The sun was bright at Dresden for the freshmen match Wednesday between
Hanover's marooned ones and the well-coached, talented club from Cardigan Mountain.
The first half started with Cardigan controlling
possession and firing a couple of shots that Joey Perras brilliantly saved,
which he continued to do throughout the close match. Joey was a rock wall, and the vocal captain
athletically saved four smoked, well-placed Cardigan shots.
15 minutes in, our boys started to warm up, we began to
control the ball more, with Latham Allison running the offense from center
midfield, sending nice long serves wide and short, where we often got bogged
down moving to the goal. Not many shots
were launched, and those which were got swatted away by their solid keeper.
These were two well-matched teams, as indicated by the 0 – 0
score at the half. To single out strong individual performances would be to
list the entire roster. This was a complete team effort, which carried on into
and through the second half.
As the second half continued and Hanover started more and more to control the ball,
Allison swung a deflected ball across to Quincy McBride, who streaked to open
space at 20 yards and took a touch in stride, ripping the game's only
goal just inside the right post.
The lead held up, with Perras making a diving save on a hard,
low shot to his right to preserve the lead and the game.
In the context of a great total team win, Judd Alexander was
solid and unrelenting at center back, Ethan Ross helped anchor the back line, Will
Blinkhorn stopped early CM runs, Pat Osborn blazed up and down the field to win
balls and apply good pressure all day, and Eli Stack used his gritty speed to
keep balls in the offensive end for his mates.
As the heat of afternoon faded to a perfect warm September
early evening, the boys packed their bags with pride and smiles from a great
win.
Next up is a match Saturday at 11:00, versus Merrimack on our home
turf.
Be there, and please bring your great Marauder fan
sportsmanship.
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