Bangor blanks Brewer> Little talk needed by Rams in win

BREWER – Sometimes words are unnecessary. Sometimes a look or a nod is enough to even a blind horse. But there is no replacement for anticipation.

Take, for instance, Tuesday night at a rainy, wind swept Doyle Field during Bangor’s 2-0 schoolboy soccer victory over Brewer. Bangor’s Davithat Brewer had an offside trap set up some 22 yards in front of their goal. Glancing to his right, Lisnik saw teammate Ferhat Cakaloz’s right foot on the ball and knew, just knew, that a pass was on its way.

“We have been working together all year. Passing with each other,” Lisnik said.

So, Lisnik broke through Brewer’s version of the Maginot Line and as he did Cakaloz sent his pass on the way.

“He saw me going through and fed a nice one. It split their `D,’ Lisnik said.

The rest was up to Lisnik who calmly took his time waiting for David Johnson, the helpless Brewer goalie, to commit himself, before slipping the ball low inside the right post.

Cakaloz says he didn’t know how to describe squaring off a pass in English when he first arrived at Bangor. The field, he says, is a place where everyone understands, without words.

“It’s like an international language. You don’t have to speak a language. You just play it,” he said.

The goal came just under seven minutes into the match. The Rams would add another first-half goal as they improved to 7-0-1 while the Witches slipped to 1-5-1.

Bangor’s second goal occurred with 12:35 remaining in the half. Again Johnson was victimized by a breakaway situation and almost miraculously held off the Rams on this attack.

Bangor junior midfielder Matt Fish broke in alone down the right wing and hammered a shot from point-blank range that slammed off off Johnson and flew high into the air to the left side of the penalty area. Bangor’s Jon Kotredes headed the ball back across to Fish who softly lifted the ball into the top left corner of the goal.

Cakaloz, an exchange student from Turkey, and midfielder Jay Jeffrey figured prominently in the Bangor attack which produced 18 shots on goal. The pair created a number of threatening scoring chances through thoughtful and accurate passes.

The Witches were not without their chances. They put seven shots up against Bangor goaltender Greg Johnston, who recorded two saves.

Jamie Lambert was a concern for the Rams throughout the match. Johnson, who was immense with seven saves in goal, and B.J. Murray, also drew the praise of Brewer coach Mike Hammer who liked what he saw.

“We could have gone down the tubes against this team. But we kept our intensity up. We haven’t always done that,” Hammer said.