This was an exciting game to watch, and I'm thinking that there are a lot of teams (boys included) who would like to have some goalies of this caliber on the field next year. I will admit that I thought that this was going to come down to conditioning and that FM had the advantage. Too many Lexington players were not making their runs late in the game, and I thought that the Fort had it. They controlled the midfield for much of the second half and for most of the two OTs. Lexington dug deep and came up with a clutch strike when they needed it and they live to play another day.
Side note:
The referees missed calls both ways, but these are two tough, physical teams that know how to 'walk the line'and move on quickly. No one one the field shied away from contact, and I think that the refs 'let them play' attitude got a little out of control at some points, but that is better than too quick a whistle. There were some bad 'no calls' on offsides ect. but nothing that changed the outcome of the game (in my eyes). I wouldn't recommend this group of refs for the State Finals but they don't desrve to burn in hell either.
It was funny to hear the Lexington Boys side finally getting a chance to "speak" to the refs. I hope they don't pull this same crew in their next game.
