Bethesda Internationals

23 May '04. After a disappointing loss to the BAYS yesterday, Inter needed to have its spirits high, stay focused and play error free, precise team soccer to win this final match of the season against MSC United and earn its first D1 championship. However, it was not meant to be. Early in the first 5-6 minutes, MSC United slammed a hard ball from the right side towards the net but Rob was able to lay out and deflect it away behind the touch line, giving MSC United a CK which was luckily unconverted. At about the 10 minute mark of the first half, Peabo of MSC United made a great run into Inter's right goal area, maneuvered in between Inter defenders to cross a nice ball into the goal mouth to his team mate Mark who knee-ed in a precision strike beyond Rob's reach. In the second half, Inter played MSC United evenly and moved the ball well, counter-attacking but couldn't set up any easy shots on goal due to MSC United's defenders swiftly closed in to stop/tackle the ball away or setup counter-attacks. All in all, Inter was able to move the ball into MSC United's half and shoot some shots on goal, although ineffective, and create a few CK's/DK's but all to no avail, as they were either wide or snatched up by their excellent GK, Eric. At about the mid-way point of the second half, William of MSC United maneuvered his way up through Inter's left side and fired in a shot towards the right side of the goal, and an Inter defender rushed over from the right of the net to kick/clear the ball away, but it unfortunately was shanked and spun back into the net to the right of a surprised Rob. Several minutes later the match ended, 2-0, MSC United. Congratulations to an excellent MSC United team for earning another D1 Championship -- should they win their last game next week against GRFL Renegades.