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truly right from your informants antoine played great flynn had a nice low free kcik and the ref misjudged the red card situation both wando #3 and davis should have got yellows

wando dominated the proceddings up until sv scored....great atmosphere from both sets of fans and dont take anything away from wando they had a very good chance at the end and a few oppurtunities at the begining


GREAT GAME!

I'm not sure what happened with the card. It seemed like the Ref. was a little impulsive. Thats a terrible situation for Spring Valley. Is there an appeal or reversal process??? I hope SV can win an appeal with the high school league. I don't think anyone in soccer wants to see a handicapped team in the State Final. I'm sure Northwestern would want all of Spring Valley's best players on the field. Hopefully the High School league will make the right decision. Other than that it was a great match. Wando had a lot to overcome with Spring Valley's fans. Great season Warriors and Good luck Spring Valley - in the Final and hopefully with the appeal.

rhcp -- Why would the goalkeeper get "an appeal"? Was the red card after the match or during the game? I know Ryan Kropp was suspended for the first match of the Lake Murray Challenge this year after he received a red card vs. Spring Valley last year in the State Championship. Why would this be different?

Yeah, I'm still a little confused about the incident. After a short scrum in the box Davis ended up with the ball and went to Kirby to exchange words. He got up in his face and then Kirby appeared to push him, not violently, more like a get out of my face type deal. I would have thought two yellows would have been sufficient, but the ref showed Davis a straight red. I may have missed something or saw it differently.

Sean played very well. The first goal was played terribly by Flato, but the second one was a pretty serious rip on a free kick. Personally, I felt Antoine looked good at times, but there were times where I felt he tried to do way to much. He would beat a defender and sometimes even two, but would never pick his head up to find the WIDE open man. He was very dangerous though don't get me wrong.

Great game by Spring Valley. They came out ready to play from the opening whistle. Wando never really seemed to get into any kind of rhythm. They were not able to possess the ball in the midfield very effectively and looked suprisingly shaky in the back. I would disagree that Wando controlled the game up until the goal. They had a few spirts, but it never really looked like SV was not in control. Didn't look like the same Wando team that took it to Dutch Fork for the first 60 minutes of that game.

I think the red was probably unnecessary given the circumstances. A better official would have defused the situation without carding anyone. Neither player threw any punches or tried to hurt the other, just some pushing and elbowing. Really a shame for Davis and for SV.

The entire SV team played well. Antoine does stand out. He's just so quick and fluid. Hartvigsen played well and set up the first goal with a strong and quick run around the right, finished with a great low cross to Flynn. Other than a bit of a rocky stretch at the start of the second half, I thought SV dominated the game. Wando never looked very dangerous, though they did play good, tough defense.

I hope Davis will be able to play Saturday, but I don't expect it. Will Frierson is a good keeper and will be up to the challenge.

Go Vikes.

Heise,
This may not be different from the Ryan Kropp situation. Answer this question why would one of the players involved in the scrum get a yellow and the other a straight red? Especially when the ref. wasn't in earshot to hear any words? As someone mentioned before, no punches, just shoving and an exchanging of words. How many times does this happen in an average soccer game without being noticed? This time one of the players gets ejected from the game for it and the other a warning. Thats what I don't understand. Davis and Kirby both weren't intending for it to be anything more than it was. Little did they know they'd get carded for it.

My take on tonights game. Wando never looked to have any kind of offensive rhythm. Spring Valley played Zach Houghton extremely deep and he seemed to pick off everything Wando played over the top. He was very impressive. However I thought Wando would make some kind of adjustment and keep Kirby or one of the other forwards high on Houghton eliminating the deep sweep. This never happened.
Parker did a good job of elimating Andrew in the middle of the field as both players kind of canceled each other out. With Mike also playing in the midfield for SV I thought they were the more dangerous attacking and winning balls throughout the midfield.
Sean Flynn played well to get both of the goals yet the first one Flato definitely should have handled. After a ball played on the ground across the six, Sean slid in and beat the Wando defender to the ball. Flato was in the position to make the play but just let it roll off his hands and into the net. Sean's second goal was off a set piece on the corner of the eighteen that he hit hard and low to the near post.
I agree with everyone else that Antoine was by far the most dangerous player on the field. He was very effective turning and running at the Wando defenders. However there were several times he could have pulled the trigger and had a go, but took a few to many touches. I'm not trying to take anything away from him however as he played very well.
I personally believe the red card was an absolutely awful call from the referee. It's a shame that SV will be missing such a valuable player for the Final and worst that Davis has to end his senior year like that. Him and Kirby exchanged a few words and may have brushed one another but at absolute worst it may have been a yellow card for both players. I believe he should have just seperated the two and let play continue.
With seven minutes left I thought Wando was going to have a go at SV with them down to ten men and a cold keeper. However it was SV who created the most dangerous oppurtunity in the final minutes and should have had a third. SV played within themselves and executed very well. It was a good atmosphere and an overall good game but I was expecting a few more dangerous oppurtunities from the Wando attack.
I would also like to say that Wando defender Will Moore had an excellent game for Wando. This was the first time I had the opportunity to see him play this season and I came away very impressed. He was very composed under pressure and had a steady confidence about him. Congratulations to Wando for a great season and great job SV.

Thanks. I didn't know if there was a process to overturn such a call. Thats all I was wondering.