Garden City Defeats Roslyn 2-0

The Garden City boys soccer team came out Thursday afternoon on their home turf fired up and looking to get on the winning side of the ledger against Roslyn. From the opening touch the Garden City boys played with intensity; they seemingly were first to every loose ball, challenged all 50-50 balls or jumped higher for any ball in the air. With the game being played with a somewhat "ugly" style of soccer in the first half, the Trojans' intensity carried the game. Once the boys settled down in the second half and began controlling the ball, the offense took over and produced the two goals for the win.

Early in the second half Garden City put the pressure on the Roslyn defense and were finally able to break through with a goal by Patrick Keogh off a deflected cross by Jack Gillan. The goal was a good example that hard work pays dividends as Gillan fought through the Roslyn defense to get the ball into the box and Keogh got the position to put the ball into the goal.

The second goal came with about 15 minutes left in the game and was scored by Gillan. This time it was about being in the right place and having a quicker step to the ball as Gillan jumped between two defenders and placed his shot inside the left post for the 2-0 lead. The defense played a strong match in coming up with their first shutout of the season. Keeper Tyler Biscone grabbed several loose balls in the box in the first half to control the play. In the second half he came up big with an exceptional sliding save on a ball at the foot of a Roslyn forward inside the six as Garden City was still only up 1-0. Biscone finished with nine saves. 

Throughout the game, captains Marc Schwendemann and Stephen Soviero were forces around the ball, either pushing the ball up field or defending the counter attack. Also behind the ball defending and keeping the score sheet clean were Jake Menges, Kyle Ritchie, Johnny Morris and Ryan Zarou. Garden City was very tough taking the ball out of the air as they continually went up higher and stronger than Roslyn. And with much of the game being played in the midfield the strong play of Jack Metzler, Keogh, Gillan, Greg Vouzianis and Matt Rogers was necessary to keep the ball moving quickly to the attack.

Coach Cutter was happy with the overall effort of the team and is hoping that the team continues to develop a more controlled game as the season progresses. The Trojans played Mepham Saturday and will take on Carle Place at home Monday.