Bishop Carroll Travels to Overland Park

Game 6: (5-1-0)
at Home, Saturday, 19 Septemeber vs. Bishop Carroll (3-0)

We bounced back fairly well against a good side from Wichita. We were back to "deadballs and defense" (a Coach Hammons book coming out soon) as we created all three goals off our set pieces. And defensively we did not allow much although Diggs had to come up big for us to be up 1-0 at the half. And Nick Garcia finished his opportunity to get us that one. And I thought they created another very good chance towards the end of the match. 


Drew gave us a more defensive center midfielder today with lots of quick releases throughout the match—that made a pretty big difference. Honestly, our only real weakness was finishing, but that's tough to do anyway in soccer.

That solid team defense is probably why B named Carter and Jacob the Men of the Match. B Interview Here.




We really want to thank Bishop Carroll for traveling up from Wichita amongst all of the pandemic restrictions to make this match happen.

We also what to thank Firehouse Subs of Blue Springs for helping us feed the crew from Carroll. 

We did get a taste of DJ up top second half; we have not seen much of that this year, and we did surprise a guy at halftime who is living in the woods, and we had not seen that before either. So.

We now hit the road for two weeks—so we will need to prove we can win away from the friendly confines of Saint Thomas Aquinas. 

STATS: First Half

STA: Shots: 9 (5) Corners: 6 (White, Konnesky, Consuegra, N. Garcia, Farrar, Morrisette)

27:48 Garcia (Farrar keeps the play alive after the original free kick, chipping it back in for a nice volley)

Carroll: Shots: 3 (2) Corners: 1

Second Half: 

Saints: Shots: 9 (5) Corners: 2 (Pope, Morrisette)

35:21 White (Bryson drives the left-footed corner in for the head-in)

1:09 Welch (the throw-in stays alive for the 1-touch by Welch in the trash spot)

PS: Thanks to BWhite and Michele Gress, superfan, Jim Maher, was back at his regular spot watching the match. Thank you! 



ScoringHalvesCornersDummiesAssistsGoalsPoints
DJ White10814413
Mitchell Farrar10302410
Barrett Kitts1030517
Drew Welch1010416
Arquez Morrisette1060226
Ethan Young1060125
Joey Vance800024
Jacob Muckerman1000214
Zayveon Russell1020125
Max Bryson1000303
Luke Konnesky1030113
Anthony Consuegra1020113
Nick Garcia910012
Ryan Pope1030012
Caden Eames920000
Carter Diggs800000
Mark Mason810000
Andrew Seger600000
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0
Totals10411262373

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