Bethesda Internationals

25 Apr. ‘09. Since the MSC Scorpions were unable to agree to play Round 3 during mid-week, or late Sat. evening or early Sun. morning (nor would MSYSA require them to agree), Pachuca coordinated with Blue Chip officials if possible to play a two game format on Fri., 24th Apr., and forfeit a 3rd match in order to be able to return to MD to play the now-scheduled Round 3 match at 12:45pm. Fortunately, the Blue Chip officials were able to work out a reschedule whereby Pachuca would play Manhattan Phoenix (NYE) at 8:30am and Javanon (KY) at 2:40pm, and not play either Scott Gallagher or Eclipse as was originally scheduled on Sat. (10:40am) and Sun. (8:00am), respectively. The Internationals also had to forgo the return leg of the AirTran flight from Dayton on Sun., 26th Apr., and booked a one-way flight out of Columbus on the evening of Fri., 24th Apr. – at significant additional expense.

Pachuca kicked off against the moderate wind in the 1st half. Inter’s strong defense contained the Scorpions and did not allow any shots or corners while they committed 4 fouls (including a YC shown to #5/Alex D. for a hard foul on Alex S.). Pachuca controlled play for the entire match and would take 8 shots on goal and setup 4 corner kicks while committing 8 fouls (including a YC shown to Alex for a hard foul). At about the 8 min. mark, Matt collected a ball on left side near 25 yds., turned inward and fired a shot which went over the cross-bar. One min. later, Alex attempted a shot from the right side of the box which was deflected out for a corner kick. At the 20 min. mark, Alex served a ball from the right to Nate around 15 yds. whose shot was deflected out for a corner kick. Patrick served the right corner kick into the box where Erik’s header was deflected away. At the 27 min. mark, Patrick sent a pass from around 20 yds. on the right to Schillo near 12 yds. right who dished the ball into the box to Nate whose shot from around 15 yds. went past the GK into the net to put Inter up, 1-0. One min. later, Patrick collected a ball in mid-field, dribbled up near 22 yds. center and fired a shot which went over the cross-bar. At about the 35 min. mark, Skylar served a right cross into the box where Chris’ header was caught by the GK. At the 40 min. mark, Jamie was fouled in the box and Skylar’s PK whizzed past the GK to put Inter up, 2-0.

In the 2nd half, Pachuca continued its strong defense, stymieing the Scorpions once again to no shots or corner kicks taken while they committed 3 fouls. The Internationals committed 4 fouls (including 2 offsides), and would take 13 shots on goal and setup 3 corner kick opportunities. At the 5 min. mark, Alex S. was fouled in the box by #5/Alex D., and Alex S. finished the PK to put Inter up, 3-0. At about the 8 min. mark, Patrick served a ball into the box where Alex’s header went over the cross-bar. One min. later, Stephen crossed a nice ball from the right side into the box and Alex’s header attempt near far post was caught by the GK. At about the 14 min. mark, Patrick sent a nice through-pass to Chris near 25 yds. right and his hard shot went past the GK’s right into the left lower corner of the net to put Pachuca up, 4-0. Two mins. later, a nice socring sequence ensued where Patrick sent a nice pass from the middle over to Skylar on the right who gave it back to Patrick and then back to Skylar who passed upfield to Stephen near the right corner who crossed it into the box where Chris timed his leap to head in the strike to put Inter up, 5-0. At the 20th minute, Stephen took a shot from near 20 yds. right which went wide left. Three mins. later, Nate collected a ball near 10-12 yds. left but the shot went over the cross-bar. One min. later, Schillo sent a nice pass through defenders into the box to Nate whose shot went wide right.  At about the 29th min., Chris collected a ball near 35 yds. center and kicked a hard shot which went wide right.  One min. later, nate rcvd a pass on the left and pushed it through to Schillo near 18 yds. left but his shot went into the left outside of the net.  At the 31st min., Erik collected a ball near 20 yds. on the right side and sent a pass to Chris in the middle whose shot was stopped by the GK.  One min. later, Vitalis passed a ball from the left side to Schillo near 20 yds. left whose shot went over the cross-bar.  At the 43 min. mark, Nate took a hard shot near 15 yds. left which the GK bobbled and Chris's subsequent header attempt was negated due to an offsides call, and the match ended, 5-0, Internationals, who will go on to play in the Semi-Final tomorrow vs. FC Frederick U17 Premier.