Game 18

Game 18 – 10/19/07
Rebels Dominate John Burroughs 7-1

The Priory junior varsity soccer team traveled to John Burroughs on Friday afternoon. The team hoped to take it to Burroughs and run their league record to 10-1. From the opening kick-off it was apparent that the Rebels were the dominant team. A minute into the game, Tony Cribbin received a nice cross and rattled a shot of the crossbar. This opening chance was a sign of things to come. The Rebels worked the ball around the field and created several chances throughout the half. The Rebel defense had another steady game and junior keeper Kevin Yuan had to do little work in the first half and extended his season-long shutout streak. On the offensive side of the field the Rebels had contributions from several players. The scoring started about 10 minutes into the first half when Liam Ware received a ball in the box and hit several shots before Jack Wegman pounced on a rebound and put it into the back of the net. Ware spent the day distributing the ball all over the field, and minutes later he found sophomore winger James Kopfensteiner making a run down the sideline. Kopfensteiner received a nice through ball and hit a dicey cross with the outside of his foot into the box. Wegman was there again and he put the ball away to give the Rebels a 2-0 lead. The Rebels had several other chances to add to the lead, but the score remained 2-0 at the half.

The Rebels started the second half in beautiful fashion. They made 8 consecutive passes off of the kickoff and created a nice offensive chance. In the first ten minutes of the second half it looked like the Rebels were putting on a soccer clinic. They were playing one and two touch all over the field and the Burroughs’ defenders were left scrambling. After a series of nice passes, Sean Lamb played a ball into the box that Tony Cribbin played on to Wegman who put it into the back of the net for his third goal of the game. The Rebels continued to apply the pressure and minutes later, Gustavo Sanchez played a cross from the right side of the box and Colin Bruns was in the middle and buried it into the back of the net. Bruns found the net again just minutes later when Pedro played a ball forward into the box. Bruns beat the goalie to the ball and snuck it into the back of the net. Pedro was not done contributing to the scoring with his assist. Later in the half, he intercepted a ball 30 yards from goal and launched a shot just over the goalie’s head and the Rebels had a 6-0 lead. At this point in the game, Chad Huber subbed in at forward. Within 30 seconds of this substitution, Huber received a ball from Andrew Erker with a step on the defense. He took it at goal and fired a shot that the Burroughs’ goalie managed to save but couldn’t hold on to. Huber got his own rebound and put it into the net for his first goal of the year. With a 7-0 lead, the Rebels mixed up their line-up and players were asked to step into new roles. For the most part, the Rebels performed admirably in some new roles but a costly defensive error allowed Burroughs to break up the shutout with less than a minute remaining. The Rebels had failed to clear a ball and a Burroughs forward put the ball by a helpless Sam Sagartz. Even though the Rebels allowed this late goal, the 7-1 win was still an impressive and dominant performance.

Goals: Wegman 3 (9, 10, 11), Bruns 2 (7, 8), Pedro (2), Huber (1)

Assists: Ware (3), Kopfensteiner (5), Cribbin (2), Sanchez (3), Pedro (2), Erker (4)

Game Balls: Wegman, Ware