A Saturday noon home game against Madill United gets a late start.
Early in this one, Emilio's hard shot ricochets up and out of the hands of the Madill United keeper, and we take a 1-0 lead.
Madill United almost immediately equalizes the score. Then Emilio takes advantage of an aggressive keeper and delivers a fine turn and shot to o give us another lead.
Emi goes out near the end of the first half, and we end up tied 4-4.
Early in the second, Emilio takes a throw-in from Gareth, deftly dribbles through a wicket of four defenders, bypasses Coach Brock's increasingly insistent and familiar demands ("Pass! Pass! Pass! Pass!") and delivers a strong shot to the near post to give the Spartans a 5-4 lead.
Two minutes later, Emi takes a strong shot from the edge of the box. And we have a 6-4 lead. Emi has four goals.
Emi escapes two on the baseline and pushes a crosser past the keeper and Xander moves it softly across the line.
United scores an equalizer late, and we draw: 6-6.
Through six U12 games, Emilio has twelve goals. The rest of the team has five.
If you count Emi's U14 call up, he has fourteen goals in seven games.
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