Colerain Just Can't Find the Back of the Net, Fall to Middies 1-0

Contributed by Mike Hoffman

September 29, 2009

Colerain hosted the Middletown Middies tonight. Due to a week of rain, the field condition tonight was wet and very soft.

JV

This match was all Cardinals. Colerain got an early lead on a through ball from John Weisman to Jamie Gobeille scoring the Card's first goal 5 minutes into the match. Colerain was relentless with the pressure. Joe Flohr working the ball down to the on yard line, just outside the Middletown goal, made a perfect pass backward to a trailing John Armbruster who buried the ball in the net, giving Colerain a 2-0 lead. Colerain would score one more time in this half. Flohr again to Armbruster who shot it across the middle, Jamie Gobeille, being in the right place, was there to deflect it into the net. Card's up 3-0. Just before the end of the half, Middletown took a shot from outside Colerain's 20 yard line, putting the ball in the top corner of Colerain's net. The half ended 3-1 Colerain. The second half would continue to be all Card's. After a Cardinal throw in from about half field, Colerain worked the ball down the middle, getting a nice pass of to Jeff Gobeille, who was charging in from the left flank, scoring Colerain's fourth goal of the night. But it didn't end there. With about 15 minutes remaining in the game, Joe Flohr took a hard shot which bounced off Middletown's goalie, Joe Taphorn trailing the play scored the goal. The game ended Colerain winning 5-1.

Varsity

Although the score does not reflect it, this game was all Colerain. The Card's clearly dominated the Middies in this match, playing on Middletown's half of the field 98% of the game. Colerain had numerous opportunities to score but could not get the ball in the net. Middletown was able to score one goal in the first half using their speed to get behind Colerain's defense. In second half Colerain would take shot after shot. The shot's resulted in goal kicks which Colerain would bring right back down the field or goalie punts which again, they would bring right back down the field. Middletown did a good job of clogging up the middle of their goal box disallowing any clear shots for the Cardinals. The game ended in a 1-0 loss.

Colerain travel to Fairfield on Thrusday....