Regular Season Over

This afternoon the Aces hosted Ridley in their last regular season game of the 2013 season (as Thursday's game with Upper Dublin was cancelled due to an Upper Dublin conflict).

LM started slow once again, with Ridley carrying the early play. The Raiders had good speed and marked well. With a winning record in league play Ridley has a lot to play for. After a somewhat uneventful 1st half there was no score.

The Aces came out much stronger in the 2nd half generating a few good scoring chances. Midway thru the 2nd half LM got on the board with a David Baer header coming off a long throw-in by Daniel Buckman. Ridley responded with some pressure of their own but couldn't penetrate the Aces' defense. With just over 12 minutes remaining Francisco Palma scored from a scramble in front to put LM up 2-0. The defense took over from there and closed out their 15th shutout in 16 games 2-0.

The 2013 Aces are Central League Champions with an unblemished record of 11-0. This is the first time since 1965 that an LM boy's soccer team has completed league play with a perfect record.

This Sunday the District One soccer committee will get together and pick and seed all the teams that will take part in the District One Playoffs. The Aces will surely draw a first round bye so they will not play their 1st District Playoff game until next Thursday, October 24th. The game will be at Arnold Field at 3:00 PM against the winner of a 1st round game to be announced. On Sunday evening I will post a link here on the blog that will take you to the master seeding chart.

Over the next couple of days I will be posting; the history of the Distict One playoffs, how this 2013 team has impacted the LM boy's soccer individual & team records so far, the latest boy's soccer rankings, as well as other features.

CONGRATS to the 2013 Aces for their historic regular season.

* CAPS denote League games
* red denotes night games

2013 SCHEDULE
  
1-0 OT win vs. W. C. East 
2-0 win vs. Bonner
2-0 win vs. Friends Central
2-0 win vs. RADNOR
1-0 win vs. CONESTOGA
3-0 win vs. HAVERFORD HIGH 
1-0 win vs. UPPER DARBY
3-0 win vs. STRATH HAVEN
7-0 win vs. PENNCREST 
4-0 win vs. MARPLE NEWTOWN
2-0 win vs. HARRITON
3-0 win vs. Central Bucks West
3-2 win vs. GARNET VALLEY
10-0 win vs. Archbishop Carroll
3-0 win vs. SPRINGFIELD
2-0 win vs. RIDLEY

Overall Record: 16-0-0
League Record: 11-0-0
Goals for 49, Goals against 2