Announcement
12 Jan. '08. Back out at the nice Northrop turf field at Covenant Park, the weather was pleasant with sunny skies and mild temps in the low 50's. The feisty U16/SAC United team was very determined, continually pressuring/challenging the ball which caused a number of errant passes while a strong cross-wind picked up late in the foul-plagued first half. Inter appeared to control most of the play, shooting 3 times on goal and setup 1 corner kick which were all unsuccessful while committing 13 fouls (including an incredible 7 offsides and 1 handball). SAC United was limited to just 2 shots on goal and no corners while committing 8 fouls, and the half ended, 0-0. Inter again appeared to control most of the play in the 2nd half, shooting 8 times on goal (including 2 x 1v1 on GK opportunities which were unsuccessful -- one being a great save by Joe. S. on a direct shot about 12 yards out by Ben N.) and setup 1 corner kick but could not finish while committing 7 fouls (including 3 offsides). SAC would shoot 3 times and setup no corner kicks while committing 12 fouls (including 2 offsides and a YC shown to #12 for a hard foul). But, SAC would finish on two opportunities, one at the 4 minute mark when a SAC player penetrated deep into the back line after receiving a long ball on a counter-attack, and as Alex came out to grab the ball the SAC player was able to strike in the 1st goal past Alex to take the lead. The other at the 10 minute mark on another counter-attack by a SAC player, who was clearly in an offsides position rcvd the ball while most players stopped play in anticipation of the offsides call which was never made, and as Alex came out to challenge the SAC player, an easy shot was struck past Alex to put SAC up by two goals, and the match ended later, 2-0, SAC United.
