We Travel to Blue Valley with Bobby in Uniform

Game 15 (8-6-1)
15 October at AnDAC vs. Blue Valley (3-2 OT)


EKL Standings




Well, it has been a long time since we have suited up and played Bobby Bjorseth (Game five, 10 minutes in, we lost him to a leg injury.), and he became the central figure in tonight's win. 

First of all, despite vows to the contrary, we got off to yet another slow start. We allowed two goals within a minute of one another about 15 minutes in. The Tigers at that point in time had three shots and three shots on goal.


Now, they did not get another shot off the rest of the match, but we had put ourselves in quite a hole, 2-0. ("The most dangerous score in soccer.")


The boys engineered one final corner kick before the half-time horn to our credit. Spencer got off the perfect ball from the left, a low liner just over Brody's head as it skipped to the back post for a Laws poke-in.

Unable to produce a goal early in the second half, we moved Laws up to the "9," moved Bobby over to centerback, added Ollie, and off we went.

We scored within 2-3 minutes, then moving our defense back to where it was before the goal to finish the match.

It took overtime and one more Bobby throw to rescue the win, but we did it. 

We have now played 5 overtime matches. We are 3-1-1.

We planned to play Bobby about twenty minutes a half tonight to ease him back into a full match. Well, the best plans . . .

We will finish off regular season this Thursday against a tough BV West team. We are close to getting our Mojo back. We still need to clear up some things defensively. 

BTW: It will be senior night!



STATS:

First Half:

Saints: Shots: 5 (2) Corners: 4 (Siebert 4

0:02 Laws (Ragan hits the low-liner that skips through to the back post for the toe-poke)

Tigers: Shots: 3 (3) Corners: 1

24:53 Lavid (Elgus hits the diagonal ball in)

24:05 Santamaria (Bright hits the ball over the top)

Second Half:

Saints: Shots: 9 (4) Corners: 3 (Doerfler, Ragan, Befort)

23:14 Befort (Bobby heaves one, off Miles' head, for the back-post touch-in)

Tigers: Shots: 0 (0 Corners: 0

Overtime:

Saints: Shots 1 (1)

Siebert (Bobby's long throw gets flicked, shot by Kitts, and finished at the mid-post)

There is Joy in Mudville

Tigers: Shots: 0 Corners: 0

Coach Stos, one of my first assistants, has been quite a challenge over the year. 
Great Coach




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