What can I say?  O yeah, deja vu all over again, #Still biter once again!!!

You guessed it, PKs on grass at the miserable field condition Morscher Park!!!

Highlands played great in every facet of the game except finding the back of the net for a goal in regulation or OT.  Kudos to the District Tournament MVP NCC GK McCluskey, he played like a STUD all game long!

Unofficial Frank stats:  Highlands shots on goal 100, NCC shots on goal maybe 2!  Just kidding but it felt like it.

Game was played somewhat cleanly, no cards given to either team or coach.

Got to regroup and move on to Region..... Birds need to keep their heads up!

Congrats to the NCC Breds, this might be the first 36th District Title for them since beating the Birds 2-1 in 2015.

Good thing for the Birds this years regional games aren’t being played at historic Morscher Sports Complex…

 

NCC’s keeper did a good job of controlling his box. Highlands played the long ball more than I thought they would. The game was pretty stretched as the midfield was frequently passed over.

 

Highlands had more opportunities. Highlands got behind NCCs defense twice but NCCs keeper was able to cut down the angles. NCC had a number of half chances but nothing they ‘should’ have converted.

 

overall, I thought both teams were decently matched up. #31 and #6 stood out for Highlands. NCCs keeper and #10 stood out on their side of the ball.

 

Good luck to both teams in the next regional round.