriors 6pts
4. Buckeyballs 4pts
5. Fish Keg United 3pts
6. Rotary United 3pts
7. YMCA 1pt
8. Team Lee 1pt
9.Peoples Republic 0pts

Top Scorers:
1. Rolando 8
2. Ernesto 3
3. Tony 2
4. Antonio 2
5. Carlos 2
6. Emily Lovejoy 1
7. Keith 1
8. Pablo 1 (What?)

http://www.mcgawymca.org/index.cfm?fa=prog.type&id=830

Follow my blog at:

http://carlosjquintero.blogspot.com/

Carlos Quintero
Joga Bonito Owner
El Presidente
Manager
Captain
Second Goalkeeper
Chauffer
Soccer Times Reporter
And even Water Boy!

Joga Bonito vs Rotary United Feb 28, 2010 4pm