DEA Bedford Masters 2

DEA Bedford out powered top seeded Wayland, 6-4 at Legacy on Sunday morning. George Wegricht and Jim McCall would lead Bedford to this important victory, each scoring two goals and assisting on another. DEA was out to prove that they are truly the #1 team in this division right from the start. Bedford would test the Wayland defenders early and often in the opening minutes and found this to be a weak link. These early attempts at the goal were scooped up by the Wayland keeper who was very good. Up until this game, opponents had only scored 6 goals on Wayland all season. But they don't have George and Jimmy. About 10 minutes into the game Jim McCall would take the ball down the left side to the goal line, turn and hit an outside of the left foot bender to the far post. The shot would beat the keeper and find the head of a diving George Wegricht to insure the shot would count. A beautiful opening goal that sent cheers up from the hometown fans. Wayland would have a few chances as they would continually send their two Brazilians on long through balls that were scooped up by the DEA defense of Mitch Green, Mark Major, Sean Kelly, Pat Walsh, and Dale Dubois. These Brazilians were talented, but DEA had their number all day. They were very selfish which made them an easy mark for the Bedford backs. In fact, Wayland's #9 did not pass the ball once. At one point, this caused a screaming match amongst the rest of the Wayland team. Anyway, John Morrison would be the next to score in the DEA frenzy. John would score his first goal of the season off of a great feed from Jim Kellogg, who was very strong in the middle and later in the net for DEA all day. Wayland would get one back as Dale and Sean would get tied up on a miscue in the back. However, George W. would put more pressure on as he would score his second of the day off a Doug Wolfe feed. This would put DEA up 3-1. Wayland would take a shot from the opening kickoff spot that would beat Eric Burger high to narrow the gap for Wayland, 3-2. Jim McCall would find the side netting as he would score moments later on a nice pass from George W. Jim McCall would break in on the Wayland defenders all day long and be a constant threat from his offensive midfield position. The half would end 4-2 and was looking very good for DEA. Wayland would turn things around in the second half as they would score on a break away early. Eric Burger would then make a great save on the Wayland striker minutes later as he would go in alone. Eric would get a foot of the ball and spoil the scoring attempt. However, Wayland would manage to knot the score at 4 a piece and it was getting a little tense for the DEA side. Jim Kellogg would hop into the net for the remainder of the game and, at the same time, the DEA offense would perk up again. This time it would be Jim McCall for his second goal of the morning off a through pass from Mitchell Green. McCall would dribble around three defenders and then beat the keeper to the far post on the turn around goal for Bedford. Moments later, Dan Roberge would finish off a Jim Pellerin feed to finish off the scoring for DEA. Roberge would blast home the ball that was bouncing in front of the Wayland net. This would put DEA up 6-4 with 15 minutes to play. DEA's defense would take over and shut out Wayland for the remainder. Jim Kellogg was forced to make a great save as he came out of the area to take the ball off the foot of the Brazilian. A Great win for DEA. Next week we are home again at 10:30 AM. This time against Weston, another one of the expansion teams that Bedford only plays once. DEA has a good shot at the title if they can maintain the attendence at games.