Oakland,
California- The Game was a typical play off game with hard aggressive
play on both sides each side waiting of a mistake in play so they can
take advantage of it. It was the Storm striking first in the 15th
minute as they had done so much of this season.
Martin Galvan brought the ball down the middle of the pitch, seen midfielder
Andes Bueno on the left side.
Galvan made a pass to
Bueno while on a run.
Bueno
received the ball at his feet and set and scored to put the team up by
one. But just five minutes later the Ambassadors wanted to show why
they where the Northern Conference winners and in the 21st minute
Ambassadors midfielder picked of a louse ball in midfield and from 25
yards out tied the score with a shot the went by Storm keeper Alex
Burkevics .
The Storm responded to the goal with an attack of
there own the lead to a foul and a restart 20 yards to the left of the
Bay Area goal.
The ball went around the wall and was picked up by
Martin Galvan who feed the feet of defender and player of the game
Abel Hindjosa who put his
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Abel Hindjose & Andres Bueno in the back ground |
team
up by one. that was the second goal by the Storm in the first half and
the first 45 ended with 2-1 lead for the visitors over the
Ambassadors.
The Second half is what the Ambassadors needed to
regroup. The second half was more intense as time was running out for
the Ambassadors and they continued to apply pressure and in the 66th
minute of play while defending in he box a foul was called against
Storms midfielder
Matt Shaxton that lead to penalty
kick of the Bay Area Ambassadors and that was enough to get the lead
and what ended up the wining goal. The Storm in the first round
of the 2012 NPSL Western Regional Play offs. The Ambassadors will go on
to face the Sonoma County SOL next week as the Sol knocked off the
Southern Conference Champions the San Diego Flash in a 4-3 win in
Penalty kicks. .
The Santa Clarita Storm ends the season with a 9-3-3 record, 2nd in the South West Conference to the Flash.
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