Game 1 Recap

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Austrian Sport Club 1924 B (3)
vs Team vs. Romeo Raiders (1)
The ASC B-team kicked off their inaugural season with a bang by dominating the Romeo Raiders in 3-1 win on Sunday afternoon. Melding a combination of ex-Lancers with ASC newbies and veterans seemed to be a formula for success as the team gathered at Simpson Park for their first match of the season. ASC started strong, playing solid defense and keeping the ball in Romeo’s end. Jim Russo scored early on a corner kick from Ron Karam that allowed ASC to strike first, 1-0. Before halftime ASC would go up 2-0, as Chris Noe kept the ball alive in the middle with a great pass to Ron Karam that he buried in the back of the net. The second half went back an forth until a weak penalty in the box cost goalie Paul Thomas the shutout. Romeo easily scored on the ensuing d irect penalty kick, 2-1. The game was put away late in the second half with a second goal by Jim Russo from Ron Karam on a cross. Final score 3-1.

Austrian Sport Club 1924 A (1) vs. Rochester united White (4)
Sport club 'A' team started the game with a deflected shot from Dave Fleischer to take a the early lead. But
Rochester United rallied back with a quick goal to tie up the game.
Rochester's defense was strong in the middle not letting Sport Club 'A' team forwards Mike Fabbri , Curtis Reid, Tim Lisowski ,and Joe Arwady to get past to put the ball away. Rochester scored the 2nd goal off a dazzling scissor kick from a corner. The game went into half time 2-1 for Rochester. The 'A' team tried to battle back but lost many defensive battles, Paul Swartz, Chris Stockman and Joe Wargo held off the Polish ball handlers the best they could. Rochester's gigantic, sausage eating polish men added 2 more goals to finish the game off 4-1.