Florida High School Soccer - Chiles knocks off Leon
January 4, 2022: Tallahassee, FL 32312 The Chiles Timberwolves soccer team scored 6 points and limited the visiting Leon Lions to 0 in the Timberwolves league victory on Tuesday.
Next, the Timberwolves face the Lincoln Trojans (Tallahassee, FL) in a 6A D2 contest, on Tuesday, January 11. Chiles will attempt to better on its 6-3 season record. The Trojans enter the contest with a 7-3 record after their 4-0 league win over Leon (Tallahassee, FL).
The Lions now have a 1-10 record. They take the field next when they host Gulf Breeze for a non-league contest on Friday, January 7. Leon will face a Dolphins team coming off a 8-0 non-league win over Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach, FL). The Dolphins record now stands at 6-2.
Game Summary
We again played a strong first half, probably our best first half of the season, We began strong and were sure we scored a goal on a shot that headed down off the crossbar and over the goalline. Everybody but the refs (and maybe Chiles) saw it our way, so we stayed off the board. Chiles again maintained control of the action, and kept our defense busy. Emma made a great save of a 1-v-1 shot in the last minute of the half; but they got their first on a well-placed boot that sailed high just out of Emma's reach—several seconds after the clock passed 0:00. Despite the disappointing deficit, we knew we'd played very well, and looked forward to the last 40. But our positivity was muted when they got another goal just 2 minutes after the break, and it was drowned as more scores followed in the 54th, 58th, 70th, and 77th minutes. We were pummeled with 25 attempts, a remarkable 20 on goal. Just not our night...
