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Dropkixx win in rout behind huge second half

 

SAN JOSE, CA – On match day three of the Spartan Premier League, it was no match.  The Dropkixx came out of halftime and ran roughshod over the visiting Riots to earn their first win of the young season 8-2 on Monday afternoon at Spartan Field.

 

                In what looked like an even and uneventful match through the first half, each team found the net just before halftime.  Just over two minutes from the halftime whistle, Roxy “Cinderella” Kamal opened the scoring for the Dropkixx as she buried a feed from Lauren “The Fast and the Furious” Ng-Pinkerton.  The Dropkixx thought they were going to go into the break with a 1-0 lead, but they turned out to be wrong.  With 45 seconds remaining, Katie “The Rookie” Knopp sent a shot past goalkeeper Sarah “Eight Crazy Nights” Wisotsky but Hallsie “A Bug’s Life” Pacheco darted in to clear the ball off the goalline.  Pacheco’s heroics were short-lived, however, as Knopp regained possession, dribbled endline and fired a low cross which teammate Michelle “Mean Girls” Haughey dummied to a wide open Liz “The Fugitive” Behlen who slotted the ball into the corner to level the game at 1-1.

 

                With the first half being a defensive battle, the Dropkixx were determined to jump out of the gates in the second half. 

 

                “I was disappointed with our attacking in the first half,” team captain Wisotsky said.  “I told our team at halftime that I wanted to up the tempo.  If we didn’t score in the first minute I was going to go up top and play forward and show off my mad skillz!”

 

                It worked.  Just 27 seconds in, the Kamal/Ng-Pinkerton connection struck again as Kamal finished a breakaway past the diving Nina “21” Butera once again giving the Dropkixx an advantage.  The ‘Kixx doubled its lead when Shanelle “Clueless” Furner blasted a shot from distance on a pass from Mandy “Happy Gilmore” Martin.  

 

                Behlen struck again for the Riots on a nifty pass from Haughey to cut into the Dropkixx lead.

 

                It may have been close on the scoreboard at that point, but the last 20 minutes belonged to the green.  Pacheco started her hat trick bid off an assist from Kamal and then added her own with no help minutes later.  Ng-Pinkerton scored her own goal just a minute later on a pass from Martin to give the Dropkixx a 6-2 lead.  The two reversed roles just three minutes later as Ng-Pinkerton returned the favor feeding Martin for the goal.  Pacheco finished off the scoring for the day and her hat trick with just under four minute from time taking a long service from Kamal and finishing into the lower right corner.

 

                “Once Liz scored, I got a bit worried at 3-2,” Pacheco said.  “I said hell no!  We ain’t losin’ this game suckaz!  I just said that it is time for everyone to see the Hallsie show… standing room only!”

 

 

 

                Match Statistics

Scoring

1.     Roxy Kamal                                         (Ng-Pinkerton)                  Dropkixx                               27:53

2.     Liz Behlen                                             (Knopp)                             Riots                                       29:34

3.     Roxy Kamal (2)                                   (Ng-Pinkerton)                  Dropkixx                               30:27

4.     Shanelle Furner                                    (Martin)                             Dropkixx                               35:37

5.     Liz Behlen (2)                                       (Haughey)                         Riots                                       38:25

6.     Hallsie Pacheco                                   (Kamal)                             Dropkixx                               40:16

7.     Hallsie Pacheco (2)                             (unassisted)                       Dropkixx                               46:12

8.     Lauren Ng-Pinkerton                          (Martin)                             Dropkixx                               47:40

9.     Mandy Martin                                     (Ng-Pinkerton)                  Dropkixx                               50:29

10.  Hallsie Pacheco (3)                             (Kamal)                             Dropkixx                               56:13

 

 

Score                                 1st            2nd               Final

Dropkixx                           1              7                  8

Riots                                   1              1                  2

 

Shots                                  1st            2nd               Total

Dropkixx                           11           13               24

Riots                                   20           17               37

 

Transactions:      Jordan “The Notebook” Santos was traded to the Riots for Katie “Ghost” Bonadies (ooooh.  Two injured players being traded for each other.  How risky!!!)  In other actions, the league reallocated Kelsy “Se7en” Holm to the Riots in exchange for Brittany “Terminator” Boehm and Stephanie “Mr. Baseball” Righetti to the Dropkixx for Michelle “Mean Girls” Haughey.  The moves were to satisfy local television promotions involving school children and an occasional stalker.  Lauren “The Waterboy” Sanchez was again fined $0.75 for her lack of participation in today’s match.

 

Scorekeeper:         Jordan “The Notebook” Santos

    

SPL LogoJeff “The Godfather” Leightman
Commissioner
SPL
Spartan Premier League

http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/jeff.leightman/SPL.htm
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