Friday, October 4, 2019

Saints Down USA Today’s #5 Team in the Country

Game 11 (9-2-0)
4 October at Go 4 Goal Classic in Burlington (4-2)


We bounced back nicely from yesterday’s tough loss against a very highly regarded and highly ranked Gateway Legacy Academy team out of St. Louis—# 5 in the USA Today National Poll. 

Missing Gabe, we had to have great games out of Mitchell, DJ, and Drew. And we did. Jacob Muckerman also had a fine match at right back as they couldn't attack down our right side after he took the field.

And BWhite thought this was truly an All-Team performance as he named "The Team" the BWhite Players of the Match.

The key to me was our finding success on Aquinas basics: we cashed two throw-ins, one T-ball, and one corner-like deadball. That's about as Aquinas as you get.

Overall, it puts us in a position to claim the Consolation Championship of the A-Bracket. We will meet up with Washburn Rural, we believe, tomorrow—they lost their first match to Naperville North only 1-0, and then they defeated Bishop Miege today 1-0. 

There is a possibility that they find both of us another team to play from a different state than Kansas. We will see.

STATS:

First Half: 

Saints: Shots: 6 (5) Corners: 3 (Morrisette, Stoecklein, Kanakares)

20:00 Schroeder (Kitts with a nice chip to Nen who attacks the baseline for a T-ball to the back post)

Legacy: Shots: 3 (2) Corners: 0

Second Half:

Saints: Shots: 7 (4) Corners: 1 (Stoecklein)

32:00 White (Parker heaves it into the box for the nice header)

30:00 Russell (Drew Welch bends the perfect deadball for the header)

10:34 Martin (Kitts takes the deadball like a ground corner with a hard ground pass through Parker into Jack for the shot)

Legacy: Shots: 3 (2) Corners: 0

11:54 Chip (to the back side is won, before he turns to lash it in)

3:45 Dribble (by our defender to lay it in)

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