Broncos lose 1-0 in defensive struggle
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In the first half both teams? defense stepped up and kept things in check. Lucas Majors had Boyd?s first opportunity to score after receiving a pass from Will Rush, but the attempt failed.
MTCS controlled the ball over the next 10 minutes, continually pushing toward Boyd?s goal. Kei Watanabe fired a shot with Boyd?s keeper Dustin Curtis deflecting he ball, but the Cougars? Jonathan Sims was there to knock it in to put MTCS out in front 1-0 on what would prove to be the game-winning shot.
Boyd continued to play solid defensively, and with nine minutes left in the half turned the ball over to its offense giving it to Rush, who found an open shot which unfortunately hit the top of the cross-bar. In the final minutes of the half the ball was played at mid-field as the half ended.
In the opening minutes of the second half Boyd?s Matthew Hancock took an indirect kick at goal, but Ben Pearcy the Cougars keeper came up with the save.
Majors had another chance five minutes later as the Broncos played more aggressive on offense, but it too failed.
Curtis came up with two big save in the final 20 minutes of the second half one off of a direct kick from Sims and another when Ben Pearcy found and open net, but Curtis tipped the ball over the goal.
Hancock fired at the Cougars net with five minutes remaining but the shot slipped to the left as time ran out on the Broncos.
In the first half Boyd had three shots and two corner kicks and in the second half four shot and no corner kicks. MTCS took five shots in the first and six in the second with 10 corner kicks for the game.
The Broncos will take on Page on Thursday at Pistole Park with the game starting at 6:30 p.m.