DEA Bedford Masters 2

With heavy pressure from management, and the threat of replacing the captain. DEA brought on their A game to the #1 seated team, Burlington. The first home game of the season with lots of space to work with seemed to be just what was needed to open the flood gates. Bedford has been struggling with small cramped and hard surface fields all season. DEA struck first with a Jim Pellerin feed to Jim McCall beating the last defender then chipping one over the on-coming goalie. The second goal, 10 minutes later, came when John Morin sent Jim Pellerin a great through ball and Jim knocks it by the keeper. The Jim's were not to be denied today. Signs of deflation started showing on the Burlington faces. Rick Plichta, John Guild, John V, and Bill Jean all worked hard on keeping the pressure on their opponents and then moving the ball through the midfield. The Bedford "D" was as strong as always with Mitch, Ray, Sean, Mark, Steve, Bruce, and Dave all working like a fine oiled machine. George seemed to be rid of recent injuries running back and forth, and John M, and Jeff threatened opportunities several times. Half time 2-0. This was not enough. Burlington got one back with a nice shot coming out of the mid-field. This seemed to push Bedford a bit further. Jeff Guild snaps a short quick pass to Jim McCall, who one times it into the near corner while the keeper could only watch. With continued pressure, Bill Jean sends a great through ball to Jim McCall breaking to a 1V1 with the Burlington keeper. A quick touch side to side left the keeper on the ground leaving the open net to finish the 4th goal for DEA. A solid win for the team, with hopes of knocking down the top ranked teams at this point. A late injury dampened the day when top scoring key defender, Ray Luscinski, who has been nursing a sore knee, finally took the final blow to that knee. The injury sent Ray hobbling off the field, and later to be escorted by ambulance to the hospital for further evaluation. Looks like Ray will be done for the season. More details to follow, big loss for the defense. In other news the team would still like to see the Cheerleading squad promised by DEA Management. Since they will not need to replace the captain, who had a hat trick on the day, they now need to build the cheering squad. And no we will not accept the ugly bunch of mugs that played in the previous game wearing skirts and waving pom poms. Management did come through with new matching shorts, and the team will uphold their bargain by winning the division, we only hope that management will live up to theirs. Although it must be noted that Jim Pellerin did bring his own personal Cheerleader, it certainly seemed to improve his game greatly. That will be a prerequisite for future games. Signing off - Reporter in the Field.