Bluewater Jr. Blaze U-13
July 10/09
The Blaze traveled to
London, looking to get back to their early season
winning ways. The opponent on this night was SouthEnd
Sabres. A London throw in was intercepted by Brandon
Foster in the Blaze midfield. A deft pass to Dilly
Ohuegbe and the old adage “speed kills” was in full
evidence as Ohuegbe gave the visitors a quick 1-0 lead.
The Blaze passing game was
in fully evidence when Marcus Dusseault dished to
Mitchell Leblanc who in turn found Richael O’Neill. A
shot but the London keeper guessed right to keep his
squad within one.
Drew McFeggan carried the
ball and made a smart switch with a long arcing ball
Garth Denys on the wing. A long-range shot was handled
by the Sabre netminder.
Bluewater was dangerous
again when O’Neill penetrated with some slick ball
control and took a shot, the rebound bounced to
Dusseault but he was unable to power the ball past the
keeper.
London countered attacked
and penetrated the Blaze defense. Only an errant shot
wide kept the game in Bluewater’s favour.
A spot kick for the Blaze
saw a pass into O’Neill but a shot near post missed
wide.
London again were allowed to
walk through the Bluewater defense but their hard luck
continued with another shot wide of the mark.
London looked to have the
equalizer when the Blaze defense retreated as a unit
into the 18-yard box. A scramble ensued but a shot
sailed over the net and Bluewater escaped another close
call.
Ryan Tanner carried the ball
up to Matt Cservik. Cservik was fouled hard and won a
free kick for the Blaze. Leblanc lobbed a shot into the
box and Matt Sheeler was there to finish after the
goalie tipped the ball…..but No the flag went up for an
offside call and the half ended at 1-0.
London was awarded a Free
Kick just outside the 18-yard box early in the second.
Camil Niewdana made no mistake with a high kick over the
wall and into the back of the Blaze net to tie the match
at 1.
Bluewater fought back.
Dusseault headed a ball up to Zach Horvath. Horvath
fought for space and took a hard shot at the goal. The
shot beat the keeper but not the hand of a defender in
the net and the Blaze were awarded a Penalty Kick.
Leblanc calmly stepped up
and the Blaze was ahead 2-1.
Bluewater was invigorated by
the score and started to control the match. Denys took a
throw in to Ohuegbe. Ohuegbe found Sheeler who cross to
O’Neill for a pretty play but the header was just wide.
A wide outlet to Ohugebe was
crossed to Horvath. The winger gathered the ball for a
good shot but a defender on the line was able to clear
after the keeper was once again beat.
O’Neill applied pressure and
won the ball deep in London territory. A quick throw in
found Ohuegbe who shot quickly and beat the goalie for a
3-1 Blaze advantage.
Dylan Wardell looked to keep
the pressure up and carried the ball into the Sabre
half. A pass down the line to Cservik was crossed to
O’Neill but his shot was just over the bar.
Justus Kerkoff-Fox tried to
add to the lead but his shot from the wing was foiled by
the London goalie.
Denys looked to Ohuegbe for
the hat-trick but the shot rang off the post and past a
hard charging Ryan Tanner.
With the ref looking at his
watch London pushed down field and were rewarded with a
goal just as the whistle blew. The Blaze had earned
their 3rd win of the season. |
