DEA Bedford Over 30

The Bedford Pacers advanced to the finals by beating the Boston White Eagles, 3-2 in double sudden death overtime yesterday morning. The field was sloppy from three days of rain as the the two teams started this semifinal match at Legacy field. Bedford would take the field, sporting their bright yellow pinnys because, if you are polish, red and red is just like maroon and black. The first half would start with Bedford controlling the game. It was difficult to maintain possession of the ball with the field conditions. The play would be back and forth with each side getting their chances, but the first half would remain scoreless. The second half would start out poorly for Bedford, as they would give up an own goal in the first five minutes of play. A little miscommunication and a very sloppy field in the box would lead to the Boston Goal. The Pacers were not shaken though. They would maintain composure and work the ball in for their chances. Marco would receive the ball at midfield with some space. He would work the ball towards the eighteen and rip a shot of the keepers chest. Jeff Guilds was charging in and would beat the keeper to the rebound and tie the score at one apiece. About ten minutes later Marco would receive the ball again at midfield and this time work it outside to Brian Germaine on the left. Brian would push the ball passed the defender and hit a perfect cross on to the head of Jeff Bailey. Jeff would get nothing but net and the Pacers were up by a goal. Jeff would make a friendly gesture to one of the Boston defenders to show his appreciation of the goal. A few polish remarks were recorded. Things were desperate for Boston as they pushed everyone up. Bedford did a good job containing "shooter", the left footed Boston midfielder, throughout the match. However, "shooter" would manage to crank a shot that would awkwardly deflect off a Bedford player and fool Chris Cloutier for the equalizer. This is how the regulation time would end, tied 2-2. Bedford would win the toss and choose the less sloppy of the two ends to start. Each team had chances. Chris Cloutier came up hugh on a couple of rockets and Scott Sharby would ping one off the upper cross bar, but the score remained tied through the first 15 minute overtime. The second over time was going the same way and as time was winding down, the Bedford players were thinking about who would be taking the PK's. Not a pleasant thought, given our past performance on PK's. It would not have to be, however, as Bedford would earn a corner kick late in the period. Marco would line up for the kick and hit a low hard drive to the near post. Jeff Bailey would dummy the ball and it would land on the chest of Dale Dubois. Dale would hit a shot that was deflected out by the keeper back to the foot of Bertie O'Gorman. Bertie would knock it in for the game winner. The Boston team would leave very unhappy with a few more polish words for the referees. Bedford would be on its way to Stoneham for the finals next Sunday. We will be playing the winner of the Danvers-Newton match. The game is at 9 AM at Stoneham High school. The team will meet at the park and ride no later than 8 AM. GREAT WIN