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The opening sequence plays as the home screen montage fades away, showing forty years and more of Havyish football - the pride the Melayu Archipelago - LygaHaven, perhaps the only league called the ‘lyga’ - the league is once more back in production and
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Enter Sonya Klein, former commentator in Nephara who’s lackluster presentation never caught on with the Premiership, “Hello and welcome to another Friday in the LygaHaven - the top league of the Archipelago and undoubtedly one of the rising stars in world football. I’m joined here by Rook Alphonse and Ms. Denisa Thirlwell to go in-depth and have like reactions from all our games taking place today. As always, VisionHD will permit no sharing of the game without exclusive rights given to by the LygaHaven Organizing Committe or VisionHD Enterprises. Without further ado, lets get under way!”
“Here, here!”
The screen fades to black as the screen rolls to reveal the logo of VisionHD, underneath a roll of the Virtus Advernians side which one the CMFA Champions League
Avante Leipreachán 3–2 Port Knoxdam
Virtus Advernians 1–0 Wildeport Wanderers
Knights of Briarcliff 5–4 Baywall Athletic
I’ll be the one to say it, the Wanderers aren’t title contenders with that performance, a 1-nil opening loss in Easterbridge showed the team isn’t going to be able to handle the full course meal of 40+ games this season, and they’re not looking too strong off the rip. The issue for the defense were closed because of great work in net from Harley Kaur; Kaur stopped 17 shots on target compared to the measly six that the Wanderers could manage to pull off. After the game with Denisa Thirlwell on the sidelines, “how do you feel about that performance Kaur? Seventeen saves, and you came away without any points?” “Not enough. Simply not enough in this league, no offensive production and errors cost us today and that’s going to hurt us on the backstretch.” Of course, on the other hand, Advernians would be pleased with their start to the season, though one may have wished a few more shots found the back of the net, but for them it was enough thanks to goal scoring coming from Turner Sears in the 26th minute, rifling one in from close range to put the dagger in for Ivys. “We’ll take this one and move on to the next one, each goal is to go 1-0,” post-match commentary with Sears produced. As the game of the week, the billing for this one was expected to be a high-scoring affair, these two teams had entered as the cream of the crop of Havynwilde, the two who were expected to make the most noise throughout the season and who both had bolstered their attacks, now, with the first game gone, has any of that hype depreciated? For the Ivys, they’ll look to show they’re the real deal on Wednesday, while the Wanderers come back home and look to fix their start.
In LygaHaven’s other two games, the Shamrock Club got off to a good-ish start, defeating the Springmontese club, Port Knoxdam in a 3-2 testing match, the Shamrock Club would rely on the target man, Jacob Saunders, in the box to put them up early, a 2-nil lead by halftime thanks to Saunder’s outstretched header in the 7th minute and a tap-in in the 42nd minute. Port Knoxdam, however, came out fighting in the second half, putting pressure after the 40th minute half time, attacking in a basic 4-3-3 proved too much and the 52nd minute saw one pulled back for Rex Fourewound. A second goal would materialize in the 70th minute, with the game knotted 2-a-piece thanks to the likes of Marco Krepanovic’s set piece. However, stoppage time saw the Shamrocks pull one back as Saunders opened the game with the season’s first hattrick, hitting home a corner in80+3’ stoppage time, sealing a hard earned three point for the Shamrock Club who’ll look to have someone else put the team on their back next week. In the other match, Knights of Briarcliff put together
five goals and then figured out how to give up
four in the process as they got passed Baywall Athletic in a 5-4 thriller, a brace each for Taylor Green and Braiden Moses coupled with a thrilling screamer for Briarcliff’s 16 year-old centerback, Reece Fox helped them hobble to a 5-4 win with offensive prowess that’s becoming a mainstay in the Havyish league. Once more, defense was entirely ignored and it showed, they’ll need to fix that if this team is built for the long run. On the other side of things, Baywall Athletic was forced to rely on its bench for its four goals, with Leo Owen scoring two early on, the other two came from Jenson Watson and Adam Chapman. Watson is one to watch for this season, the young back could look to make a name for himself early on.
