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A team of cards

» Royals’ lack of discipline leads to loss

Davie Wong
Sports Reporter

[ was well into the afternoon
on a beautiful October Sunday
when the men’s soccer team

hit the pitch. The Royals were
looking to walk away with a win
after a hard-fought tie against
VIU the day before (October 3).
They faced the Capilano Blues, a
team at the bottom of the table.
With the Royals on top of the
table, the hope was that this
would be an easy win for the
Royals.

Both teams came out
swinging. The Royals attacked
often but were thwarted by
the solid defence of the Blues.
Capilano counter-attacked but
could similarly not find a way
to beat the Royals’ goalkeeper,
Marc Mincieli, early in the
game. As the back and forth

raged on, tempers began flaring. :
: Toor, was not happy with
: his team’s effort in the first
: half, making a number of

The first card of the
game was shown when Blues
midfielder, Kamyar Amini,

: took a yellow ona reckless

: challenge. This was followed

: later by a Royals defender,

: Devin Phelan, also picking up a
: yellow card for a hard challenge.
: The disciplinary situation

: only proceeded to get worse

: as Mincieli was also handed

: a yellow. A couple plays later,

: a long Blues pass sent Salah

: Hawsawi off on a breakaway.

: The striker took the opportunity
: to smash the ball into the top

: right corner of the goal, leaving
: Mincieli with no chance of

: making a save.

Not too long after, Phelan

picked up a second yellow,

: sending him off the field and

: putting the Royals in a bad spot

: with 10 men left. The following

: play resulted in another goal for
: the Blues’ who found themselves
: ina good position going into

: half time.

The Royals’ coach, Robby

 

: substitutions in an attempt

: to revitalize his team. During
: halftime, he stated the lack of
: control and lacklustre defence
: were the reason the team was

: behind.

The team came out in the

: second half, determined to

: win. However, the Blues proved
: that it took a lot more than

: just determination. During the
: second half, the Royals were

: primarily confined to their

: own half of the field. The card

: situation did not get any better
: either.

In the last 45 minutes, the

: referee issued two more yellow
: cards to Douglas. The Blues

: went on to score two more

: before the end of the game.

The final score was 4-0.

: After this hard upset loss and

: the tie with VIU the day before,
: the Royals’ men’s team find

: themselves tied at the top of

: the table with KPU. Both teams
: have a record of 5-2-2 with 17

: points each.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTRUCTION CONF PTS
DOUGLAS 7-2 32
QUEST 5-3-1 16
VIU 5-3-1 16
LANGARA 4-5 12
KPU 2-4-3 9
CAPILANO 1-7-1 4

MEN'S SOCCER

INSTRUCTION CONF PTS
KPU 5-2-2 17
DOUGLAS 5-2-2 17
VIE 3-2-4 B
LANGARA 2-3-3 9
QUEST 2-5-2 8
CAPILANO 2-5-1 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top questions of the 2015-16 NHL season

» Concerning most promising players, notable changes, and anticipated games

-| Elliot Chan
- Opinions Editor
<0 e, S opinions@theotherpress.ca

ere’s to another year of

hockey, and, like the start
of every school year, we have
to wonder who will excel, what
surprises will occur, and how all
the changes will affect the grand
scheme of things. Overtime
storylines will play out on the
ice, and we'll learn the answers.
Until then, these are the top
question entering the 2015-16
NHL season:

Will Connor McDavid lead
the Oilers to a playoff berth
(and beyond)?

McDavid is marketed
as the next Sidney Crosby,
but will Edmonton—with its
poor development system and

: defensive support—drain the

: talents of another first overall

: draft pick? Will McDavid be

: able to do what Nail Yakupov,

: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and

: Taylor Hall couldn't? It took

: Crosby three full seasons before
: captaining the Penguins to a

: championship. How long will it
: take McDavid? No rush. The bar
: is low. For now, synergistically,

: Edmonton as a whole can aim

: for the next level and make it

: into the playoffs. Easy.

How will three-on-three

: overtime affect the overall
: standings?

The shootout has not been

: eliminated, but with three-

: on-three overtime, it might as

: well have been. I love this new
: tie-breaking format, however,

: I’m disappointed to see the end

: of four-on-four—if only there
was some way to integrate that.
: Needless to say, with opening

: the ice for key players and

: reducing the flip-of-the-coin

: factor of shootouts we can see

: more skilled teams earning

: points. For example last season
: the Los Angeles Kings won 2 of
: 10 overtime shootouts. Those

: lost points could have ultimately :
: gotten the former Stanley Cup
: champions into the playoffs,

: where they would have surely
: dominated.

Can coaching

: changes turn the tides for
: underachieving teams?

Mike Babcock to Toronto,

: Peter DeBoer to San Jose, Dan
: Bylsma to Buffalo, and Todd
: McLellan to Edmonton—these
: are a few of the high profile

: coaches standing behind new

: benches this season. The only
: reason coaches are moved is

: because their old teams are

: failing to achieve certain goals
: and their new teams have

: limited options. I don’t believe
: any coach can singlehandedly
: turn a franchise around, and

: as great as their track records

are—especially for Babcock and

: Bylsma—I believe it’ll be a few

: years before they can make their
: mark. The thing is, will their

: new teams be so patient?

Will the Western

For five of the past six

: years, the winner of the Stanley
: Cup playoffs has been from

: the Western Conference. On

: top of that, those five victories

: were from two teams, the

: Los Angeles Kings and the

: Chicago Blackhawks. These

: two “dynasty” teams will be

: hard-pressed to continue

: this pattern as many of the

: Eastern contenders have seen

: improvements. This might be

: the year the New York Rangers,

: Pittsburgh Penguins, or Tampa

: Bay Lightning learn from their

: tribulations and win four series

: ina row. There are also a few

: dark horse contenders with

: generational players—Alexander
: Ovechkin and Jonathan Tavares
: Conference dominate the East :
: again in the finals?

both have optimistic teams

: ready to face-off—ready to take
: their legacy to supremacy. This
: year, I believe the two teams

: matched in the finals will be

: turning the page on the Kings’

: and Blackhawks’ dominance.