Kickers’ losing skid continues as they drop two more games - Carman Valley Leader

The Kickers played host to the first place Lusitania at Carman Collegiate. But home field was no advantage for the Kickers who lost to the Revolution.
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Kickers’ losing skid continues as they drop two more games
In tough with first place opposition

By Gene Still
Friday August 18, 2006

Carman Valley Leader — It was another rough stretch for the Carman Kickers as they dropped two more games.
The Kickers lost a high scoring affair, 5-4 to the first place Lusitania Revolution on Tuesday evening at Carman Collegiate Field.
Full details were not available as of press time.

A short bench
And in their previous contest, this one with Southport U nited, another slow start along with playing a man down, proved too much to overcome for Carman.
The Kickers hit the road on August 9 for a matchup with Southport who were also tied with the Revolution for top spot.
But a less than inspiring performance early on was costly as they went into the intermission facing an uphill battle on the scoreboard. Going into action down a player, also didn't help the Carman cause.
"We had a rough first 20 minutes," Kickers' Coach William Hoogerdijk said. "We eventually got burned for three goals and were down 3-0 at the half.
"We had some brief defensive lapses and it cost us."
However it was again a different story in the second half. Within the first ten minutes, Carman's Tyler Termeer scored twice to cut the Southport lead to 3-2.

‘Created well’
"We started off great in the second half, despite the mismatches in numbers," Hoogerdijk said. "We created well and still played them tight (defensively) and it paid off."
But like many of their other defeats earlier on this season, it was a case of too little too late as the Kickers lost 3-2 to drop their regular season record to 2-7-2 and left them in sixth place in the Black conference of the Manitoba Soccer League's Fourth Division.
"We came close to tying it, but just couldn't seem to get that third goal."
Kickers’ Notebook: Carman’s regular season record now stands at 2-8-2 and has them in sixth place in the Black conference of the Fourth Division. The Kickers next home action will be an afternoon contest starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 26 when they entertain Tri-S Strike Force.