Dubbed as Raider Week and today, Raider Day, the Panthers take the field in front of packed stands which includes a large white out student section. The Panthers end up going into a strong headwind but get the ball to start the game. After both teams settle down, it is NW who threatens first. In the 7th, Sebastian Guillen receives a wide ball in the middle of the pitch. Sebastian slots the ball to the left side to Jerson Sanchez. Jerson's acceleration gets him around the outside NR back. Jerson then crosses the ball perfectly around the back of the Raiders defense and away from the goalie. Kayden Newcomer comes up to the right side of the box and connects with the ball. The on frame shot requires the NR keeper to make a diving stop. It easily could have been 0-1. The loud and rowdy NW crowd is our 12th man and keeps the Panthers in the game. NorthWood does get away from its possession style play and only threatens occasionally but stays with the Raiders throughout the half. The hero of half number one though is Andrew Graber who can not be beat. In the 32nd. Graber tips a dangerous NR cross over with a spectacular dive. The 7th (!) NR corner seems to go in until Sebastian heads it off the line near the post to keep the score level. With only seconds until the tea, a arbitration confusion over a throw in ends in a NR DB (according to my sources, that stands for either defensive back or douche bag; you pick!)scratches Andre's neck who pushes the player back. No card given; it apparently takes a lot to get a card even though the rules clearly state that this type of foul calls for at least a yellow caution, if not more. The clock runs down to 0 with a 0-0 on the board. At the half, Coach Duerksen reminds his team that they need to trust their team mates and need to start looking to switch the ball since the weak side is open more often then not (much to Jerson's frustration). The second half starts pretty much the same way the first one ended. It is contentious, the Raiders are masters at flopping. Some of these guys should probably get an FAA license to fly considering they spent a lot of unnecessary time in the air trying to sell the arbiter on another free kick. Three minutes into the second half, a long ball to the right of the NR box finds the NR keep coming out and now that the ball is outside the box, he can not use his hands. Unable to make a good decision on what to do next, he now has to battle Kayden for the ball. Kayden ends up with the ball but is unable to deliver it into the box. NR now takes the game to NW. The Panthers try but play a little panic soccer and do not maintain possession as much as they should. A sudden open chance for Northridge gets stopped miraculously by Andrew. He has a good night all together and makes quite a few amazing saves.NR scores in the 55th and right or wrong, the coaches decide to take some chances by pushing Trent Edwards into the #8 position and moving Joey Eshelman (brother to Froggy 102.7 radio personality David Eshelman) to right back. By taking some risks to make more runs up and leaving less numbers in the back, it does leave us somewhat more vulnerable in the back. The Raiders score off a free kick in the 77th and then buy a flop PK soon there after. Graber makes an amazing stop but again our defense is not alert enough on crashing the goal after a PK to prevent another NR opportunity. We need to improve on that! In the final seconds, NR scores again for the final 4-0, a deflated score for sure. But a loss nonetheless. Overall we played well, just should have possessed a little more (the way we know how to play)but we will be okay. Graber was the NW MVP. The JV did really well and opened their season with a 0-0 draw; great job!!! Next up : Concord at home (finally) at 10 am (JV) and Noon (Varsity). This was the first loss in 11 match ups if you include the pre season and we will get back on track after last night. A shout out to our students: what a great group of supporters!!!! Thanks for coming out and we hope to see you on the sidelines again tomorrow!!
Friday, August 30, 2019
Northridge - NorthWood 4-0 (0-0)
Dubbed as Raider Week and today, Raider Day, the Panthers take the field in front of packed stands which includes a large white out student section. The Panthers end up going into a strong headwind but get the ball to start the game. After both teams settle down, it is NW who threatens first. In the 7th, Sebastian Guillen receives a wide ball in the middle of the pitch. Sebastian slots the ball to the left side to Jerson Sanchez. Jerson's acceleration gets him around the outside NR back. Jerson then crosses the ball perfectly around the back of the Raiders defense and away from the goalie. Kayden Newcomer comes up to the right side of the box and connects with the ball. The on frame shot requires the NR keeper to make a diving stop. It easily could have been 0-1. The loud and rowdy NW crowd is our 12th man and keeps the Panthers in the game. NorthWood does get away from its possession style play and only threatens occasionally but stays with the Raiders throughout the half. The hero of half number one though is Andrew Graber who can not be beat. In the 32nd. Graber tips a dangerous NR cross over with a spectacular dive. The 7th (!) NR corner seems to go in until Sebastian heads it off the line near the post to keep the score level. With only seconds until the tea, a arbitration confusion over a throw in ends in a NR DB (according to my sources, that stands for either defensive back or douche bag; you pick!)scratches Andre's neck who pushes the player back. No card given; it apparently takes a lot to get a card even though the rules clearly state that this type of foul calls for at least a yellow caution, if not more. The clock runs down to 0 with a 0-0 on the board. At the half, Coach Duerksen reminds his team that they need to trust their team mates and need to start looking to switch the ball since the weak side is open more often then not (much to Jerson's frustration). The second half starts pretty much the same way the first one ended. It is contentious, the Raiders are masters at flopping. Some of these guys should probably get an FAA license to fly considering they spent a lot of unnecessary time in the air trying to sell the arbiter on another free kick. Three minutes into the second half, a long ball to the right of the NR box finds the NR keep coming out and now that the ball is outside the box, he can not use his hands. Unable to make a good decision on what to do next, he now has to battle Kayden for the ball. Kayden ends up with the ball but is unable to deliver it into the box. NR now takes the game to NW. The Panthers try but play a little panic soccer and do not maintain possession as much as they should. A sudden open chance for Northridge gets stopped miraculously by Andrew. He has a good night all together and makes quite a few amazing saves.NR scores in the 55th and right or wrong, the coaches decide to take some chances by pushing Trent Edwards into the #8 position and moving Joey Eshelman (brother to Froggy 102.7 radio personality David Eshelman) to right back. By taking some risks to make more runs up and leaving less numbers in the back, it does leave us somewhat more vulnerable in the back. The Raiders score off a free kick in the 77th and then buy a flop PK soon there after. Graber makes an amazing stop but again our defense is not alert enough on crashing the goal after a PK to prevent another NR opportunity. We need to improve on that! In the final seconds, NR scores again for the final 4-0, a deflated score for sure. But a loss nonetheless. Overall we played well, just should have possessed a little more (the way we know how to play)but we will be okay. Graber was the NW MVP. The JV did really well and opened their season with a 0-0 draw; great job!!! Next up : Concord at home (finally) at 10 am (JV) and Noon (Varsity). This was the first loss in 11 match ups if you include the pre season and we will get back on track after last night. A shout out to our students: what a great group of supporters!!!! Thanks for coming out and we hope to see you on the sidelines again tomorrow!!
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