Union Forge 4–3 Knights of Briarcliff
Port Knoxdam 2–2 Virtus Advernians
Wildeport Wanderers 3–0 Avante Leipreachán
In the Game of the Week, the Wanderers brought the Shamrock Club to The Port and routed them in a 3-goal showcase, showing that they’re here to compete and not ones to discount. Off the rip, the team came out to play, sixteen year-old, Spencer Patel got on the scoreboard in the fourth minute, with a tap-in going his way, this was coupled later in the tenth minute where he gets on the end of a header and puts the Wanderers up 2-nil off the bat. A deserving man of the match performance for him, he would be taken off after halftime, perhaps to save him for the upcoming run of games, 4 in ten days - for the club - another goal came for them in the 63rd minute, with Nathanial Dejesus coming off the end of a free kick and putting the game away, a convincing 3-nil victory for the Wanderers and now, they’ll look to capitalize on this and build. On the other end of this, the Shamrock Club clearly has an issue with having a defense, because the backline currently operates in an illusion of what a defense is supposed to be. Consecutive games giving up 2+ goals isn’t good, even in a highly-offensive league that it stylizes itself as that, iis Billy Johnson the answer in net? Sure, its too early to really determine anything, but there’s clearly some issues that this team needs to answer, and really sit down and analyze if they don’t want this to come back and bite them in the ass. The seventeen time champions will not find their way to an eighteenth title the way the team currently sits, and they need to sit down and analyze where the team is going wrong - and fix it fast.
Meanwhile, Briarcliff proved that last game wasn’t a fluke, putting up three goals - in a loss - to Union Forge, Knights of Briarcliff scored three, but couldn’t shore up their defense to prevent a second half surge from Union Forge, who scored three in the second half. For Briarcliff, their bright spot has to be Reece Cox, the back scored another thundering header and helped the team in a losing effort, he needs to continue to start for this team, because he’s a bona fide star in the making with his performances. On the other side of things, Union Forge got things going off the rip with successful hattrick from twenty-four year-old striker, Taratino, he looked clean out on the field as he fielded the ball and easily put them in the position to win the game due to an amazing second half hat trick performance. The twenty-four year-old could look to make the move in summer, it's a small sample size, but he’s looking...elite, for sure, and he’s looking like a clear favorite for Golden Boot too. In the lesser game, Port Knoxdam arrived back in Springmont and walked out with a draw, Rex Forewound got his goal for the day in the thirty-second minute, the rest of the team looked pretty decent as they sat back, and did give up two, but, the team is looking decent for a (maybe) fourth place run this season. On the other hand, Virtus Advernians shouldn’t have dropped that game, but given how early things are, I’m not expecting anything too bad to go wrong for them, Turner Sears came through with another goal (and also picked up a yellow card), Jude Martin also contributed for the Ivys and they’ll be back, hopefully looking for a win.
Virtus Advernians 2–2 Wildeport Wanderers
Knights of Briarcliff 2–0 Port Knoxdam
Baywall Athletic 4–2 Union Forge
Once again, Virtus Advernians and the Wanderers went head to head in Easterbridge, it was a once-more defensive affair for both sides and Advernians saw themselves relying on Sears again as he scored a brace for this side - goals in the first and twenty-eight minute was all Advernians would as they snuck away with a draw, mainly because of defensive lapses late in the second half. However, Advernians is shaping for an enticing side, a defence that seems slightly capable of functioning, they can hopefully put together a run of sorts, they look fairly decent through the first three games, but probably need to find some parity on offense and go into form. But, the Ivys also have questions to ask themselves on the other end of the pitch, with late defensive lapses becoming a problem. The Wanderers look like a fairly decent side, built to win and all that - but a late rescue coming from Spencer Patel - knocking one home in the 69th, going around two Advernians defenders - and Leonel Yates top bins, going over Michael Nicholson’s hands, won’t be there to help them escape every game. The team needs to look out other outlets for scoring, as Spencer Patel is only sixteen and isn’t going to be reliable over a full campaign, but clearly, they know that, and are looking for the sort-of flash runs that Patel usually provides in games, his streak of running seems to have helped at times throughout the game, a player with great pace, he’s an important cog in Aidan Elliott’s greater machine.
