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The Ringleaders made it on the front page of TOTALCAMPO.
FIRST, SIXTH. THEN, THE WORLD.
Unwilling to watch the playoff train leave them stranded, RFC 2 put their collective heads down and made a mad dash for it to earn their shot at the big times.
“The struggling B Division side got an uncharacteristically early lead and toughed it out against a very physical FC Brossard squad to ultimately come out with a 4-2 win, leaving division hopefuls Real Montreal stranded at their coattails just a week before the playoffs.
POTG: Intermittent goal scorer Joas Trepanier got the first half equalizer and the insurance finisher with Brossard fighting back in the second to give his squad the victory.”
Tags: B Division, Joas Trepanier, RFC 2, The Ringleaders, TOTALCAMPO
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Mar 22nd, 2010 | by admin
Week 18 by G.F.C.
Division B
No Comment on this game. Real Montreal were what they were. Danny scored 2 sweet goals, including one right of the kick off, from mid center. Beautiful. Laurent was grandiose today, 3 minutes before the final whistle, he headed in a sweet corner kick by Dan.
Oh yes, and the ball Ian let through his legs and into Dan’s way was ridiculous… epic.
Playoffs next week.
(Rodrigo, Nick, Angelo, Laurent, Luca, Edwin, Dan, Jonas, Patterson, Joas, Ian and Danny were The Ringleaders today)
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We feature very special guests for this new match programme… our friends from Gastown Football Club. This upcoming summer will kick off their very first season. Good luck to Meelos and the boys, as they represent Vancouver to the fullest. More updates and a club website coming soon!
This piece was made by Miles Wishlow for Gastown Football Club.
Real Montreal 5-3 RFC 2 (Danny (2), Laurent)
Tags: Angelo, Dan, Danny, Division B, Edwin, Gastown Football Club, Ian, Joas, Jonas, Laurent, Luca, Meelos, Nick, Patterson, RFC 2, Rodrigo, The Ringleaders, Vancouver, Week 18
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Mar 16th, 2010 | by admin
Week 17
Division B
A good challenge today, as RFC 2 faced close rivals FC Brossard. A fight to the finish, as playoffs are only one week away. The Ringleaders had a bumpy ride; a much experienced side, FC Brossard is a very physical side. They play body to body and let the elbows swing.
Unlike our previous match several weeks ago, we made it a point to score first. We needed to end the match before half time. The ball was up and down the field, with no team in real possession. The only thing RFC did better was put the ball in the net. After a splitting through ball from back central defender Nick, Joas exploded past 2 opponents and buried the goal giving no chance to the keeper.
As mentioned earlier, FC Brossard is not shy to show some muscle and get the nerves heated. The referee lost control of the match, which made the RFC regroup and struggle to keep focus. Ian has been on a constant intensity. After a throw inn attack to goal, Ian scrapped in front of the net showing much heart, as Jonas helped put the ball in the net and made it 2-1 at half time.
The whistle blew and Danny was quick to get our hopes up for the 3 points. Beating his markers he nailed a low shot past the keeper and made it 3-1. The celebration was short however, as FC Brossard earned a penalty shot, after Arcadio, in a heroic attempt to save a goal slid to clear the ball, which is illegal in most indoor league rules. The score was now 3-2.
Young guns mixed with the experienced… and in a humble way get the job done. Joas once again entered the referee’s score page of his little booklet as he beat the keeper for a 2nd time. RFC 2 wins 4-2.
(Rodrigo, Nick, Bobby, Arcadio, Angelo, Laurent, Luca, Dan, Jonas, Patterson, Max, Joas, Ian and Danny were Ringleaders today)
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Division C
A moment of history for RFC. A moment of truth as each player seeks for glory. Tied and fighting for a playoff spot, B-Town Select would not make it easy. Their advantage? We needed to beat them by 3 goals.
Heads up as pride flows through our veins. Tough start, The Ringleaders were a little short on the bench. The referee failed to see a handball from B-Town forward, but the goal was in. RFC fought, but 0-2 at half time made things unclear.
