WMFC suffer 3-0 setback at Schenley Park

Sporting Club of Pittsburgh 3-0 West Mifflin FC

DeLuca; Kutscher, Gasparovic, Kufen, Bradaric; Hasson, Gauss, Pcholinski, Stinner; Cyr, Volk

Subs: Reed, Nickel, Daveon, Lacock, Pasternak, Kidd, NOT Baguet

0-1 Some turd (14)
0-2 Some other turd (26)
0-3 A third turd (44)

After two big wins to start the season, WMFC suffered their first loss of 2010, falling 0-3 to Sporting Club of Pittsburgh Sunday at Schenley Park. The result was a strange contrast to seasons past as the oval has been kind to the Blues, who have won there twice with two 5-4 scorelines. It also seems that more is wrong at the club than the small setback at the weekend, as Matthew Alan, a player that is revered by fans and well-respected by teammates was reportedly stripped of his co-captaincy. Manager Bob Stinner did not name a new co-captain before the match at the weekend, so the Blues went to work with center-mid Jared Pcholinski serving as the lone captain. More news on this development as the WMFC Supporters Trust gets it.

This game will certainly be looked back on by WMFC with frustration. The Blues, for the most part, possessed the ball well and looked like they had several opportunities to at least put a shot on net in the first half. However, a heavy touch here, a crooked bounce there and West Mifflin were unable to capitalize. Daveon made yet another wonder run into the box, weaving in and out of several defenders, only to have one of the four goons that never left the the line of the 18 boot it away. Gauss and Pcholinski fired a few from far out in attempts to test the goalkeeper (who wore the gayest goalie shirt of all time, by the way...an orange and black monstrosity), but both struck wide or high. Cyr got deep a few times but was unable to challenge the keeper. Stinner and Volk combined on a nice give and go which had Volk pop a nice ball over a defender and into Stinner's path. He chested the ball down and took it around one defender...and straight into the wheelhouse of one of the goons. He swung his foot through to try to put it on goal just as the defender swung his foot through to boot it out. Stinner got the ball but it ricocheted off the defenders shin and out to another Sporting player. The defender got Stinner's toe. Temporarily maimed by the blow, Stinner couldn't get back to defend. Some turd eventually took the ball around the defense and slid the ball into the net making it 0-1. Stinner subbed himself off.

Later, Stinner had another chance after yet another beautiful cross from Hasson on the left. But, instead of trying to rip it with his left, he side-kicked it with his right foot and a little dinky-doodle rolled into the keepers orange-clad arms.

In a loss, especially one in which the Blues have been blanked, when and how things happened are a complete blur. I don't care about the other team's players because they are typically right and proper twat munchers. That said, I can do little to describe how the second craptacular goal of theirs started. Somewhere along the way the opposition broke down the left. DeLuca looked like he had the angle covered. Everyone in the ground was expecting the striker to put a decent foot into it, you know, really give it a knock on goal. He didn't. The shot was the equivalent of a toy poodle queef. Unfortunately, it fooled everyone...including DeLuca. The ball rolled slower than a geriatric rolling down the aisle at Shop N' Save on Sunday morning, right under the keeper and into the net.

Despite that, West Mifflin looked poised to cut the lead in half just before the break after some more good play from the mids and forwards. The ball fell to Stinner who lined it up and struck a ball towards goal. The games first controversy ensued. The ball struck the hand of a Sporting defender who was clearly in the box. The ref explained to a dissenting Sporting player that it would have been a shot on goal had it not been blocked. Stinner had this to say regarding that:

A crack dealer's penis has a better chance of not getting sucked by Lindsay Lohan than that ball had of being on net

Crack and felatio or no crack and felatio, the ref blew the whistle but pointed just outside the area for a free kick. Why was a free kick given and not a penalty? Perhaps it was leniency on the part of the ref but if you're going to be lenient don't make the call. The handball was inadvertent as the player's hand was at his side. It's either a no call or a penalty. Regardless, Pcholinski and Gauss lined up for the kick. Pcholinski took it and struck it well, but into the wall. In his defense, it is quite difficult to bend one in from that distance so blasting it hard and low is really the only option. However, he should really put down the X-Box controller and practice those things sometime for fucksake. There was another half chance in the aftermath of the free kick, but Sporting got the ball and took it on the counter. Despite being cunts, this is one area the opposition excelled in. All three goals came on the counter. The ball was played into the left corner yet again. This time Stinner (after some magical healing spray from the physio) was charging hard back to his area. He tried calling out to the defense to get the guy at the top of the area. But with three whtie shirts there it was difficult to match up that quickly. The ball was rolled across the box past three West Mifflin defenders, dummied by a second turd and finally finished by a third turd into the top corner. Kufen did his best to keep it out as the ball skimmed the top of his head, but it wasn't enough. So, there it was. Halftime and the boys were down three-nil.

There really shouldn't be much to report on the second half, however, the side ref made it impossible to not discuss it. Two blatantly incorrect offside calls canceled out a goal and denied a second goal scoring opportunity. The first came on a corner, I believe. Cyr and Reed did some one-two work allllll the way up by the corner flag. Stinner waited patiently in the box, approximately between the penalty spot and the top of the 18. A perfect cross was sent in from either Cyr or Reed. What happened next is more rare than Chris Reed refusing food or Pcholinski not camping in Call of Duty. Robert Stinner put his head to the ball and sent it perfectly into the net for what had to have been the Blues' first. But no. The side ref had the flag raised for offside but there was no chance it was off. Reed and Cyr were standing right next to each other so neither of them could have been off. Stinner was staring at two Sporting defenders further up the pitch than he, so he certainly couldn't have been off. That leaves only one explanation: the ref sucked.

Towards the end of the half, someone played a perfect through ball to Stinner as he found himself one-on-one with the keeper with Lacock to his left. But, once again, another horrendous offside flag by the side ref called the play back.


And that was about that. The boys played well but it just wasn't their day. No one really had an excellent game but if a choice had to be made I would say Reed was Man of the Match. It is a long season and there is still plenty of football to be played. The boys will look to rebound from this setback next Sunday at 10a at Borland. See you there.