Minutemen Weekly

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Minutemen Slips Past Walsingham
Minutemen Weekly
Today was a sloppy game for both teams. Neither
team was able to really do anything that was
soccer related. I don't think I remember one
sequence of 4 passes or more by both teams. The
reason??? I wish someone could tell me. It was
hot. The field was hard. The ball did have air in
it...who can know such things???Anyways, the
match was tough. Both teams slugged at each other
to earn every inch that they could. The soccer
was ugly but the work rate was high. In a
grinding game like this was, the team that got
lucky was going to win.Walsingham struck first.
In the 32' they were able to break through our
backline and find the back of the net. Cody did
well to save the initial shot but the rebound hit
the post with just enough backspin to enter our
goal. A few minutes later WA was at it again, but
this time the post was kind to us, as it went out
for a goal kick.At halftime it became evident to
us that we were not going to be able to just show
up. They wooped our hind quarters for the first
40 minutes and we needed to increase our work and
attitudes in order to grind to the win.We showed
signs of life in the second half as we were able
to generate a few opportunities early that the
goalkeeper did well to keep out. But it was our
constant defensive and midfield pressure that was
our savior today. Keeping them bunkered down for
most of the half we put just enough pressure on
their back line that one of them made a
mistake.In the 56' we were fortunate to be the
recipients of an own goal. A simple ball played
in behind the defender with Hodges chasing him
down. He just simply played the ball past his
goalkeeper into his own net. A blunder to say the
least but it was what we needed to get back into
the game.We nearly took the lead 10 minutes later
as Stephen was able to beat the defenders and
draw the goalkeeper to the near post. The ball in
was right on Bobbies chest but he was unable to
finish from close range. It seemed like we were
not going to be able to get another one and
needed some more luck otherwise overtime was
calling our names.With 3 minutes to go we got a
throw in deep into our attacking end. Luke played
the ball in the box. Somehow in the mad scramble
for the ball Stephen was able to bang it off of
the keepers legs and into the net to finish the
game off! The feeling was of relief, as I felt we
stole this one away.Sometimes you have to win
ugly!
-Coach Aaron Hoxie
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THIS WEEKS CALENDAR
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Monday 430pm- JV Soccer _at_ Atlantic Shores
400pm MS volleyball vs BWA/515pm JV
volleyball vs BWA/630pm V
volleyball vs BWA Tuesday 430pm-
V Soccer vs Atlantic Shores
515pm- JV volleyball vs Atlantic Shores/630pm-
V volleyball vs Shores Friday 430pm MS soccer _at_
Ware/430pm V soccer vs WCA/430pm V soccer
_at_ Stonebridge 515pm-
JV volleyball _at_ Stonebridge/630pm- V volleyball
_at_ Stonebridge
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