Ryle 1 Newport Central Catholic 0 (9th Region Championship)

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Ryle scores the only goal of the game off a build up down the left side of the field.  Diego Lakkis received the ball and drove towards the end line, then makes a cross in-front of the goal to find the foot of Diego Hoenderkamp to take the 1-0 lead.  Ryle would have a couple of other chances but nothing came of them.  NCC struggled in the first half getting into the offensive end of the field.  The defensive back line for Ryle played well and controlled the ball when being pressured and playing out of the back.  Ryle holds the 1-0 lead into half.

Second half saw NCC make a few changes and in my opinion the ball stayed in their attacking half more, but they seemed to try to work down the middle instead of the outside of the field.  Ryle struggled in the second half connecting the ball to their attackers, but when they did connect nothing really came of it as NCC's defense retreated quickly to get in position.  NCC did receive a direct kick from about 35 yards out that Barth had to deflect it over the goal, that was about the only shot in my opinion that really challenged the Ryle keeper.  Ryle started to slow the game down and eventually win back to back 9th Region Championships.