Semifinals: Navy 3 - Marines 1

We did not come out as strong as we would have liked. We were able to get some early looks at goal but narrowly missed the mark on several occasions. To make matters worse we suffered a rare defensive lapse. Our outside back headed a bouncing ball back towards our keeper, however, our keeper was already on the move towards the ball and it slipped by him and into the back of the net. We were down by 1.

We kept pushing forward and eventually earned a corner kick that paid dividends. Nate Gavin sent the ball in, Scott Cook re-directed it towards the goal and Mike Tuddenham ran through the box to nod it into the goal. Game tied.

Scott Cook and Tudd teamed up again later in the half. The Marines kicked the ball out of bounds near their 18 yard line. Tudd picked up the ball for a long throw in found Scott Cook in the box, who finished with another header. Navy up 2-1.

The Marines continued to push forward but were not able to threaten with much other than off balance shots from outside the 18 yard perimeter. Late in the game, we grabbed an insurance goal with another of Tudd's long throw ins. He tossed it into the box where Brian Dunne flicked it onto the foot of Josh Meier who tucked the ball in from the 6 yard line.

The Air Force beat the Army 2-0 after the Army went down to 10 men with a red card in the second half. We will face them in the Championship tomorrow afternoon.

Unfortunately my cameras memory card was full, so I wasn't able to take any footage. However, it did snap on still photo of Mike Tudd sliding in on their winger.