The St. Louis Park Oriole soccer teams closed out September on a high note as they hosted the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles with the girls coming from behind to beat Kennedy 3-2 and the boys holding off the Eagles 4-3.
First up was the girls game and Alma Beaton made her head coach mom Anne and the fans in attendance happy by scoring the game winning goal with :39.1 in regulation time to beat the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles 3-2.
The Eagles would score the lone goal of the first half when Isabella Lone, daughter of head coach Mario Lone, lined a shot from the 35 yard line that landed in the net.
Kennedy would increase the margin to two in the second half. Alex Rosales made a centering pass from the far left corner to Ruthie Gyasi and she would connect to make the score 2-0. But the Orioles were not out of this one yet. A shot by Amelia Beach barely crossed the goal line to cut the lead to one. Then Alma Beaton, wearing number six, would even the score after her free kick was block and she would score on a rebound. Would there be overtime on this warm Thursday night? Not according to Alma Beaton. Following a restart due to a Kennedy yellow card, Beaton lined the ball toward the goal and it went passed Eagle goalkeeper Kaysawn Carlson for the win.
The Orioles improved their record to 4-7 and host the Armstrong Falcons on Saturday, October 2 at noon. The Eagles fell to 7-4 and will also be in action on the 2nd, hosting the Park Center Pirates at noon.
Now to the boys game as the red hot Orioles got two goals from Claudy Zua to lead them to a 4-3 win over the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles.
It looked like the Eagles would cool off the Orioles in the first half with a pair of early goals. Diego Perez would strike first followed by Geradito Ontiveros Castillo :55 later. But the news would be good for St. Louis Park as Zua would score on a rebound and Zuca Guarin would tally :39 later to tie the game at two at halftime.
Zua would record his second goal of the game, scoring from the center slot to put the Orioles ahead. Shetaye would line a shot that deflected off of Eagle goalkeeper Brandon Cruz Rojas and enter the net to put St. Louis Park ahead by two. Kennedy would get back into the game on a penalty kick goal from Santiago Singer Eman but that would be it as St. Louis Park would play strong defense.
The Orioles won their ninth straight game to improve their record to 9-1. They will return to action on Saturday, October 2 at 1 PM in Minneapolis against the DeLaSalle Islanders. The Eagles fell to 5-7 and host the Cooper Hawks on Friday, October 1 at 5 PM.
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