PLENTY OF GOALS!

Longniddry Villa 1 - 14 MYS Black Stripes (15Mar08)

The Youngstars got off to a great start to this match, with three early goals. The first was scored following a great passing move, where Lennon found Calum who slotted the ball into Dylan's path and he smashed it home. Dylan soon scored his second goal, after collecting a pass from Harvey wide on the right wing, dribbling past a couple of defenders and hammering the ball into the net. Dylan was involved in the third goal with a good pass out to Lennon on the left hand side. Lennon looked up and played the ball towards Harvey, who placed it passed the keeper to make it 3-0. Sam and Innes played brilliant in defence together, winning every tackle and preventing any chances for Longniddry to score.

Longniddry played well in the second quarter, but were eventually broken down three times in the last five minutes. Josh scored a great goal first of all, from just inside the box. This was quickly followed by a goal from Calum. Mark had cleared the ball from defence up to Lennon who passed infield to Calum. After turning his marker, Calum blasted the ball past the keeper for goal number five. Josh then scored his second after winning the ball in the middle of the pitch, dribbling through the defence and slotting the ball into the bottom corner of the goals.

Josh set up an early goal in the third quarter as his pass found Lennon on the penalty spot. Lennon's powerful shot was deflected off the keeper's hands and into the roof of the net. Josh then completed his hat-trick as he picked up a defensive clearance just outside the box and placed the ball low past the keeper's right hand side. The Youngstars won many corners, allowing the defenders to push up into the box looking for a goal. This paid off following a short corner from Harvey and Josh - the ball eventually found it's way to the back post, where Morgan was waiting for an easy tap-in. Morgan was involved in the next goal, as his great clearance was met by Dylan who charged forward and scored his hat-trick. For the final goal of this quarter, Dylan managed to block a kick-out from Longniddry and the ball fell kindly for Harvey who fired it past the diving keeper.

Innes took a shot in goals for the last quarter, giving Kyle the chance to play up-front. He was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet but played very well turning his defenders and winning lots of tackles high up the pitch. A poor kick-out from the Longniddry keeper lead to Dylan's fourth goal as he intercepted the pass and scored with a great shot into the top corner. With the Youngstars pushing further and further forward, Longniddry managed to break free by winning the ball on the half-way line. Their striker headed straight for goal and managed to squeeze the ball past Innes to get on the score-sheet. The Youngstars bounced straight back though, with Dylan bombing down the left wing, cutting inside and hammering the ball into the net. Then, some great play by Morgan followed as he played the ball to the back post for Calum to score the final goal of the match.

Teamsheet: Kyle, Mark, Innes, Morgan, Sam, Josh, Lennon, Harvey, Dylan, Calum

Goal scorers: Dylan (5), Josh (3), Harvey (2), Calum (2), Lennon, Morgan