FC DENVER: PREMIER v AGUILAS 6.3.10
Premier Game Review by: Brennen Randquist – Pictures by: Destiny Fernandez
FC Denver had it’s final regular season game last Thursday night at Dick’s Sporting Good Park. They played the second place Aguilas team, who they had lost to the previous year. It was an incredible summer night here in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains, with two top teams going head to head.
The game started out at a very high pace. Even though FC Denver looked focused from the start, they had a tough time figuring out the Aguila’s crazy formation. They had true trouble figuring out how many mid fielders and who to mark who. Luckily Augilas did not capitalize on these 15 minutes and FC Denver was able to settle down and play their game.
Around the 15-20 minute mark of the first half FC Denver got on the board after some nifty combination play between Vitor Bravo, and Ben Jackson, who then neatly slotted it to an oncoming run by Roy Tewell who knocked the ball home. Shortly after, with FC Denver still being on a high, Aguilas got on the board after a rough free kick attempt bounced around the box landing at the forwards feet and calmly knocked home.
The score stayed even, with FC Denver having more of the quality of the play. With little time left in the first half Vitor played a great searching ball that found Michael “Tree” Olgetree. Tree beat his defender and scored from the top of the 18. This made it 2-1 Denver, and they would never look back.
As expected, the second half started very chippy. There was not much help from the referee, who seemed to want to be the star of the game. However early on in the second half, off a throw in by FC Denver, Kyle Firebaugh killed a left footed half volley into the upper corner, leaving most people on the field speechless. Truly a top class goal to make it 3-1.
The game remained chippy but FC Denver managed to produce numerous chances. Tree rounded up the scoring at 4-1 with a near post shot.
It was a great game by FC Denver who really brought the passion, and it was a great way to cap off the regular season.
Man of the Match: Michael Ogletree
Tree scored two goals, including the game winner. He was more than a handful for Aguilas all night and has been one of the top performers throughout the season.