Bethesda Internationals

12 May '07. On a partly sunny and very warm day at the MD SoccerPlex, the Internationals faced a new friend from VA, the BAC Bombers, who have had a rough outing in their first season in D1 -- but the Internationals would not let their guard down, and controlled play in both halves of the contest. In the first half, with a slight cross-wind at their backs, the Bombers could manage only 1 unsuccessful shot against Inter's strong defense while committing 5 fouls (including 1 handball). The Internationals went to work quickly and at the 2 minute mark, Gerald sent a crisp pass from about 30 yards out to a streaking Scott near left-center of the 18 yard line where he deftly dribbled towards goal to fire in Inter's first goal. Inter would take 8 shots on goal and setup 2 corner kick situations while committing 3 fouls (including 1 costly offsides). At about the 18 minute mark, Martin took control of the ball on a counter attack and dribbled upfield hear the Bombers' 35 yard line and launched a shot towards goal but it was deflected to Gerald who was in an offsides position and struck in what appeared to be Inter's second goal, but it was negated due to the offsides call made on Gerald, and the half ended, 1-0, Internationals. Kudos to the Bombers' GK for making two good stops/saves off of a couple of hard blasts from the Internationals. In the second half, the Internationals held the Bombers to just 3 shots on goal, including a 35 yard free-kick that sailed high over the cross bar, and 1 corner kick which was unsuccessful while committing 8 fouls (including 1 offsides and 2 handballs). With the slight cross-wind at their backs, the Internationals would launch 10 shots on goal and setup 4 corner kick opportunities but would only finish once. And, again, the Bombers' GK made two more good stops/saves off of two hard shots by the Internationals. At about the 12 minute mark, Skylar launched a corner kick from the right side which fell into the goal mouth about 3-6 yards out where Brian alertly tapped in the 2nd goal of the match. The Internationals committed 9 fouls, including 2 offsides and one of them negated another goal, and the match ended later, 2-0, Internationals.