Glencoe Soccer: JV's Let Redemption Slip Away

They did it against Hillsboro; avenging a 1-3 loss in the first half of the season with a 2-1 victory on the return leg of the season. Keying off the momentum of the win over Hilhi, the JV side set out to prove to the league that they belong at the top of the table as they focused redemption of their only other loss in the first half of the season, which was a 0-5 dusting by the Liberty Falcons.

Liberty drew first blood eleven minutes into the match with a shot from twelve yards out off the right side of goal beat goalkeeper Lawrence Chel on the near post side. The Tide pulled even six minutes later when Chad Smith beat Libery's keeper with a ten yard shot after a cross from Dylan Costigan was poorly cleared by the Falcon defense. The tie was broken seconds later as Liberty took advantage of a defensive mistake immediately following the kick-off and took the lead back after knocking the ball into an open net from twelve yards. Glencoe once again pulled even a two goals apiece shortly after the start of the second half as Jorge Alvarez dropped a ball back to Anthony Pernisco who rocketed a 30 yard shot into the lower-left side of the goal. Ten minutes later Daniel Douvris broke behind two Falcon defenders off a throw-in from Pernisco and slipped the ball past the keeper's left to up the score to 3-2 in favor of Glencoe.

Liberty refused to fade away and pulled back a goal as Pedro Gerardo headed the ball past Chel off a cross from the right side with ten minutes remaining in the match leveling the score at 3-3. The Tide were dealt a critical blow when a penalty was called after Graham Dunn appeared to make a safe slide tackle to block a Falcon shot attempt. The penalty was converted and the Tide could not muster a salvation goal in the final minutes as the final whistle signaled a heart-breaking 3-4 loss for Glencoe.