Bethesda Internationals

23 Apr. '05. At the nice OBGC Freeman fields with forecasted rainshowers/T-storms held at bay, Inter faced the little known HSA Fire (Harford) who play in the Delco D2E. The feisty Fire out-hustled Inter in the first half and were mostly quicker to the ball. Although Inter managed more shots on goal (6) compared to the Fire's 3 SOG's and created 4 corner kicks to none for the Fire with both teams committing 5-6 fouls each, at about the 8 minute mark the Fire countered an Inter attack by sending a long ball over mid-field where an ineffective attempt to clear it away only deflected the ball to a fast running Fire player (18) who collected the ball and ran straight towards Inter's goal where he fired a hard shot straight at Ben (who started at GK in place of Nat who started up front) from about 20 yards out into the net as it found space through Ben's legs during an attempt to kick it away. Inter stepped up its game in the 2nd half, taking 5 SOG's with 1 CK and 7 fouls, while the Fire managed 3 SOG's and 2 CK's with 3 fouls. At about the 5 minute mark, Mati received a pass on the left and streaked up field to the far left corner where he crossed a beautiful shot into the goal mouth to a waiting Roque who struck in the equalizer goal. Later, at about the 17 minute mark, Sam received a pass to the left and similarly raced up field to the far left corner and made a great cross into the goal mouth again to a waiting Roque who slammed in the go-ahead goal from about 6-8 yards out. The match ended, 2-1, in favor of Inter who will play the in quarter-final/Round 3 match on 7 May against winner of Round 2 match between Bethesda Ajax and Baltimore BAYS 92.