PREP SOCCER: BOYS: NOTRE DAME ABLE TO MEASURE UP ST. FRANCIS 0, NOTRE DAME 0.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer St. Francis and Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame have come to the point where there is no satisfaction to be taken from a tie. It doesn't matter that Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks tied a higher-ranked team. It makes no difference that St. Francis of La Canada Flintridge remained undefeated and barely escaped the first overtime unscathed. They'll say a tie is better than a loss, but not without a grimace grimace Neurology A humorless facial 'mask' typically seen in Pts with catatonia. See Amimia. . The teams tied for the second time this year and 11th combined Thursday, this time 0-0 after two overtimes and 100 minutes of play in a Mission League game at St. Francis. ``This was a tie that really bothered us,'' St. Francis coach Glen Appels said. ``We had a lot of chances and didn't get it done.'' St. Francis controlled the ball most of the game and had one shot go off the crossbar and another off the corner post. But Notre Dame had the best scoring chance of the night. In the first overtime, forward Nick Folk Nick Folk (born November 5, 1984 in Hollywood, California) is an American football placekicker in the NFL. Folk played college football at the University of Arizona and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys during the 2007 NFL draft. kicked a line drive toward the center of the goal that ricocheted off the chest of 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 Sean O'Connor This article is about the Irish businessman and politician. For the English footballer, see Sean O'Connor (footballer). Sean O'Connor is co-promoter of Rally Ireland which secured a round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) for Ireland which will run from . The other forward, Dione Scott, got to the ball with O'Connor out of position but the defense slowed Scott just enough for him to punch a soft grounder wide. The ball was cleared out of trouble by defender Branden Izumi. ``I got a good angle on (the first shot by Folk) and the defense did a great job,'' O'Connor said. ``We stopped (Scott) from hitting it cleanly clean·ly adj. clean·li·er, clean·li·est Habitually and carefully neat and clean. See Synonyms at clean. adv. In a clean manner. clean or we could have been in trouble.'' It was the first time No. 2 St. Francis (12-0-6, 4-0-3) hasn't scored a goal this season. The Golden Knights
No. 7 Notre Dame (8-3-5, 2-1-4) is fourth in the league and wouldn't make the playoffs if the season ended today. But the Knights have tied all three teams in front of them, including St. Francis twice. ``Our biggest problem is that we can't finish,'' Notre Dame coach Rene Velado said. ``Neither team, we couldn't finish.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Jason Roel of St. Francis goes to the ground after forcing Nick Hart of Notre Dame to kick the ball out of play. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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