Announcement
14 Mar. '08. Yesterday morning's mix of light rain/sleet turned into a moderate/steady rain all night Fri. and into Sat. afternoon. When the shortened match (2 x 40 min. halves) commenced vs. Cincinnati United Premier at 4PM, the new West Creek fields were in sloppy condition with many pools of soft mud throughout the pitch. Surprisingly, the games were still being held despite the poor field conditions. The Internationals controlled play for most of this match although the CUP team threatened on several deep penetrations into Inter's box. In the 1st half, Inter's strong defense held the CUP team to just 2 shots on goal and 1 corner kick which were all unsuccessful. Seth made a nice run-out sliding kick save on a ball and collected a dangerous through-ball on another occasion. The CUP played hard and aggressive, committing 7 fouls (including a YC shown to #8 for a hard foul). Inter setup numerous scoring opportunities with 7 shots on goal and 6 corner kicks but would finish just once. At about the 9 min mark, Ebo sent a pretty pass upfield on the left to Chris near the end line on the right side of CUP's goal. Chris served a nice ball into the box where Schillo maneuvered the ball into position to strike it into the net over the GK as he came out to close the angle. Schillo also had several other shots on the left which either went wide or were stopped by the GK who made a number of excellent saves throughout the match. After Patrick's free kick from about 25 yds. on the right, Nick V's header missed just over the cross bar. Nick had another header attempt which was caught by the GK after a corner kick by Ebo. Inter committed 6 fouls (including 1 offsides) and the half ended, 1-0, Inter.
In the 2nd half, Inter kept up its offensive attacks/counters and solid defense, holding CUP to 2 shots on goal and 3 corner kicks which were unsuccessful while committing 6 fouls. Seth stopped a blast from about 22 yds. out center with a finger-tip save that resulted in an unsuccessful corner kick. Inter setup 5 shots on goal including a nice pass from Vitalis on the left to Skylar about 18 yds. on the right who dribbled in towards goal and kicked a hard shot which appeared that the GK finger-tip saved over the cross-bar but no corner kick was awarded. Vitalis also sent a nice pass to Stephen in the middle who fired on goal from around 15-18 yds. but it went wide left. Chris received a ball in the box and sent a hard shot on goal which the GK stopped. After receiving a nice pass in the box from Alex in the middle, Schillo sent another shot on goal which the GK stopped. Inter also setup 3 corner kicks which were unsuccessful while committing 4 fouls, and the match ended, 1-0, Inter.
