The Indoor Premier League

As the final weekend of the season came upon us, the fight for first place came down to the final two games.

Manchester United vs. Liverpool

In the first game of the day, Man U was home to Liverpool.  After a tough loss to Inter, Liverpool was looking to bounce back to try and regain first place in the standings.  Sal Maffei opened the scoring for Liverpool, with Jon Riera soon following on a very impressive strike from distance.  Sal Maffei added another goal as Liverpool was out to a quick 3-0 lead.  After removing Tony Fortier-Bensen from goal, he moved to forward where he would score 3 goals and bring the Red Devils to within 2 at the half.  However, the Reds of Liverpool could not have been more dominant in the second half.  Outscoring their opposition 10-2, Kyle Fasullo had a career day by netting 9 goals for the Reds (8 in the second half alone).  Jorge Abadin stepped it up in the net to keep the Red Devils at bay and Sal Maffei finally broke through again, scoring four, as the Reds pummeled Manchester United, 15-5.

Inter Milan vs. Chelsea

After watching the first match and knowing what they must do, Inter Milan came to face Chelsea.  Chelsea was without Nathan Cedor and Donald Ward, replaced by Chase LaCombe and D.J. Hymel, respectively.  Inter came out flat, scoring only one goal in the first half (which was off of a miscue by keeper Jonathan Lee), and Chelsea took a commanding 6-1 lead heading into the break.  After the half, Will Fitzpatrick struck quickly to bring Inter within four.  However, Bailey Arnett could not be contained, as he added two more to Chelsea's tally.  Out of frustration, Scott Naccari left the net and switched positions with forward Cal Abadin.  Scott would later score and Cal Abadin would give up a goal, as Chelsea would go on to victory, 9-5.

With the season over, the playoff seeds have been decided.  With a monstrous +26 goal differential for Liverpool, they take first place over Inter Milan.  Inter takes second, Chelsea comes in third with a 3-3 record, and Manchester United finishes in last place, at 1-5.  The playoffs begin December 4th, check the schedule section for the times and uniforms.

Other notes: Kyle Fasullo was the high man scoring a league-high 9 goals in today's match... Scott Naccari scored his first goal of the season in Inter's loss... With Scott Naccari's goal, Inter became the only team with all 5 players on the original roster to score... Golden Boot and Best Goalie winners will be announced later... Thanks to Danielle Raymond for keeping the statistics!