Goalies keep scoring down in youth soccer

A team can’t score if it can’t get past the goalie. That was reaffirmed Tuesday night at The Center with four youth soccer games, all with total goals less than four and the largest point spread at two goals.

In the first 8- to 10-year-old age group game of the night, Beach Bums bested Moss Builders 1-0 on a goal scored by Hayden Eurice. Eurice also made two critical saves toward his team’s win. Teammate Ryan Cyrus also had two saves in the game.

Moss Builders’ Austin Guess had two saves in the matchup, along with a single stop by Xane Flores.

Goalies Liam Nunez and Jack Zaccagnino each had six saves for the Miz & Hiz Biz and Progressive Cabinetry soccer squads, respectively, in a 3-1 win for Progressive. The two goals by Jack McCarthy and solo score off the foot of Jesse Zaccagnino earned Progressive Cabinetry the win.

Nixon Conner, for Miz & Hiz Biz, scored the lone goal for his team. At the net in the keeper position, Bam Gartmen had three saves of his own for the Biz team.

Tidy MD won the first game in the older age group battles on the pitch. In the game, Slim’s Place’s Elek Brisson had one save and one recorded assist. Teammate Madison Ferrari had the only goal for the team in the 3-1 loss.

Three players protected the net for the victors. Tidy’s Victor Albrecht showed his strength in the goal with three saves. Albrecht also had a hat trick in the game, scoring all three points for team Tidy MD.

Both Frankie Coleman and Jayden Sparks prevented a score.

The final matchup of the night finished in a 0-0 score. The lack of points on the scoreboard does not mean shots were not taken, however.

With the shots, goalkeeper Benjamin Young had eight stops for Ugly Grouper, while Gulf Drive Café’s Dennis Gallager had four of his own. Evan Talucci had four saves in the game, giving the Gulf Drive squad a total of eight saves as well to end another night of youth soccer on the Island.