Style matters in martial arts, and so it does in football as well. In the beginning of the 2nd, Raj dribbled 3 B-Towners, blew past the last defense man and nailed it past the keeper. What a memorable way to score his very first goal for the RFC. Epic.
Fatigue and nervesnous settled in however. After many supporting attack runs by Bobby, Nick, Kevin and Paul, the Defense was comming to a halt, letting in 2 goals in less then 5 minutes. Max was large showing he still had something to fight for, making 2-4 with 10 minutes left. Hope dies last.
With only a few minutes left, we finally earned a penalty shot. Unusually, the quiet one wasn’t that quiet after all. Left back Paul stepped up and blasted one past the keeper, giving him no chance at all. Match ended 3-4 but RFC walked out with their heads high up.
Looking forward to next season…
(Gian Carlos, Nick, Bobby, Kevin, Paul, Naz, Raj, Jonas, Max and Vince were Ringleaders today)
By Jonas Edvinsson.
FC Brossard 2-4 RFC 2 (Joas (2), Jonas, Danny)
RFC 3-4 B-Town Select (Raj, Max, Paul)
Tags: Angelo, Arcadio, B-Town Select, Bobby, Dan, Danny, Divisio, Division B, Division C, FC Brossard, Ian, Joas, Jonas, Laurent, Luca, Max, Nick, Patterson, RFC, RFC 2, Rodrigo, The Ringleaders, Week 17
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Mar 8th, 2010 | by admin
Week 15
Division B
After a week break, our beloved Ringleaders had a tough match up against Division B 3rd place team Atlas Lions. It’s the second time both clubs face each other this season. It’s always good football.
RFC 2 had good rhythm, executing the ball from the defensive line, all through the midfield. Danny had 2 men on him at all time, so it was difficult to get to him.
We lost focus for half a minute, which gave Atlas Lions the lead of 1-0 at half time.
The Ringleaders came out strong in the 2nd half, but with little luck; Danny hit a post, Jonas as well. Again, by trying to pressure the attack, two deadly mistakes in defense brought us down to 3-0.
A solid ball from Angelo way back targeted to Danny’s foot brought our hopes up, but with little time left, the match ended 3-1 for Atlas Lions.
Division C
Fatigue is a reality, but not in this case. With many RFCers playing both matches today, they gave it all they had, displaying a beautiful effort and a great representation of football.
Naz was definitely on his heels, as he gave good passes to his midfielders, and also scored his very first goal for The Ringleaders.
Nyala had revenge on their mind, since we beat them earlier on this season. They scored 3 straight goals, to make it 3-1 in their favor at half time.
Late comer Bart came out roaring in the 2nd half, helping Max score 2 goals in less than 5 minutes. Dan had assisted on the plays. We had hope of winning this match.
But… wait a minute here. If you remember the disastrous match versus FC Alianza last December, then you remember that awful referee. We had him again. He cost us the match, and maybe our playoff chances as well.
If anyone at Total Campo is reading this, please hear us out. The referee (don’t know his name, and don’t want to either) let ten handballs go loose, which one of them cost us a goal. He also let a ridiculous confusing situation of a throw in end up as Nyala’s 4th goal, which made us lose the game. Even Nyala players couldn’t believe it was a goal. We respect and support your organization, but for the love of the game, please get rid of this awful referee.
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By Angelo. Old video game add from a 1986 El Grafico issue, thanks Pesci. And thanks for the help Vince.
Atlas Lions 3-1 RFC 2 (Danny)
RFC 3-4 Nyala (Naz, Max(2))
Tags: Angelo, Atlas Lions, Bart, Dan, Danny, Division B, El Grafico, FC Alianza, Jonas, Naz, Nyala, RFC 2, Ringleaders, Total Campo
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Feb 23rd, 2010 | by admin
Week 9
Division B
This match was good on paper, with both RFC 2 and FC Victorious Secret only 4 points apart. Here’s a tale of experience versus inexperienced. Not to take anything away from the younger squad, but The Ringleaders came ready and organized.
Davis Guay scored an absolute beauty, hitting the top corner after Angelo Destounis intercepted the ball at midfield. FC Victorious Secret came back however, only a few minutes later, to tie the game.
