Winthrop and Marblehead play to Northeastern Convention tie

Winthrop’s senior soccer evening and final residence sport resulted in a tense 1-1 tie in opposition to Marblehead’s boys.

Each groups pushed one another, conserving the stress on the complete sport. Winthrop Head Coach Phil Ronan was happy with how his final residence sport went, as he’s planning to retire after 29 years of teaching at completely different applications.

“That is my ultimate yr of teaching,” mentioned Ronan. “It’s simply [been] an awesome effort by the children. They purchased in, they fought laborious, they performed laborious, I’m simply so proud for my final residence sport to be one thing like this.”

With good protection, Winthrop held off Marblehead for the complete first half, and took the lead late when the Viking’s Sami Nessassi scored.

All through the second half, Winthrop labored laborious to cling to their 1-0 lead, however the Magicians saved pushing. Nearly scoring a aim, Marblehead was blocked on the final minute by a powerful sliding block by Winthrop’s Patrick O’Meara.

Ronan mentioned that the Viking seniors performed to win.

“The seniors gave the whole lot that they had. They knew it was their final sport on the sector,” mentioned Ronan, “They performed a spectacular sport, and so they set a correct instance.”

Because the time ticked down, Marblehead’s Bubacarr Jallow scored with simply 5 minutes left within the sport.

The Magicians’ Head Coach Elmer Magana lauded his workforce with the ability to sustain with Winthrop’s protection.

“We switched up formations, switched some performs round,”  mentioned Magana, “[I’m] very pleased with the boys for locating the equalizer and never giving up.”

Though that is the tip of 1 chapter for Ronan, he and his boys are trying ahead to the Vikings heading on the street to the state match subsequent week after “the perfect season within the historical past of this system.”