Winter Showcase - U18's Game 2, Sunday December 7, 2008

Start slow, finish strong... That was the theme for game 2 against Washington Premier. The first half was a little slow and when the whistle blew at half-time the score was 0-0. The second half started slowly and went downhill in the 10th minute when Washington Premier capitalized on an errant pass putting us down 1-0. Less than 2 minutes later as we were pressing up to try and even the score, a fluke rebound of the Washington Premier goalie ended up 10 yards into our half of the field. A Washington Premier striker was in behind our defense and 5 seconds later the score was 2-0 in favor of Washington.

That woke us up and fast... In the 19th minute Josh Danesh connected on low cross from David Robinson and brought us within a goal. It took less than a minute for Josh to repeat that performance, this time on a pass from Charlie Rugg. With the score tied 2-2, Washington Premier was completely back on their heels.

13 minutes later, Gideon Gyasi picked up a rebound right in front of the Washington goal and gave us the lead, 3-2. This completely took the life out of Washington. They seemed to spend the remainder of the game just trying to not give up another goal and hoping for another mistake on our part. Unfortunately that strategy didn't work at all!!! In the 42nd minute Gideon put the icing on the cake dribbling by two defenders after receiving a pass from Will Donovan.

Two minutes of stoppage time didn't help Washington either and the game ended with the score Bolts 4, Washington Premier 2. Game 3 is slated for 8:00 AM, Monday, December 8th against Metro United.