Week Four - October 28th

- Week Three saw Ikhlas continue to dominate as they rolled their record to 3-0, Emaan bounce back from a Week Two loss to rout shorthanded Ikhlas and Sabr get their first point of the season against Haya making their debut

- Haya had the unusual schedule with being off the first two weeks of the season and may have worked against them as while Sabr has struggled to start the year they have two games under their belt to built some chemistry and built a 2-0 lead in the first half.  The second half saw Haya make a comeback as their top line of Aazar Zafar, Hisham Ali and Mehmed Rizvanovic impose their will as the line scored to goals to tie the game up.

- Haya got a better effort from rookie goalie Imran Merchant who is making a transition from being a star softball player.  Merchant is known for his great glove and arm in softball along with being a power switch hitter but only one of those skills will help him in goal.

- Ikhlas knew that going into their game against Emaan it was going to be tough missing two key defensemen in Salman Khalid and Umair Ashraf and it showed especially during the second half when Emaan broke the game open.  Khalid is reportedly overseas in Spain to audition as Cristiano Ronaldo's stunt double.  The absence of Ashraf is unclear as he was said to be in Chicago fulfilling the obligations of his beard modelling contract but rumours circulated that after he advised his team that he intended to take a knee during the opening talk in solidarity with his Cambridge friends and that games opponents he became a healthy scratch.

- Emaan got a big game from Waqar Khan who posted a hat trick against Ikhlas, after his first goal, a teammate commented that Khan looked like he was a video game player who was on speed burst after blowing by the defense to score.  Furqan Salam had a big game with a goal and three assists while Zaid Toorawa added a goal and two assists as Emaan's top line did all of the damage in this game.

- Ikhlas has seen their offense struggle out of the game with only three goals in their first three game, observers are looking for Atif Mian to provide a greater spark to the team but he has come into the season with conditioning issues.  When he first joined the league he was described as being two years away from being two years away so he should have blossomed into a star by now.

- Lost in the winless start for Ikhlas has been the play of Rahil Ahmed who has kept his team from being blown out in all their games and while the scoreline last week may not reflect it, Ahmed kept his team in it until the second half where Emaan scored multiple breakaway goals or converted odd man rushes.  Ahmed came into the season as one of the stronger goalies and gives his team a chance to win any night.

- Yaqeen came into the season with a a number of talented young players with strong veterans to support them and the result has been a dominant 3-0 start to the season.  In their game last week, Humza Chaudhry, Arslan Mian and Sajjid Ayubi were a force as they tore through the Shukr defense for chance after chance.

- Shukr were missing some depth on defense but their system along with the play of Kaunain Saiyed kept the game within reach the entire way.  Kashif "Coach K" Taqiuddin was the player of the game for his team as he carried his teams defense core once again.

- Next week sees Yaqeen on a bye as all other teams hope the break cools them off, Ikhlas faces Haya where a win gets Ikhlas out of the basement.  Emaan faces Sabr where the former looks to jump into a first place tie with a win.  Ihsan faces Shukr where Ihsan is also looking to jump into a first place tie with a win -Coach K has stated that he will hold Ihsan's Amir Multani in check tonight.

- Finally a reminder that home teams are responsible for recaps, for players that complain they don't see their name in lights enough consider this an opportunity to tell everyone how great you are.