{"id":159698,"date":"2026-02-21T10:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=159698"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:35:34","slug":"still-kicking-episode-9-cheater-cheater-pumkin-eater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=159698","title":{"rendered":"Still Kicking &#8212; Episode 9. Cheater, Cheater, Pumkin Eater."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_JnNNnqIF14?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Episode Nine: Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater<br \/>\n\u23f1\ufe0f 33 Minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Drama hits Burlington City FC before the whistle even blows. Coach Green chats with midfielders Carlo Deiulis and Dave Emmon, even eyeing a potential Jamaican recruit from the sidelines. But chaos strikes \u2014 news arrives that one player\u2019s car is on fire, leaving him unable to make the game.<br \/>\nWith five key players missing, Burlington faces a daunting challenge against a strong Cheshire FC side. The match is a battle, ending 3\u20132 in Cheshire\u2019s favor. Burlington\u2019s unbeaten dream looks shattered\u2026 until the twist. Two days later, the league dropped a bombshell: Cheshire knowingly fielded an illegal player. The punishment? A massive 12-point deduction. The reward? Burlington City awarded a 3\u20130 victory, their unbeaten streak intact.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 What starts as heartbreak turns into vindication. Cheating doesn\u2019t pay \u2014 not against Burlington City FC.<\/p>\n<p>The episode closes with an intimate conversation between Coach Green and his captain, reflecting on the scandal, the emotions, and what it means for the team\u2019s journey.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_JnNNnqIF14\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Nine: Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater \u23f1\ufe0f 33 Minutes. Drama hits Burlington City FC before the whistle even blows. Coach Green chats with midfielders Carlo Deiulis and Dave Emmon, even&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":159699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/159699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}