Bob Durig Mo-Kan 2023: Opening Round

 

Game 2:  (2-0-0); EKL (1-0-0)
27 March vs. Notre Dame de Sion (6-1)



The Saints home opener happened to be the first round of one of the top tourneys in the Midwest—The Bob Durig Memorial Mo-Kan. 


We opened with Sion, who were coming off a 0-0 draw with 6A power, Olathe West. And they did attempt a similar approach against us, keeping 10 behind the ball most of the first half, looking to counter to their star freshman.

The problem with that strategy tonight was that we put in a goal a minute into the match, and then we added a couple of more before half. So not really much drama could play out in the match.

Sion spent very little time on our half of the field for the first 54 minutes. Early in the second half Watts pushed a second ball across to the back post on the multi-touch corner for a Brooklyn Marn head-in at the 24:50 mark to make it 5-0.

All but 3 or 4 of the starting lineup left the match for good at that point. Sion did get the ball forward a bit after that, scoring a goal with 16:20 left in the match.

Sion is pretty solid in most of their positions, so for the Saints to be so dominant throughout the match says a lot about how well we played.

Brooklyn broke out a bit, scoring two goals. We did get goals from five different players. We scored on, yet, another corner as well as, on a long, sweet 30-yard deadball from Watts to O'Keefe and on a direct kick from Sydney—so 3 deadball goals. That's five deadball goals in two matches. And Sophie continues to create from the back with her second assist in two games.

And freshman keeper, Audrey Arman, made her varsity debut, keeping a clean sheet.


We will meet up with Park Hill, a 4-0 winner over Pembroke Hill, Wednesday at 7:30 in the semifinals.

On. the other side of the bracket, SM East downed St. Teresa's 2-1 in a shootout with Blue Valley Northwest downing Lee's Summit North, 2-0.

Stats:

First Half:

Saints: Shots: 15 (8), Corners: 5 (Watts 2, Rylance, Spinello, Cabantec)

39:18: Sandvig (O'Keefe drops it for the Mia strike)

5:52: Watts direct kick from 19 (Watts is fouled on the play)

4:05 O'Keefe (Watts lifts the long deadball to the back post for the chest-in)

Sion: Shots: 2 (0) Corners: 0

Second Half:

Saints: Shots: 15 (8), Corners: 5 (Watts 2, O'Keefe, Marn, Hansen)

28:11 Cabantac (Spinello lifts the long diagonal cross to back post for the touch-in)

24:50 Marn (Watts takes the original corner, recollecting it for a cross to the back post). (Veo does not do well on these in-and-out-and-in goals, missing the Marn finish).

9:07 Marn (Cabantac drops it to Demand who finds a posted-up Brooklyn for the wheel-and-shoot)

Sion: Shots 4 (3) Corners: 0

16:20 Kowalewich (we attempt to head the long Sion, deadball out of the back, but it is moved to Mia Herbert who slides it to Gretchen at the corner of the small box for the ground ball to the back post)




The defense continues to look sharp: WOM: Alexis Scherzer








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