The #11 seeded Aces hosted #22 seed Neshaminy this afternoon in the 1st round of the District One Playoffs. The first 15 minutes were evenly played, with neither team showing much offensive thrust. Midway thru the half Neshamniy got on the board first, with a goal coming off a nice cross. LM threatened with a few near misses off dead ball plays but went into halftime down 1-0.
Fifteen minutes into the 2nd half the Aces got a point blank shot off an attempted clear by a Redskin's defender but it was right at the keeper. Neshaminy doubled their lead shortly thereafter, coming from a beautiful header off a free kick. 2-0. With 18 minutes left in regulation Neshaminy was awarded a PK that could have put the game away but junior goalie Sebastian Jenkins had other ideas and made a brilliant save to keep it 2-0. This save seemed to energize the LM team, and 3 minutes later they got on the board. Senior Anthony Haines put a nice free kick into the box and the Redskin's keeper was caught in no man's land. This gave senior Jeremy Hillsberg a chance to find the open net and he made no mistake. With the clocking winding down under 4 minutes left junior Alex Moureaud tied it up. An Aces' free kick was blocked by the keeper and Moureaud drilled in the rebound. 2-2. With under a minute left LM got a free kick about 19 yards out but couldn't score.
The game went into sudden-victory OT, two 10 minute periods. There wasn't much action in the 1st OT period but Neshaminy turned up the heat in the 2nd, but scouldn't get another one by Jenkins. It went to PK's to see who would advance to the 2nd round. The Aces went 1st and senior Max Knight-Surie buried one in the lower left corner. Neshaminy did the same and it was 1-1. Senior Anthony Haines ripped his shot upper left while keeper Sabastian Junkins made a great save of Neshaminy's 2nd kicker, 2-1 LM. The Redskin's keeper got a piece on senior Quinn Vagnoni's shot but it wasn't enough as it snuck in the upper left corner. Neshaminy's 3rd kicker hit the right post & went wide, 3-1 Aces. Senior Connor O'Hare put it away for LM as he beautifully placed his kick top right, and the Aces would move on.
Next game is Thursday, in a 2nd round match up against the winner of tonight's game between #6 Pennsbury & #27 Great Valley. Details here tomorrow.
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