Senior Night at Mill Valley

Game 4: (4-0-0)
10 September at Mill Valley, with brand-spanking new turf, on Senior Night (2-0)

Here's what a game looks like without cashing deadballs—a pretty normal looking solid result of 2-0. It was 0-0 at the half, but we had several opportunities to score.


 Mill Valley entered the match 2-0, and they had a solid performance. They did not have much of an opportunity to score, but they limited our chances pretty well. We were playing back-to-back yet again but this result seemed more about focus than fatigue. I will say we did come out focused and strong for the second half. DJ was part of both of those second-half goals; on the first, he flicked it on from mid-post for the assist; and then he scored the second goal as Barrett found him on the backside. He had time to measure the shot up after a nice feint, before placing it back post upper-90.

And we have to give that defense a shoutout as they just racked up a fourth shutout in four games. Max Bryson (his solid "d" and his offensive attacks made him one of the Men of the Match, tonight)  mans left-back, Mitchell Farrar, Jacob Muckerman with a whole lot of Nick Garcia hold down centerback, with Zayveon Russell holding right back. And you will see a slug of Gabe Garcia and Mark Mason back there as well.

Drew Welch, the other Man of the Match, helps the defense quite a bit with his play at the "6." He wins a lot of balls in the air and he dispossesses so many of those guys coming through the middle.









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We will work on getting our legs back for next Thursday when we head to SwiDAC to play BV Northwest, our second EKL match.

STATS:

First Half: Saints: Shots: 8 (6) Corners: 1 (Kitts)

Mill Valley: Shots: 1 (0) Corners: 0

Second Half: 

Saints: Shots: 10 (8) Corners: 2 (White, Mason)

38:40 Konnesky (Bryson steams the diagonal ball into the box for a DJ White head flick, followed by a Morrisette shot)

17:55 White (Kitts finds DJ wide, and, after a touch and a feint, wide-open)

Mill Valley: Shots 1 (1) Corners: 0

ScoringHalvesCornersDummiesAssistsGoalsPoints
DJ White4514311
Mitchell Farrar410137
Barrett Kitts430517
Arquez Morrisette430226
Ethan Young450125
Joey Vance400024
Jacob Muckerman400214
Zayveon Russell420024
Luke Konnesky410113
Anthony Consuegra400113
Drew Welch410303
Ryan Pope420012
Max Bryson400202

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