Memorial Stadium, Seattle, WA - Attendance: 1,906
The 86ers came up short away to rivals Seattle, losing 0-3. After a scoreless and evenly played first half, the floodgates opened with Seattle scoring three times in ten minutes to take the win.
It was a tough game for the 86ers heading in as Vancouver's roster has been stretched thin with injuries, with John Sulentic (concussion), Jason Jordan (knee), and Steve MacDonald (groin) bringing the total to nine of the ranks of the walking wounded. To make matter worse, goalkeeper Didar Sandhu fell ill during the warm-up and lost the start to Paul Shepherd, while striker Dave Morris started despite being hampered by stomach flu.
Vancouver's record drops to 4W-5L-2T and 21 points, while Seattle moves to 5W-3L-2T and 26 points and sole possession of 4th place in the Pacific Division. Vancouver drops to fifth. The Sixers now open a five game home-stand on Sunday June 25 against the Bay Area Seals.
86ers Line-Up:
G: Paul Shepherd
D: Chris Franks
D: Steve McCauley
D: Jeff Skinner
M: Rob Hall (Tiarnan King 65')
M: Geordie Lyall
M: Paul Dailly
M: Kevin Holness
M: Rick Titus
F: Alfredo Valente (Joe Scigliano 81')
M: David Morris (Blair Sturrock 70')
Scoring Summary
66' Seat 0-1 Greg Howes
Howes fired a shot from 35 yards which Shepherd got a hand to, it went into the top corner, bounced out, but was judged to have crossed the line.
71' Seat 0-2 Viet Nguyen (Darren Sawatzky)
Shepherd did well to stop Craig Tomlinson breaking in on goal, but the ball ran to Sawatzky wide right and he centred for Nguyen who fired it into the corner.
76' Seat 0-3 Craig Tomlinson (Rashid Utush)
Utush showed good speed down the right, cut in, and shot. Shepherd stopped it, but the rebound went to Tomlinson who hit the empty net.
Next Game
Sunday, June 25 HOME vs Bay Area Seals
Swangard Stadium, 7:00pm
Alan Douglas
Communications Manager
Vancouver 86ers Soccer Club
Tel: (604) 930-5481 Fax: (604) 583-7882
