The Vikings defeated the Liberty Blue Jays on Friday night 2-1. The Parkview boys fought hard to move on through the first round of the Kickapoo Shootout Tournament, getting their first goal of the night from Tim Griffin. After the Blue Jays had out-possessed the Vikings in the first few minutes of the match, Matt Medley won a hard tackle at midfield and played a beautiful ball over and through to Griffin. Griffin was able to dribble right at the defender and beat him as he took it into the box himself, beating the keeper with a tap from the outside of his right foot into the lower right side of the netting. The second goal of the match came in the first half as well, when off of a cross Morgan Holt won the ball in the box and laid it off for an oncoming Matt Medley, who finished strong from inside the eighteen. The Vikings gave up a goal halfway through the second half, but overall had the edge on possession, shots on goal, and most importantly: goals scored.
Scoring summary: Goals by Tim Griffin and Matt Medley (assisted by Morgan Holt)
Next game: Saturday 10/11/08 10:00 a.m. at Kickapoo against Rockwood Summitt (who beat Nixa 2-0)
SGFSOCCER.com has all the other scores of the night.
Here’s what people were saying about the game beforehand, “…The best game in the Gold Division Friday evening…The Jay’s are ranked #9 in the Western Region and are 7-6-1…Both teams will be looking to make some noise in this tournament and a win offers dreams of a title on Saturday…” (more at SGFSoccer.com).
