One Goal Losses Continue for SLP Orioles

"They can't seem to finish, they've got the one goal blues" would make appropriate blues song lyrics about the St. Louis Park girls and boys soccer teams who hosted the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders Thursday night and lost by identical 1-0 scores.

In the girls game, Paige Goaley did not have the namesake as the goalkeeper position.  Instead, she scored the eventual game winning goal 5:56 into the first half to lead the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders to a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles.

Goaley, one of two Raider sophomores, the other Frannie Hottinger got the ball in the center slot off a corner kick and put it past Oriole goalkeeper Anna Roethler and it turned out to be the game's only goal.  St. Louis Park had an opportunity to tie the game in the second half but a shot was broken up by the CDH defense.

The Raiders improved their record to 2-1 and will travel to White Bear Lake on Thursday, September 8 for a 7 PM game with the Bears.  The Orioles lost their third straight game and fell to 0-3.  They will head to Apple Valley to take on the Eastview Lightning on Tuesday, September 6 at 7 PM.

Now to the boys game.  There was no score throughout most of the game and it was on the verge of possibly overtime.  But Jack Koch would score the game winning goal with 2:54 left in regulation time to lead the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders to a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles.

The scoreboard remained at zero in the first half.  The Raiders almost took the lead when Shiferaw Williamson made a centering pass to Koch and his shot was saved by Oriole goalkeeper Felix Hengel.

In the second half.  Each team had an opportunity to score.  Matthew Gleason came close to putting CDH ahead but his shot went wide to the right.  St. Louis Park also had a chance to take the lead when Miguel Ocampo had a free kick against a four player CDH wall.  But his shot ricocheted off the football upright.  The Raiders would clinch the win as Koch headed in a pass from Jack McGrath with 2:54 left to play.

CDH improved their record to 2-2 and returns to action on Tuesday, September 6 as they host the Eagan Wildcats at 7 PM.  St. Louis Park dropped their third straight game and fell to 1-3.  They have a week off and head to Chaska on Thursday, September 8 to take on the Hawks at 5 PM.