Riverside and Herman entered Wednesday's contest with identical 3-0-1 records. The Stingers earned a 3-0 win to gain sole possession of first place in the City Group 1 division. "I'm really proud of our team," said Tamim Bashir who led the Stingers with a pair of goals. "We came out strong and we knew what to do."
Soycan Acar scored the other Riverside goal while Robert Koharski earned the clean sheet for the Stingers. "First clean sheet ever." Koharski said followed by a big laugh. Normally a sweeper, Koharski has never played in goal but has been filling in for Riverside's two goalies, who missed both games this week. "Tallest guy on the team. He (head coach Scott Patriquin) put me in there. Usually the guys have my back. I think we did really well this game. I'm having fun."
Herman head coach Eric Muscedere took the loss in stride. "Full marks to Riverside. They played great. They earned everything they got," Muscedere said. "It was a wonderful learning experience for us and we're really looking to take this and move forward into playoffs. We have lots of quality players. I really do love our team and I think moving forward I wouldn't want to play us."
The Griffins drop to third at 3-1-1. Westview Freedom Academy is on a roll after beating Walkerville 11-0. They move to second with a 3-0-2 record.
Check out Soycan Acar's goal and find out why he saluted in the video below.