for those of you who missed "the infamous show" today on the radio, here is my recap of the games. I didn't catch the shot counts or fouls or anything like that in the games, so it'll just be what I saw.
Northwestern vs. summerville??? I don't think anything but the score really needs to be said, other than the fact that Northwestern had another one in the net, but there was a foul somewhere away from the ball at the top of the box. I think any Northwestern doubters will be convinced after Northwestern breezes through group play. Summerville simply isn't on par with the top tier 4a schools.
Farragut 3-2 Spring Valley. This was an interesting game. Spring Valley goes up 2 nothing very early, and it looked like Farragut just didn't expect to be challenged. However, slow and steady won the race today, and Farragut put 2 goals in before the end of the half. During the second half, Spring Valley appeared to play without the intensity they had during region play, and Farragut had the better of play. They put one in with 6 minutes left to go, to clinch a victory in their first game in South Carolina. The first two goals were a corner, and a throwin, one of which just barely went over the line, and was scooped out, but the referee was there to make the call. The third goal appeared to be one that Jenkins normally saves, but certainly not an easy shot. Eamon Penland, and Patrick Clements scored for SV.
Airport 2-4 Kelly Walsh. Kelly Walsh will not win another game in the tournament, unless something drastically changes.
BC 0-0 Lexington. By far the most exciting game of the night. Both teams had opportunities, both teams failed to capitalize. One of BC's defenders cleared the ball off the line after their keeper was pulled out attempting to make a save, and Lexington's Brett Keatly ripped a shot that hit post and rolled across the goal mouth, not 2 feet from Reel Callison. At both of those moments, I thought Lexington would take the lead. BC's Andrew Evans hit post on a header that looked in for sure, and Caio Gaspar saw his own shot go just wide of the mark. No cards at all in this match to my knowledge, and none were deserved, both sides played good clean soccer. It was fun to watch Andrew Evans man marked by Jess Maki. Two great athletic soccer players step for step all over the field, forcing Evans to play distributer for the most part.
