Groton, Ma - So. Matt Fordan converted a penalty kick in the 54th minute but North Middlesex's Roody Clemetson tapped home a long throw into the box as the game finished in a 1-1 draw. GD's David Alverez got in alone in both half but was unable to beat Patriots keeper Collin Anselmi. GD recieved great play from Zac ElMasri, Simon Chandler, Alex Castallano and Max Phanord. NM improve to 1-1-1 overal and 0-0-1 in League Play. GD snaps 15 game losing streak that dates back to September 19th of 2017 and improve to 0-1-1 overall and 0-0-1 in League Play. NM host Nashoba on Thursday at 4pm while GD travel to the defending cmass champion Marlboro Panthers (2-0-0) on Thursday at 4pm.

GD Game MVP - Zac ElMasri

Scoring:

2nd Half

GD 53:47 Matt Fordham (Penalty Kick)

NM 64:38 Roody Clemetson (Owen Marr)

Final Score 1-1

Shots favored GD 14-8

Saves 9-9

Corner Kicks GD 9-3

JV1 Downed 3-1

Freshman midfielder Ben Lyon scored a late goal for the Crusaders in the 78^th minute, but it would ultimately not be enough as the team fell 3-1 to North Middlesex’s Junior Varsity squad. The Crusaders played with strength and continuity for the first 40 minutes as they went into the first half drawn 0-0. However, early into the second half, NM scored two wonder-goals from well outside the 18-yard box to put the Rangers into the lead. The G-D faithful fought back and had several chances as the half wore on, but due to some decent goalkeeping and mistimed finishing in the box, they were held at bay. For his first game at the helm, new boss Alex Murphy was pleased with the positive play and attitude shown by the crusaders, and their resilience to fight back down to the final whistle. Today’s man-of-the-match goes to SO. Aidan Pierantozzi with his heroic defending time and time again throughout the match. Honorable mentions and excellent play go to Nick Hanlon (Captain), Elias Jiser, and goal-scorer Ben Lyon. GD drop to 0-2-0 and look forward to their next contest with Marlboro away at their high school.

Goals: Ben Lyon – 78^th min

Yellow Cards: Eugenio Rivera – 60^th min

Red Cards: None