Bethesda Internationals

04 Apr. '04. Inter faced the resurgent Titans in its first game/home-opener of the new spring 2004 season at the nice SoccerPlex. Although the rain for the past few days had abated, the fields were soggy and slippery, and the wind was fierce with very strong gusts and chilly temp. The Titans had the wind at their back in the first half and kept the ball in Inter's half for about the first 5 minutes; however, Inter was able to counter attack and move the ball against the wind into the Titans' half on several occasions, but the match remained scorless at the half. In the second half with the wind at their backs, Inter kept the ball in the Titans' half but after about the 10 minute mark, the Titans sent a long ball upfield against the wind, which was not cleared out effectively by Inter. A Titans player collected the ball to the right of the goal box and close to the goal line but had no real clear angle to shoot; however, Rob came out to make an attempt to challenge the player who then crossed the ball to the left of Rob into the middle of the goal mouth where one of his teammates was able to tap it in beyond the Inter defenders scrambling back to defend the goal line vacated by Rob. Later, at about the mid-way point of the second half, Inter was awarded a DFK at about 25+ yards out to the right. Nick launched a nice ball into the goal mouth where a Titans player attempted to head it out, but it luckily ricocheted off of Mario who headed it directly into the net to the left of the surpised GK's hands. Congrats to the Titans for a hard fought match. Both teams were missing several of their key players in today's match.