Bella Vista FC

“I was looking for a little payback after Vesuvio crushed our undermanned team 5-0 last time around.

This time, we had 15 players and they also had a full squad plus subs so it was going to be a clash for sure. This turned out to be one of those games where luck accounted for the final score more than anything else because I really felt Race came out very strong. We controlled the pace, the midfield, and played some very pretty futbol. Vesuvio barely managed a shot in the first part of the half while we pressed them again and again.”
About half way through, while Race was on the attack Co-Captain Puma served a long ball to Julian “freight train” Hinson at the top of the box. Jules managed to play the ball back to trailing midfielder Sarah Wenger, who just hit a gorgeous 1 touch shot at the Vesuvio goal. The ball smacked the cross bar and rebounded right into the path of Race St. midfielder Mike Carter, who ripped a lefty rocket past the keeper. 1-0, Race.

Then, our luck changed. A handball just outside the Race box rewarded Vesuvio with a free kick. While we struggled with the wall (I admit, we need to work on defending set pieces), Vesuvio took their kick and it bounced of the wall, off our keeper, and into our net. Tied game. Not 20 minutes later, while our defense was getting pressed by Vesvio, Race defender Q tried to pass the ball back to our keeper, Victor, and just managed to slip it past him for an own goal. The half ended with Vesuvio up, 2-1.

The second half was pretty even at the start, although Race seemed to suffer some substitution issues that caused confusion and put us in danger. Fortunately, Vesuvio did not manage to press this advantage and we sorted ourselves out. In the last third of the half, Race was the more aggresive team and saw numerous opportunities open up from the efforts of Nachmy, Francesco, and Paco. The pressure paid off when Mark Herczeg sqeezed one past the Vesuvio keeper to tie up the game.

Fun game. Thanks to Jerry for reffing and Vesuvio for a good, clean game as usual.” - Juan.

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