JOCHEN BIERTUMPEL

occer is not known to be big in
S Canada and yes there might be

some proof of that. However, it
wasnt apparent at Swanguard Stadium

Vancouver 86ers

on May 29 when our Vancouver 86ers

played against the Salinas Jaguars. By

 

kick-off time the stadium was packed
with an energetic audience. The
players starting for Vancouver
included: Paul Dolan as goalie; Rich
Sumner, Steve MacDonald, Randy

Samuel and Jan Clarke as the defence:

| Craig Dalrymple, Aaron Keay, Paul

Dailly and Jeff Skinner playing
middle; and Steve Kindel and Oliver
Heald as forwards. Substitutes
included Alfredo Valente, Nick

1 Seddon, Carl Valentine and Mike

Francis.

Carl Valentine (who also coaches
the 86ers) and Dale Mitchell, the
assistant coach, have done marvels
with this team. Bob Lenarduzzi, gener-
al manager of the 86ers, was pleased
with their performance, as was team
manager Jock MacDonald.

The start of the game was a testing
period, with no team daring to move
too far ahead. The defence always
stayed behind the center line and the
shots on goal were few, but either close
or on target. The Jaguar's goalie,
Rueda, managed to stop all these ini-
tial shots—only prolonging his fate.

Steve MacDonald scored on the 38
minute by socking Keay’s corner kick.
Assisted by Samuel, Valente scored the
second goal on the 76 minute. Then
Paul Dailly scored in the 81 minute
when the ball rebounded off the
goalie. The final score of three for
Vancouver and zilch for Salinas gave
no doubt to the fact that the
Vancouver 86ers were the better team.
Nick Seddon, an 86er, said “The
Jaguars began to break down afterfifhe
first half and we just picked up o

pace.”

    

Overall, it was a very impressive