Our First Trip to Park Hill South

Game 8 (7-1-0)
24 September at Park Hill South (3-0)



We had a chance to play in the most beautiful soccer park in the area tonight. And with the game starting about sunset, we could not have asked for much more. Wow.

The match marked midseason as we were playing our eighth match of the year. Last year we finished 6-2-0 at midseason. We did go 8-0-0 in the second half. So, we did improve upon last year in our first eight. But that will be quite a challenge to match our second half of last year, but we will have a shot at it.

Park Hill South is a young, talented team. We jumped on them early with a throw-in goal, and a t-ball goal. And then we added another corner-like set piece later in the first half. Carter Diggs had a dynamite save that kept it 3-0 at the half.

And second half the match was pretty even with the match ending 3-0. 

Tonight BWhite named Mark Mason and Ethan Young the Men of the Match, and if you were at the game you know why. Ethan, even a little banged up (he did not play in the second half), cashed two goals in the first five minutes of the match. And with Muckerman also banged up, and also sitting out the second half of the game, we needed a big-time game out of Mark at centerback. He was a big reason we came up with our 7th clean sheet in our first 8 games.


We are going to heal up over a long weekend to get ready for Southwest on Tuesday and Rural on Thursday!

STATS:

First Half:  

Saints: Shots: 9 (8) Corners: 5 (Kitts 2, Farrar, Pope, Consuegra)

38:35 Young (Russell launches the throw-in with Swag chipping it back on for the Young banger)

36:25 Young (Consuegra attacks the baseline, t-ing it back for the knock-in)

17:34 DJ White (Kitts serves it in and Muckerman heads it back on for the flick-in)

PHS: Shots: 4 (2) Corners: 0

Second Half: 

Saints: Shots: 7 (4) Corners: 3 (Eames, Welch, Kitts)

PHS: Shots: 3 (2) Corners: 0

ScoringHalvesCornersDummiesAssistsGoalsPoints
DJ White16914617
Mitchell Farrar16402410
Ethan Young1560149
Drew Welch1620428
Barrett Kitts1690618
Arquez Morrisette1660327
Jacob Muckerman1500416
Zayveon Russell1620125
Anthony Consuegra1630315
Joey Vance1400024
Max Bryson1600404
Luke Konnesky1430113
Nick Garcia1510012
Ryan Pope1640012
Caden Eames1530000
Carter Diggs1100000
Mark Mason1410000
Andrew Seger800000
0
0
Totals16531332890

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