July 25, 2009
Bluewater Jr. Blaze vs. Guelph

The Bluewater Jr. Blaze wanted to get back to their winning ways when they hosted the Guelph Royals.

Guelph wanted to show the hosts they came to play. A quick through ball beat the Blaze defense but the shot went wide of Josh Graham in the Blaze goal. Confusion in the Bluewater backfield allowed Guelph another opportunity. A pass wide was returned into the middle of the field and finished for a 1-0 Guelph lead.

The first 20 minutes belonged to Guelph but Bluewater wasn’t ready to quit. Dilly Ohuegbe hustled to keep the ball in play near the Guelph goal. A short side shot was deflected wide by the keeper. The ensuing corner found the foot of Richael  O’Neill but his rising shot was high over the bar.  The Blaze had found their game. Continued pressure resulted in a direct Free Kick outside the 18 yard box. O’Neill made no mistake and knotted the game at 1.

The Blaze tried to take the lead before half when a short corner kick was taken by O’Neill to Zach Horvath but the shot was off the mark wide. 1-1  was the score at half.

Bluewater started the second half where they left off the first.  A corner kick found Mitch Leblanc in front and Leblanc buried the chance for a 2-1 lead.
 

The Blaze was hungry for more goals. Dylan Wardell started a passing play to Ohuegbe who crossed to O’Neill. O’Neill couldn’t connect but Leblanc was there again but this time his shot went high. Garth Denys read a Guelph pass and stepped up to intercept the ball. Denys took the space granted to him and fired a shot that curled just wide of the post. Bluewater thought they increased their lead when Ohuegbe passed wide to O’Neill the cross found the head of Brandon Foster and the back of the twine, but a quick look saw the linesman’s flag raised offside.
 

Bluewater was now dominating the play but still only had a one goal lead. Foster found Matt Cservik who spotted Ohuegbe but the ball missed the post on the far side.
 

Ohuegbe won the ball from a Guelph player and passed to Cservik but the attempt sailed wide.

Horvath attacked from the wing and found Cservik but Matt was unable to finish the chance.

Guelph knew one goal would even the match even though they had been outplayed. A hard charge down the field saw Graham rush the player and make the save.

A Bluewater free kick was lobbed by Leblanc to Ohuegbe. A cross Cservik in the proper position but the shot was hammered over the net.

The final whistle blew and Bluewater had earned a 2-1 home win over Guelph.