The Finale in Springfield

Game 13 (6-6-1)
5 October vs. Carthage on turf at Kickapoo (2-1) 



We left Springfield in a better mood than we were in Friday night after two tough losses.

This one started out almost identically to the first two matches. We gave up a goal shortly after kickoff to go down 1-0, and we were close to giving up another one a few minutes later.

We made some adjustments that appeared to shut down the Carthage attack. We moved Spencer from the "6" to the "10," and had Doerfler take over at the "6." Owen Kitts took over the centerback spot next to Miles, and Alex Fuentes went to the "9."

They did not get a shot off the rest of the half. We appeared to have shut down their attack, but we still had not scored a goal in the entire tournament outside of a PK.

Early second half, with Omar now playing a withdrawn "9,"  he took a pass, pushing it wide to Brody. Brody shot down the line, boxed it across, for an Omar finish at the slot—just a great goal.

The score was knotted at one with less than four to go, and we knew a tie during regulation would go straight to PK's.

Omar then earned our only corner kick of the second half. Doerfler took from the right side. He served a perfect ball that Miles got his head on, scooting it to the top of the 18, where Fuentes came all the way from "far-far" to one-touch it with his left to the far post, upper 90.

We kept them at bay the rest of the way, playing without a 9 and with four across the midfield line.

We only went 1-2 for the tourney, but we finished with a win against the best team we had played.


STATS:

First Half:

Saints: Shots: 5 (3) Corners: 2 (Siebert 2)

Carthage: Shots: 2 (2) Corners: 2

36:33 Also (dribble through 5 Saints)

Second Half:

Saints: Shots: 5 (3)  Corners: 1 (Omar)

34:30 Omar (Box ball from Brody)

3:20 Fuentes (Doerfler's right-footed corner is flicked for a Fuentes left-footed one-touch)

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