Key Week

The Aces entered a key week in their schedule this afternoon when they hosted an important Central League game against a solid Garnet Valley squad. LM got a strong start for a change and opened the scoring just 10 minutes in. It was Gian-Luca Hail finishing off a Francisco Palma corner kick and the Aces were off & running once again. Seven minutes later they doubled their advantage when Hail scored his 2nd goal, this time on a beautiful header off a Daniel Buckman long throw-in. Garnet Valley then had Aces' goalkeeper Will Rosenbaum beat but a heads-up play from defender Evan O'Brandt saved a sure goal. LM's defense then settled into their usual consistent play, they lead 2-0 at halftime, and everything was good.

However, when the 2nd half began, Garnet Valley's solid passing game started to pay off. They totally dominated the 2nd half but couldn't get one past the LM defense. With just over 7 minutes remaining all the pressure finally paid off when they scored on a header off a beautiful corner kick. This marked the 1st goal this Aces' team has allowed all year. Two minutes later GV struck again, this time from a header off a long throw-in, 2-2 with 5 minutes left.

This seemed to wake up the listless LM side, and with under a minute remaining Palma took a beautiful pass from David Baer and chipped the ball over the Garnet keeper  for a 3-2 Aces' victory.

This comeback win was probably just what the doctor ordered for this LM team as their record improved to 13-0 (9-0 league) as they head into another Central League contest at Springfield this Thursday at 3:45 PM.