{"id":12826,"date":"2014-03-23T16:18:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T20:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/?p=12826"},"modified":"2014-03-23T16:18:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T20:18:57","slug":"real-salt-lake-az-late-goal-preserves-undefeated-streak-2-2-draw-seattle-sounders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandesportsacademy.com\/real-salt-lake-az-late-goal-preserves-undefeated-streak-2-2-draw-seattle-sounders\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Salt Lake-AZ U-17\/18’s late goal preserves undefeated streak in 2-2 draw with Seattle Sounders U-17\/18’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GrandeCASA GRANDE, Ariz. –<\/strong> A late goal from Sam Gleadle preserved Real Salt Lake-AZ U-17\/18’s undefeated match streak in a 2-2 draw with Seattle Sounders U-17\/18 at the Grande Sports World on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Seattle scored the go-ahead goal in the 74th-minute after a prolonged attack in RSL-AZ’s final third. The Claret-and-Cobalt’s defense failed to clear back-to-back crosses and on Seattle’s third attempt an unmarked player on the left-wing picked his head up and whipped in a cross that was deflected into RSL-AZ’s net.<\/p>\n

This was the fourth match all year in which RSL-AZ trailed their opponent, and their response to the late deceit was an immediate attack\u00a0with numbers in Seattle’s final third. The payoff occurred in the 82nd-minute when Te Wihongi attacked space down the right-wing and curled in a high free kick. Seattle’s goalkeeper mistimed the jump and wasn’t able to corral the cross. The ball slipped through his fingers and dropped to Sam Gleadle, who was just inches off the touchline. He lofted a shot over the onrushing Seattle defense and into the back of the net for his ninth goal in eight matches.<\/p>\n

The draw ended RSL-AZ’s seven match winning streak, but extended their undefeated streak to nine matches.<\/p>\n