There are only three men's soccer programs in the GRAC. They are Rend Lake, Southwest Illinois College, and Kaskaskia. We played KC today at 3:00 and came out on top 2-1 in a double overtime.
The game was scoreless at half. Both teams put forth a good effort. We ended the half with three shots on goal, KC had one. We had 10 breakaways but we couldn't find the back of the net on any of them. Frustrated was the mood at half. Our forwards were shaking their heads because of all the missed opportunities to score. We came out in the second half and put one in. That seemed to take some pressure off. We wanted a second goal quick in order to take the air out of KC's balloon, but after several chances the score was still 1-0 until they scored on a good shot from midfield. It was tied with 17 minutes to go in regulation. We kept the ball on their end and had a few good opportunities to go ahead, but the whistle blew before we could add one to the column.
The first ten minute overtime lapsed without a score, although we had a near goal in the first two minutes on a nice breakaway on the left. In the second overtime Thad Snell took the ball down the left, put a nice cross in the middle and Neil Houlihan finished. It was an exciting win, and it puts us in a good position early in the season. 2-1-1 is a pretty good start.
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