Bethesda Internationals

5 Jun. '04. The weather took a turn for the worse with steady rain the evening before and the day of the Semi-Finals, but the nice Soccer Plex fields - although soggy and slippery -- remained open for these important MD State Cup games. Inter contested its club sister/rival team, the talented Roadrunners, fairly well early on in the first half until about the 15 minute mark when a questionable foul was called on Nicky at about 40 yards out to right center. Martin of the RR's launched a strong DK shot over Rob into the left side top/back of the net. Several minutes later, a long ball was sent up field to Lester, who turned and fired in a hard shot over Rob high into the left side top/back of the net. With about 5 minutes left in the half, the RR's sent in a nicely placed CK in the goal mouth and Tre of the RR's collected the ball before Rob could grab it and sent a sharp angled shot past Rob low into the left corner of the net. In the second half, the RR's seemed to have played with less determination but their excellent defense continued to shut down Inter from scoring, although Inter did manage a couple of ineffective CK's. At about the 15 minute of the 2nd half, Chris of the RR's received a ball about 30+ yards to right center and sent a strong strike high over Rob into the left side top/ack of the net. Congratulations to the Roadrunners for a great win and earning a birth in the Finals!