2022-09-12, 05:04 AM - Word count:
When discussing the impact a waiver claim has on a soccer team, most will pawn it off as just an extra additional piece to the puzzle. This one, however, may have been the beginning of something special.
Having only recently snapped a 7-game scoreless streak in all competitions, Scud Muffin was brought off at half time for new French acquisition for Inter London, Fallon d'Floor with the team already 1-0 down to Montreal United. In spite of what may have been brought on with some early pressure, and some rightful chuckling from the commentary booth, it wasn't long before Jake Justice struck again from a through ball by Giacomo Carbone, giving Montreal a 2-0 lead.
12 minutes later, however, d'Floor got their first opportunity to strike, and they took it in stride. From a run-on pass by Berocka Aloisi, it was some deft footwork to find a shot opportunity. Deftly working around pressure from Ioannis Papastathopoulos and AJ Williams, d'Floor took the ball right outside the 6-yard box, turned away from net and into space, then looked to center the ball to find a waiting Matt Le Tissier in front of the goalmouth, who blasted one past Stop Shots' left to halve the deficit, opening Le Tissier's scoring account and getting Fallon d'Floor on the score sheet on debut.
d'Floor continued to impact the game later on, hopping onto the back end of a clearance and finding a backpass to Tata Youre, who crossed it in for Nathan Claflin to header a shot that was turned away. The game was perhaps marred by an early final whistle, when d'Floor's attempt to find Claflin was knocked out of the area by Yves Mathieu. Donna Rumma was quickly onto it, but the referee blew the final whistle with the belief that the attack had died down.
In post-game comments, d'Floor lambasted the decision, stating "It's very difficult for us mentally to have an attack going, and the referee deciding that two minutes is two minutes. I feel disappointed that no more could be done, but this is the nature of the game."
Having only recently snapped a 7-game scoreless streak in all competitions, Scud Muffin was brought off at half time for new French acquisition for Inter London, Fallon d'Floor with the team already 1-0 down to Montreal United. In spite of what may have been brought on with some early pressure, and some rightful chuckling from the commentary booth, it wasn't long before Jake Justice struck again from a through ball by Giacomo Carbone, giving Montreal a 2-0 lead.
12 minutes later, however, d'Floor got their first opportunity to strike, and they took it in stride. From a run-on pass by Berocka Aloisi, it was some deft footwork to find a shot opportunity. Deftly working around pressure from Ioannis Papastathopoulos and AJ Williams, d'Floor took the ball right outside the 6-yard box, turned away from net and into space, then looked to center the ball to find a waiting Matt Le Tissier in front of the goalmouth, who blasted one past Stop Shots' left to halve the deficit, opening Le Tissier's scoring account and getting Fallon d'Floor on the score sheet on debut.
d'Floor continued to impact the game later on, hopping onto the back end of a clearance and finding a backpass to Tata Youre, who crossed it in for Nathan Claflin to header a shot that was turned away. The game was perhaps marred by an early final whistle, when d'Floor's attempt to find Claflin was knocked out of the area by Yves Mathieu. Donna Rumma was quickly onto it, but the referee blew the final whistle with the belief that the attack had died down.
In post-game comments, d'Floor lambasted the decision, stating "It's very difficult for us mentally to have an attack going, and the referee deciding that two minutes is two minutes. I feel disappointed that no more could be done, but this is the nature of the game."
