U16 & U18 have good results in DA games

5/29/11…Sunday was a good day for the Shattuck St. Mary’s U16 and U18 boys soccer teams. In the early game the U18 boys finished their chances in a 4-1 result against the Colorodo Rapids. In the second game the U16 boys fought back from an 0-2 hole to finish the game 2-2, John Lujano (picture above) scored both goals for Shattuck.

In the U18 game, SSM went down 1-0 to the Colorado Rapids halfway through the first half. After a few changes to the lineup by Coach Tim Carter, the U18 boys came out firing and tied the game on a Christian Blandon tap-in. After controlling the play, Jide Oluyedun found the back of the net to put the Sabres up 2-1. Super Sub, Eddosa Muhammed finished off the scoring by putting in two goals of his own. Coach Carter felt that, “this was the first game that we have played at home since May 1st, and it was good to be back on our field where we are comfortable.” 

The U16 boys game against the Colorado Rapids was more of a battle than the U18s. SSM went down 1-0 early on in the second half and conceded a penalty kick shortly after to go down 2-0. There was still fight left in the young Sabres, and led by their captain, John Lujano fought back to tie the game 2-2. Lujano scored in the run of play with about fifteen minutes left in the game. And the skipper tallied his second goal of the day on a free kick in stoppage time. Coach Bob Moullin said after the game, “today we played against a good team, and our guys have done this before (coming back in games). These boys don’t know when they are beat and today we were inspired by our captain Lujano.”

Both teams play next on June 11th and 12th against Scott Gallagher DA on the campus of Shattuck-St. Mary’s.