DeMatha gets by Cardinal boys soccer, 2-0

Andrew Perham, above, has played well in goal for the Cardinals early in the 2013 campaign.

DeMatha remains a yardstick for excellence in the WCAC and the Cardinals demonstrated that they are moving closer to challenging the Conference’s upper echelon with a physical 2-0 loss on Witter Street Field. After blasting Archbishop Carroll 7-0 earlier and losing a city rivalry match to a strong St Stephens/St Agnes squad 4-2 to end last week, the Cardinals returned to league play on Tuesday.

The Stags’ Koby Oseiwusu got the visitors on the board about 7 minutes into the contest with a knuckling 20 meter shot that eluded the Cardinals’ Andrew Perham. Tyler Fields made it 2-0 with 16:40 remaining to play in the opening half of play on a neatly threaded pass deep the Ireton box.

Ireton’s best scoring opportunity came at 26:26 remaining in the game when Paul Poling’s header was screaming under the crossbar, only to be knocked away at the last moment by the DeMatha keeper. It epitomized the strong second half the Cardinals played on a beautiful fall afternoon with the temperatures in the mid-70’s. The Cardinals had their shots and pressed the visiting Stags, but could not find the back of the net in the 80 minutes of play.

Bishop Ireton returns to action on Friday when the Cardinals travel to The Heights School for a doubleheader. JV is slated for a 3:30 kickoff with the varsity contest set for 5:15.