Saturday, August 25, 2018

SLP Oriole Soccer Teams Tie and Lose Home Opener

On a warm Saturday, the St. Louis Park Oriole soccer teams opened their home season with the boys tying their Section 6AA rivals the Wayzata Trojans 2-2 and the girls coming up shot against the Champlin Park Rebels 1-0.

The first game was a rematch of last season's Section 6AA final as the St. Louis Park Orioles rallied back from a two goal deficit to tie the Wayzata Trojans 2-2.

The Trojans scored the only goal of the first have on Jake Ogle's rebound goal with 3:41 left to lead 1-0.

In the second half, Wayzata would go up by two as Blake eye score from the penalty area.  But there would be good news for Oriole fans as Thomas Salamzadeh, who missed a goal on a free kick against a four Trojan wall, connected on a line drive that went into the left side of the net.  St. Louis Park would tie the score when Zinedine Kroeten made an inside pass to David Benjamin and he put it past Wayzata goalkeeper Perrin King.  That would wrap up the scoring as neither team would change the two to a three on their portion of the scoreboard.

Wayzata improves their record to 1-0-1 and heads to Bloomington on Tuesday, August 28 to face the Jefferson Jaguars at 6 PM.  St. Louis Park also has a 1-0-1 record and hosts the St. Cloud Tech Tigers on Monday, August 27 at 5 PM.

Now to the girls home opener Alex Lotts scored the only goal of the game to lead the Champlin Park Rebels to a 1-0 over the St. Louis Park Orioles.

Lotts would score from the center slot 13 minutes into the first half and the Rebels would hold on to the lead since the Orioles couldn't send the game into overtime.  They had a golden opportunity in the second half when Ellie Kent attempted a free kick against Champlin Park's five player wall but her shot bounced off the crossbar.

The Rebels improved their record to 2-0 and open Northwest Suburban Conference play on Tuesday, August 28 as they host the Park Center Pirates at 5 PM.  The Orioles fell to 0-2 and host the Watertown-Mayer Royals on Monday, August 27 at 7 PM.

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