Kepner Cup Finals

• CRSC Carolina Classic defeats CASL Premier in a shoot out after a 0-0 tie.
  

Ramblings from Stat Man

• CASL Premier scored the most goals (21) and points (18) in the opening three games. They only allowed one goal - to the Triangle United Silver team.
  
• There were only two teams that did not allow a goal in the first three games - CASL United and the OCSA Coastal Crew.
  
• Of the eight bracket winners, six were from the first division, and two (CASL United and the Winston-Salem Twins Blue) were from the second division.
  
• Five of the top eight seeds made it to the quarterfinals. The #2 seed GSC Gold was the highest seed to fall. They were in the same bracket as CASL United and FVAA Flash Red.
  
• Seven teams from our division entered the tournament. Only CASL United and FVAA Flash Red had more points (11) than Triangle United Silver (9).
  
• Despite being ranked 27th, Triangle United Silver had more points than 20 other teams and had as many points as one bracket winner - CRSC Carolina Classic.
  
• The lowest ranked team that had more points than Triangle United Silver was 18th ranked CASL United.
  

United Smothers Fire with Dominating 3-1 Win

We saved our best game of the season so far for the Kepner Cup finale as we defeated the USA Fire (a strong 5-2-3 team in the second division west). The final score could have been at least 5-1 as Alex Alberti and Kyle Griffin barely missed goals in the second half. Douglas Kosiba tied the game in the first half on a pass from Brian Grose, and then put us in the lead for good on an outstanding individual effort after a pass from Nathaniel Atkinson. Kyle Griffin scored the final goal after a corner kick by Brian Grose.

We finished a strong second in our bracket with 9 points.

USA Fire          1     0          1
United            1     2          3 
 
                     United             Fire
Shots               (9, 12) 21         (5, 3)  8
Saves               (4,  2)  6         (7, 6) 13
Offsides            (1,  3)  4         (1, 0)  1  
Corner Kicks        (1,  3)  4         (1, 3)  4
Fouls               (5,  6) 11         (5, 5) 10

Blue Blue after Loss in Cold

United upset the 1st division Gaston United Blue by 2-1 on a cold Sunday morning in Wilmington. Alex Alberti, making his first start on offense, got us off to a great start with a hard shot into the net, and Douglas Kosiba scored our second goal on a pass from Ben Rice. We held off a determined Blue team in the second half to win our first State Cup game.

Gaston United Blue    0     1          1
United                2     0          2 
 
                     United            Blue
Shots              (12, 3) 15         (10, 13) 23
Saves               (3, 7) 10          (4, 1)   5
Offsides            (2, 1)  3          (0, 0)   0  
Corner Kicks        (3, 0)  3          (2, 3)   5 
Fouls               (4, 4)  8          (4, 4)   8

CASL Premier Ruins Kepner Cup Premiere

Our opening game in the Kepner Cup was not exactly encouraging as we fell to the CASL Premier 7-1. On the other hand, Douglas Kosiba's goal on a direct kick after a foul was the only goal allowed by the Premier in their opening three games.

CASL Premier      4     3          7
United            0     1          1 
 
                     United            Premier
Shots               (2, 4)  6         (20, 11) 31
Saves              (10, 2) 12          (0, 1)  1
Offsides            (0, 0)  0          (1, 0)  1  
Corner Kicks        (0, 4)  4          (5, 3)  8
Fouls               (2, 0)  2          (1, 5)  6