FC77 Rangers 1, Tekvision Lagers Legends 4

(Scorer: McConnachie 85')

14 October 2007

Ever wonder what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? In the case of stationary Brian Bauman v. hard charging Tekvision Lagers Legend striker, the answer is immovable object all the way! Not content to be handed a 7-0 thrashing like we did back in fall of 2005, Rangers literally stood their ground and played the league contenders hard for ninety minutes at the Montessori Earth School.

When you play Tekvision, you’ll expect hard runs through the center of the field, some deft passing, and a back line that seems to stand about six and a quarter feet tall. The Yellow and Black, playing with a comfortable complement of 14 players, scrambled and hustled to meet the challenge, never backing away from fifty-fifty balls nor failing to try and counter when the opportunity availed itself. The visitors bagged three before half time from a variety of plays, but we refused to be run over as in years past. Bauman’s fair challenge for the ball at the top of the box referenced in the opening paragraph exemplified the gutsy performance of the squad…even as it put the striker out of commission for a good three minutes. Rangers took away Tekvision’s clean sheet about five minutes from time on a nifty sequence that saw Sean Ingersoll cross the ball from the right to Aaron Radigan’s head, who sent it over to James McConnachie…who finished the sequence with a header of his own past the keeper and into the net. We played them to a 1-1 draw in the second half and that is something to build upon.

The final stretch of four matches for ‘Gers are against middle to bottom of the table squads—Symmetry Northwest, NW Bike United, the Azzuri, and FC Banfield. With spirited performances and the “stand your ground” work ethic we have seen over the season, there is no reason to believe we can’t nab a few victories and finish with more wins than we have had in the last five years. As a matter of fact, I believe Rangers will return to our winning ways next week…in a close match…perhaps decided by a penalty kick… Will the manager’s prediction come true? Tune in next week and find out!

Sean Ingersoll