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DEA continued to have problems with their road numbers, and it showed this morning as Seacoast levelled a 7-1 whipping on them.
After many e-mailed requests to see if DEA were even going to have enough to field a team, at the late hour on Saturday it was confirmed they would have 11 players. Seacoast needed a win to hold off Hollis, while DEA was playing purely for the enjoyment on a nice Sunday morning.
When the opening whistle blew, DEA was shorthanded as Jeff Bailey was just getting warmed up. No matter, though, as DEA was playing smart and possession was even. When Bailey made his entrance after a few minutes, DEA began to get the better of the chances.
Rob Cissel was sent to the pitch 22 yards from goal. Elvis Zukovic scorched the restart through the wall. It took a deflection and found netting as DEA was in the lead, 1-0.
Seacoast came right back a few minutes later when a cross was sent to the back post. From a tough angle, a low drive slipped past Chris Harrington to level it at 1-1.
DEA looked to broke through when Ryan Carvalho fed Peter Cline in the middle. Cliney pushed outside to John LeBlanc. LeBlanc surveyed the scenery and found Bailey scorching through the middle. Bailey's first touch was spot-on, and he slipped inside with a good look at goal. "Cookie", Seacoast monsterous sweeper, tomahawked Bailey down and the ref took no delays in pointing to the spot.
Rob Cissel stepped up for the PK. Seacoast keeper was not to be fooled, however, as he read it perfectly and made the safe. To add salt to the wounds, Cissel drove forward for the rebound and a collision sent him back to the pitch. He ended up with a dislocated shoulder and had to leave the pitch for good. Back to being down a man...
Seacoast wasted no time, when their whiney #113 attacked the left side and let another low drive go to put them up 2-1 at the half.
With the strong winds now in DEA's face, they were in for a long second half. Wave after wave of Seacoast players kept storming through the backfield. Chris Jones, Jerold White, Chris Florek, and Chris Cloutier could only "ole'" them as they waltzed through time after time, putting a five-spot on the board and not letting up.
The game got a bit contentous in the waning moments when #113 was at it again. After being dispossessed by Flo in the corner, he weeped about being hacked in the ankles. A few words ensued, and as the play moved up the pitch Cloutier had heard enough. Frustrated with the pounding they were receiving and seeing Seacoast run up the score on a short-handed team, Cloutier turned to the whiner and said "You want to know what a hack in the ankle feels like?" And cracked him in the shin like a six-year old girl losing on the playground. Nobody saw it, but the ref passed out a yellow just on the sound alone. Cloutier was retiring from the Over-30's after the match, so he felt the need to leave his mark on the game somehow.
A disapointing season for DEA. It is time for some soul-searching for a lot of players who could not make the matches this season. Roster spots cannot be held for players who can only make a handful of games. DEA Management is already sitting down to allocate players to the Over-40's and to make cuts as there is a new swarm of players now ready to come onto the squad.
In closing, I would like to thank everybody who has been committed to the squad over the years. This sideline reporter started when the squad was named the Londonderry Pacers back in 1999, and we were in Division 6. The play was truly awful. It has been a long, fun ride, and it is my sincere wish to see the quality play of DEA continue for many years to come.
See you on the Indoor Circuit.
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