When we last left the Haddonfield girls team, they had just lost their first game after 20 wins, a 2-0 decision to Group 4 Lenape in the semi-finals of the South Jersey Coaches Cup.
It didn't take long to get over the defeat. Five days later the Bulldawgs ripped Manasquan, 5-0, in the opener of the South Jersey Group 2 tournament. This was followed by wins over West Deptford and Deptford, 2-1 and 3-2, respectively, to put Haddonfield into the sectional final against Cinnaminson, whom they had beaten 1-0 less than three weeks ago in the Coaches Cup.
Same opponent, different tournament, same score. Nic Green nailed a PK with 29:07 left to provide all the scoring needed. In the first half Cinnaminson had a goal called back for obstruction of Haddonfield's goalie. Afterwards, Cinnaminson coach Matt Digney called both the disallowance of his team's goal and the penalty kick for Haddonfield, "soft calls," according to the Burlington County Times.
Haddonfield plays Robbinsville Tuesday at St. Augustine in the state semifinal The winner advances to Saturday's final at Kean University.
I have missed all these games because of with work or my wife's hip replacement surgery a week ago. Thankfully, my good friend Lynn Green, our awesome co-chair (with the equally awesome Chris Stanton) of the girls soccer booster club has been kind enough to text me updates during the match. Next best thing to being there.
Looking forward to a text at about 4 o'clock Tuesday saying we're headed to the final.
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