Springfield MO Soccer

The U23’s had a good weekend, opening play with a pair of games in St Louis on Saturday followed by the away game in their home-and-away series with the Northwest Arkansas Lightning on Sunday.

Sunday’s match was a 4-1 win for our boys, with goals from 4 different players giving them a commanding lead in the total goals that will decide the Ozarks Challenge Cup winner. John Duncan (Washington University/Joplin) got the first midway through the first half as he outraced the goalkeeper to a ball deflected wide right from Justin Alford’s pass. TJ Miner Martin (Webb City/Rogers State) got a beauty when Danny Collins (Drury/Glendale) sent him in alone with a thru ball. NWA got their goal late in the half when Juan Orrala (Rogers HS) put a beautiful direct kick over the wall and off the left upright that just evaded Stephen Connors (Drury/Glendale) dive. With a strong defense and a counter-attack that doesn’t quit, SSC got two more goals from Kyle Windmueller and Justin Alford (both Missouri State) who assisted each other late in the game. The NWA News has a story from yesterday’s game as well. I’ll be back with video highlights later today.

Springfield SC U23’s at Northwest AR Lightning from oleolson on Vimeo.

The games on Saturday included a 2-1 win over Central Illinois Soccer Academy and 2-0 over Metro United. Both games were played at the Metro facility in Collinsville IL.

Springfield SC travels to Chicago this weekend for a trio of games, with the highlight of the trip being a game at Schwaben FC (in Buffalo Grove, IL), a German club that began in Chicago in 1926 and now has a four field facility in the Northern suburbs.

The home game against NWA Lightning will be on Wednesday July 23rd and will be played at Cooper Soccer Complex. Come cheer on the local boys and get a peek at some of the Missouri Southern, Drury, Missouri S&T and Missouri State players on the team you’ll be cheering on this Fall.