Tiger Boys Soccer Drops Season Opener

August 15, 2021 at 9:59 p.m.
Tiger Boys Soccer Drops Season Opener
Tiger Boys Soccer Drops Season Opener

By Chip Davenport-

Warsaw’s boys soccer team had eight breakaway chances against the Carroll Chargers’ goalkeeper Ben Tuckey, but they did not finish on any of them, consequently dropping their season opener at the Warsaw Soccer Complex to Carroll 2-1.

“We had a couple chances but for this team to be successful we have to capitalize on our chances,” Tiger head coach Ryan Burgher stated. “We had too many (breakaways) to only have one goal.”

The one Warsaw goal Burgher mentioned was in a sea of humanity near the net where Noah Wright, coming off the bench for the hosts, scored a gritty coal at the 68-minute mark to break the scoring schneid.

Carroll played with greater urgency at the beginning of each half and capitalized in superior situational soccer when Carroll’s Evan Jester sent a high speed, low-trajectory 35 meter shot into the net at the 39-minute mark. The Chargers headed to their bench eleven seconds later with a 1-0 halftime lead.

“Our urgency wasn't there,” Burgher remarked. “They scored on us in the last 11 seconds of the first half which hurts, then they scored on us when we didn't clear the ball out.”

Carroll fired their first three shots on goal within the game’s first four minutes, and Burgher felt fortunate the halftime score wasn’t 2-0 sooner than it eventually turned out to be.

“We got pretty lucky that first minute where they pulled one across the post,” Burgher noted. “But other than that, I think we just started settling into the game a little bit more.”

One of the most athletic defensive plays for the Tigers was at the 18-minute mark when Carrol’s Brayden Macy kicked a powerful shot bending toward the before Miles Burkholder leapt diagonally to reach upward, punching the ball up and away from its intended trajectory.

Macy and Burkholder were mano-a-mano again at the 57-minute mark, but Macy was the winner of that battle when Burkholder didn’t clear Jester’s miss. Macy scored easily to put Carroll ahead 2-0.

Coach Burgher noticed some year-over-year improvements in the opening match. His team is comprised of sophomores and juniors who saw meaningful minutes in survival mode as freshman and sophomores.

“We're still going to be working on finishing in practice,” the Tiger mentor said. “I told the guys I think we're starting the season in a much better place than we were last year.”

The Tigers (0-1) host Argos Tuesday for a 7:00 p.m. match, then travel to South Bend Saint Joseph’s Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at the Northfield Complex-East Field.

Warsaw’s boys soccer team had eight breakaway chances against the Carroll Chargers’ goalkeeper Ben Tuckey, but they did not finish on any of them, consequently dropping their season opener at the Warsaw Soccer Complex to Carroll 2-1.

“We had a couple chances but for this team to be successful we have to capitalize on our chances,” Tiger head coach Ryan Burgher stated. “We had too many (breakaways) to only have one goal.”

The one Warsaw goal Burgher mentioned was in a sea of humanity near the net where Noah Wright, coming off the bench for the hosts, scored a gritty coal at the 68-minute mark to break the scoring schneid.

Carroll played with greater urgency at the beginning of each half and capitalized in superior situational soccer when Carroll’s Evan Jester sent a high speed, low-trajectory 35 meter shot into the net at the 39-minute mark. The Chargers headed to their bench eleven seconds later with a 1-0 halftime lead.

“Our urgency wasn't there,” Burgher remarked. “They scored on us in the last 11 seconds of the first half which hurts, then they scored on us when we didn't clear the ball out.”

Carroll fired their first three shots on goal within the game’s first four minutes, and Burgher felt fortunate the halftime score wasn’t 2-0 sooner than it eventually turned out to be.

“We got pretty lucky that first minute where they pulled one across the post,” Burgher noted. “But other than that, I think we just started settling into the game a little bit more.”

One of the most athletic defensive plays for the Tigers was at the 18-minute mark when Carrol’s Brayden Macy kicked a powerful shot bending toward the before Miles Burkholder leapt diagonally to reach upward, punching the ball up and away from its intended trajectory.

Macy and Burkholder were mano-a-mano again at the 57-minute mark, but Macy was the winner of that battle when Burkholder didn’t clear Jester’s miss. Macy scored easily to put Carroll ahead 2-0.

Coach Burgher noticed some year-over-year improvements in the opening match. His team is comprised of sophomores and juniors who saw meaningful minutes in survival mode as freshman and sophomores.

“We're still going to be working on finishing in practice,” the Tiger mentor said. “I told the guys I think we're starting the season in a much better place than we were last year.”

The Tigers (0-1) host Argos Tuesday for a 7:00 p.m. match, then travel to South Bend Saint Joseph’s Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at the Northfield Complex-East Field.
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