Mira Mesa (Quarter-Finals Div 1) game update 2-25-2011

The playoffs are upon us and we didn't disappoint. Even the expected wind and rain stayed away and allowed us to play the game under pretty good conditions.
Darien Naraghi got us on the board at the 10 minutes mark when Eric Budniewski sent a crossing pass into the box that Evan Myers deflected over to Dairen, who then deposited into the back of the net to give us the early lead. The 1st half was pretty even with both teams getting a couple of good opportunities.
In the 52nd minute, Eric Budniewski's corner kick landed in front of Evan Myers, who had his shot blocked, it then rolled over to Luke Flud who put it into the net for a seemingly comfortable 2-0 lead. Mira Mesa had other ideas though. They got on the board with about 10 minutes left on a 25 yard blast that just went under the crossbar. This made for a wild finish. Mira Mesa kept the pressure on and were awarded a corner kick with about 2 minutes left. The ball never made it into the box and was deflected over the Eric Budniewski. Eric started his run deep in our end, moved up the left side of the field, crossed over to the right side at midfield. Once he got deep into the Mira Mesa zone he faked out one defender, crossed back over where he faked out a 2nd defender, then shot a low left footed ball into the corner of the net for the goal of the year. It pushed our lead back to two and that is where it ended up. To bad PPR wasn't there to get that one on tape. Zach McDonnel picked up his 17th win on the season. Next up will be another rematch with Torrey Pines @ home on Tuesday @ 7:00pm.