Announcement
10 May '09. On a splendid sunny but breezy day at Episcopal HS, the Internationals hosted the newly organized Real Maryland squad who will start Super Y League play next weekend. The Real Maryland SYL team kicked off in the 1st half with a strong cross-wind blowing. They played hard and were very physical, committing 8 fouls. Pachuca's strong defense held RM to just 2 shots on goal and 1 corner kick which were all unsuccessful. Inter also played very physical and moved the ball around well. It managed 6 shots on goal and no corner kicks while committing 9 fouls. Early on, Vitalis attemped a hard, free kick from about 25 yds. center which went wide left; and Skylar's direct kick from 20 yds. left bent around the wall but was caught by the GK. Ebo passed a nice ball from near 25 yds. center to Chris about 18 yds. left but the shot went wide right. And, Erik passed a nice ball from around 25 yds. right to Chris in the goal mouth whose kick went over the cross-bar. But, at the 20 min. mark, Erik sent a pretty through-ball from around 35-40 yds. right to Nate around 18-20 yds. right, who juked a defender to open up a clear path for a clean, hard shot into the net past the GK to put Inter up, 1-0. At the 35 min. mark, Schillo rcvd a pass on the left side, dribbled into the corner and crossed a well-placed ball into the box where Skylar was in position to easily kick in the 2nd goal, and the half ended, 2-0, Pachuca.
In the 2nd half, Pachuca kicked off, setting up another 6 shots on goal and 1 corner kick but could not finish. At about the 8 min. mark, Erik collected a ball in the mid-field, worked it up to around 20 yds. center and fired a shot on goal which the GK caught. Two minutes later, Philip pushed up on a counter-attack, collected a ball near 20 yds. left and kicked a ball on goal which the GK caught. At about the 21st min., Skylar rcvd a ball near 22 yds. center and sent a shot which went wide left. Around the 24 min. mark, Chris collected a ball near 20 yds. right and passed it over to Ebo near 18 yds. left whose shot on goal was also caught by the GK. And, at the 28 min. mark, Erik collected another ball in the mid-field, dribbled to near 22 yds. center and took another shot on goal which the GK caught. About the 30 min. mark, Erik passed a ball from near 25 yds. left to Chris just inside the box near 16-18 yds. center whose shot went wide right. Pachuca committed 9 fouls (including 2 handballs). The Real team played more determinedly in the 2nd half and created 5 shots on goal including a finger-tip-save by Seth and another shot which Seth caught but the other 3 attempts went awry as well as 2 corner kicks which were unsuccessful. RM committed just 4 foul, and the scrimmage ended, 2-0, Pachua.
