Besides the cold air, mist and dew forming off the wet grass at Dante Magnani Field, the St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls soccer team began to smell something else on Tuesday night — a Tri-County Athletic League Stone Division title.
The Bruins inched a little closer to that achievement as their offense was clicking on all cylinders against Hercules, especially in the second half in a 6-0 win. The Bruins (9-1-1, 8-1) are currently tied for first place with Salesian. The Pride handed St. Pat’s its only loss this season. If both schools win out, they will share the conference title.
“In the second half we had an attitude adjustment as far as changing the tempo of the game,” St. Pat’s head coach Bruno Carraro said. “Just coming out and doing what we’re supposed to do with possession play and being in control with our passing and moves. They’re working well together and we still have some things to work on to get where we want to be, but we’re going in the right direction.”
Bruins goalkeeper Isyss Hornbeck seemed to put in as much work as a San Diego weatherman as Hercules only had one shot on goal all game and none in the second half. That being said, Carraro admitted that St. Pat’s strong offense is fueled by its defense.
“With our team, we preach that we play defense first and we attack second,” Carraro said. “When our defense is holding strong, that’s when we build our energy.
Despite the eventual easy victory for St. Pat’s, the game remained tied halfway through the first half until Isabella Campos scored off a rebound to make it 1-0.
“It was a good cross by Alexci and Donya (Conley) tried to rebound it and it ricocheted off the goalies hands and I put it in,” Campos said.
Johnson put the Bruins up 2-0 in the 38th minute when she scored unassisted from about 25 yards out. Johnson finished the contest with a goal and three assists and now has 22 goals on the season, which leads the TCAL Stone.
“I was trying to get the ball in to make sure others could score,” Johnson said. “That was kind of my motivation. If I didn’t have the angle to take a shot, make sure someone else has the angle to score.”
When asked if she knew her goal was in right away, Johnson didn’t hesitate with her answer.
“Yeah I could tell right away,” Johnson said, with a laugh. “I knew it looked iffy because it did tip the cross bar, but I could tell it was going in. That’s my favorite shot from right there.”
Although St. Pat’s led 2-0 at the intermission, the Bruins felt it could have been a bigger lead. An adjustment was made in attitude for the second half and it showed as the Bruins added four more goals.
The first of the second-half goals came from Giovanna Sweeney, who scored off her own rebound in the 51st minute to make it 3-0.
About 10 minutes later Donya Conley put the game away with the first of her two goals in a five-minute period. Johnson had the assist on Coney’s first goal, which came from about 20 yards out. Conley’s second goal was scored off a rebound to make it 5-0.
“My teammates really helped out tonight. We were communicating well and we knew where we wanted to go and anticipating where we needed to go,” Conley said.
Symone Thomas added the final goal for the Bruins when she received a nice ball from Johnson and scored from around 25 yards out.
The Bruins’ final regular season game comes Thursday at Swett, but even though St. Pat’s won the earlier meeting between the two squads 7-0, Johnson isn’t taking anything for granted.
“Well last year we missed out on sharing a league title because we did look past the team we were playing. We ended up with a tie so we didn’t get the record we needed,” Johnson said. “So that will help us and motivate us so we don’t look past them and we make sure we get that win on Thursday and get that banner.”
The score
St. Pat’s 6, Hercules 0
Next game: Thursday at Swett: 6 p.m.
2020-01-29 06:15:17Z
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