By Jose Carrillo, uslfans.com Match Reporter

2009/06/12
The Fabulous Islanders are back!!!

Jonathan Steele opened the game with a goal in the 5′, Cristian Arrieta scored 2 penalty kick goals (36′ and 70′); and Nicholas Addlery put the final nail on the Aztex coffin with a goal in the 87′, as the Puerto Rico Islanders trounced the Aztex 4-1 at Juan Ramón Loubriel, in front of just over 4,000 fans and on a nationally televised FSC broadcast.

It was the Islanders first “goleada” of the year, and the first time they score 4 goals this season.

Arrieta’s 2 penalty kick goals were his 3rd and 4th successful penalties in 3 consecutive games. The two goals give Arrieta, currently the Islanders scoring leader, 6 goals for the season.

Addlery’s goal was his 3rd in the season, yet his first since he scored twice in the Islanders season opening win over the Vancouver Whitecaps.

Jean Alexandre scored an awesome but controversial goal for Austin on the 45′+4 in stoppage time at the end of the first half. The 4th official showed 3 added extra minutes, and Austin scored in the 4th extra minute. The referee allowed the game to go for another 3 minutes, for a total of 7 extra minutes.

Kudos to the Aztex who played after an odyssey of a trip down to Puerto Rico, that due to extremely bad weather in the USA that saw their initial travel plans cancelled, and made it extremely complicated for them to arrive to Puerto Rico on Thursday. The Aztex alternate travel arrangements made stops in Houston, Philadelphia, Newark, New Jersey and New York before finally reaching Puerto Rico around lunch time on Friday.

It was the Aztex’s first trip outside of the continental United States. Next time they shouldn’t leave their travel arrangements for the last minute…

Tonight’s “goleada” came on the 1st year anniversary of last year’s first Islanders’ trouncing, a 3-0 win over the Carolina Railhawks at Juan Ramón Loubriel. The Islanders had 4 “goleadas” in 2008.

Scoring Summary:
1. PRI: Jonathan Steele (Scott Jones) 5′
2. PRI: Cristian Arrieta (penalty) 36′
3. AUS: Jean Alexandre 45′+4
4. PRI: Cristian Arrieta (penalty) 70′
5. PRI: Nicholas Addlery (Fabrice Noel) 87′

Cautions:
1. AUS: Kieran Bernard 36′
2. AUS: Kyle Brown 75′
3. AUS: Gareth Evans 82′

Puerto Rico Islanders Lineup:
Bill Gaudette (GK), Scott Jones, Kyle Veris, John Krause, Cristian Arrieta, James Marcelin, Peter Villegas (Fabrice Noel 76’), Domenic Mediate, Jonathan Steele (Kevon Villaroel 85’), Sean Fraser (Noah Delgado 58′), Kendall Jagdeosingh (Nicholas Addlery 65′)

Subs not used: Michael Behonick (GK), Josh Hansen, Alexis Rivera

Austin Aztex Lineup:
Miguel Gallardo-Aparicio (GK - Sam Reynolds 45′), Jean Alexandre, Yordany Alvares Oropeza, Aaron Godbolt, Jeff Harwell (Kyle Brown 45′), Ryan McMahen, Lyle Adams, Kieron Bernard (Wes Allen 63′), Gareth Evans, David Austin Sias (Sullivan Silva 45′), Edward Johnson

Subs not used: Ryan Caugherty, Zack Pope, Ciaran O’Brien

Referees: Carlos Sandoval, Antonio Lopez, Alex Villareal, Jesus Lebron

Attendance: 4,014