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DEA Bedford Masters 2

Posted by Dale Dubois at May 4, 2019 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Welcome to the DEA Bedford Masters 2 Home Page.  The DEA Bedford Masters 2 is an Over 40 men's Soccer team that competes in the New England Over The Hill Soccer League (NEOTHSL).  DEA has been in the NEOTHSL for many years and have branched out to three men's teams.  One Over 30 team in Division 1N, One Masters team in Division 2N and this Masters team in Division 6N.   Our home field is Sportsmans Field in Bedford, NH.   Games are played on Sunday mornings during the spring and fall seasons.   As always, unless otherwise noted on the schedule, home game kickoff time is  9:00 AM

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DEA and Melrose United Knotted at 1 Each in Game 2

Posted by Dale Dubois at Apr 13, 2014 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Game two was against a much better team.

A lot of back and forth in the first half, although the ball spent more time in their end than ours. We got on the board first with our usual patented run to the right corner by Jim. He beat a few defenders then sent a cross to the middle where Steve Morgan headed it in. That's our first header goal in a long time. Unfortunately as a number of people commented, when your only up by one and playing at Sportsman, it just takes one bad bounce.

We dominated the second half as well, but a through ball to a guy hanging out behind the back line (yeah, he was offsides, but with one ref, youse gets what youse gets) gave them a break on the goal. Joe made a good commit on the guy and got a hand on the chip, but the right wing (offsides too if you're being technical, but who's counting?) was there to collect the loose ball and tie it up. We pushed hard for the 8 minutes left, but couldn't get the win.

In this division, any game in which we only let one goal in should be a win for us, and we've got the time of possession in their half, just have to work a bit more on converting that into actual points on the board.

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GM NOTE:   We were a bit more challenged by this team...  We need to concentrate on putting the ball in the net.   The best defense is a good offense. 

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DEA Pounds Derry Eagles 8-1 in 2014 Season Opener

Posted by Dale Dubois at Apr 7, 2014 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Nice to start the season with a win, and we've almost made our goal total for the entire last season.

We added Carlos to the defense, and sent Derek up top with Jimmy to provide a little more offensive power. This worked well with Derek racking up a hat trick, although we still don't quite know how that second one got through.

If I miss someone, my apologies, but the best of my recollection, Derek started the scoring in the first half. They came back to tie it up on an unfortunate ball when Joe's cleat caught on the turf. Scott sent in a nice corner for an own goal which ended the first period scoring with us up 2-1. John Guild celebrated his return to the field with a goal, Jimmy got one, Scott got a real one and as mentioned, Derek got a hat trick. Kevin finished off the scoring with a long stretch poke around the goalie for an 8-1 win.

It was a good start to the season, but before we get too cocky, I do have to point out that Derry's record in 2013 was 1-19. It's good to win, but we weren't really tested and need to keep sharp. Looks like we'll have plenty of subs this season, which was an issue more than once last year so we can all run hard and keep making those plays.

Thanks Godfather for scheduling this one first, now let's make it a trend! ____________________________________________________________________________________________

GM Note: GREAT start boys... thats what we have been missing.... points on the board!!! Keep up the good work!

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DEA Blanks Andover United 2-0 for Their Second Win in a Row

Posted by Dale Dubois at Oct 14, 2013 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
Good job building the momentum guys.  A few more and we'll be back in the thick of things.

We had a light squad, only 13 with Steve, Scott and Alex all playing injured, and a large Dunkin' Donuts coffee filling in for Rob and Paul on D, but it worked out.

We clearly dominated the first half.  Had a scary moment when the ball rolled along just a foot outside the goal line, but Jeff made a great run back and cleared it out.  Still not doing so good on converting those shots, but Igor obviously reads these post mortems as he knew we suck at the air ball, so he just curved the corner straight in.  Why bother with the middleman?

Once again we got back to old bad habits and let them dominate us early in the second half, but we got out of our funk and started putting the pressure back on them.  Jimmy sent the ball in from the corner to Igor (there were only 3 guys on him, so he was open), who couldn't quite break free for the shot so he gave it a good toe poke as he was being shouldered away from the ball and scored his second goal of the game.  Hat trick next week Igor!

Honorable mention to both Jimmy and Derek who each ripped a solid shot, even if they did go wide.  We need more of those shots!  We're starting to get it together, playing smarter and as a team.   Any shutout is always a good thing.  Let's keep it going next week.

B A R B E Q U E ! ! !
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GM NOTES:   GREAT WORK BOYS!!!  Now thats the way to get things done..  Comparing Paul and Rob to a Large Dunkin Donuts coffee is a bit harsh...  I would say a Great One at least.....   Good Win...   Lets do it again...
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DEA Masters First Half of 2013 Fall Season Update

Posted by Dale Dubois at Oct 7, 2013 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
Okay, time for a write up on the first half of the season.

Was kind of hard to get motivated to write about the first four games, but now it's time for a brief respective of those game.

Suck.

Okay, done with that.  Seriously though, the first 3 games weren't really that bad.  I can honestly say that we had more solid scoring opportunities in each of those games than our opponents. Unfortunately, we didn't convert those opportunities.  In the 4th game we finally figured out how to get the ball in the net to the tune of 3 goals, but we also had our one lousy defensive performance and let in 7.

But, now we've started the turn around.  We came out strong on Sunday and kept the ball mainly in their end for the first half.  Had several good opportunities, and finally Alex, operating in stealth mode camouflaged as some fall foliage, fired a solid shot from the top of the box for a  1-0 lead.

Unfortunately, we have not gotten rid of all the bad habits of previous seasons, and we started the second half rather flat.  Georgetown played with much more energy and brought the attack to us.  They had one really good chance where 
Joe made 3 excellent saves in under a minute to keep them out.  Over the seasons, we've been up and down on offense, up and down on defense, but there's one thing that's been consistent throughout (besides our third half performance) and that is that we really and truly stink at defending the ball in the air.  We've got a combined vertical leap of about an inch in the backfield.  And once again, it bit us as a corner kick played off a Georgetown player's head and into the far side of the goal to tie the game at 1-1.

Now according the official score on othsl.org, the game must have ended then.  But as we all know there were still 7 minutes left, and the team showed that there is hope for us yet.  For the first time in the second half we got charged up and brought it to them.  We dominated those last minutes and got the winning goal on a nice shot across the net that was deflected in by one of their defenders for the first win of the season.

We had one last chance for a securing goal in the final seconds, but "there was no one there" for the cross.  Goalie wasn't there either, put the ball in the big white box boys :) .

Good win.  Good effort to not let down after they tied it up. As soon as the Godfather gets the score fixed we can celebrate. Until then, get ready for the next one because we got some catching up to do!
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GM Note:    Doesn't it feel good to WIN !!!!  Lets turn this thing around in the second half.   It would be nice to see more players than just Derek at our training sessions on Thursday night.   GREAT WIN THOUGH... 

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