Last Monday night the Eagles traveled to Berryville to take on the #1 Bobcats in a 1 – 4A clash losing 3-2.
The Eagles and the Bobcats battled back and forth for the first 26 minutes of the game before Berryville scored two goals within two minutes giving them a 2-0 lead.
A minute later, Huntsville sophomore forward Matt Weaver received a long kick from junior goalkeeper Pablo Chombo and beat the Bobcat keeper up the left side of the field and scored moving the score to 2-1.
“Berryville is obviously an excellent team,” said Eagles coach Kevin Shinn. “Our guys could have easily dropped their heads when Berryville scored those first two goals but instead they immediately battled back scoring right before the half.”
The second half started off as another defensive struggle with neither side able to establish an offensive rhythm until Berryville scored with 23:15 left in the second half moving the Bobcat advantage to 3-1.
Late in the game, Weaver tapped the ball to junior forward Juan Hernandez who took the ball and beat several Bobcat defenders and scored reducing the score to a final 3-2 margin in favor of Berryville.
“Those first two goals Berryville scored were important in more ways than one. For us, it was a gut-check. Instead of giving up in the face of the #1 team in the state jumping to a 2-0 lead on us, our guys fought back and scored. From that point on our guys believed they could win. Even though we lost the game, I think it actually improved our confidence headed into the playoffs.” said Shinn.
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