With the absence of Wayne Smith, the SCSC’s best player, the eleventh, and final, round of the 2007 Maricopa Cup was up for grabs. As there were only four players they agreed to play each other twice, once on each of the pitches.

In the first round of games Edward Nathan and Kevin Nieman beat the Hutchinsons, Simon and Dominic.

In the second round a defensive error by Nieman allowed Simon to score the game winning goal. Nathan ‘mercy ruled’ Dominic to be the only player with two wins.

The battle of the Hutchinsons, in the third round, ended in a goalless draw. While on the other pitch Nieman ended Nathan winning streak with a fast goal and another both players described as "unstoppable".

In the first of “second leg” games Nathan drew 1-1 with Simon, citing that the frustration of having missed an open goal when Simon stranded his spare goalkeeper effected the rest of his game. Dominic’s game was more important that it was his 100th competitive game rather than the fact the Nieman beat him 4-0.

Nieman and Simon fought out another hard fought draw in a game that was described a “very tense”. Despite losing Dominic surprised Nathan with a fast shot at goal to score his first goal of the competition.

Dominic scored his second by flicking a player from his own half that struck the ball on the edge of the penalty box, this made up for the two goals that his father, Simon, had scored earlier in the game.

Nathan won his fourth game with a ‘mercy rule’ victory over Nieman. His four wins placed Nathan in first place. Nieman was in second place with a superior goal difference to Simon. Dominic finished in fourth.

A full report, table and results can be found here»

As this was the last round of this year’s Maricopa Cup all of the results have been tabulated and the winners of the various Maricopa Cup competitions are:

• Maricopa Cup
  • Winner: Wayne Smith
  • Runner up: Simon Hutchinson
• Newcomers Cup
  • Winner: Dominic Hutchinson
  • Runner up: Adam Carlson
• Maricopa Trophy
  • Winner: Simon Hutchinson
  • Runner up: Kevin Nieman

Congratulations to the winners and all the other players who have taken part in the competition this year.

All of the final tables can be seen on the Maricopa Cup page»