Rangers whitewash United - PDG

Southport United’s Michael Chaves, left, fights for a loose ball with the Rangers’ Dinen Subramanian, as the Rangers handed United a 4-0 loss yesterday at Southport Recreation Centre.
Staff photo by Ryan Dixon









Rangers whitewash United

Inconsistency hurts hosts
BY RYAN DIXONFriday August 19, 2005
SOUTHPORT — The Rangers were running the show.The club scored two goals in each half to earn a 4-0 win over Southport United during Manitoba Major Soccer League Fourth Division action last night at Southport Recreation Centre.Martin Kampos (ninth of the season) and Dave Herbert (fifth) each beat United keeper Steve Assenmacher in the opening frame, before Mike Bozek (16th) and Dorian Cosgrove (fifth) closed out the scoring in the game’s final half.“We stuck to our positions and covered our players well,” said Rangers coach Gavin Bozek.“We made some good, quick passes, moved into open spaces and took our chances.”United coach Karl Seidlitz said inconsistency, a disease which plagues many clubs, once again wreaked havoc with his group.“All teams go through that. It’s just that we tend to go through it way more than normal,” stated Seidlitz, who felt Southport (0-9-4) was robbed on several occasions during the first half by the Rangers keeper.The boss said, at its best, United had the look of a motivated team.“We were playing aggressive, and we were communicating. That was the biggest difference,” he remarked.“And when we stopped doing that, we stopped playing aggressive. We stopped talking. All of a sudden, they just kept coming to us and we had to chase them. And that’s just it. You can’t chase a team.”Seidlitz thought the Rangers’ first tally, which went off Assenmacher’s hand and over the line, was one the keeper would usually handle, while blaming the second goal for the visitors on a breakdown in Southport’s defensive coverage.However, the coach said there was no doubt the visitors earned their second-half goals, though he did believe the Rangers (10-2-1) benefited from what he viewed as some non-calls on the part of referee Brian Maxwell.“They were playing, maybe a little over-aggressive at times, and getting away with it, so they kept doing that,” Seidlitz commented.“But they are a skilled team as well, so between those two things, that was the big difference in this game.”Both teams were assessed one yellow card by Maxwell, and while tempers on each side teetered on the brink at times, everybody managed to keep their cool.According to midfielder Dylan Wiebe, who was dubbed Southport’s player of the game by Seidlitz, United also needed to maintain some focus, noting mental breakdowns led to lapses in play.“We had no support on the front,” said Wiebe, who has now played three games with Southport.“Our defence kind of lacked a little bit, but we played better than some of the games I’ve played with them.”Because Boni Vital Inferno and Sudan-Nile have already been kicked out of Fourth Division this year, Southport cannot be demoted to Fifth Division this season, despite the fact its four points is the least amount of any team remaining in the division.But Seidlitz said the club’s sole focus remains on improving itself, not what is happening with other teams.United will take on Res-ervoir Dogs in Winnipeg on Monday, before returning home to host Lusitania Revolution on Thursday at Southport beginning at 7 p.m.