By Roman Kuznicki-
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI – Wednesday at Wanda Park White Eagles played their neighbor rivals Carpathia Kickers for the first time this season. Both teams were looking forward to the game and both teams were in a good spirits as they were coming of big wins over the weekend.

The game started at 7 sharp as always. Team were very confident as both teams had full rosters. The first half was mainly in a middle of the field were both teams were feeling each other out with a little bit more possession on the Carpathia side. Both teams had many opportunities to score. Finally, just like two games ago, right before the half time whistle Eagles concede a goal from a corner kick which was a tough blow as the team worked very hard the entire half.

In the second half Eagles started very nervous and because of that there were plenty of individual mistakes in the middle of the field as well as the defensive formation. Luckily for the Eagles, our goalkeeper had a very good day and was able to stop most of the attempts on net that were created by Kickers. In an effort to level the score Eagles opened up in the back by playing with only three defenders which proved costly as Carpathia doubled their lead with 10 minutes to go in the game. The second goal did not stop the Eagles from pushing forward and trying to get a positive result. All the hard work and effort resulted with a beautiful goal scored by Aidan Kuhls in stoppage time. Some might say, the 30+ yard strike could be worth the title of goal of the year in the MPSL as this strike was comparable to goals that we see in the best leagues around the world. As pretty as it was, unfortunately it still counted as only one goal and in the end Eagles fall to Carpathia by the score of 1:2(0:1).

Another opportunity to get three points this Friday when Eagles will play a newly promoted Detroit United at Wanda Park at 7PM.

We need to mention that Friday’s game will be the last game of the season for head coach Goldyn who’s going on vacation. The final game of the season which will be played on Sunday, August 2nd at 4pm the Eagles will be led by assistant coach Jakub Woloszyn.
Thank you and see you all at the next Eagle game.

Click here for the box score and a photo gallery from the game. Photos courtesy of Rafal Kuznicki.