Islanders down Minnesota 2-1
By: BoriQa | May 31st, 2009
The Islanders finally won! On the road that is…
They were 0-1-2 [W-T-L] this season on the road (a tie and a loss in Austin, and a loss in Vancouver), before defeating the Thunder in Minnesota 2-1, mind you, unnecessarily painfully.
But a win is a win, and the Islanders really needed one!
The Islanders were winless in 6 games (starting with the lost CFU Championship Cup plus 5 league games) including 3 losses (the last 2 straight) and 2 draws in their last five.
The Islanders had to wait for a 90′ minute goal to defeat the Thunder, Minnesota did almost everything right tonight. Had it not been for the game ending goal he allowed, the Thunder keeper Nicolas Platter should have been the player of the game. He had 9 saves (facing 11 shots), some of which were spectacular!
The Thunder deserved at least the draw; but at the very last minute of the game, it was the Islanders who took the 3 points for the win on a cross net by Domenic Mediate which the Thunder keeper could not reach. A 90th minute alajuelazo by Mediate, his first goal of the season and first ever with the Islander uniform.
Jonathan Steele (who missed the first 5 games of the season due to injury) scored twice tonight, but saw his first goal (18′) annulled due to an offside call. His goal on minute 67′ tied the hostilities 1-1, four minutes after the Thunder had taken the initial lead on a goal headed in by Lawrence Olum (63′) after a corner kick from Ricardo Sanchez.
Bill Gaudette earned his 3rd win of the year as he faced 10 shots and saved 5. Kendall Jagdeosingh had 3 shots, while Sean Fraser and John Krausse had 2 each.
The Islanders are now in 5th place in the USL standings with 12 points, 10 points behind the leaders Carolina Railhawks, with one game in hand.
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