From the Sidelines

The sun was out and the Vashon boys soccer team was ready for the game at Eatonville yesterday. The Pirates carried the momentum from the home win Thursday on to a 4-1 win over the Cruisers.

The Pirates took the game to the Cruisers from the opening whistle. The aggressiveness paid off when Jackson McFall was tripped in the penalty box and calmly converted the penalty kick into a 1-0 lead 13 minutes in.

Eatonville tied things up when the uneven grass surface contributed to a Pirate defender missing a tackle, leaving the Cruiser striker free to chip the ball over the keeper to tie the game.

Pirate keeper Robert McGinnis punches away a Cruiser shot on goal.

Elias Weston put the Pirates ahead for good in the 35th minute. Taking a long feed from Will O’Neil, Weston, from the left side, curved the ball around the Cruiser keeper into the net.

Before the hosts could get settled in the second half Nick Gass put the ball into open space and in a perfectly timed run Nick Fox-Edele sprinted past the last defender to put the ball into the net and give Vashon a 3-1 lead less than a minute in to the half.

Pirate goalkeeper Robert McGinnis got a rare assist in the 73rd minute when he boomed a goal kick to Fox-Edele, who again beat all the Cruiser defenders for the final goal.

Vashon had only nine regular varsity players available for the non-league contest and all the JV and swing players on the trip got substantial playing time and impressed head coach Paul Beytebiere.

Tuesday the Pirates face a big test when they travel to Charles Wright for the first of two games with the arch-rival Tarriers.

Coach Beytebiere gets serious at half time.