With Dr. Football on the sideline (due to injury), his advice and formation tactics were well received. With 2 midfielders and one striker, Jonas-Patterson-Davis on one shift, while Marrett-Max-Danny on the next. The result? Six goals in total, ending the match 6-1 in RFC favor.
Division C
This weeks fixture a potential banana skin with RFC up against the struggling Amerique NCS. A walk in the park on paper and to throw one more cliché into my opening paragraph it was a game that could only be seen as a confidence booster.
However, if it wasn’t for some expert stand-in goalkeeping by the Swedish model, this game could have become a little uncomfortable. As it turned out the game played out for us smoother than a 1984 Torvill and Dean Bolero.
Bart Graziana knocked in his first goal for RFC with his first touch of the game, and there was steady pressure applied on the Amerique goal throughout the game with some respectable defending to back it up. The real class came from Bobby Destounis and Max Desjardins as their surging runs and passing from defence tore through the heart of the Amerique team.
A steady performance and more importantly a 4-0 victory but it’s time for us to really assert ourselves on the division and continue the climb up the table.
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Often there to support, on and off the pitch, Maura is the lose canon of the club. She beats up fans and players that get in the way of our business.
“The Ringleaders is a community based street football club from Montreal. Their unique collective of creative minds shares a common passion for life and football. Occasionally I play with them during their practices and blog for them. Angelo the Greek powerhouse behind The Ringleaders asked me to create their Week 9 Program. How it works is each week an RFC member creates a program that presents the next game match. My program was inspired by Hooliganism and early Hardcore/Punk show flyers. Vincent helped out on the art direction of the piece. Couldn’t do it without him.” She actually forced Vince to help her. She swore to stab him in the jugular vein if he’d refuse.
Victorious Secret 1-6 RFC 2 (Davis,—)
RFC 4-0 Amerique NCS (Bart,—)
Tags: Angelo, Davis Guay, Dr. Football, FC Victorious Secret, football club, Hardcore/Punk, Hooliganism, Maura, Montreal, RFC, RFC 2, The Ringleaders, Vincent
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Jan 6th, 2010 | by admin
Week 5
Division B
The snow storm couldn’t happen at a worst time! Right when people plan to leave their house and attend the venue. That left both us The Ringleaders and adversaries FC Pharaohs with few players to substitute with. Most showed up before half time though, that was quite relieving.
It was a solid game which I believe both teams played well. The referee made many mistakes numerous times especially with throw inns and corner kicks. For some reason he wouldn’t whistle after the whole ball would cross over the side line and all… real confusing.
We played very well together, our transition balls between the midfield and forwards were well executed. We were also tight defensively, and Rodrigo Riffo brought much confidence to us. Some player from the other squad released a canon side volley early on in the 1st half, but Rod “punched” it nice and clean over the crossbar. That kept us in the game for real.
RFC 2 won the match 4-1.
Division C
A difficult fixture against FC Alianza who were yet to lose. But following our solid performance last week we were looking to make a push up the table.
After going down to an early goal we were making a valiant effort to get back in the game and were putting some good moves together. That was when disaster struck.
Thanassi made a surging run into the opposition half and easily rounded one of the FC Alianza players, unfortunately the player made a dangerous lunging tackle completely missing the ball and making heavy contact with Thanassi’s knee.
It was immediately evident that this was a very serious injury and Thannasi would play no further part in the game. We now know that Thanasi’s out for the rest of the season, which is a tragic blow for him and the Ringleaders, something that has put a severe dampener on the whole season.
Losing such an influential player undoubtedly had a great impact on the team and we were never able to fully focus on the game thereafter. We lost 4-0, with the only highlight being an amazing penalty save by the always outstanding Giancarlo Talarico.
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Mark Regimbal on “Brigade”. To understand this individual, please put his blog in your favorites, www.swallowmykids.com.
