When push came to shove, Aberdeen Central was able to secure the ball and find solid scoring opportunities on the way to a 9-3 boys' soccer win over Watertown at Swisher Field Tuesday afternoon.
The Golden Eagles broke the game open with four goals in the first 20 minutes of the Eastern South Dakota Conference contest.
Central seemed to thrive in the physical game, but it also took the Eagles out of their element, according to coach Lance Mohr.
"We struggled all game to kind of get our rhythm, and then we kind of got wrapped up in it," Mohr said. "It effected our play today, no doubt about that. We didn’t handle it well."
Marcos Ramos Garcia, Jelani Peters, Denon Deuter and Sekou Gogue all scored a goal in the first 20 minutes to stake Central to a 4-1 advantage.
"We just work on moving the ball from side to side, just playing one to two touches and not be selfish," Gogue said. "Everybody is going to have their chances. We already know that."
Garcia added another go
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