Fauquier County Soccer Club

Fall 2011 Schedule

Schedule Format:

The schedule consists of 1 set of round robin (5 games) and 2 repeats of the first two rounds of games. The match ups were randomly generated by the computer system’s schedule generator function. In total there are 7 regular season games with 2 rounds of playoffs. The playoff format is as follows:

Semi-Finals:
Game1: #1 v #4 (Semi-Final 1)
Game2: #2 v #3 (Semi-Final 2)
Game3: #5 v #6 (Consolation 1)

Finals:
Championship: Game1 winner vs Game2 winner
Consolation: Game3 winner vs Highest Seeded Loser
This format allows all teams to have a shot at playing on championship weekend if they win their playoff game or are high in the standings at the end of the regular season.

Championship Recap

The Fall 2011 season successfully came to a close for the Fauquier County Soccer Club's Adult League (FSL) on Saturday, November 12th with a newly crowned champion: Strikers FC. Coming off a dramatic penalty-shoot-out win against favored FC Arsenal, Strikers FC defeated El Agave Chivas 5 - 2 to raise the Fauquier Cup.

The game began with Strikers setting a quick pace. In under one minute of play, Bandon Lloyd of Strikers FC dribbled up the middle and ripped on the bottom corner, stunning the favored Chivas. Before Chivas could catch their rhythm and respond, Strikers star player Cesar Colon tucked his own goal into the net. Already lacking in strength from a red card suspension, Chivas suffered another setback midway through the first half when playmaker Sam Hernandez withdrew himself from the game with a quadriceps strain. Capitalizing on Chivas' struggling play, season latecomer Patrice Belewa scored and the half ended with Strikers comfortably in the lead 3-0.

Chivas mounted a comeback in the second half with long-time striker, Pedro "El Taliban" Reyes, putting two quick goals into the Stikers FC net to come within 1 goal of equalizing. However, Strikers FC man-of-the-match Colon put the game out of reach in the final 15 minutes with two more goals giving himself a hat trick and his team the championship.

Playoffs Recap

The Fall 2011 playoffs began with Team Superior playing Fauquier Team for the 5 v 6 consolation playoff match. The game ended in a 3-3 tie, which led to penalty shoot-outs. Both teams reached 5/5 penalty points with Fauquier Team winning out in the 7th penalty round.

FC Arsenal and Strikers FC played in the 1 v 4 playoff game. FC Arsenal originally led 1-0 and at the half. However, Strikers equalized on an amazing olympic goal off a corner kick. They then proceeded to go up 2-1 before Arsenal equalized on a penalty. The game finished 2-2 and went to penalty shoot-outs. The shoot-outs finished 5-3 in Strikers' favor.

Blackwatch and El Agave Chivas faced off in the 2v3 playoff match. The game was tied 2-2 going into the half and appeared deadlocked until Hernandez from Chivas scored what many considered the goal of the season. Despite a relentless assault of shots, Blackwatch was unable to equalize before the daylight ran out and the game was called in favor of El Agave.

The championship/consolation round of games will be played Saturday, November 12th and El Agave Chivas will face off against Strikers FC for the Fall 2011 Fauquier Cup. The 3rd place consolation game will be played between Fauquier Team (Winner of 5v6 consolation) and FC Arsenal (Highest seeded playoff loser), and the 4th place consolation game will be played between Blackwatch (lowest seeded playoff loser) vs Team Superior (5v6 loser).

Rounds 5 & 6 Recap

This weekend saw two rounds of games due to rain makeups. Saturday started off with Blackwatch defeating Fauquier Team 3 - 1 despite a thin squad. Later on, FC Arsenal defeated El Agave Chivas 3 - 1 in a very close game that only got away in the final minutes. Also, Strikers FC and Team Superior played a very close game that ended with Team Superior winning 2-1.

Sunday featured Fauquier Team playing FC Arsenal in a repeat of the Round 1 games. Fauquier Team got off to an early 2-0 lead but Arsenal slowly game back and overtook the frustrated Fauquier Team in the end 5-3. El Agave Chivas also played Team Suepeior to a 1-1 tie. Blackwatch failed to produce enough players for their game agains Strikers FC and thus forfeited the match.

At the end of 6 rounds, FC Arsenal sits comfortably at the top with 15 points, followed by El Agave Chivas with 10. Blackwatch is in third with 9. Strikers FC is in 4th with 6. Team Superior is 5th with 4 points, and Fauquier Team is at the bottom still searching for their first points.

Round 3 Recap

This past Saturday, FC Arsenal defeated Team Superior 4 - 1 in the early game. Also, Strikers FC edged out Fauquier Team in a close game 4 - 3. Finally, El Agave was triumphant against Blackwatch 2 - 1 in a very tight game.

After 3 rounds the standings feature FC Arsenal and El Agave Chivas at the top with 9 points. Blackwatch falls to second with 6 points. Strikers FC leads the bottom half with 3 points. At the bottom and still in pursuit of their first points are Team Superior and Fauquier Team.

Round 2 Recap

Blackwatch started off against Team Superior in the early slot in a game that saw a thin Team Superior squad versus a full Blackwatch squad featuring their best players. Blackwatch got off to an early lead and the first half ended 3-0. The second half saw a more balanced game with Team Superior scoring. However, Blackwatch maintained control and sealed a 4-1 victory.

Chivas squared off against Fauquier Team in a tightly contested match which saw some exceptional saves by Fauquier Team keeper Fabrice Bonnaire. Fauquier team got off to an early lead that was equalized in the 18th minute by Chivas. The first half ended 1-1. The game reached a turning point in the 52nd minute when a pentaly was called against Fauquier Team for a handball in the penalty area. Chivas goalkeeper Juan Villaseñor secured the PK goal that put Chivas ahead. In a last ditch effort to equalize, Fauquier Team moved players forward, but this left them vulnerable in the back which led to a Chivas score in the 65th minute. The final score was 3-1 in favor of Chivas.

FC Arsenal and Strikers FC met for the first time in a hotly contested game that saw Arsenal jump to an early lead and finish the half 2-0. Strikers put on immense pressure in the second half, which eventually led to a goal with 5 minutes left to play. Despite many shots on goal and dominating posession by Strikers in the final minutes, Arsenal survived with 3 points and Strikers were left with a yellow card.

At the end of 2 rounds, the standings feature Arsenal, El Agave, and Blackwatch at the top with 6 points each and the rest of the teams at the bottom with no points. October 8th will feature the make-up round from the September 24th rain-outs.

Round 1 Recap

The Fall 2011 season went under way 1 week behind schedule with FC Arsenal facing the returing Fauquier Team. Arsenal jumped to an early lead and was able to overpower Fauquier Team 7-2.

El Agave Chivas faced off in a rematch of the Spring 2011 championship game. This time El Agave took the early lead 3-0 at half time. Team Superior was able to regroup and shut them down in the second half, but only managed to muster 1 goal, the final score being 3-1 in Chivas’ favor.

At the same time, Blackwatch and new addition Strikers FC faced each other on the other field in very tight match. Blackwatch went up first 1-0, but Strikers were able to equalize before the half. In the second half, Blackwatch mustered a single goal to put them over the top and win the match 2-1.

After one round, FC Arsenal, El Agave, and Blackwatch all share the top with their respective wins.