2nd Corinthians - Cucuy FC 3:2 (1:1)
Tough game, since we played a good team and started and ended the game with only 9 players. So a big thanks to all who committed and showed up. We really did not have a bunch of options, so we put David K. up front, Hintz in center mid, and everyone else on defense, trying to counter attack or put a long pass on David K. Corinthians pushed hard, but we got a few chances here and there. Our first shot came from Hintz, who did a turn on the left side after a pass from Brent I think, which flew in the long corner, hit the post and went in. Seriously, kind of unbelievable that we went up 1:0 at this point. After that Corinthians pushed us even harder, but the defense stood firm. Schluni (we should start calling him Stonewall-Schluni) frustrated the Corinthians time and time again, and if he missed one we still got Kyle in goal who saved them left and right. David K. could have increased to 2:0 after a free kick, but the Corinthians keeper did an amazing save on David's shot. With less than a minute to play, we got caught after losing the ball in a counter attack, and Corinthians tied the game with a header. Completely open, the guy could pick a corner and Kyle had a hand on this one as well but could not keep it out.
After a half-time break that seemed shorter than usual, we kept playing our keep-it-tight-in-back-and-hope-DavidK-can-do-somthing-up-front tactic, which went well for about 25 minutes. We hustled like crazy, putting a leg or foot in front of every shot, and Kyle had several super saves. But at some point people started getting a little tired, and the constant rotation on the Corinthians side started to pay off for them. We got caught on a counter attack and the guy with the Huggies did not leave a chance for Kyle. Nick was marking that guy for most of the game, and except for that shot he pretty much shut him down the whole game, which was an amazing feat. Then Corinthians got their third, after Kyle deflected a shot and a Corinthians player just ticked it in. It looked like we had run out of luck but we did not let up, and got a few chances to score. One was pretty cool after Davidko ran circles around 4 defenders and then passed it to Brent, who, amazingly, was left unmarked, but missed the target. Then Davidko got fouled right outside the box on the left side, Hintz faked a shot to the right, and I put in the upper left corner. That gave us some hope, but in the end it stayed at 3:2. Disappointing that we lost, but pretty amazing how much of a fight we gave them with 9 players.
So this finishes up our summer season, not a bad record with 8 and 2, and plus 32 goals. If you see Hintz pat him on the back since he finished the season as the top scorer, I think a first since he started playing with us.
Goals: Hintz, Eddy
MVP: Kyle
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