Two wins, two teams: Slim’s Place and Flynn Law

ANNA MARIA – The rain kept the Island kids off the soccer field last Tuesday night, but the adults enjoyed the weekly competition at The Center on Thursday night for week two action.

At the end of the night, Slim’s Place and Flynn Law were at the top of the leaderboard with two wins.

In the first game of the night, Slim’s Place went up against the Sato Real Estate squad with a fresh roster, still hungry for their first season win.

Despite seven saves by Rico Beissert for team captain Josh Sato’s team, the solid team could not find the net against Slim’s.

The single Sato goal was scored by Ben Sato, typically found in the goal. B. Sato showed why he is a force, not only protecting his team’s goal, but also on the other side of the field taking shots.

Brother J. Sato was credited with the only assist in the game for his team.

Keith Mahoney scored two solid goals for the Slim’s Place team, with a single by teammate Raul Loera.

Steve Oelfke helped his team with the victory with nine recorded saves for Slim’s Place to keep them undefeated.

Flynn Law’s offense kept Killer Bait’s goalkeeper, Erik Shulz, busy in the second game of the night. Shulz finished the night with 17 saves.

The Killer Bait squad, despite two points by Ethan Hampton, just could not surpass the firepower of the Flynn Law team. Eric Pullen and Hakan Toka both hit single shots for goals, while Damir Glavan continued to evade the goalie, scoring two points in the game.

Glavan leads the league in total points scored so far this season with five goals.

Mark Long, Flynn’s goalie, helped solidify the win with seven saves in the record book.

In week three, Slim’s Place will face C.A.B.B. with a 1-0-1 record and Flynn Law matches up against Salty Printing with a 1-1-0 record.

Rounding out the individual league leaders are Tyler Brewer and Yuri Pereira topping the charts for assists, with three each.

The league’s goalkeepers are led by Connor Haughey with 19 saves, closely followed by Ethan Hampton and Tuna McCracken with 17 stops.

This season marks McCracken’s first season in the adult co-ed soccer league after numerous youth seasons, where he was awarded Goalie of the Year honors for most of his career.

The season is young, with plenty of regular-season soccer action to come. Who will end up on top in June?