KO Cruises To Victory at WMA

On a perfect weather day to play soccer, we traveled for a match at Wilbraham & Monson. We got off to a fine start in the first 10 minutes, as striker Sam Levin struck a perfect ball into the left of the goal after a nice feed from Pablo Gonzalez-Posada. Not long after, Nico Durao scored what is arguably the goal of the year into the upper left corner from 25 yards out. The keeper had no chance, and to be honest, I am not sure that any high school keeper would have saved it. Our goalie, Cam Barber, kept Wilbraham with two point blank saves in succession. Not long after those terrific saves, AJ Garcia capitalized on a miscommunication in the Wilbraham defense and calmly tucked the loose ball into the net. The first half scoring came to a close with what is argubly the second best goal of the year, off the foot of Alexander Raptis, who struck a bouncing ball into the upper right half of the net. It was his first KO goal, and a special strike at that. The second half saw back and forth play, as KO’s final goal came on a Wilbraham own goal. Wilbraham had many good chances, and eventually capitalized on a terrific strike that made it over the outstretched hand of our keeper. The final score was 5-1, and everyone played many minutes and did a fine job. Next up is a very talented Har-Bur team that beat us 4-2 a few weeks back.

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Away
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Win
KO: 5 – Wilbraham & Monson Academy: 1
Location: Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Directions: Take I-91 N to CT-220 E/Elm St in Enfield. Take exit 48 from I-91 N