Blue Springs South Tourney

Game 3 (2-0-1)
6 September at BSS vs. BSS at 5:00 (6-0)






We opened the tourney with a solid win over a hard-nosed Blue Springs South side, ranked 13th in the Metro in the 810 Soccer Poll. We were able to tally 3 goals each half, for a 6-0 victory.  That scored is a bit deceptive as two of our goals came from PK's—but for us, chasing two out of two on the PK front his headline news. Swags and Ethan both hit theirs.

We did a good job of limiting their opportunities and creating a lot of our own. We generated 8 corners, several dangerous throw-ins, while putting 22 shots on them.

Everyone got in and everyone got good minutes—that should translate into a more rested team to take on Lee's Summit Thursday. LeBourveau netted his first varsity goal on an assist from Jack Ruth. It was Max Leiker getting fouled just above the big box that started that sequence as well.

Kellen Hulla gave us some very quality minutes at left back, allowing us to use Bobby some at the "6" to help rest Garcia.

My favorite goal was the Young to Swags to Ryan goal—just smooth.

And the boys did make more of an effort to go wide and to attack the baseline as evidenced by 6 first half corners and 2-second half corners.

We will have a tougher match coming Thursday with Lee's Summit.


Ethan Young Interview

STATS:

First Half:

Saints: Shots: 15 (8) Corners: 6 (Kitts 2, Young, Ryan, Garcia, Welsh)

29:39 Young (Welsh bends in the lefty)

18:00 Kitts (Muck squares it)

12:09 Young (PK earned by Muckerman-created handball)

Jags: Shots: 1 (0) Corners: 1

Second Half:

Saints: Shots: 7 (5) Corners: 2 (Young, Muckerman)

20:14 Ryan (Young finds Swags on the inside overlap before Swags posts, lays it off to Liam)

13:18 Consuegra (Swags earns his own PK)

0:52 LeBourveau (Max is fouled outside the big box to trigger Welsh's set piece that enters the 6 before the BSS clear that goes back-on from Kitts for Young to play it across the defense to set Ruth up for the T-ball)

Jags: Shots: 3 (0) Corners: 0

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