Game 9: EKL: Gardner

24 September @Home vs. Gardner (3-0)

We took on one of the best Gardner teams we have seen in awhile. They did bring a 5-2 record, and they did play very well against us.

Sure, we should have cashed a few more goals, but they played well defensively, and they did also generate a couple of nice chances. 

We had to get out of our 4-3-3 early as they just had too many midfielders for us to contend with. After we moved into the diamond we did pretty much take over the game.  Danny Geist and Tyler Stoecklein with Matthew on the bottom of the midfield triangle and Lucas on the top played well together all match.

BWhite named Jay Johnston the Player of the Match. Jay moved up top for a bit to quickly score what ended up the game-winning goal. He also just broke down their left back over and over again to generate corners and t-balls.  We had 10 corners in the second half, 15 for the game. That's just crazy.

Jay on the Quick Break-Away

We will find quite a challenge on Tuesday when we take on 9-1 BV West.  If we have any hope to still get a piece of the EKL title, we just have to defeat West on Tuesday.

STATS:

First Half: Saints: Shots: 12 (3) Corners: 5 (Stoecklein 3, Castinado, Johnston)

11:56 Johnston (Younger hits the through ball)

GE: Shots: 3 (0) Corners: 0

Second Half: Saints: Shots: 14 (9) Corners: 10 (Johnston 5. Johnson 2, Younger, Holland)

15:09 Brown (Bartlett earns the PK held on the corner)

5:02 Geist (Bartlett floats it across and Schneller brings it back across in the air)

Danny Finishes Schneller's Head Back Across

Note: Jay Johnston created 6 corners in the match