FC Pharaohs 1-4 RFC 2 (—)
RFC 0-4 FC Alianza (—)
Tags: Brigade, FC Alianza, FC Pharaohs, Giancarlo Talarico, Mark Regimbal, RFC 2, Rod, Rodrigo Riffo, Thanassi, The Ringleaders, www.swallowmykids.com
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Dec 13th, 2009 | by admin
Week 4
Division C
Only RFC were given a run out in week four, with a gap in the fixture list for RFC 2. And after two defeats in a row everyone knew that today was going to be our biggest game so far. We faced Nyala, who also happened to be on the same points and goal difference as us in the table. As I said, today was going to be a big one and Nyala weren’t going to give in easily.
Halfway through the game I welled up, tears filled my eyes, we’re destroying them I muttered to myself, it was beautiful. But the score was still 1-1. After all our intricate passing and movement we were still not taking home all the points and could still lose the game. We continued to press, the midfield partnership of Max and Thanassi was devastating (combining beautifully for our first) and Jano put in a superb performance, causing trouble up front then helping to solidify the back after an injury forced a reshuffle. But still the score remained at 1-1.
Then the unthinkable happened, a lapse of concentration. The only mistake our defense made in the second half, but it left one of the Nyala players unmarked on the back post, and inevitably the ball found its way to him. I saw it all in slow motion, ‘these Nyala boys are all from the army they take every chance they can get’ was going through my head, and as this lone man on the far post stood waiting for his chance, Rod threw himself across the goal, which may have just been enough to put the player off who quickly blazed the ball a foot over the crossbar. We were still alive. Surely now there was only to be one outcome of the game.
We created a few half chances but failed to take advantage. We piled on the pressure and with just five minutes to go Max stepped up and snapped an exquisite first timer into the bottom corner of their goal. We finally had the lead. Everyone was tired but we closed the game out comfortably and took the much coveted three points and the confidence. We were alive and fighting again.
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Vincent Tsang needs no introduction.
RFC 2-1 Nyala (Thanasi, Max)
Tags: FC Nyala, Jano, Max, RFC, RFC 2, Thanassi, Vince Tsang
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Dec 12th, 2009 | by admin
Week 3
The Greeks give it a miss. My father warned me about this day. History repeats itself. And as southern europe stood in disarray after the fall of Alexander it was left up to a mighty Roman, Augustus, to continue the progression of our civilisation. But unfortunately I’m english, and at the time of Augustus, civilised was not something the english were well adversed with. And on this day, with the greeks gone and no romans in site, I found myself in Brossard…alone, in charge of both teams and holding a large box of socks, more socks than I’d ever held before.
Division B
Luckily I quickly realised that I wasn’t there alone, I was there as part of Ringleaders FC and as I handed out the new socks to my team mates I knew we were capable of anything. So at 4pm, RFC 2 lined up for their game against Real Montreal and the team stepped up and put in an extremely solid performance. Unfortunately, we were limited to sharing the points with Real Montreal, with the post and crossbar presenting us with seemingly unfathomable problems, but with Rod making some extremely sharp saves we were not too disappointed with the draw and left the field somewhat content. The game finished 2-2.
Division C
As RFC warmed up for their 5pm game against Once Amigos, the confidence we were taking from RFC 2’s performance in the first game quickly dissipated as I was faced with a referee holding a horribly inaccurate team sheet. After 25 minutes of haggling with the flimsy bureaucracy we had to paid to govern us, two of our players were deemed illegible to play. This ruling was outrageous and cloud of negativity and confusion descended upon the team.
This aura of confusion seriously affected our play and we lacked the concentration needed to put a stop to our somewhat consistent opponents. We fell to defeat for the second week in a row with the lowly result of 6 to 1. Heads dropped as we left and I knew it was going to take more than the return of the Greeks next week to pick us up.
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After his much inspiring first goal of the season, Jesse Bowden is on the rise. Matchday three is on a “Brigade” tip, paying tribute to Dirty Rotten Imbeciles.
Real Montreal 2-2 RFC 2 (—)
RFC 1-6 Once Amigos (—)
Tags: Brigade, Brossard, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, goal, Jesse Bowden, matchday, Once Amigos, Real Montreal, RFC, RFC 2, Ringleaders FC, Rod
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Dec 12th, 2009 | by admin
