Mid-Suburban League

1

Hoffman Estates

Win

0

Barrington

Loss

Friday, August 24, 2018 @ 6:15 PM
Celtic Park
vs

Recap

GAME RECAP
The opening game of the MSL campaign matched our Broncos up against the Hoffman Estates Hawks, as part of the 3rd Annual MSL Showcase at Celtic Park in Palatine.  As defending conference champions, we know that everyone in the league to come after us with a little more effort and energy, especially early in the season when everyone is within distance of becoming the top dog themselves.  Tonight this was definitely true.

From the opening whistle, Hoffman played a high pressing game, and showed great desire and belief.   The first twenty minutes of the match were evenly played, with each team creating a few chances.  Hoffman were clearly a much improved side.  In the 33rd minute, the defensive pressure of the Hoffman forwards led to a turnover along our back line.  Without much hesitation, the Hoffman striker blasted a shot toward the goal.  It was struck perfectly.  The ball rocketed off of the crossbar and then the far post,and into the net.  Our opponents effort and tenacity have given them the 1-0 lead.

The score stayed at 1-0 for the remainder of the opening half.  During halftime we discussed a few adjustments and felt more than ready to resume play and get things evened up.  We went out and picked our play up a little more, hoping to equalize.  Michael Blanke, who had created a couple of chances in the first half, continued to fly about.  He ended the night with a game high seven shots, unfortunately though none would find the back of the net.  Overall, despite our best efforts, we just couldn’t break through tonight and the game ended with the score still stuck at 1-0 for the Hawks.

Much credit must be given to Hoffman and their new coach Sean Armstrong.  Their team came out and worked incredibly hard, executed a solid game plan, and captured the victory.

For us, we will dust ourselves off and look to continue to improve next week when we host the Barrington Classic varsity tournament, before resuming MSL play in 11 days.

SCORING SUMMARY
HEHS – #7 (UA)  — 33rd minute


STAT SUMMARY

Shots:  BHS 13, HEHS 9
Fouls:  BHS 6, HEHS 19
Corner kicks:  BHS 4, HEHS 1
Offsides:  BHS 0, HEHS 0

 

Hoffman Estates

Position MIN MP MS G A GW PK PKM SH SOG SIB CS S GA YC RC
 8800111110092214010

Barrington

# Player Position MIN MP MS G A GW PK PKM SH SOG SIB CS S GA YC RC
0Cal UhryniakGK80110000000001100
00Daniel HesselbeinGK0000000000000000
1Cesar CampuzanoGK0000000000000000
2Niko ArgyrosMID72110000020100000
3Brendan LodlMID0000000000000000
4Justin AffinatiDEF80110000000000000
5Brian CobleDEF0000000000000000
6Efren VegaMID42110000000000000
7C.J. SteibDEF0000000000000000
8Bryan GuarneroMID80110000000000000
9Junior HernandezFWD47100000020200000
10Michael BlankeFWD65110000074300000
11Omkar PrabhavalkarFWD51110000000000000
12Caleb WilsonFWD13100000000000000
14Noah SebensDEF80110000010000000
15Josef CidulkaDEF80110000000000000
16Michael HorakMID47100000000000000
17Colton WeverMID71110000000000000
18Aidan LewFWD72110000010000000
19Mattie O’TooleDEF0000000000000000
20Nathan HornDEF0000000000000000
 Total 880141100000134601100

Venue

Celtic Park
1351 Rohlwing Rd, Palatine, IL 60074, USA