Forward Mike Gill-More was done after about five minutes of action with a right calf tendon pull or strain in the Feb. 21 Inter Feierabend game; the injury compounded the one sustained in a Wednesday night game four days earlier. The next week, he responded with a hat trick in a 35-minute span to carry Tire 5-3 over FC Five Star at Shoreline B.
Keeper Shelby Dobbs has played with a stye in his right eye the size of a shrinking small guava melon, same color too, for eight straight winter weeks now.
Midfielder Brandon Smith tweaked his groin on the shot that led to a goal and win in the Feb. 21 Inter Feierabend game at Interbay. He stated he shouldn't have played in the 5-3 win over FC Five Star the following week as a shot and stretch aggravated it more ...
Midfielder Dean Lencioni missed all February games after he went down with about 30 minutes to play in the Rock game on Jan. 31 at Robinswood when he landed bad on his right knee. He stated he heard a pop and a hyperextension; stay tuned on Lencioni's status!
Midfielder Matt Galvin remains tending to a knee aggravation with the faintest of hopes to return to action in sometime in 2010.