“The # 1 Title is Now Officially Disputed”

My, our last romp was pretty dismal, wasn’t it? However, one says that you can’t find your true self until you’ve lost everything. At this point in the season, it felt that the team was at an all-time low. Bitterness, anger, resentment, and this was all directed at each other. So what does one do next? Why they play the number 1 ranked team in the division of course!

So on a fateful March 6, 2005, DSBH took on the top of the ladder, Fury.

However, this was not the same Fury team that had dominated the division. It was a much more handicapped franchise. Missing was their top scorer and franchise player. This was due to the fact that he had earned himself a game misconduct that resulted him in having to sit out a game. A game that the league decided to be against us, the then #3 team. Furthermore, I guess that they judged us from our previous bad string of games and our previous encounter and concluded that this was a throwaway game for them. Hence, the put their back-up goalie in between the pipes.

The stage was set, with a peanut gallery to boot. For as you see, Fairview Auto was in attendance. Since the outcome affected their ranking as well, a Fury defeat would and could bring them close to and perhaps overtake Fury for #1.

From the get go, one could sense a magic in the air. Fury was still receiving scoring chances. However, without their star, they seemed chaotic and disorganized. With the absence of their “go-to-guy”, Fury had no real player to fill the void. They all tried, but, this resulted in sloppy and greedy play.

As for DSBH, they had their game plan. A simple plan. Control the ball and the flow of the game. And when the opportunity arises, take the shot. And that was it. We played DSBH soccer while the Fury scrambled to adapt to our system.

Furthermore, with our solid midfield play in conjunction with our aggressive defense, Fury’s scoring opportunities decreased as the game progressed. Add into the mix that we have by far the best goalie in the league while Fury had their back-up in net, there was no comparison whatsoever.

To the chagrin of Fury and to the delight of Fairview Auto, the final outcome was,

FC DSBH 3 – Fury 0

That’s right. Goose egg baby!

Unfortunately, we lost Dom, again. For the season, again. How? This time around it was one of our old high school chum, Wilfredo, who took him out. Yay friends.

Go DSBH, Yeowwwwww . . .

“The Crumbling of a Futbol Club”

Hello One Hello All,

As you can see, the season has long past. And you may be wondering, “What ever happened to my beloved DSBH?” Well, to be honest a lot has occurred since last we convened. It was during this little period where things didn’t just plateau, but, we went backwards in our development as a team.

Phase 1: Feb. 13, 2004 ~ DSBH 1 - 0 Rangers

The score of the game demonstrates a season long problem. That being our inability to convert our scoring opportunities into actual goals. As a player would voice out, “We are better than this.” Mind you, perhaps the way in which this sentiment was articulated did not sit well with other members of the club. However, with such a statement, how does this team reply?

Phase 2: Feb. 20, 2005 ~ DSBH 2 – 3 Cosmos

Not to bad mouth the effort of Cosmos, but, how did this result occur? According to witnesses at the scene, the game can be summed-up like this,

DSBH played horribly. On the other hand Cosmos played one of their best games and deserved to gain the victory this game.

Phase 3: Feb. 27, 2005 ~ DSBH 0 – 2 Lives United

No sugar coating this. With the ever changing face of Lives United, one never knows which personality will come out and play from this schizophrenic (well I believe the proper term would be multiple personality, however, psychological classifications tend to change over the course of time and I’m merely grasping at straws for metaphor and I’m digressing too much as it is). From all reports, it was akin to Lennox Lewis avenging a defeat. He beats ya. AND HOW! So kudos to them. Elvis’ guidance seems to lead them in the direction they should strive for.

As for DSBH? We just got outplayed and outclassed.

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So as you can see all is not boding well for the pack at this stage. It is actually downright sad. I’m gonna go off in a corner and cry.

*sniff*

Go DSBH, Yeowwwwww . . .