CONNEAUT MEN'S SOCCER BLOG
By Ryan Kozlowski, Conneaut Men's Assistant Coach
Grove City, who were struggling in Region 2 at the time, came out firing against Conneaut scoring two minutes in.
"It really set us back. We had such high hopes that this game would be the one where we would elevate ourselves to another level; as it goes in soccer that didn't happen. But, you can't chuck out the game plan right away and you have to let things play out for a bit," was the rationale according to Coach Kozlowski.
Unfortunately the 3-4-3 employed against Commodore Perry and West Middlesex (the possible savior for the season) wasn't working out as swimmingly against Grove City.
Yet as the first half went on Conneaut played themselves back into the game and grew in confidence.
There resoluteness was rewarded 20 minutes in when Richard Moore's cross found the head of substitute Chris Toth, for his only goal of the year and Conneaut's only goal from a corner kick or free kick all year.
Converting in such a fashion to make it 1-1, from the corner kick, appeared to be a positive sign of things to come in the game.
Yet, once again, optimism would be punished; as Grove City caught Conneaut's thin defensive line on the counterattack and scored to make it 2-1, with four minutes remaining in the half.
A rousing half time talk, pleading to the Conneaut boys that they were still in this game at 2-1, could not lift the side's spirits.
While losing major contributors Tyler Bone and Tanner Houck for the second half to injury certainly didn't help.
A tepid second half performance led to three more Grove City goals to make it 5-1, surprisingly Grove City scored 5 goals from 5 shots on goal.
Conneaut could only muster 3 shots on goal and only one goal to show from it.
The side left frustrated dropping to 7-4-1 overall, thinking of what could've been.
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