Originally posted to Voyageurs Soccer Talk message board.
London
City takes another beating ?
by Doesn't belong in the Leauge
London ONT.
GAME GUIDE
London City vs. Toronto
Olympians
Kickoff: Tonight, 8:38 p.m.
Cove Road Field,
German-Canadian Club
Tickets: $6 at the gate. Advance tickets ($4 for
adults, $3 for students, seniors and children) available at the club.
ATT: 345 (170 Paid Supporters)
HALF TIME : 0-1
London City
suffered another hard fight lesson courtesy of the Toronto Olympians. 1-6. Two
goals were scored by former National team member Eddie Berdusco and 2 goals by
Tommy Gramic. (Spelling sorry)
I really can't understand WHY, WHY, and
WHY London Soccer Community still support this awful brand of soccer. You call
this Canadian Professional Soccer League? Give me a break.
I really fell
sorry for some of the star players for London City Players like,
Ermal
Murataj (Team Ontario Summer Games) Eris Tafaj (Oakland University Michigan) and
Semir Mesanovic (former Un 20 National Player).
Oh ya, I forget
Little Teenager Tyler Hemming, who received 2 yellow cards and was dismissed in
the 39 min in the first half. Just alittle bit too young to play in this league
- And you say he is ready? What is the Coaching staff see in this Kid? I forgot
the the whole team is run by 1 person who is - President, Press Officer,
Secretary, - Coach, Manager and P.A. Announcer and Security.
He is a 1
man show with No talent and Skills what so ever.
This for sure was an
embarrassment to the Special guest: George Adams, Youth Development officer with
Glasgow Celtic, and this kid is going to England ?
Here read this and
tell me what you think soccer fans ?
Friday, July 13, 2001
City's
Hemming sees U.K. camp as a challenge
By STEVE GREEN, Free Press Sports
Reporter
It's been four days now since he got the news and the smile
still hasn't left Tyler Hemming's face.
The 16-year-old prodigy with
London City of the Canadian Professional Soccer League will head for a two-week
trial in early September with the youth squads of Grimsby Town of the English
First Division.
It's a feather in the cap for both City and the London
Soccer Academy.
"I just want to go over there, have a good time, train
hard and learn as much as possible," Hemming said. "I'll be learning a different
style of play -- how they play in the big leagues. I'm nervous about going but
I'll take it as a challenge."
Grimsby's youth director, Ian Knight,
spent a week in London looking at Hemming and other academy players in action
with their respective club sides.
"From our point of view, the only cost
to (Grimsby) is my time here," Knight said at last Friday's CPSL game between
City and Brampton at Cove Road Field.
"If we pick up just one boy and
get him into the professional ranks of the club, then this arrangement (with
City and the academy) will have been worth it.
"Boys within the academy
structure need to be pushed in every way possible. It's all about passion, and
drive, dedication and commitment. And that's something the players have to put
in themselves.
"What we have to do with these players is show them the
possibility that it does work."
It's a possibility Hemming didn't dare
dream of when the season began. He only turned out for City's open tryouts to
get in some extra training.
"I thought maybe I'd get into a couple of
games. I certainly didn't expect to start any, and I didn't expect to score a
goal (June 24 at Durham). I thought I might get looked at by some teams but I
never thought I'd actually be going over to England."
He agrees that
playing against men much older than he is has helped.
"I'm used to
playing against faster and stronger guys," he said. "I know all the tricks.
"I've always been able to play all the positions, but playing defence
(in the CPSL) has made me more confident against players of that age and skill
level. There's a lot of weight on your shoulders."
City general manager
Harry Gauss sounded even more pleased than Hemming, if that was possible.
"I'm just so happy for the kid," Gauss said. "I was ready to cry in the
dressing room when Ian told him. This kid deserves it. Sure, we'll be losing the
kid, but the negative of that is so very minimal compared to the positives.
"He knows he has to be better than anything they have over there if he's
going to stick and Ian said from what's he's seen of him, he believes he is. If
Tyler does two years over there, you'll see him on TV some day."
For the
immediate future, however, the focus is on City (1-5-2) and tonight's game
against Toronto Olympians (5-3-0), "the New York Yankees of the CPSL," to use
Gauss's description.
City is coming off a 2-2 tie against Brampton that
saw London rally with two goals in the final 20 minutes to earn the point.
For City, defender-midfielder Tonino Commisso returns after a one-game
suspension for a red card while midfielder Cameron Medwin is back from injury.
GAME GUIDE
London City vs. Toronto Olympians
When:
Tonight, 8:38 p.m.
Where: Cove Road Field, German-Canadian Club
Tickets: $6 at the gate. Advance tickets ($4 for adults, $3 for
students, seniors and children) available at the club.
Special guest:
George Adams, youth development officer with Glasgow Celtic, will be holding an
open youth players' clinic at Cove Road Field at 5:30 p.m., followed by a
coaches' clinic at 6:30 and a meeting with local Celtic supporters at 7:30.
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