Sunday April 25^th

Bluewater Thunder @ Middlesex United – Exhibition Game

The Bluewater Thunder U11 boys soccer team travelled to Strathroy to face the Middlesex United in an exhibition game and came away on the wrong end of a 2-1 score.

The first half was dominated by the Middlesex team as they were playing their fourth exhibition game and the Thunder their first.  Middlesex scored first on a shot from way out which just went over the head of Stefan Mallozzi.  Bluewater did not have many chances in the first half and managed to keep the score close.  Middlesex was awarded a penalty shot late in the first half and Mallozzi made an incredible save to keep the score at 1-0.  Middlesex started the 2nd half the same way they finished the first half and kept constant pressure on the Thunder until they were rewarded with a second goal.  Bluewater then picked up the pace and started putting pressure on the Middlesex team and were rewarded with a penalty shot late in the 2nd half.  Chris Dedecker stepped up and buried the shot for a 2-1 final score.

Sunday May 2^nd

Bluewater Thunder @ Oakridge Fire

The Bluewater Thunder U11 boys soccer team travelled to London to face the Oakridge Fire in an exhibition game and came away with a 3-2 victory.

The Thunder started slow and half way through the first half, gave up a goal to the Fire when the defence let the Fire forwards through and the goal was scored from outside the box on a hard high shot.  The Thunder then came alive and were rewarded when Chris Dedecker scored off of a Matthew Paquette shot after receiving a pass from Colin Yazdani.  The defence consisting of Marcus Cossa, Michael Petrucci, Bennett Vani, Zachary Matias and Patrick Spenner played very solid after giving up the goal.  The half-time score was 1-1.

Oakridge came out fired up to start the 2^nd half and scored right off the kick-off, catching the Bluewater team napping.  Bluewater then buckled down and played solid from then on.  Chris Dedecker scored his second of the game on passes from Nicolas DiScanno and Diego DaSilva to tie the game and then went ahead on a beautiful shot from Nicholas Iacobelli after receiving passes from Dedecker and Daniel Cservik.  Bluewater then shut the door the rest of the way and hung on for the victory.  Goalkeeper Stefan Mallozzi played an excellent game.

Check out the Thunder this weekend at the Annual Early Bird Tom Ogle Memorial Tournament. Schedule here
The Thunder season/home opener is on Monday May 10 against  German Canadian Firebirds at SCITS.  Kick off is set for 6:30pm.