Baywall Athletic got their first win putting four past Union Forge en route to a 4-2 victory, goals coming from Rogelo Ortiz (1), Leo Owen (2) and the seventeen year-old striker, Morgan Khan (1), was enough to pull away for the victory, thanks to Owen’s second goal coupled with Khan’s both coming in extra time; enough to out them out ahead of the Hammers as they look to find good initial poll position as the season enters its fourth matchday. On the other hand, Union Forge needs to look at their team, sit down and analyze where it went wrong, because it was a decent game for them up until the end - Taratino currently leads the league with goals scored - having 5 thanks to two beautiful additions today. A 17th minute beader which curled into the back of the net, flying past Declan Davies and similarly, with another curling shot in the 46th minute, he found the corner with a strong boot over Davies, at the time tying the games t 2-2, alas it wasn’t enough as they dropped it. Knights of Briarcliff finally had a defensive game, with an astute 2-nil victory, picking up a key win to take them to the top of the table - yes, I know its early in the season - but they’re rightfully the league leaders threw three games, thanks to goals from Braiden Moses and Jacob Parker. The backline looked relatively peaceful, for once, as they helped to keep a clean sheet and limit Port Knoxdam to seven shots on target, Briarcliff will be pleased with a reasonable performance. Similarly Port Knoxdam is shaping up to be shit this season, and its looking like they’ll continue the tradition of being extremely shit with poor performance, they’ll be looking to ounce back and put their head back into the match soon, with these poor performances, they can’t continue if they want to challenge for a Challengers Cup berth, or even if they consider a berth for the CMFA Champions League important for them.
Port Knoxdam 2–2 Baywall Athletic
Wildeport Wanderers 5–2 Knights of Briarcliff
Avante Leipreachán 7–4 Virtus Advernians
These are the scored that we’re looking for, where the popcorn comes out and we laugh and smile and all that - and the Shamrock Club turned up the heat, with a hat trick from Gabby Dickerson - who the fuck is Gabby Dickerson you may ask? I don’t know either, but she’s apparently a quality sixteen year-old who found a way to put three past Advernians off the rip, she found the net in the fourth, twenty and twenty-seventh minute, before being subbed off for hamstring issues, I to would’ve subbed off if I carried the team through the first half and single-handedly kept the team in the game when we should’ve been trailing. Avante seemed to have realized that and would come out in the second half with a scandalizing attack, this time finding the back of the net thanks to the combined exploits of Jacob Saunders and Maddox Duncan, Saunders squared away two tap-ins early into the second half and was helped by a free kick from Duncan which pushed the Shamrock Club to a 7-4 win. On the other sides of things, Advernians had a relatively good game until the second half collapse - Turner Sears added a goal in the 22nd minute and Lewis Howard got his campaign off to a start with two goals between four minutes in the 26nd and 30th minute, at the time knotting the game at 3-3. Another goal would come in the 45th minute as Ellis Davidson got on the receiving end of a huge free kick, taking them up 4-3, soon after the collapse began. Shoring up the defense will be important at the midseason break for this team.
Around the league, Wildeport came out guns blazing and retook the top of the league, on a 5-2 win over Knights of Briarcliff, Leonel Yates opened the score sheet early in the seventh minute, beautiful strike from gim in the penalty box, followed up by Spencer Patel’s two strikes, both in the fortieth minute had the game at 3-1. It wouldn’t take long for the substitutes to place their marks two, as in the 42nd minute, Kyle Varrett found a header and sends the ball home, soon after, Cameron Robers delivered the deathblow in the 76th minute as they took home in convincing fashion an important victory. On the other end, Knights of Briarcliff looked good early on but were unable to put the team together, they looked solid from the get-go, but a collapse in the midfield clearly hurt them as the team began a straight collapse late in the match, now, the team has to be looking at a way to figure out the midfield and scoring goals consistently, upfront, an issue is clearly persisting in the front lines that the team needs to address.On the other end, in a relatively normal game, Port Knoxdam held Baywall Athletic to a draw as both sides battled toa 2-2 draw in the relative peace and quiet of Northwell Arena, which saw a small attendance, the Oilers will be looking to build off today’s decent showcase and hopefully find a few more defensive performances to power them up the league ale, still dead last, the things could get much better for them in short order, they just need to put things together. Baywall won’t be happy to have dropped this game, as they definitely saw themselves as the favorites to win this one, Baywall needs to sit and reevaluate what the next step is, given Morgan Khan’s brace today, was noone else able to help with giving the team an extra goal of sorts? An assist or something to power them over the edge? A game like this simply shouldn’t be enough for Baywall, and they know that.
