THIRD WIN IN A ROW

Haddington Ath Clarets 0 – 6 MYS Black Stripes (22Sep07)

The team played well today, with its first visit to Haddington. The first quarter was a well-contested game, with no goals scored thanks to some good defending (especially from Josh and Innes). Early in the second quarter, Harvey won the ball deep in his own half and passed the ball up to Sam on the wing. Sam then played a nice through pass into Dylan who drove forward and fired home the fist goal of the match. Soon after, Dylan found space in the box and blasted a shot towards goal. The ball deflected off a defender and fell straight to Jason who wasted no time in slotting the ball into the net. The Youngstars kept up the pressure, and Dylan found himself wide on the left hand side, close to the by-line. In an attempt to cross the ball into Jason’s feet, he whacked it as hard as he could and it fizzed into the goals straight under the Haddington keeper.

Into the third quarter, and Jason managed to score a similar goal to Dylan’s previous one. Jason was close to the by-line on the left hand side and spotted Sam making a great run into the box. He fired the ball towards Sam, but it crept under the keeper and found its way into the net for the fifth goal. The team came close to finding a 6th goal many times, thanks to some excellent passing from Lennon, but the Haddington defence made some excellent clearances.

In the final quarter, Calum went in goals to give Kyle the chance to get more involved, and was called upon to make a couple of great saves. Kyle, meanwhile, was full of running and had an excellent performance out on the left wing (and was unlucky not to score with a cracking shot that was saved by the keeper). The sixth goal eventually came, though, with some great play by Harvey. He won the ball in the middle of the park, and then dribbled through the Haddington defence before slotting the ball cleanly past the keeper into the bottom corner. An excellent finish to the game, and another great result for the team.

Teamsheet - Kyle, Innes, Josh, Harvey, Dylan, Lennon, Sam, Calum, Jason J.
Goal scorers - Dylan (3), Jason (2), Harvey