Despite a first-half, game- tying strike from Ben Maurey, the Nor’easters were unable to hold off attacking-minded Rough Riders. 

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Ocean City, NJ - The Nor’easters welcomed fans to Carey Stadium for the first time in their 2014 PDL campaign but were unable to pull out a victory in a physical match riddled with fouls and cautions. The Ocean City attack wasn’t able to apply consistent pressure on the Rough Rider defense during this Mid-Atlantic Division match-up, and the Nor’easters back line and keeper Colin Webb were peppered by the Rough Rider offense from the opening whistle.

Starting XI (Front L-R) G. Chapman, (GK) C. Webb, Z. Dennis, (C) S. McLaws, J. Plumhoff (Back L-R) B. Hines-Ike, M. Lurie, B. Maurey, B. McConnell, D. Acuna Camacho, A. Moss

Long island got on the board in just the 2^nd minute, when the referee deemed that defender Ambry Moss fouled a Rough Rider in the box. Long Island striker Dominick Sarle took and converted the penalty past a leaping Webb who got a hand on it. After an early 1-0 Long Island lead, Ocean City responded by possessing the ball well and feeding Jason Plumhoff down the right sideline. In the 5^th minute, a hard foul from Shaun Foster left defender Billy McConnell sprawled on the field, and his Ocean City teammates eager to attack the Long Island net. McConnell stayed in the game and for the next fifteen minutes it felt like a Nor’easter equalizer was imminent. In the 25^th minute, Zoncher Dennis whipped a deadly cross into the Rough Rider box that was headed home by Ben Maurey, Big Ben’s second goal against Long Island this season. Following Maurey’s goal, the Nor’easters stopped winning 50/50 balls, lost possession frequently in the midfield and their defensive third, and became susceptible to a relentless Long Island attack. Long Island took a 2-1 lead in the 35^th minute with a goal from Sean Sepe off of a whistling cross from Dom Sarle. With minutes to go in the half, Colin Webb made a beautiful punch-save, one of his 11 saves in the match, keeping the door open for a second-half Ocean City equalizer.

Emmanuel “Gogo” Kollie entered the match for the Nor’easters to begin the second half, replacing Glenroy “Junior” Chapman. Gogo provided a well-needed spark for Ocean City, and began forcing the issue, looking desperately to score. For the first 10 minutes of the second half, the Nor’easters commanded the attack and created scoring chances but were unable to finish on several occasions. In the 68^th and 72^nd minutes, Matt Taphorn and Alec Golini entered the game for Brendan Hines-Ike and Ambry Moss, respectively, but the Nor’easter attack no longer looked lethal, and the defense was under constant pressure from the Rough Riders. Webb made two sprawling saves in the 71^st and 76^th minutes to keep the Nor’easters in the game, but the Long Island attack was too much for Ocean City to handle. Manuel Martinez entered the match for Billy McConnell in the 83^rd minute. The Rough Riders netted their third goal of the match in the 87^th minute, a shot from Keith Detelj that tricked through the defense and past Webb, increasing the Rough Rider’s lead to 3-1.

The Long Island Rough Riders won the match 3-1. A clinical header finish from the 6'5 striker Ben Maurey, assisted by Zoncher Dennis in the first half was all that the Nor’easter attack could muster. Ocean City matched Long Island’s intensity in the second half but poor finishing and sloppy defending contributed to the Nor’easters home defeat.  

Long Island Rough Riders   at   Ocean City Nor'easters   3:1   Carey Stadium Saturday, June 7, 2014 7:00 pm EDT   Weather: Clear   Summary: LI: Dom Sarie (Penalty Shot) 2 OC: Ben Maurey (Zoncher Dennis) 25 LI: Sean Sepe (Dom Sarie) 35 LI: Keith Detelj 87 Cautions LI: Shaun Foster 3 LI: Sean Sepe 44 OC: Brenden Hines-Hikes 63 OC: Emmannuel Kollie 81 OC: Manuel Montal Martinez 84 OC: Matthew Taphorn 86 OC: Mitch Lurie 89 Ejections Referees:     Long Island Rough Riders Pos Jer Name Min G A S F M 3 Foster, Shaun 95 - - - 1 M 7 Iovino, Dominic 60 - - 3 2 M 16 Reid, Glen 95 - - - 1 M 24 Sepe, Sean 68 1 - 3 3 D 6 Gwyther, Daniel 95 - - - 2 D 20 Hawkins, Harri 95 - - - - D 9 Mueller, Stefan 95 - - - - D 5 Wharf, Thomas "Tom" 95 - - - - F 14 Detelj, Keith 89 1 - 2 3 F 13 Sarle, Dominick 95 1 1 6 1 GK 22 Martin, Joseph 95 - - - - Substitutes M 17 Brown, Dan 35 - - - - M 10 Gabriele, Adriano 27 - - 2 2 M 23 Roche, Stephen - - - - - D 18 Egan, John 6 - - - - GK 1 Lafferty, Brendan - - - - - Ocean City Nor'easters Pos Jer Name Min G A S F M 15 Acuna Camacho, David 95       3 M 22 Dennis, Zoncher 95   1     D 16 Hines-Ike, Brendan 68     1   D 11 Lurie, Mitchell 95       3 D 18 McConnell, William 83         D 20 McLaws, Shawn 95       1 D 3 Moss, Ambry 72       2 F 21 Chapman, Glenroy "Junior" 45     1   F 6 Maurey, Benjamin 95 1   3 1 F 7 Plumhoff, Jason 95     2 3 GK 13 Webb, Colin 95         Substitutes M 9 Grotti, Mitchell           M 8 Montal Martinez, Manuel 12         M 14 Roach, Jidell M -         D 24 Taphorn, Matthew 26         F 23 Golini, Alec 23         F 10 Kollie, Emmanuel "Gogo" 50       2 GK 1 Klenofsky, Eric           Long Island Rough Riders Pos Jer Name GKM GA GKW GKL GKT SO Saves SHFC GK 22 Martin, Joseph 95 1 1       1   Ocean City Nor'easters Pos Jer Name GKM GA GKW GKL GKT SO Saves SHFC GK 13 Webb, Colin 95 3   1     11     Team Statistics Goals Half1 Half2 Final Long Island Rough Riders 2 1 3 Ocean City Nor'easters 1 0 1 Shots Half1 Half2 Final Long Island Rough Riders 11 5 16 Ocean City Nor'easters 5 2 7 Saves Half1 Half2 Final Long Island Rough Riders 1 0 1 Ocean City Nor'easters 6 5 11 Fouls Half1 Half2 Final Long Island Rough Riders 7 9 16 Ocean City Nor'easters 8 10 18 Offsides Half1 Half2 Final Long Island Rough Riders 1 1 2 Ocean City Nor'easters 2 3 5 Corners Half1 Half2 Final Long Island Rough Riders 0 2 2 Ocean City Nor'easters 2 2 4