Another bump in the road

This morning the Aces traveled to Penn Wood for their 1st of 4 non-league games to conclude their regular season. In the 1st half senior Anthony Haines scored on a PK to give LM a 1-0 lead. The Aces continued to carry the play the rest of the half but couldn't add to their advantage.

In the 2nd half Penn Wood used their speed advantage to tie it up about 17 minutes in. The game got physical after that and about 16 minutes later LM senior Quinn Vagnoni was pulled down in the box and a PK was called by one of the 2 refs, but the other ref came in and reversed the call. Arguing ensued, resulting in an Aces' player receiving a yellow card. LM seemed to lose their focus after that and Penn Wood took the lead with about 15 minutes left in the game.

The Aces had several opportunities to tie it up, coming from long throw-ins and a ball bouncing around in front of the net in the final seconds, but couldn't get the equalizer. This was a heartbreaking loss for LM, but now winning out would go a long way in their seeding for the District One playoffs.

2015 LM Soccer Alumni Game
(front row l to r), Matt Fine '88, John O'Donnell '86, Ron Braverman '85, Bart Brenner '83
(2nd row l to r), John DePrince '83, Josh Lowenthal '94, Kevin Escott '08, Chris Giorno '08
Andrew Meinster '07, Jon Fleisher '08, Sean Furber '96, Chris Schreiner ''89 (back row l to r)
Bo Ebby '84, Eli Perlman '90, Sam Moore '07, Jim VanDusen '89, Bob Davidson '64 

Also this morning the 2015 LM Soccer Alumni Team hosted an alumni team from neighboring Haverford High. It turned out to be a very well played game by both teams. Crisp passing, smart ball control, & good teamwork made up for the fatigue resulting from those added years.

The Aces got on the board first with a nice goal from Jonny Fleisher (class of '08). Fleisher added a 2nd 7 minutes later to double the lead. The Fords regrouped and took over the play for the rest of the 1st half, with Craig Davidson ('93) cutting into LM's lead a few minutes later. They tied it up soon after with Scott Davidson ('98) beating Aces' keeper Bart Brenner ('83). Scott got his 2nd goal just before halftime to give the Fords a 3-2 lead at intermission.

LM came out strong in the 2nd half as Fleisher tied it up on a breakway, with Haverford goalie Jason Segren having no chance. It stayed 3-3 for the next 15 minutes before Sean Furber ('96) gave the Aces a 4-3 advantage with about 13 minutes remaining on a beautiful header in traffic, coming from a brilliant Chris Schreiner ('89) cross. Fleisher completed his hat trick to put LM up 5-3 with 10 minutes to go but the Fords were not finished. Dan Schultz ('93) scored on a breakaway to make it a 1 goal games with about 8 left in the game. Despite several good scoring chances for both teams the rest of the way there would be no more goals.

It was a great day for all the players from both teams as they enjoyed lunch together after the game.