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The Amity Spartans hosted the Foran Lions in Woodbridge on Tuesday.

Scoreboard

Amity    0    2    —    2
Foran    0    0    —    0

Both teams played hard in the first half, but neither managed to score.

In the second half, the battle continued and the goalies did their jobs. at 72:00, Amity’s Dustin Gad made a goal, and Thomas Kanter scored at 84:00.

Amity outshot Foran 14-10.

Amity Goalkeeper Matt D’Onofrio made 5 saves and Foran’s Evan Miller made 6 saves.

(see game photos below commentary)

Commentary:

There was one particularly unsportsmanlike episode during the second half that I hope to never see again.

Amity was ahead 1-0 when Spartan goalie Matt D’Onofrio slid in to make a save and knocked a Foran player to the ground. As Amity players offered their opponent a hand, the Lion’s Coach began screaming at the Ref that D’Onofrio should have been penalized and red flagged, and he continued on for about 10 minutes that the ref had cost them the game by not calling it.

A few minutes later, the Spartans scored again and the Foran Coach continued his tirade on the referee, “This is your fault!”  [2-0 Amity]

A short time later, a Foran player stuck his leg in between an Amity player’s legs and the Spartan crashed to the ground — not a peep from Amity’s coaches even though it appeared to be deliberate AND it was caught on camera.

I was embarrassed for the Foran players having to watch their coach act in such an unbecoming way. The boys have to show good sportsmanship, so why doesn’t the coach?

By the way, coach, even if your guy HAD made that goal, you still would have lost 2-1. Learn to control your temper so you can be more of a role model for your team.

(This commentary solely represents the opinion of the author and in no way reflects the opinion of the Amity team or fans)