Knights of Briarcliff 3–2 Avante Leipreachán
Baywall Athletic 2–1 Wildeport Wanderers
Union Forge 6–6 Port Knoxdam
The game of the week definitely had to be the twelve goal thriller that was a 6-6
draw between Port Knoxdam and Union Forge, a thriller that clearly beckons to the style of play that is being pushed to the forefront in LygaHaven, we saw a thriller which saw Hamers and Oilers trade goals throughout much of the match - a hat trick for Tarantino still leaves him with the most goals on the season, with eight goals on the season, he’s a clear marksman and his goals in the 27th, 39th and 46th minute were key in putting the team in the position for much of the match. Similarly, good shifts from Drew Jordan and William Harvey both were key and assisted them in scoring five before Felipe Kelly’s sixth in stoppage time. Perhaps the bigger problem for them is they put up six goals and drew the the game, but, given the team is still trying to find a way to finish above sixth place, I don’t think they’ll take this loss too harshly, things are on the up for the team and the Hammers can see their improving. On the other hand, Port Knoxdam scored six goals, I’m still trying to get over that, six goals and neither seen is unable to win, that’s still something that’s hard to understand, the hat trick from Bereznack was nice, but it wasn’t enough and he left at least two more goals out on the field, and he definitely knew he would have scored those as he sat down after the match. Rex Foreowund contributed with two solid goals too, and finally wrapped up a casual flick with Reagan Waterfist getting in on the action. The solid performance we saw from the backline- oh, no, this was the wrong team: Port Knoxdam;s backline was shit, But maybe that’s okay for this team, if they can continue to couple strong offensive performances with drawing matches.
Elsewhere, Shamrock Club will be unlucky to not come away with a draw as they left too much out for the Knights to take advantage of, Briarcliff’s 3-2 win takes them atop the table with supersub, Sean West netting two goals upon coming on the 64th and the 68th minute headers for him, coupled with Braiden Moses’s performances early on, adding a strike of his own was enough to hands the Knights the three points. Shamrock Club will feel unlucky that they couldn’t walk away with a draw as it clearly wa s there for the taking, but with the season early, they can likely improve and find a way back into it, it's not the end of the world for the club, who’s start to the season hasn’t dazzled anyone, but it hasn’t been exactly *bad* per se. Just some things here and there they’ll need to clean up, late game collapses have to go, Meanwhile, in a relatively normal game, Baywall Athletic took a 2-1 win over the Wanderers, not requiring much to get over the hump and take a thoroughly defensive affair in the right direction. Baywall will be pleased with this result as the relatively defensive showcase continues for them, something that they hope to showcase as the two defensive teams did battle. The Wanderers only managed one, but,I don't think they feel too hurt with this performances, after all, the team is set up to emphasize its defense, and it showed tonight as they weren’t able to get on the board in any way, but they’ll take this game and come back, for sure.
Wildeport Wanderers 5–2 Union Forge
Avante Leipreachán 4–3 Baywall Athletic
Virtus Advernians 3–2 Knights of Briarcliff
The Shamrock Club would take a solid 4-3 victory over the Pirates in stride, with a contribution coming in from both Gabby Dickerson and Jacob Saunders, Dickerson continues to establish herself as one of the ones to watch in the league with her amazing defensive play coupled with a couple well-fought-for goals, these goals helped to propel Avante into the driver's seat and fast tracked them to a solid spot in the league, sitting now at second following a solid display on the field. Saunders on the other hand looked to rope in some more goals, despite being 5’4, the striker found himself on the end of a header or two and was able to guide two of them deep into the back of the net, capitalizing on mistakes from the opposition and putting the Shamrock Club into the driver's seat while picking up two goals for himself. On the other side, the Pirates will feel unlucky to not come away with at least a point in a game that they felt they were hard-done-by in a game where they were relatively decent for most of the match. After the match, “it wasn’t a bad game by any means, but we left a lot out there, 28 shots and only three goals to come away with is a problem for us that we’re going to address on the training pitch and come back hitting harder,” Stanley Khan told the media. Clearly, the problem for the team was deeper than that, as it stumbled late once more, unable to find a sparks after the first half hattrick produced by Rogelio Ortiz, “I left a lot out there, I should’ve put away more chances,” said the would-be hat trick hero.
