Palmetto 10 - Crescent 0
Thursday, 3/13 at Palmetto on a dry field in perfect 70 degree weather.
Shots on Goal: Palmetto 43 - Crescent 3
Corner Kicks: Palmetto 5 - Crescent 0
Yellow Cards: None
Goals: Palmetto - (3) #1 Ignacio, (3) #14 Roberts, #10 Nino, #17 Beltran, #100 Henderson, #6 Jones
Assists: Palmetto - (2) #9 Bowman, #10 Nino, #8 Mahaffey, #11 Whiten
First Year of Varsity Play: In their first year of varsity play, Crescent will take its lumps. But I commend them on a hard-fought match with great effort and no quit!
Palmetto was clearly the dominant and experienced team tonight as they scored quickly, easily, and often. After only 15 minutes of play in the first half, the Mustangs were able to pull all starters and give valuable minutes to reserves. Crescent held their own at that point giving up only 1 more goal to make the half time score: Palmetto 4 - Crescent 0.
The second half was more of the same. Again the starters only played 15 minutes and then were subbed out. Final score was lopsided, but I give credit to the Mustang coach for making the players work on passing, drops, and teamwork. Credit also goes to the Tigers for playing hard to the end! They never gave up and hopefully learned from this loss. Good luck in future matches!