Bethesda Internationals

18 Apr. '04. On another sunny and June-like hot day with temps in the upper 80's, Inter travelled to Manassas to play the always tough MATT Crew. It was another hard fought match with both teams moving the ball up and down the field, launching shots on goal and creating corner kicks -- but ended up as missed opportunities for the most part for both teams, and the match was scoreless at the half. Much of the same play ensued in the second half and what looked like would be an eventual scoreless game at the end turned in Inter's favor with about 10 minutes left. A long ball was sent up over the Crew's defenders and while Nick was maing a break away run on the ball with two defenders in hot pursuit, the Crew's excellent keeper came out of the goal area to kick the ball away but unluckily for the Crew and luckily for Inter, he completely missed the ball, allowing Nick to collect the ball, dribble a few yards forward and then fire it into the empty net near the cross bar! A few minutes later, the Crew managed an attack that penetrated Inter's defenders on the right side and a Crew player sent a strong shot to the goal but Rob came out early to meet and stop the shot -- an outstanding save to secure the win for Inter!