Around the league, the Wanderers found themselves in the drivers spot, putting past five past Union Forge as the Wanderers would hit the Hammers hard with a 5-2 win at The Port; Tarantino’s ninth goal still wasn’t enough and came far too late to start a comeback or spur on anything more than padding the stats as the Hammers would look to come back and retool in Ravenclyff. Speaking of Tarantino, he’s emerging quickly as a start in the league, currently leading the league through week six with nine goals, this could be a case to move abroad. On the other side, in Wildeport, the Wanderers strong performance under the lights took Spencer Patel to seven goals on the season as he recorded a brace, similarly, a brace for Liam George as he tried to get the offensive engine going. Off the bench, a strong performance from Theo Blackburn who would produce two assists and even record a goal himself. Meanwhile, the Ivys not to be outdone shown with a relatively defensive performance of their own,a 3-2 win over the Knights despite still trailing in the standings - Turner Sears added a sixth goal in the twenty-fourth minute off a penalty kick, later in the second half he’d sub off with an apparently injury - we hope it's nothing too serious, given how good of a start he’s off too right now. Griffin Spence and Logan Thomas off the bench would add goals two and three as they found a way to win. For the Knights, not too much can be said about this, the game shouldn’t have been dropped for sure, but the team will probably take this in stride and go back to the drawing board - they’ve got to realize that they’re not a defensive team, bunkering down is going to be a problem for this team, rather than just going for it, because in the end, they’re exposing themselves more than they should.
Baywall Athletic 1–2 Virtus Advernians
Union Forge 3–2 Avante Leipreachán
Port Knoxdam 3–2 Wildeport Wanderers
Wildeport is wildly inconsistent - and that’s going to be a problem in the long run, they can’t go from winning 5-2 to dropping a game to the worst team in the league 3-2, the type of problems just can’t happen, and a frustrated locker room was seen after the match with Leonel Yates talking to the team, the team was doomed from the start as it gave up two goals within the space of the first seven minutes and from the rest of the game found itself playing catch-up with a Port KNoxdam side that didn’t really even come seeking to win, rather to find a point and leave. Entering the game, the Wanderers were emerging as an attacking force, and rightfully still are, but their defense was sturdy too - now this game has me questioning if that’s true too, because simply put, some of these goals were easily avoided and they’ll have to ask themselves that question. Port Knoxdam on the other hand should take this win and move forward with it, they’re looking sturdy on defense, and if they can couple that with a run of form and find someone who can just do the dirty work for them they can perhaps fina run of form and stick with it, because, they’re looking to have found some form of parity that they can hopefully establish something to build on and hopefully push for the playoff line. Playoff in the first season would be something of an amazing run for the Port Knoxdam who after the new season rules have been implemented, still feel like they have a chance.
Meanwhile, Advernians looked to pick up where the Wanderers had faltered, putting on a defensive showcase, the clinic that the Ivys performed put them up into first place with a clinical strike coming from Lewis Howard and another from Lawarence Munoz off a free kick. For the Ivy, there’s a problem, Turner Sears being ruled out for seven weeks puts him out to return in about three months for the Ivy, can they shore up offensive production with their current leading goalscorer gone? The Pirates on the other hand are fighting to get above the playoff line, and are struggling because of it, and it's clear they’re looking to find a way to get into position for it it, they’re playing defensive, but they’re still conceding, Leo Owen found his fifth goal of the season, out missed another three, the backline looks shaky, can they find a way to fix the numerous issues (mostly self-inflicted) before it gets out of hand? Finally, in Ravenclyff, The Old Firm renewed their rivalry with the Hammers walking out with a stunning 3-2 victory over Shamrock Club, thanks to Tarantino’s hattrick, it's becoming a recurring thing to where the formation is simply to pass to Tarantino and hope for the best. Clearly, the team has a problem with diversifying, but if it's yielding dividends, is it necessarily a problem for them? On one hand, if it's working, why deviate, but eventually, it's not going to work for them, and by the time the playoffs come around, can the Hammers afford to risk Tarantino’s acrobatics? The Shamrock Club will look to address the problems with the defensive lapses that continue to be their failing, they’re going to need to really sit down and analyze this one, because the opportunity to win was clearly theirs for the taking, too much sloppy play simply doomed their chances and I think they realize they could have easily won this one.
