Catholic Soccer 1-0 win over Bearden

Just home from a great soccer game. Crisp spring evening. Knoxville Catholic v. Bearden. Both regional and state power teams. Well played by both teams, and physical. The field was miserable, though, after a long tough weekend of soccer in the Bearden Invitational.

Catholic scored in the 57th minute. Kosta Nassios passed ahead to Tyler Gibson. Gibson laid a perfect inside pass to Ricardo Martinez, who finished very strong in the back net. Both teams had opportunities to score. Catholic built more plays forward, but Bearden's strong and accurate North-South passing worked well to give them opportunities. A very close match and well played and well refereed.

The game was marked by the return of Joey Delarosa, goalkeeper for Catholic, who played very well, though not 100% back.