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Monday March 29, 2010
The Soccer Times

Hello my fellow soccer fans! It was a very exciting soccer weekend for me! How about you?

Ibra scored again! About time! Barcelona struggled but they won! However, Real Madrid didnt stay back. They struggled too. They began loosing 1-0 against Atletico Madrid but were able to turn the game around and won 3-2. Standings are : Real madrid 74, Barcelona 74, Valencia 53.

Chelsea demolished Aston Villa 7-1! Can you believe it? Are these professional defenders for real? Manchester United took care of Bolton 4-0 and away from home! On the other hand, Arsenal dropped the ball at the last minute and let the opponents tie the game 1-1. Bummer for them! Standings are: Manchester United 72, Chelsea 71, Arsenal 68.

And I am not going to even talk about Milan. They make me so angry! Ronaldinho and Pirlo were out due to suspension. Pato is out due to injury. Inzaghi scored but they let Lazio tie the game! When are they going to win at home? And they needed a win since Roma defeated Inter 2-1 in Rome! Now Milan dropped third and Roma climbed second. It makes me sad :(
Standings are: Inter 63, Roma 62, Milan 60

Junior Tu Papa won 2-0. Woo Hoo! But Medellin killed Envigado 7-1 and Tolima won so Junior dropped to fourth :( Standings are: Real Cartagena 21, Medellin 18, Tolima 18 and Junio 18

But who cares anyway, right? Let's talk about Joga Bonito!

Joga Bonito vs Team Lee game review
I think this was the only game where JB just cruised from the very beginning. I think JB was winning 5-0 in the first 15 mins. JB did make a silly mistake and Team Lee found the net once. JB stepped it up and the first half was 8-1. The second half was like watching a Barcelona play against some kids. And Joga Bonito wasnt even playing up to their full potential. You could see that some of them where just having fun and passing the ball around. Well, Team Lee did not know what to do and they lost 1-14. Yikes! Poor guys. I think everyone scored except Mauricio, the goalkeeper! Everyone played amazing!

Man of the Match: Ernesto Pumarejo!
2008 Joga Bonito's MVP showed us yesterday why he is one of the best! Maybe he is more encouraged now that his girlfriend is coming to watch him! :)
He scored 3 of th 14 goals yesterday and he game some nice assists. Congratulations!

Standings
Position Team Played Won Draw Loss GF GA GD Points
1 Joga Bonito 6 6 0 0 45 8 37 18
3 YMCA 6 4 1 1 32 13 19 13
2 Warriors 6 4 1 1 19 10 9 13
4 Buckeyballs 7 3 2 2 19 13 6 11
5 Chupacabra 7 3 2 2 24 21 3 11
6 Fish Keg 6 2 1 3 9 17 -8 7
8 Team Lee 6 1 1 4 17 36 -19 4
7 Rotary Utd 6 1 0 5 17 40 -23 3
9 Republic 6 0 0 6 5 30 -25 0

Last Results
Seventh week - March 28
Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Score
4pm Chupacabra 1 Fish Keg United 1
5pm Joga Bonito 14 Team Lee 1
6pm Peoples Rep 0 YMCA 10
7pm Buckeyballs 1 Willard Warriors 1
Bye - Rotary United

Next fixtures
Eigth week - April 11

4pm Chupacabra vs Willard Warriors
5pm Team Lee vs Fish Keg United
6pm Joga Bonito vs YMCA
7pm Peoples Repup vs Rotary United
Bye - Buckeyballs



JB Top Scorers:
Rolando 15
Antonio 7
Tony 6
Ernesto 6
Carlos 3
Lovejoy 3
Keith 2
Pablo 1
Shand 1
Byron 1

Next Game: JB vs YMCA April 11 @ 6pm
Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe that the next game will be the match of the tournament! I was able to watch this YMCA team yesterday. It seems that they started the tournament with the wrong foot. But it looks like they have added a couple of guys who really know what they are doing. Their key player is a young thin guy who is fast and has a deadly left shot! Joga Bonito needs to be very careful about this guy. YMCA destroyed People's Republic 10-0 yesterday. I truly believe that this is THE GAME that you DO NOT want to miss. As you can see from the standings, YMCA has already climbed to the second position. I can safely say that my prediction for the YMCA final will be Joga Bonito vs YMCA. We are very excited to find a worthy opponent for Joga Bonito! Please remember that this coming Sunday is Easter so there are NO games!

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.

Also, you can catch the Joga Bonito vs Chupacabras 10 min video on YouTube. Just go to the YouTube website and type: joga bonito ymca. It should be the first one on the list.

Here is the YMCA link for schedule and standings:

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

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