On Saturday the boys varsity soccer team went against Francis Howell. This game was for the St. Louis High School Championship, but they tied in a result of 3-3.
At the beginning of the season they played Francis Howell and lost 2-1. They proved they are as good as Francis Howell, but the boys were still very disappointed with the result and thought they could beat them.
“I’m happy that we did better than last time, but it still could have been so much better,” Hiew Do (12) said.
“I’m not happy because we could beat that team for sure,” Kaelen Homar (10) said.
Since the first game, the boys have played much better but still think there are some things they could definitely work on.
The players on our team were very questionable to the referee’s calls throughout the whole game, not just towards their team towards the other team as well. For instance, our team got the throw in when it was off our player and coach Luedecke just wanted the game to be fair.
Because of the players’ questionability to the referees calls, one of our players, Ryan Lipski (12), was given a yellow card for yelling at the referees calls.
During the game it started raining, which the boys and coaches from both teams were not thrilled about. The team kept their composure though and didn’t let the weather affect them.
“The rain didn’t really affect the way I was playing,” Cannon Nord (12) said.
Coach Luedecke was nice enough to let the Francis Howell players put their things in the warehouse locker room while it was raining as well.
James Naphakorn (11) was able to score a goal in the first and second half helping his team out. In the second half there were two penalties in the box, which resulted in Corey Lynch (12) scoring a goal with a successful penalty kick. The other penalty kick was made by Brendan Lukunka (12), but the goalkeeper for the other team made an impressive save.
The team thinks they played well, but could have done better and hopefully in the future they will beat Francis Howell. The game resulted in the Eagles’ record being 4-3-1 while Howell improves to 5-2-1.