Port Knoxdam 4–7 Avante Leipreachán
Union Forge 2–4 Virtus Advernians
Baywall Athletic 4–1 Knights of Briarcliff
Baywall’s looking for some sort of separation from the bottom of the pack, and they got it, feat. a 7-4 victory for the Shamrock Club over Port Knoxdam, coupled with Advernians disassembling the Hammers; the Pirates only had to do a relatively light job of handinly Briarcliff to the tune of 4-1 at home, and they’re quite pleased with where that puts them. Of course, there’s the gauntlet ahead coming up for them, but goals from Darien Vaughn (with a two-goal contribution), Morgan Khan and Gabriel Marshall put those fears to rest at least for another day, staying in fourth seems to be good enough for the Pirates, at least for now and they’ll be pleased that things outside their control also went their way, given they have to play those exact same teams soon. The Pirates looked imposing and seemed to have control on the game from the get-go, that’s how they want it, and dictating the tempo against lesser teams is going to be important for them if they want to continue to put themselves into the position to make the Championship Series, then this is the way to do it, picking up solid wins like this. Meanwhile, the Knights have to ask themselves what in hell they’re doing, this game shouldn't have been dropped, and they know that, especially with how tough the second half of the season is going to be, letting game slip away like this is going to cost them in the long run and they’re going to ber looking for ways to push this away because when the playoff line comes, this game is going to be circle as a game they wish they got more out off.
Advernians seems to be doing just fine without Sears, Lewis Howard seems to have put himself in a more important role and looks to continually find himself playing in new positions, hoping to maximize himself as the target man despite only featuring on the scoresheet once. Advernians currently leads the league after week eight, and their offense seems to be in solid hands, without Sears, so hopefully they can find something that’ll push them over the edge, propelling them into the like of possible Premiers and more importantly, Champions. On the other hand, Tarantino was shut out and the Hammers found other outlets for their two goals, progress being that they weren’t reliant on one man, but, issues are still abound for this team, and they need to solve them in order to have any chance of competing. The team knows that, I know that, and the defense knows that it's nonexistent right now and that’s going to doom any of their chances that they had if they can't even address that and monitor the ongoing problems they have with that. It's going to take more than simple taps at it, they have to do a full evaluation of what works, because the talent’s there. The Shamrock Club put up seven in a goalfest as they swept away Port Knoxdam, how sat pretty themselves with a solid four, but it was clear the Shamrock Club didn't come with any perception of losing, as they clearly cut away as the best team. Avante has a bona fide star in Jacob Saunders - a hattrick form the seventeen year old takes him to seven goals on the season, let me know if he doesn’t make some form of a national team this season, because whatever it is, he’s got to make it after the performance he put up thus far. Port Knoxdam knocked in a solid four goals as well, but they’re bottom of the table and have a lot to address if they want to rectify the ongoing situationship they have right now.
Knights of Briarcliff 1–2 Union Forge
Virtus Advernians 4–0 Port Knoxdam
Avante Leipreachán 5–4 Wildeport Wanderers
Solid win for Union Forge who now sit a point off the playoff line, can they put this all together and force something big here - I don’t know, back-to-back wins or something - that’d been nice for the organization, especially since they can’t seem to find the back of the net much with how things currently are. The team needs to find a way forward, and build off this, hopefully they can produce more energy after this positive, its a step in the right direction, beating another team also pushing for the fourth place spot, so it shows the team is looking to go forward, the bigger picture has to be finding away to put all these pieces together to lay a foundation adn to attack, relying on Tarantino to put the entire team on his back and score the goals like they’ve continually done all season isn’t going to work come playoffs, and they’re starting to realize that, at least attempting to diversify their scoring and shooters a bit more as two new players got on the score sheet. On the other hand, Briarcliff has an issue on their hands, they were only allowed ten goals on target, and the issues shown throughout the game that there's simply no creative outlet for them to turn to, and these issues that they’re having are going to continue to mount if they can’t simply try and figure out a way around this. The team is too good to not be able to create chances, and there needs to be a sit down if the Knights can’t find ways to find the back of the enemy, because by that point, its the tactics you blame and not the player.
