Four Wins for Lincoln?
Lincoln could find itself with as many as four State Champion soccer teams this week. In Class B action tonight, the Pius X boys and girls both take on Omaha Skutt. In Class A action tomorrow night, the East girls face Millard North, while the East boys will face Millard South for the 3rd time this season (having won 5-0 and 3-2 in prior meetings). Congratulations, Pius and East, and good luck!
The Comments
Mr. Wilson May 17, 2006 at 8:28am
Pius and Skutt split last night, but probably not in the way most people expected, with the Pius girls losing and the Pius boys winning.
Dave K May 17, 2006 at 8:56am
I was shocked by how complacent the Pius girls were. They seemed to be happy with Skutt possessing the ball and doing whatever they wanted with it. You could tell they had a lot of talent and skill on their team (as did Skutt), but they didn’t use it right. Nonetheless, it was a good game. But I’d like to see a replay of the Pius goal that was called back because of ‘offsides’.
The Pius boys played an excellent first half, but came out during the second half completely dead. They are lucky they didn’t get 2-3 goals scored on them in the first 20-25 minutes of the second half. Zuerlein’s goal was spectacular and appeared to have energized them, as their play over the next 11 minutes was as good as it was in the first half.
As for the officiating, I’ve never been a big Karen Wilson fan; there were several questionable calls going both ways during the girls game (the most questionable being the aforementioned goal that was called off). If Karen Wilson is the best NSAA has to offer for a state championship game, then they must be hurting. As for the boys game, I thought it was officiated well. I thought a couple of cards could have been given when Zuerlein was obviously being hacked repeatedly, but the officials seemed rather transparent throughout the game, which is how it should be.
Mr. Wilson May 17, 2006 at 9:14am
As for the officiating, I’ve never been a big Karen Wilson fan...
If you’re going to pick on her, you probably should get her last name correct
But I’d like to see a replay of the Pius goal that was called back because of ‘offsides’.
It looked reasonable enough to me, but I was on the opposite end of the field at the time. The AR was in a good position, and the type of situation leading up to it often results in an attacker finding herself offside. So I think it was not an unexpected call, but I can’t say if it was right or wrong.
By the way, you know when I knew Pius was in trouble? When a hard (and very pretty) shot went off the post early in the first half. It seems like more often than not when a good team has bad luck with their nice shots early on, they tend to struggle throughout the match.
As for the boys game, I thought it was officiated well.
I’ll take that as a compliment.
But yes, Edvin did a superb job in the center. He is one of Nebraska’s reffing community’s shining young stars.
Dave K May 17, 2006 at 9:38am
As for the officiating, I’ve never been a big Karen Wilson fan...
It must have changed over the last couple of years, or I’m picking the name up from someone else (not you).
It looked reasonable enough to me, but I was on the opposite end of the field at the time. The AR was in a good position, and the type of situation leading up to it often results in an attacker finding herself offside. So I think it was not an unexpected call, but I can’t say if it was right or wrong.
You have to try to not be in a good position as an AR in that type of play.
I’ll take that as a compliment. grin But yes, Edvin did a superb job in the center. He is one of Nebraska’s reffing community’s shining young stars.
Aside from some of his bizarre gestures, he did one of the best officiating jobs I’ve seen in Nebraska for a long time. That’s not saying much, but I wouldn’t mind him doing some of my games.