The 2020 high school soccer regular season came to an end Thursday night as the St. Louis Park Orioles hosting the Chanhassen Storm with the girls losing 1-0 and the boys playing to a 3-3 tie.
First up was the girls game that was scoreless until Kennedy Beld scored the lone goal 10:46 into the second half to lead the Chanhassen Storm to a 1-0 win over the St, Louis Park Orioles.
Neither team would score in the first half though the Storm would come close to taking the lead. But Colleen Westerhaus' shot would go through the crease and wide to the right of Oriole goalkeeper Sophia Romero.
Chanhassen would change the zero on their side of the scoreboard in the second half when Beld would score from the right side and it would account for the only goal of the game.
The Storm finished the regular season with a six game unbeaten streak and improved their record to 8-2-1. In that stretch, they have outscored the opposition 10-1 and seven of their eight wins have been by shutout. St. Louis Park wrapped up the regular season with a 1-8-2 record.
Concluding the regular season was the boys game as Chanhassen's Ben Giles scored the tying goal with 2:08 left to force a 3-3 tie against the St. Louis Park Orioles.
Both teams would tally twice in the first half. The Storm would strike first when Christian Lange scored off a corner kick to put Chanhassen ahead. They would increase the margin to two as Braedan Sanders capitalized on Oriole goalkeeper Luis Benitez Matias playing far out of the net and Sanders found an opening to put the ball in the goal. Lo and behold, St. Louis Park would get back in the game with two consecutive goals. The first would come from Dan Lainsbury on a pass from Alex Ruiz-Shimada and the second from eighth grader Elijah Proost to tie the game at two at halftime.
The Orioles would forge into the lead in the second half due to Bennett Kouame being awarded a penalty kick and he put it past Chanhassen goalkeeper Caden Carlson. Could the Orioles head into section play on a winning note? Not on this Thursday night because Ben Giles would score from the left side with 2:08 left to even the game at three.
The Storm ended the regular season with a 4-4-3 record and the Orioles finish with a record of 7-2-2.
Section play begins next week.
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