User:Pete4999/Albicelestes FC

Albicelestes Futbol Club, affectionately known as Albicelestes FC, La Selección or Los Gauchos, is the soccer team run by Ruocco and his wily cohorts. Named after the nickname of the Argentinian team, Albicelestes FC plays on Thursday evenings. La Selección, as the team's starters are affectionately referred to by the fans, hope to take the Thursday league by surprise. Last season, several of the team members played for local carefree team Team Awesome. Despite winning their first game, a 3-2 shocker upset, Team Awesome proceeded to lose the rest of its games and get knocked out in the playoffs. This season's team features 5 players from the Team Awesome, and many players who have never played organized soccer before.

2007 Schedule and Results
The season began in mid-September, and here's the schedule and league standings.

Team Statistics
Below are the team statistics for the 2007 season.

Match Details
In this section, you will find semi-detailed accounts of each game, listed in chronological order.

Match details - Albicelestes FC v. Blue Barracudas
1st half: Albicelestes FC and the Blue Barracudas each entered the game 1-0-0 after forfeit wins in their first match. In the beginning of the match, the teams spent a few minutes feeling each other out before making any attacking ventures. The Blue Barracudas struck first, from an unmarked man at the top of the 18. He calmly fired into the top left corner past Albicelestes keeper Josh Russell who had no chance on the play. It seemed like the Blue Barracudas were going to go into halftime with a 1-0 advantage, but Albicelestes FC notched two quick goals to end the half. With just over a minute remaining, Ken Heidle found Peter Ruocco streaking down the sideline and hit him with the pass. As Ruocco entered the box, he controlled the ball past a defender before he deftly toe-poked it past the keeper to equalize. On the ensuing kickoff, Ken Heidle stole the ball from a Barracudas attacker and beat the keeper with a fabulous strike on the ground from about 25 yards. The raucous Barracudas crowd was silenced as the referee's whistle sounded.

2nd half: This half was entirely controlled by Albicelestes FC, who added an insurance marker in the 36th minute, again through striker Ken Heidle. From about 22 yards, Pete Ruocco found Heidle in the middle with a quick pass. Heidle beat the defender with a turn, and coolly slotted past the keeper from just inside the 18 with the left foot. The rest of the game wasn't close, and Albicelestes FC held on to the 3-1 win.