Sudbury headed down to New Bedford for the first of three straight road games to open the Spring season. The team was missing a number of important returning players and brought 9 players making their debuts in yellow.
The lack of chemistry showed throughout the match as the hosts controlled much of the pace and play in the middle of the field. Sudbury hung tough and the crew of defenders including Don, Scott, Steve, Jeff and Tony did well to fend off many WPFC chances considering the amount of time spent in the Sudbury defensive zone.
The hosts took the lead about 15 minutes into the first half off a long throw that created a scramble in front of keeper Pat, who was taken out on the play. They upped the lead to 2-0 on a broken play that resulted in 3 straight head balls by WPFC, with the 3rd finally landing in the back of the goal.
Sudbury came back to close the gap to 2-1 with some strong passing by Steve A. and Leo to set up Anthony in a one on one race to the ball with the keeper. Anthony's tough pressure resulted in a rebound and Ryan buried the scoring chance to narrow the gap. The first half finished minutes later but Sudbury were feeling good about their performance all things considered.
The second half showed to be more of the same however as Sudbury couldn't get any sustained ball control or pressure up front and played much of the game in their own end. As the team focused its efforts on rallying to tie the game, the hosts took two breakaway goals to result in the final score of 4-1.
Though it was unfortunate that so many regulars had to miss the opener, the likelihood of missing so many key members of the club in one week again isn't too high. Sudbury expects to put many folks back into their customary positions and look for a better result this week against a new team to the OTHSL who won their opener.
Man of the Match: Don
Next up: @ Rovers FC
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