The Wanderers put up four goals in a loss to Avante as Shamrock Club look to turn up the heat as we’re almost to the halfway point of the regular season, the team still hasn’t found their stride, but, performances like this show the team is perhaps back on the ups and can find themselves in poll position to get going after the restart, perhaps square away some problems on offense and they’ll be hitting all cylinders and good to go once the season gets off to a start again. On the receiving end, the Wanderers will find themselves wondering how in hell they managed to let that game slip away and it’ll become the stuff of nightmares for their fans, with the game 3-1 heading into the seventieth minute, how they managed to shit the bed and lose control will be a stunning tale for the rest of the season and could become their defining moment as the club seems to be quickly fading from their early start to the season. Elsewhere, in the other big matchup, Advernians blanket Port Knoxdam in Easterbridge, keeping their hopes alive as the season continues that they can keep up a run for the Premiers this season, things are looking relatively up for them this season and they’re going to want to keep the pressure up going into their ninth game, a good start to the season could allow them to coast through the rest of the season. Meanwhile, Port Knoxdam’s momentum from last game is gone, it was s hit performance on the road and their reeling from that one, they’ll need to sit and reevaluate, come back to the drawing board with a better performance because they left too much out there and were exposed in the end.
Wildeport Wanderers 3–4 Virtus Advernians
Port Knoxdam 2–2 Knights of Briarcliff
Union Forge 2–3 Baywall Athletic
Baywall into thirds the pick up a key win over the Hammers, leap-frogging the Wanderers in the process as they attempt to lay their claim to the third seed with a three point gulf opened between them and the chasing pack of the Wanderers, Hammers and the Knights. Baywall will look to expand on their lead and perhaps challenge for more, but for now, they’re happy with where they are, given the rocky start to the season for them, finding goals from Adam Chapman with two from the substitute were certainly welcome as they helped to take them over the hump at the 80th minute, and that’s certainly saying something on this tea, there’s issues that need to be addressed, but the simple fact they were able to put together some sort of cohesion, and get it done when it mattered is going to get major point for this team moving forward. It's looking more and more like progress has been made in Baywall and could likely be a team on the up once again. On the other side of things, Union Forge has to realize that things aren’t getting better for them, they’re going to have to have s sit down and figure out the next step forward for this team, because what’s going on right now - it isn’t ready - and overreliance has returned and plagued this team once again, they’re going to be major work that needs to be addressed if the team wants to make any real push.
Port Knoxdam went out and got a draw with Briarcliff, keeping their chances alive, but surely, they're realizing their window of opportunity is quickly closing right now, and they need to figure out what the next step forward is going to be for this team, because it has a chance really to do something, but it needs to trust youth less and trust results more, and that’ll come with time, but I’m sure Knoxdam will see that soon. Meanwhile, Briarcliff is reeling, from sustaining a loss to UNion Forge, they travelled to Port Knoxdam needing a win to keep their push alive early, and were once again leaving wanting more, and that’s a point of concern to address for the team, they’ve got a lot of firepower, but don’t seem to know what to do with it, and that’s going to hurt them in the long run. The Ivy took another victory to move back atop the table, looking like the more complete team, they found their way into the game early and remained there for much of the match thanks to sustained pressure. If they can improve a little more in defense, this is the team that I really do see going all the way this season, Champion and all. Wildeport continues to crash and burn on the other end, there’s a problem that needs to be addressed, and quickly before it's too late.
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LYGAHAVEN 
PLD W D L GD PTS
-1 
Virtus Advernians 9 6 2 1 +7 20----------
-2 
Avante Leipreachán 8 5 0 3 +4 15----------
-3 
Baywall Athletic 8 4 1 3 +4 13----------
-4 
Wildeport Wanderers 9 3 1 5 +4 10----------
-5 
Union Forge 8 3 1 4 −5 10----------
-6 
Knights of Briarcliff 9 3 1 5 −5 10----------
-7 
Port Knoxdam 9 1 4 4 −9 7----------
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:21 am
Mason Foster
Ian Florentino
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