Bethesda Internationals

16 Apr. '05. On another splendid sun-filled day out at Muldoon's farm but with frost on the field for the 8AM start, Inter faced the talented Freestate Titans who have become Inter's rival in the past several encounters, with the Titans prevailing at the BSC Thanksgiving 2004 semi-final, 0-0, but moved on to the final on tie-breaker rule with greater number of corner kicks, while Inter prevailed in the fall 2004 league play, 1-0, and tied in spring 2004 play, 1-1. This match was no different than the others with both teams attacking and counter-attacking up and down the field. The first half was evenly played with each team taking 2 shots on goal with 2 corners for the Titans to none for Inter and a couple of fouls each. In the 2nd half, Inter managed to setup several scoring situations but the Titans' staunch defenders limited Inter to just 1 hard shot on goal and 2 corners with 2 fouls, while the Titans managed to fire 4 shots on goal with 2 corners and 5 fouls. At about the 26 minute mark, the Titans sent a ball into the left goal mouth area and several unsuccessful attempts were made to clear it out. Unfortunately, a final attempt to kick the ball away resulted in the ball spinning backwards and bounced past a diving Nat towards the right corner of the goal where Skylar layed out and kicked the ball away just as it rolled on/over the goal line and a Titans player punched it back in for good measure for the game-winning goal. Congratulations to the Titans for a well-deserved win and for an entertaining match between these two excellent teams.