ORR 0 D/R 2

The Bulldogs lost their 6th consecutive match to visiting Dighton Rehobeth 2-0.  ORR had enough chances to put this game away early but could not find the back of the net.  Robby Magee, Paul Graves, Elvaro Gruntheson, and Alden Truesdale all had golden opportunities but came up blank.

In the 30th minute D/R's Evan Rosa scored the eventual game winner when the Blues were awarded a free kick from 35 yards out and he easily headed the cross into the empty net when all the Bulldog defense got caught ball watching.  It was a routine cross that should have been easily handled by the Reds.  Unfortunately no one made an attempt to clear the cross or cover Rosa giving him an easy goal.

ORR settled in and made some good offensive forays testing D/R's keeper Ben Evans.  Evans was forced to make two diving saves that managed to deflect two normally sure goals out of danger.   ORR kept the pressure on when Alvaro found himself alone at the top of the 18 but his shot was weak and easily handled by Evans.

In the second half, ORR stepped up the pressure.  In the 55th minute, forward Robby Magee out paced the D/R defense and let loose a shot that beat Evans but rolled wide of the net.   He had a second chance in the 75th minute but his hard shot was right at Evans who smothered it to end the danger.  A minute later Alden Truesdale sent a perfectly place cross that found ORR forward Paul Graves unmarked at the far post.  His header had no zip to it and it fell harmlessly to the ground and was scooped up by Evens to end yet another "sure goal" threat.

The Bulldogs exposed themselves late in the game and gave up a breakaway and D/R put away the insurance goal easily.

Coach Sullivan

"We had three golden chances to put this one away and came up empty.  Scoring has been our Achilles.  We create opportunities but something always goes wrong.  A soft pass, a weak shot, a missed trap, one to many touches,  things like that."

"Through out the season we created opportunities to score lots of goal but only have 12 in eleven matches.  If we capitalized on just a few of those we would be preparing for the state tournament."

"Great team find a way to win.  We haven't solved that yet and I fear we have run out of time".

ORR travels to Fairhaven on Friday.