Happy Days are Here Again

Last week I asked “where have all our goals gone?” Well, this week, they are back. Only 6 goals in the five NASL games last week were replaced by 29 in seven this week a huge jump from 1.20 to 4.14 per game.

Fafa Picault is the undoubted star of the week putting in 3 goals over two games moving him up to 2nd in overall goals and value. Tom Heinemann from Ottawa also added to his tally enabling him to climb one place in the table. Also in the top ten Georgi Hristov scored first for Tampa against Minnesota only to see Christian Ramirez put one in either side of half-time to move his season total up to 19 and keep that safety cushion between himself and Fafa.

With Miguel Ibarra on international duty for the US there was a chance he might not survive in 10th place and it was touch and go; San Antonio, who does not currently have a player in the top ten tried their hardest with seven goals including 3 braces against Tampa Bay but they have to be content with Zahorski, Hassli, and Castillo sitting in 11th to 13th.

Name Club Goals Total Value C. Ramirez Minnesota *19 83.53 F. Picault Fort Lauderdale *12 46.65 T. Shipalane Carolina 5 44.50 G. Hristov Tampa Bay *8 38.93 T. Heinemann Ottawa *6 36.50 Kleberson Indianapolis 8 34.57 D. Mendes Minnesota 9 27.73 J. Chavez Atlanta 7 27.50 S. Guenzatti New York 4 27.20 M. Ibarra Minnesota 8 27.10

Fun Stuff

Etienne Barbara had a goal value of 78.23 in 2011 for Carolina

There still has not been a goal scored in the 2 nd and 35 th minute s. We only have 1 8 games left so NASL please work on this!

San Antonio’s 7 goal drubbing of the Rowdies was the second largest aggregate win in modern NASL History

San Antonio won 8-0 against Carolina in 2012

Juliano Vicentini became the 11 4 th g oalscorer in the NASL this season with Minnesota’s 3 rd against Tampa and the 269 th overall

At 3 42 goals to date there is still an outside chance to hit 400 for the season

Last week I mentioned Fafa Picault being booked in the 90 th and sent off in the 93 rd . This week Tom Heinemann was booked in the 94 th and sent off in the 95 th that is pretty special.

Georgi Hristov has now tied Mike Ambersley as the Rowdies leading scorer in the modern NASL with 20

There are now 6 players with 20 for one club.

There have also been exactly 20 Own Goals

Carolina have benefited from 5 of these

Christian Ramirez at 19 only needs 1 more goal to tie t he 6 players with 20 for one club and t he most goals in a single modern NASL season by one player.

My money says he is the first to 21 in both before the end of the regular season.