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Streaming Sports Network Canada Username Password Login Games Leagues Teams Venues Hockey Football Basketball Soccer Volleyball Blogs Smith on Soccer Capital commentary September 28 2009As we approach the midway point of the 2009 CIS soccer season the fortunes of the three Ottawa teams could best be summed up in the words of the old Clint Eastwood movie The Good The Bad and the Ugly Coach Steve Johnson and his uOttawa GeeGees womens team represents The Good In what is becoming an annual procession to the OUA playoffs (and in most years CIS nationals) Johnson has taken full advantage of a number of talented returning players and added some new faces to once again have his team at the top of the OUA East Division Fifthyear veteran Catherine Scott whose determination distribution and vision are complimented with the ability to hit as sweet a dead ball as you will find at this level is complimented by a number of equally important performers throughout the lineup stopper Gillian Baggot midfielder Elise Desjardins and striker Courtney Luscombe just to name a few It is easy to see why Johnson has had so much success during the 16year history of the program By sticking to a tried and trusted formula of team discipline and organization while mixing in the basic principles of possession support and penetration his team is continually able to play to its strengths and exploit the weaknesses of the opposition 2009 is proving to be no different as the GeeGees continue their march to what they hope will be another visit to nationals this year being held in Toronto come midNovember While it might be a bit of a disservice to coach Sandy Mackie to imply that his Carleton Ravens mens squad is The Bad in no way does this imply anything other than the fact that Mackie is in the midst of a major rebuilding phase and the Ravens are not having the good success the program has enjoyed in recent years Gutierez Berjawi Park Langford Deebank Robles and DAngelo all important players over the last three or four years are gone Added to that list are goalkeeper Karl Wasslen and defender Nick Persichino injured veterans Mackie would have been counting on to provide leadership and direction to a very young and inexperienced group of raw rookies and secondyear players Persichino is out for the season with a back injury while Wasslen may be able to return at some point later in the season As many of the new players get their feet wet (there were seven firstyear players starting one recent game) it is easy to see why the Ravens would struggle early in the season After six games they had two wins two losses and two draws not exactly the worst of starts for a program with so many turnovers from last year However it is the lack of goals that is the major concern In those six games 10 goals have been scored Considering that seven of those came in one game ag...