New team Real Santa Monica showed some promise throughout this contest but couldn’t put anything together in the final third of the pitch accounting for Valhalla’s decisive shutout. To notch up a win in the LAPL, one might need only luck, but to win consistently and be a true contender, one needs depth and true [...]
Valhalla 1 Penmar 0 (4-14-08)
The inaugural LAPL fixture on the new (slower) turf at Crossroads School was a little closer than it needed to be but this could have easily been a 4 or 5 nil result all the same. There could be no argument that the Valhalla defensive line was really the star of this one. Andrew Pearce, [...]
Valhalla 2 Coyotes 0 (4-5-08) FORFEIT WIN
On the pitch, Valhalla lost this game 3-1 to a squad of only 10 Coyotes. It was our worst performance to date. A lack of fitness, limited creativity, a depleted roster, Coyotes great counter attack as well as a general malaise accounted for the poor result. Aside from a deft finish by newcomer Paul [...]
