Navy 2 - Army 0

It was a rainy day. The field was wet and muddy and the conditions were only getting sloppier as we watched the Air Force beat the Marines 5-1. We warmed up, went over some pre-game strategy and took to the field. It took us a solid 15 minutes to get used to the conditions. The ball seemed to pick up speed as it skipped on the soaked bermuda grass. The first half was fairly even. There were a lot of turn overs and misplaced passes by both teams throughout the first half. We traded decent chances on goal, with the Army coming away with a close break away in the dying seconds of the half. Our keeper Ron was able to gather the low shot.

                                           First Goal

We were able to poses the ball better in the second half. Early in the half, Brian Dunne found the ball in the box, touched it around the keeper, and finished near post. We continued to maintain possession fairly well through the rest of the half. The wet conditions made it difficult to string together the fluid passes we were able to in some of the scrimmages, but we were able to put together some creative play. Brian Dunne found the back of the net for a second time after picking up a poorly played ball by the defense, lifting his head up, and calmly putting it in the back of the net with his left foot.

Dunne and a little post goal dougie

We held onto the lead the rest of the way through and ended the game with a 2-0 win. After the game we had a get together with the other teams. We shared hors doeuvres and met this year's tournament director before heading back to our rooms to get some rest before our game against Air Force the next day.