Announcement
29 Nov. '08. For its 3rd game of the event, the Internationals were matched up in an early morning contest with the TSF Academy Celtic, NJ Champs 2008. The wind died down to a light breeze but it was still quite cold. At the inaugural US Club Soccer National Collegiate College Showcase tournament in July, the Internationals battled the Celtic in a hard-fought contest which was not indicative of the final score, 4-0, with Inter notching two goals in the final minutes. Today's match was much tighter than the previous encounter with this very good NJ team. The Celtic managed 3 shots on goal and 1 corner kick which were all unsuccessful while committing 3 fouls. Inter took 4 shots on goal and setup 3 corner kick opportunities and all were unsuccessful except one while committing 8 fouls (including 1 handball). At about the 15 min. mark, Ebo passed a nice ball from the left middle upfield to Chris who collected it around 30 yds., dribbled a few yards and sent a hard shot into the back of the net to put inter up 1-0 for the only score of the half.
In the 2nd half, the Celtic took 3 shots on goal and 3 corner kicks while committing 4 fouls (including a YC shown to #10 for a hard foul and 1 handball). At the 21 min. mark, the Celtic scored off of a corner kick into the box. Just before Seth lunged forward to clutch the ball, a Celtic player got to the ball first to kick in the equalizer goal. Inter kept up its offensive attacking/countering taking 6 shots on goal including 1 free kick by Schillo from 25 yds. left which neary went in far post and a hard left-footed blast by Ebo from 22-25 yds. left which the GK caught, and a hard shot from about 25-30 yds. center by Erik which went over the cross-bar. Inter also setup 2 corner kicks which were unsuccessful while committing 11 fouls (including 1 handball). With about 4 mins. left in the match, Schillo passed a nice ball upfield to Chris in the middle who dribbled a few yards up and launched a hard shot from about 22-25 yds. out which sailed into the net for the game-winning goal as the half ended several minutes later.
