Bethesda Internationals

22 Apr. '06. Although rain had been falling since Friday evening into Saturday morning, the Round 2 match with the Potomac Plague would still be played up north of Baltimore at the Harford County Polo Grounds. After an almost 2 hr. trek up to HCPG, ingress into the fields and parking was very muddy and slippery with standing puddles of water, but the fields themselves were in nice shape thanks to good drainage. This match was clearly controlled by Inter from start to finish, but finish is what Inter seemed not to be able to do for the most part. In the first half, Inter's strong defense limited the Plague to just two forays deep into the backfield but prevented any shots from being taken on goal. The Plague played hard, pressuring the ball and committed 10 fouls while Inter committed 4. Inter created 1 corner kick opportunity and took 8 shots on goal, but all missed their mark wide of net or went over the cross bar, and the 1st half ended scoreless. In the 2nd half, Inter seemed more determined and focused, stepping up its attack, and created 3 corner kick opportunities with 10 shots taken on goal -- but could manage only 2 successful strikes into the net. At about the 7 minute mark, Ebo served a nice ball from about 25 yards out on the left into the right side of the box where Skylar one-touched the ball towards the center of the goal mouth to Vitalis who tapped in the 1st goal past the GK. Several minutes later, at about the 11 minute mark, Vitalis served a ball from the left side about 20-25 yards out on the left into the middle of the box where Glenn was in perfect position to collect the ball and fire in an easy shot past the GK for the 2nd and last goal of the match. Inter's strong defense again stymied the Plague, denying them any shots on goal except for a free kick with 1 minute to play in the match. After a wrong call by the official for a foul by an Inter player who was actually fouled from behind by a Plague player at about 22 yards out, the Plague's free kick sailed harmlessly high and wide of net and the match ended moments later, 2-nil, Inter.