Barça Battle Back for Tie

The Coquitlam Metro-Ford Barça '96 team battled back to tie the Alouette Ultra 3-3 at the Pitt Meadow Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon.

The game was very wide open, poorly defended by both teams and if not for some poor finishing the score could have ended up 10-9 for either team.

Barça came out complacent and found themselves 2-0 down after 15 minutes. Krsto Lulic scored on a breakaway for Barça but Alouette salvaged one more to head into the half up 3-1 after some more poor defending.

After a stern lecture at half time and a refocusing of the team goals for the second half, Barça set out to "win the second half" and salvage some form of pride after being out worked and out played for 25 of the 35 minute first half by a weaker team in the league.

Thanks to a slightly higher work rate and gritty play, Barça battled back and tied the score thanks to goals from Giordano Baldonero and Michael Mobilio.

Many chances went a begging for both teams and a tie was probably a fair result considering the play throughout the game.

Thanks to a 1-1 tie between Surrey Guildford and Chilliwack Impact, the worst Barça can finish is 5th in the league. Barça still have an outside chance to finish 4th but must get some very favorable results in their make up games against both Surrey Guildford and Chilliwack and hope that Richmond drop points in their last make up game versus North Shore Selects.

Barça are currently in 5th place with a 8-5-5 record on the season for 29 points.

Barça Succeed Despite Defensive Woes

The Coquitlam Metro-Ford Barça '96 boys won their 8th game of the season versus Surrey Selects thanks in part to a 3 goal performance by Rashaun Rivers and singles from a Marcello Polisi free kick and a Ryan Mobilio tap in, thanks to a great individual run from Giordano Baldonero.

Although the win elevates Barça nearer to the top of the league, the defensive woes has the Barça coaching staff shaking their heads. Barça have only let in 17 goals (1.00 GAA) in 17 games but 6 of those goals came at the hands of the Surrey Select team that is closer to the bottom than the top.

Barça have 3 games left and continue their quest to finish in the top 4 when they face a tough Alouette Ultra team next weekend in Maple Ridge. Barça is now 8-4-5 on the season for 28 points and 5th in the league.

Barça settle for tie vs. Richmond

The Coquitlam Metro-Ford Barça '96 underaged U14 Select B team missed out on going into 4th in the league as a result of a 0-0 tie with Richmond United.

The game was a listless game that really didn't pick up until late in the second half when Rashaun Rivers and Kyle Jones squandered chances to put Barça into the lead and snatch the 3 points.

Richmond also came close with a free kick that whistled by the post of Jake Sundar's goal. Sundar recorded his 7th shutout of the season as Barça move to 7-4-5 for 25 points and holding on to 5th in the very competitive league.

For the second game in a row Barça dressed 2 players 2 years younger and one player 3 years younger than the competition.