The Gettysburg Battlefield Blast Tournament lived up to its name yesterday as a very physical Cardiff team took the battle mentality seriously and used very physical play to defeat the Haverford Dragons and send them home with a record of 2-1.
Cardiff, who lost in the Championship Match to Great Falls, started brightly with a goal inside the first 6 minutes, and used aggressive tactics to deny Haverford.
The match also suffered from spotty officiating as well as a flurry of yellow cards.
Sunday had started more promisingly for the Dragons when they ran out 5-nil winners against Manheim Township. Despite an early start, Haverford showed ambition with three goals before the break from Ryan Brown, Patrick McCallum and Kevin Toal.
The second half saw Toal add to his total and Noah Cordrey got on the scoresheet as well.
Saturday's match had been a tighter affair as the Dragons were held off the score sheet until the second half by a gritty Forest Hills squad.
It was Brown who made the breakthrough in the 33rd minute poking home from a corner which Forest Hills had failed to clear sufficiently. The victory was sealed roughly 10 minutes from time when McCallum finished very sweetly after making a determined run down the right side.
The Dragons certainly got no more than they deserved with the victory as they had the majority of possession and great chances throughout the match.
New goalkeeper John Kuyat was stretched on a few occassions and saved well those few times when Forest Hills managed a counterattack.
Coach Bradley continued to move players around in formation and, employing a 4-4-2, got solid play out of the entire squad.
Overall, Haverford put in good performances in the two victories but found it hard to fight back from an early deficit to Cardiff.
The Dragons will look to build on those two wins in anticipation of their opening match against Hockessin in just less then two week's time.
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