The guys followed up their weekend victories with another strong performance on Tuesday. The team is really upbeat right now, and we hope to keep riding this momentum from one game to the next.
We started the first half extremely well. Only three minutes into the game, Sam Temple (Paris, TX) took a through ball, touched the ball around the charging keeper, and placed it into the back of the net to give AC the early advantage. Less than 10 minutes later, Chris Melton (Sherman, TX) beat the keeper on another 1 v 1 to increase our lead to 2. Despite the 2 goal lead, the guys continued to push the tempo to increase the lead further. They would be reward for the efforts later in the first half. Freshman Guillermo Allande's (El Paso, TX) shot was blocked by the Concordia keeper, but Jason "Jamaica" Campbell (Kingston, Jamaica) was on the spot to put the rebound away to give AC a three goal advantage. The score would stay that way through halftime.
During halftime we talked about keeping our intensity up and putting the game away. We wanted to put Concordia under pressure early in the second half, and keep the pressure on them the rest of the game.
The team did a good job of keeping the pressure on Concordia early in the half. We created several great opportunities to increase the lead even more, but couldn't manage to put our shots away. After the first 10 minutes of the half, we let our intensity level drop, and Concordia took advantage. They would take a shot just outside the box that found its way into the back of the net to make the score 3 to 1. After their goal we made some changes to try and get our energy back. Freshman Shedrick Davis (Rockwall, TX) provided the spark. Ryan Elias (Garland, TX) lobbed the ball over the Concordia defense to Shedrick who tucked the ball away side netting to increase AC's lead back to three. The score would stay the same the rest of the game to give AC a 4-1 victory.
Despite the small let down in the second half, the team was pleased with their performance. We got the win and that is the most important thing. Now the team looks ahead to our game against University of Dallas on Thursday. We hope to keep things going in the right direction as we finish up the season. Thanks to all the fans that came out to support the guys. GO ROOS!
-Matt Dickinson