BOYS' SOCCER: BIRMINGHAM WINS IT THIS TIME : BIRM. 3 GRANT 1.Byline: Brian Dalziel Daily News Staff Writer Birmingham boys' soccer coach Jose Freire remembers what happened the last time his squad faced Grant in the playoffs: a 1-0 loss three years ago. It was almost deja vu See DjVu. Friday for the Patriots. In the opening round of the City Championships, eighth-seeded Birmingham rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit against No. 25 Grant, then proceeded to beat the visiting Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. in penalty kicks, 3-1. ``In the second half I said to myself that it was going to be another one just like three years ago,'' said Freire, whose team faces either Granada Hills or Roosevelt at home Wednesday. ``They had a psychological advantage coming in because they know they beat us three years ago. It was a tough game.'' Grant (8-7-8) scored 11 minutes in when senior defender Juan Herrera converted on the Lancers' first shot of the game. Birmingham (10-1-4) dominated the rest of the match, outshooting a scrappy scrap·py 1 adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est Composed of scraps; fragmentary: scrappy evidence. scrap Grant squad 14-6. Yet the Patriots weren't able to produce - until junior Mike Erush came along. Erush picked up a loose ball almost on the end line about three feet from the goal, just seconds after he and goalkeeper For the close-in weapon system, see . In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the Jose Cordova Cordova, Spain: see Córdoba. bumped each other going up for the ball. With Cordova on the ground and despite a tough angle, Erush slipped the ball through with six minutes left in regulation to tie the game 1-1. Grant coach Frank Ortiz felt an interference foul should have been called on the play. ``Our goalie had to come out,'' he said. ``As soon as he leaves his feet he got touched. He didn't get touched; he was charged. That was a critical non-call. Our keeper gets charged and they got away with it.'' The teams remained tied after 30 minutes of overtime and went to penalty kicks. John Ortega Seaman John Ortega (born in 1840 in Spain), was the first Hispanic sailor to be awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor in combat — the Medal of Honor — for having distinguished himself during the South Atlantic Blockade by the Union Naval , Mario Osorio and Brian Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the scored for Birmingham. And when Grant's Juan Herrera hit the left post, the Patriots were off to the next round. ``In this type of game, you take it any way you can,'' Freire said. ``We were lucky enough to win this time. We haven't been scoring too many goals. They want to dribble all the way in. ``We have a very good defense and that's going to help in the playoffs. The games are going to be close.'' |
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