The Stamford Hurricanes U9 boys were ready for the Westport, and for the first 15 minutes Westport was ready for the Hurricanes.
Harrison Day, in goal for the Hurricanes, made an excellent save on a Westport corner kick. The next corner kick went to Stamford. David Torres broke the scoreless tie, with a goal off that play.
Westport rallied, forcing Day to make three more outstanding saves before Vincent Manginelli put the Hurricanes up, 2-0. Gabriel Henry, Gavin Dolan and Jonah Yu also took on the Westport defenders on many occasions, creating scoring threats.
Stamford put together a fast counterattack with an accurate pass from midfielder Giancarlo Pardo to Torres, who relayed it onto Manginelli. He burned the Westport goalie for his second tally, resulting in the decisive 3-0 final score.
Westport couldn't deal with how competitive we were and couldn't handle our superior technical skills. Some of the passing and movements were incredible," Hurricanes coach Antony Wilshaw said. "Our back three players, led by Christian De Simone, were excellent in and out of possession. This gave the team the platform to dominate for large portions of the game.
"We switched the field numerous times, and in the end, made the opponents day long and frustrating. In moving the ball forward, we were very dangerous, looked to be a goal-threat on most occasions, and scored a lovely third goal on the fast counterattack that Barcelona would have been proud of. This game was something to be very proud of.
Also playing shutout defense for Stamford were Justin Kipness, Conall Bracken and Rishi Jaswaal.
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