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Albicelestes FC
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Full nameAlbicelestes Futbol Club
Nickname(s)La Selección (The Selection)
Los Gauchos (The Cowboys)
Founded04 September, 2007
GroundKunz Field
Capacity8,152 (estimated)
ChairmanUnited States Peter Ruocco
Head CoachUnited States Peter Ruocco
LeagueUB Intramural Carefree Division
UB Intramural Carefree Division, unranked

Albicelestes Futbol Club, affectionately known as Albicelestes FC, La Selección or Los Gauchos, is the soccer team run by Ruocco and his wily cohorts. Named after the nickname of the Argentinian team, Albicelestes FC plays on Thursday evenings. La Selección, as the team's starters are affectionately referred to by the fans, hope to take the Thursday league by surprise. Last season, several of the team members played for local carefree team Team Awesome. Despite winning their first game, a 3-2 shocker upset, Team Awesome proceeded to lose the rest of its games and get knocked out in the playoffs. This season's team features 5 players from the Team Awesome, and many players who have never played organized soccer before.

2007 Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Josh Russell
5 MF   USA Andy Pappano
7 MF   USA John Pastore
8 MF   USA Allen Kan
9 FW   USA Ken Heidle
10 AM   USA Pete Ruocco (captain)
12 DF   USA John Iuranich
16 MF   USA Matt Komendat
23 DF   USA Alex Nelson
27 DF   USA Kathleen Hourihan
30 DF   USA Bob Doyle
32 MF   USA Sean Nason
This is the projected lineup for 6 PM games.

2007 Schedule and Results

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The season began in mid-September, and here's the schedule and league standings.

Thursday Carefree A GP W L DFT PTS GF GA
Albicelestes FC 6 3 3 0 12 14 19
Blue Barracudas 2 1 1 0 3 2 3
DKNY 1 1 0 0 3 1 0
Red Storm 1 1 0 0 3 1 0
Consultants 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Strikers 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Enforcers 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Floor 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
# Date Time Visitor Score Home OT
1 September 20 6:00 PM Strikers 0 - 1 (dft) Albicelestes FC
2 September 27 7:00 PM Albicelestes FC 3 - 1 Blue Barracudas
3 October 4 6:00 PM Albicelestes FC 2 - 8 Red Storm
4 October 11 7:00 PM Albicelestes FC 5 - 2 Enforcers
5 October 18 6:00 PM Albicelestes FC 2 - 5 DKNY
6 October 25 6:00 PM Albicelestes FC 1 - 3 Consultants

Team Statistics

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Below are the team statistics for the 2007 season.

Player Name Goals
Ken Heidle 7
Pete Ruocco 6
Sean Nason 1
Kathleen Hourihan 0
John Iuranich 0
John Pastore 0
Andy Pappano 0
Bob Doyle 0
Josh Russell 0

Match Details

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In this section, you will find semi-detailed accounts of each game, listed in chronological order.

Match details - Albicelestes FC v. Blue Barracudas

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1st half: Albicelestes FC and the Blue Barracudas each entered the game 1-0-0 after forfeit wins in their first match. In the beginning of the match, the teams spent a few minutes feeling each other out before making any attacking ventures. The Blue Barracudas struck first, from an unmarked man at the top of the 18. He calmly fired into the top left corner past Albicelestes keeper Josh Russell who had no chance on the play. It seemed like the Blue Barracudas were going to go into halftime with a 1-0 advantage, but Albicelestes FC notched two quick goals to end the half. With just over a minute remaining, Ken Heidle found Peter Ruocco streaking down the sideline and hit him with the pass. As Ruocco entered the box, he controlled the ball past a defender before he deftly toe-poked it past the keeper to equalize. On the ensuing kickoff, Ken Heidle stole the ball from a Barracudas attacker and beat the keeper with a fabulous strike on the ground from about 25 yards. The raucous Barracudas crowd was silenced as the referee's whistle sounded.

2nd half: This half was entirely controlled by Albicelestes FC, who added an insurance marker in the 36th minute, again through striker Ken Heidle. From about 22 yards, Pete Ruocco found Heidle in the middle with a quick pass. Heidle beat the defender with a turn, and coolly slotted past the keeper from just inside the 18 with the left foot. The rest of the game wasn't close, and Albicelestes FC held on to the 3-1 win.


Albicelestes F.C.3 – 1Blue Barracudas
Ruocco   24'
Heidle   25'
Heidle   36'
Some guy   17'
Kunz Field, Amherst, New York
Attendance: 1
Referee: someone
ALBICELESTES FC:
GK 1   Josh Russell
RB 12   John Iuranich
CB 7   John Pastore
LB 32   Sean Nason
RM 5   Andy Pappano
LM 10   Peter Ruocco (c)
CF 9   Ken Heidle
Substitutes:
CB 27   Kathleen Hourihan
BLUE BARRACUDAS:
GK 1   Ron Jones (c)
RB 10   Jimmy Lewis
CB 2   Lee Johnson
LB 4   Bobby Smith
RM 25   Melvin Robinson
LM 18   Darryl Thomas
CF 16   Jake Wyler
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