Argos Invite - South Bend Washington - NorthWood 1-5

Argos beats Rochester 8-0 in game one (what a lucky "draw")which means they will play in the 8 pm Final with plenty of time to rest up and not having wasted too much energy getting there; in other words, the perfect set up to win the tournament. NorthWood takes the field against SB Washington where our keeper gets announced as Andre Grabber, not a bad name for a goal keeper. He will end up grabbing a lot of balls and making quite a few crucial saves. What we dub the Panther Classic V 2.0, our Panthers come out pretty flat and the Washington Panthers have some skill but not a lot of speed. Early on however, Washington gets a free kick that seems to go to the left but gets redirected by a NW body part and disappears into the net and we fall behind 1-0. A push in the back on Kayden in the back gets called for a PK. A nice and needed present. Trent is money in the bank; 1-1. Seconds later, Kayden is involved again when his throw in reaches Andre whose shot goes in; 1-2. History repeats itself 8 minutes later (barely history then at this point) when Trent, our throw in specialist, finds Sebastian who makes sure he is responsible for the 1-3. Kayden is one of the final recipients of the ball on the right after a nice from the back NW build up. Kayden finds Sebastian who connect smoothly, 1-4. Chase gets fouled in the 74th (taken out from behind in the box) and gets to take his own PK. He makes no mistake - 1-5 which is also the final score. After a lethargic start, the Panthers turn it all around in the second half and will now get some food and rest before the 8 pm final. A major challenge for the second game will be the fact that we have to play without Jerson, who injured his knee in the other football, on Friday. Jerson is a very important and integral part of this team that now, without him, others will have to step up to make up for this loss.