Nashua Cobras (0) vs. Bedford (7)
The Cobras second game was against Bedford, always a strong team.
Bedford started out their attack early on a great corner kick
that went right into the center of the box. The Cobras could
not clear the ball and a Bedford player put it into the net.
Peter escaped Bedford's next attempt, a long shot that bounced
out of Peter's arms as he dove to save it. As he was on the
ground he could not get to the ball, but the Bedford attacker
could not get the ball into the net.
Shortly after that, a Bedford player took a very long shot from
well outside the 18-yard box that simply sailed over Peter's
outstreched arms and into the net to put Bedford up 0-2.
Peter didn't have a chance.
Bedford came back again with another hard, high shot over Peter's
head. He was in perfect position, but the ball was too high and
found the back of the net again.
Towards the middle of the first half, a Bedford player got in
past the defense and Randy came screaming back to tackle the ball
away, but was called for a foul. This resulted in a penalty
kick for Bedford which they converted, setting the score at 0-4.
On Bedford's next attempt, Peter made a fantastic save. All in
all, Peter faced 10 shots and made 3 saves.
In the middle of the first half, Erik went in net for Peter.
Erik's first test in net came on a high shot that bounced off
the crossbar and was headed to the net by a Bedford player.
Erik caught the ball for the save.
Erik made a daring and rather unsafe play when a Bedford player
came in dribbling the ball and Erik came out and just kicked it
to the side rather than picking it up with his hands.
Bedford had another chance when a Bedford player was kicking the
ball high backwards waiting for someone to head it in. Erik
came over a couple players and punched the ball away.
Bedford's last chance of the half was a long high shot that
Erik leaped for and, with outstreched arms, pulled in for the
save.
Erik continued in net for the start of the second half.
The Cobras first shot of the game came at the start of the
second half when Timmer sent a great pass up to Peter, but
Peter's shot went a little wide.
Bedford's next goal was a fluke of sorts. A Bedford player
sent in a cross that one of the Cobras attemped to deflect, but
it went to Erik in net. Erik could not pick it up because it
was essentially a pass back to the keeper. With a number of
players in right front of him, Erik attempted to clear it, but
a Bedford player easily put it in the net, putting Bedford up
0-5.
The Cobras one (almost) goal came when Peter took a solid shot
that the keeper could not control. John was there to put it
in the net. But...the referee called offsides on a player who
was not involved in the player and the goal was called back.
Midway through the second half, Josh H went in net for Erik.
Erik faced 13 shots and made 10 saves.
On Bedford's first shot on Josh, he was badly screened by a
couple of Cobra players and never saw the ball coming through
until it was too late. Bedford was up 0-6.
The Cobras finally put some good pressure on Bedford, but ended
up with a couple offsides calls. On a couple other occasions
they held the ball a little too long before shooting and lost
the ball to Bedford players.
Bedford had another goal on a 20+ yard shot that just skimmed
under the crossbar, too high for even Josh to reach. This set
the final score at 0-7 in favor of Bedford.
Josh H made 2 very good saves on 7 shots.
