Cucuy Out in Semi-Finals

Cucuy FC - BFG United 3:5 (1:1)

We're three games into the new season, so it was about time for last season's playoff.  Nobody can say we did not give them a run for their money, and at no point in the game I felt we gave up. But we did get pounded pretty bad first half, and only luck and dedication prevented worse.  Kyle had a fantastic day, saving two runs on his goal. Stan scraped a ball off the line, and Victor had the most amazing of all saves first half: After a scramble in the box, the ball landed in the lap of an unmarked BFG player, who took the time to set up for his shot in the upper right, only to be denied by Victor, who came flying in from the right and deflected it with his head over the crossbar. That's how we roll. We did have a few good chances of our own, and Scott could have scored after getting it past the keeper, only to see it saved off the line by a defender.  Then he scored his first, a nice chip shot from the left side into the far right corner. In the end, I could live very well with a 1:1 at half.

Second half we started strong, and Hintz could have put us ahead but only hit the post. In the counterattack, BFG scored their second. BFG kept scoring, but Scott scored two more, every time closing the gap to one goal.  With BFG leading 4:3 and maybe 10 minutes left, BFG got a free kick outside the box and put it in the top right corner, post-and-in, no chance for Kyle.  That one kind of hurt, but we still pressed on to get it back. A free-kick we got in good position went nowhere, and David K. was denied a penalty, so in the end it stayed at 5:3.

Goals: Scott (3)
MVP: Scott