Earlham 3 Wilmington 0

After the disappointment with our play at Thomas More you got the feeling the team would make a statement in this game. Wilmington arrived having beaten Thomas More in Lexington 1-0 in OT but we were prepared to do the necessary.

That is, after we survived a scare in the first minute where a Wilmington player missed a "sitter" in front of our goal. We got control thereafter and in the 6th minute Alex Ferreira finished in front after Ameer Yusuf was set free by a long ball from Frank Mbaya. I had spoke to Alex throughout much of preseason about following play into the box and it was gratifying to see this goal. So often Ameer's "mazy" runs forward end in a cul-de-sac of defenders but here things worked to perfection and Alex was there to score a simple goal.

In the 29th minute Mike Nsoesie recovered a ball in our half, played Frank in and Frank played up field to Jacob Ebbs. Jacob sent a diagonal ball across to Ameer behind the Wilmington back line and Ameer ran in to finish, wrong footing the keeper and rolling the ball in past his left. The whole move was a classic counter but Jacob's ball over the back's head was a real beauty. The half ended 2-0 us.

The second half saw WC with a bit more possession and a couple of chances which resulted in one great clutch save by Aaron Falsetto in goal for us. In the last minute of play a goal kick from Aaron found its way to Jacob who volleyed over a defender to Ameer. Ameer played a one-two with Tiqi Brown to split two defenders and ran in to score a clincher for a 3-0 final score. A good win over a good team.