Thursday Scoreboard
Monmouth 3, Neptune 2 (OT) - (MON) Flynn 2 G, Mackin GWG at 89:45; (NEP) Cozzetta 2 G.
Since this was the only game in the Shore this afternoon, I was all over it. Or at least over it.
Neptune controlled the game from the second minute to the 22nd minute and nearly won the game on those 20 minutes. Their attack was very clean and it resulted in a lot of good chances, two of which Mike Cozzetta finished on. Cozzetta's first goal was off a great lead from Omane McKenzie, which Cozzetta tracked down before beating two defenders and the keeper to the far post. The second goal came off a couple of rebounds and wasn't as clean as some of the opportunites they missed.
It turned out missed opportunities killed Neptune. Monmouth outshot them in the first half 14-7, but Neptune had better looks on the whole. Once the Falcons weathered that storm and pounded in a goal before the half, they had the game under control. Coach Darren Spadevecchi put his marking back Josh Martin on Cozzetta and the result was two Neptune shots in the second half. Jared Flynn also moved up to forward and scored the two goals that tied the game, followed by Mackin converting a perfect through-ball from Tiago Dutra to win it in OT.
Monmouth showed they can flip the switch when they have to today. If they are going to be major players in the Shore Conference, they might need to flip it on a little earlier.
Quote of the day: "I love pressure. Pressure is what makes diamonds." - Eric Mackin.
I'll have the Point Beach Mater Dei score later as well.
Since this was the only game in the Shore this afternoon, I was all over it. Or at least over it.
Neptune controlled the game from the second minute to the 22nd minute and nearly won the game on those 20 minutes. Their attack was very clean and it resulted in a lot of good chances, two of which Mike Cozzetta finished on. Cozzetta's first goal was off a great lead from Omane McKenzie, which Cozzetta tracked down before beating two defenders and the keeper to the far post. The second goal came off a couple of rebounds and wasn't as clean as some of the opportunites they missed.
It turned out missed opportunities killed Neptune. Monmouth outshot them in the first half 14-7, but Neptune had better looks on the whole. Once the Falcons weathered that storm and pounded in a goal before the half, they had the game under control. Coach Darren Spadevecchi put his marking back Josh Martin on Cozzetta and the result was two Neptune shots in the second half. Jared Flynn also moved up to forward and scored the two goals that tied the game, followed by Mackin converting a perfect through-ball from Tiago Dutra to win it in OT.
Monmouth showed they can flip the switch when they have to today. If they are going to be major players in the Shore Conference, they might need to flip it on a little earlier.
Quote of the day: "I love pressure. Pressure is what makes diamonds." - Eric Mackin.
I'll have the Point Beach Mater Dei score later as well.
posted by Matt Manley at 4:41 PM
2 Comments:
Heard it was a very close game. Ive seen Monmouth play but dont know much about Neptune. Are they any good?
Neptune is pretty good, although I thought they were closer to Monmouth than the game showed. Brennan Fitzsimmons is a big, skilled midfielder, and definitely their best asset. But Mike Cozzetta has been a goal-scoring machine the first couple games, and I could see why today. He's fast a crafty with the ball, but give Monmouth credit. When they focused on him, he didn't do much.
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