Bethesda Internationals

3 Oct. '04. A splendid, sun-filled day at the nice fields at the MD Soccer Plex found Inter matched up against the always hard-working MCLN Thunder. Inter controlled the tempo of the game and played on the Thunder's half of the field for most of both halves. At about the 5 minute mark of the first half, Patrick 'Ebo' tackled away the ball from a MCLN defender and sent in a hard shot into the net past the keeper from the right about 18 yards out. Inter out shot the Thunder 11 SOG's to 2, although the Thunder did manage to penetrate the left side of the defense late in the first half and sent a very hard shot towards the net, but Nat laid out to his right and made a great save by batting the ball harmlessly out and away from the net. The first half was plagued with 9 fouls committed by the Thunder to just 1 by Inter. In the second half, the Thunder stepped up its defensive pressure but Inter managed 4 SOG's to the Thunder's 2. Again, the Thunder played hard with 7 fouls committed to Inter's 2. One yellow card was awarded to Riley of the Thunder for pushing Nicholas out of bounds at about the 10 minute mark. At about the 29 minute mark, another attack was launched by Inter and Patrick 'Ebo' flicked a nice short ball up into the middle to Mati at about 20 yards, where he dribbled his way past the last Thunder defender and sent a strong, well placed high shot into the top right side of the net. Just before the game ended at about the 34 minute mark, what looked like an elbow to Patrick M. in the mouth was called on Patrick the other way, and a yellow card given to Patrick.