It was a vast improvement for the U14 Boys soccer team as they played Stettler for the third time this year on Wednesday, June 3, losing only 2-1.
Coach Matt Sealy says the Stettler team is the top in the league and in both of the previous games Ponoka was soundly beat.
“We stayed with them,” said Sealy, referring to the most recent game between the two teams.
“There was good effort tonight by our guys,” he added. Sealy believes it is the best effort the boys had put forth all season.
The first half the game was strong for Ponoka and they were able to generate many chances to score. Sealy says the boys just were not able to capitalize on those opportunities and that is what put them behind.
“Our defense was fantastic too. The first half was probably the best all season,” said Sealy.
During the second half Ethan Little was able to score for Ponoka but Stettler came back with a corner goal, once again taking the lead and securing their win. They played well enough to win,” said Sealy, referring to the opposing team.
Sealy says he did not expect his team to beat Stettler but he is quite proud of how well his boys were able to match the top team. “This is the first game I think we played two halves of good soccer.”
“We’ve been improving all year,” he added.