It was a crisp autumn evening, a perfect night for soccer. The game opened with both teams playing aggressive balls into corners, but losing momentum before creating any serious scoring opportunities. However, three minutes into the game Hanover was punished for poor marking when a Londonderry striker emerged open at the six yard box, retrieved the ball, and blasted it into the bottom left corner. There was nothing goalkeeper Ty Nolan could do. As the game progressed, Nolan showed his dominance in net, saving a fantastic upper 90 shot from the 18. Londonderry was intimidated to the point that they began to miss the net entirely, rather than have their shot denied by Nolan. Owen Smith held down the fort with excelent tackles. Hanover evened the score at after a Jack Stadheim goal. The game continued, with great opportunities on each side. With 15 minutes left in the first half, a disjointed defense on Hanover's part lead to a goal giving Londonderry a 2-1 lead going into the second half.
Owen Smith, Jackson Watts, Alex Bracket, Ethan Munsen, Will Taylor, and Jack McGrath did a fantastic job of holding down the center of Hanover's defensive third. On the wings, Cam Forbush connected well with Augie Krawitt, Wyatt Sklarin with Berkely Chamberlain, Kevin Chou with Theo Joseph, and Tom Mosdal with Liam Worden. On the offensive side, Simon Taenzer, Ian Smith, Soren Stettenheim, Cam Bonner, Jack Stadheim, and Jack Gardner were terrifying in their pressure against Londonderry.
Going into the second half, Hanover came out hard. Stettenheim won a ball at the top of Londonderry's 18, but was ultimately doomed after a missed pass wide to Chamberlain. Hanover kept up the offensive and a beautiful throw by Stadheim into the box almost set up a Gardner goal, who was thrown off balance by a push from behind. Seconds later, Gardner was back, and on a breakaway, after some beautiful footwork, Gardner earned a corner for Hanover, which he would end up converting to tie the game 2-2. Only minutes later, Gardner scored again off a Stettenheim pass. Hanover was leading for the first time in the game. Bouncing back, Londonderry scored off a lucky long ball that escaped Nolan's grasp by inches. Straight from the kick off, Hanover was back. Within five minutes to play, Gardner got his third goal, off a fantastic Chamberlain cross. Sklarin did a great job of winning balls on the left side. 20 minutes remained in the half. Hanover's defense was phenomenal, with every player on the field working hard.
Watts was great at winning 50/50 balls. Nolan made many more excellent saves. Bonner had some great chances, and Ian Smith and Taenzer produced excellent passing sequences. Alex Bracket played a good physical game at midfield. With less than five minutes to play, Londonderry broke through Hanover's left flank, hitting a shot and forcing Nolan to come out and make an awesome diving block. The rebound goes straight to a Londonderry forward who shoots. After seeing Nolan come off his line, Mosdal was ready for the shot, and made a stunning block to save the open net. However he could not save the shot off the rebound, and Londonderry scored the final goal of the night. Chris Dawes, the Mauraders coach for the game, kept them fighting hard for the duration.
The young Marauders train on Wednesday at Dresden from 3:00 - 4:30. (Note: No bus either way). They return to the road on Thursday with a trip to Salem after the rain clears;.
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