Hubbard 3, Liberty 3

 

Hubbard, OH— Tonights game between Hubbard and Liberty was a tale of two halves.  Hubbard scored just two minutes into the game when Jeremy Frazzini assisted John Madeline to put Hubbard up 1-0.  From that point on Hubbard showed no intensity, no ball movement, and no talking.  They were as flat as they were against Salem for the remainder of the first half.

 

Liberty quickly took advantage of Hubbard’s inability to control the game.  Liberty tied the game 1-1 on a through ball to the outside right midfielder who chipped the ball over Hubbard’s Keeper.  Liberty scores their second goal late in the first half to take a 2-1 lead at halftime.  Liberty out shot Hubbard 9-3 in the first half and were getting the better ball movement.

 

The Eagles came out in the second half and just plain dominated the Leopards.  R.J. Lee connected up with Alex Chick on a very nice leading pass to Chick.  Alex took the ball and placed the ball in the upper left corner of the net to tie the game 2-2.  Hubbard pressured Liberty for the entire half.  Hubbard finally took the lead 3-2 when Phillip Pesch found R.J. Lee in the middle of the field about 25 yards from goal.  R.J. took the pass, broke through the Liberty defense and ripped the shot above the head of Liberty’s keeper to put Hubbard up 3-2.

 

Unlucky for the Eagles the game didn’t end 3-2.  Just four minutes remaining in the game Liberty took a throw in down by Hubbard’s corner flag.  Hubbard cleared the ball just outside the 18 to a Liberty Player who ripped a one touch shot in the left corner of the net to tie the ball at 3-3.  This was Liberty’s only shot they got off in the entire second half and that’s the unlucky part for the Eagles.  Hubbard out shot Liberty 12-1 in the second half and played a great second half.

 

Hubbard will host a tough Poland team Monday evening Sept. 10

JV 5

 V 7

 

Scoring summary

John Madeline assisted by Jeremy Frazzini

Alex Chick assisted by R.J. Lee

R.J. Lee assisted by Phillip tho Pesch