irmo came out in the first two minutes and struck quickly with a nasty goal from twenty yards out by jugal dalal. twenty minutes later irmo scored to gain to make it 2-0.
in the second period (three thirty minute periods were used) dormans andrew autenzio was fouled in the box, resulting in a p.k. He scored on his attempt to pull the cavaliers within one.
in the closing minutes of the second period, one of dormans players played a through ball which split irmos defense to a fellow team mate. the team mate then had a one on one with irmos keeper and in a questionable goal, fouled irmos keeper by pushing him to the ground to avoid contact with the keeper. he toe poked the ball past the keeper to make it 2-2.
in the last period with ten minutes to go, one of irmos forwards was the victim of a nasty slide tackle in the box. a penalty was rewarded. freshman emmit lunceford converted, to put irmo up 3-2.
overall, clean match. number five for dorman is ridiculously fast. andrew autenzio displayed some awesome footwork and skill. dormans michael essman anchored the midfield. if dorman can fix some defensive problems, look for them to do some damage in the playoffs.
as for irmo, two starters werent in the game at all due to injuries. possession was 60-40 in favor of irmo. irmo is also four deep at keeper. go figure. at times, irmo looked good. scary good. they have a stellar midfield. their defense is led by senior daniel lynch, commited to USC. and the fire thats lacked the last couple of seasons seems to have returned. the irmo players want another championship for coach phil savitz. the score could have been much worse. if irmo works on finishing, they have to be the upperstate favorite, along with northwestern. having seen lexington play, they honestly are a step down from last year, with irmo improving immensely. i must say though, this is the smallest irmo team ive seen in recent memory. we'll have to see if the lack of size hurts them during the season. there was a HUGE crowd on hand to witness the irmo team play. i was quite surprised at the turnout for a scrimmage.
