There was plenty of orange and black in the St. Louis Park High School stadium bleachers Tuesday night as both Oriole soccer teams recorded shutouts over the Minneapolis South Tigers with the girls victorious 4-0 and the boys playing a strong second half to beat the Tigers 2-0.
First up was the girls game where Rafferty Kugler scored two goals to lead the St. Louis Park Orioles to a 4-0 win over the Minneapolis South Tigers.
The Orioles got on the board as Ellie Kent headed in a corner kick from Malaika Bigirindavi. They would find the net 1:01 later when Aliviah McClinton fed Kugler in the center slot and she put the Orioles up by two. The lead would increase to three on Spohia Davenport's cross pass that was received by Rosa Sigrunardottir and the first Icelandic player in Oriole scored her first goal of the season to wrap up the first half scoring.
St. Louis Park would add another goal to their ledger in the second half when Kugler found the net on Ava Bishop's cross pass. With the game pretty much decided, Oriole head coach Benji Kent pulled goalkeeper Olivia Massie and gave eighth grader Sophia Romero a chance to preserve the shutout and she did in her first varsity game.
St. Louis Park improves their record to 2-1 and travels to Inver Grove Heights to face the Smiley Spartans on Thursday, August 31 at 5 PM. Mpls. South falls to 0-2 and hosts the St. Anthony Village Huskies on Wednesday, August 30 at 5:30 PM.
On to the boys game that looked like there would be a scoreless game that would go into overtime until Randy Mayerle and Thomas Salamzadeh scored in the second half to lead the Orioles to a 2-0 win over the Minneapolis South Tigers.
The zeros would remain on the scoreboard in the first half though the Tigers almost took the early lead but Oriole goalkeeper William Phelan made an outstanding save of Steven's Cortez's shot.
Heading into the second half, Josh Halper's shot was saved by Mpls. South goalkeeper Krishnan Kutty but Mayerle came in and scored on a rebound to put St. Louis Park ahead. The game started to get physical and it resulted in the Orioles Abati Dedefo getting ejected due to picking up his second yellow card violation. However, there was good news for St. Louis Park when Salamzadeh was fouled by Mpls. South's Desmond Lafave and Salamzadeh was award a free kick. He sent the ball past a three player Tiger wall and it landed in the net to wrap up the scoring.
The Orioles snapped a two game losing streak and improved their record to 1-2. They will host the New Richmond Tigers on Tuesday, September 5 at 5 PM. It will also be Senior Night as nine senior players and their parents will be honored at halftime. The Tigers dropped their third straight game and fell to 0-3. Mpls. South returns to action Wednesday, August 30 at 4 PM as they host the St. Anthony Village Huskies.
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