Kickers doubled up by SpartaCarman Valley Leader

Kickers doubled up by SpartaBy Gene Still
Friday June 23, 2006

Carman Valley Leader — After exploding offensively for seven goals in their previous games, the Carman Kickers weren't able to muster that kind of production against Sparta and it proved costly.
The visiting Sparta squad from Winnipeg doubled up the host Kickers on Thursday, June 15 at the Carman Collegiate Soccer Field.
And along with the loss, Carman lost striker and leading scorer Lyle Vanveen to an undetermined (as of press time) knee injury during the opening half.
“We’re hoping for the best,” said Kickers Coach William Hoogerdijk. “Lyle’s a real offensive catalyst for this team but he also comes back to help out defensively.
“He helps out all over the field.”
said it was a combination of factors that led to his club's second defeat of the Fourth Division Season.
"We didn’t start off that well," Hoogerdijk said, but the visitors took advantage of the poor start and got the game’s first goal 15 minutes into the contest. "We eventually got over that but by that time it was 1-0 (for Sparta)."
He said they had high hopes going into the contest, despite the fact that Sparta was undefeated. The optimism was based in part on their previous 7-2 defeat of Colo Colo. Hooegerdijk said they felt like Sparta had a style (speed) that they matched up well against.
But once again it was a combination of lack of finish around the net offensively and defensive breakdowns that led to the loss.
"You can create all the chances you want but if you don’t cash in, then you end up on the short end of the stick," he said.
Before Vanveen was forced to leave the contest, he got Carman’s only goal of the opening half but Sparta came away with two before the intermission. The visitors then recorded the next pair to take a 4-1 lead before Kendall Ferris rounded out the scoring late in the final half to make for a 4-2 final.
The result left Carman at .500 with a 2-2 mark good enough for third spot in the Black conference while Sparta is 4-0-1 in first place in the Gold conference.
Kickers' Notebook: It doesn't get any easier for Carman as they were scheduled to host another undefeated team Winnipeg Triumph on June 22. Results were unavailable as of time. See next week's Valley Leader for more on this game.