Kickers get offensive with Colo Colo -Carman Valley Leader

Kickers get offensive with Colo Colo
Effort finally rewarded on the scoreboard

By Gene Still
Friday June 16, 2006

Carman Valley Leader — The Carman Kickers got downright offensive with Colo Colo en route to a convincing 7-2 victory.
Led by striker Lyle Vanveen's four goal performance, the Kickers improved their overall record to 2-1 with the win over the host Colo Colo squad.
Carman dominated the opening half at Crocus Park in Winnipeg and it showed on the scoreboard as they built up a commanding 5-0 lead before the break.
Vanveen opened the scoring and then got the third tally of the contest on a penalty kick which turned out to be the eventual winner.
Kickers' Coach William Hoogerdijk said overall they played a solid game and as the score indicated, especially the offence where – unlike other matches they've played – scoring opportunities generated by hard work were rewarded on the scoreboard.
“That was really encouraging. The offence got a lot of confidence in this game,” Hoogerdijk said.
However it wasn't necessarily a case of total domination by the visitors as the second half essentially ended in a 2-2 draw with both Carman tallies coming courtesy of high-scoring striker Vanveen.
"It was a tale of two very different halfs," Hoogerdijk said. "But we still could've had a few more (goals) in the second half."
The coach noted that they also played a lot of their bench in the final half and worked on other parts of their game, such as defensive play.
"We don't want to embarrass anybody by trying to run up the score but we also don't want to lose our intensity," Hoogerdijk explained. "I was happy but kind of disappointed at the same time with the two goals that they scored on us.
"It wasn't necessarily that we gave up the two goals but it was how we gave them up because of some defensive lapses on our part. You can't make those kind of mistakes in the games we've got coming up because they're going to burn you."
The coach noted they were also able to get some playing time for a couple of new additions from Winnipeg.
Midfielder-forward Stephen Melvin brings some speed and height along with offensive playmaking and scoring skills to the line-up. He's joined by fullback Gareth Davies who Hoogerdijk described as a solid defensive player.
"It's just another wrinkle that we've been able to add to our line-up," he said.
Kickers notebook: Carman's next home game was June 15 against Sparta FC. Results were unavailable as of press time. After that they again play the role of hosts on Thursday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m. when the Winnipeg Triumph travel to Carman Collegiate field.