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Streator turns up pressure, blanks Ottawa 5-0 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Streeter turns up pressure, blanks Ottawa 5-0. Written by Brian Hoxie.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice, brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlit. The Streeter boys' soccer team was
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  Speaker 1: firing on all cylinders in Tuesday's match against visiting Ottawa
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  Speaker 1: at the James Street Recreation Area. The Bulldogs held a
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  Speaker 1: one-goal lead at halftime before exploding for four goals in
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  Speaker 1: the second half in a 5-0 victory over the Pirates. Streeter,
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  Speaker 1: which had already defeated Ottawa 1-0 last month in the
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  Speaker 1: Streeter Invitational Tournament, evened its record to 3-3-2 on the season,
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  Speaker 1: while Ottawa dropped to 1-5-1. We came out right from
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  Speaker 1: the start with great tempo and carried it through the
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  Speaker 1: whole game, Streeter coach JT Huey said. This was a
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  Speaker 1: great defensive effort from my guys. We scored some really
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  Speaker 1: good goals, but I'm most happy with the fact that
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  Speaker 1: we were building attacks from either our defensive third or
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  Speaker 1: the midfield. We had so many great give-and-goes and passes
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  Speaker 1: that were putting teammates into either open space or good
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  Speaker 1: scoring spots. We struggled a little bit in the first half,
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  Speaker 1: being a little too bunched together in the offensive third.
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  Speaker 1: But we talked about that at halftime, and the guys
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  Speaker 1: did a much better job of spreading the field in
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  Speaker 1: the second half, which helped set up the goals we scored.
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  Speaker 1: We did so many of the little things well today,
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  Speaker 1: stayed consistent, and all of those things eventually added up.
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  Speaker 1: Streeter took the lead for good in the 16th minute
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  Speaker 1: when Enrique Rodriguez scored on a short strike off a
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  Speaker 1: deflected crossing pass from Camden Darrow. When Coach Huey talks
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  Speaker 1: about doing the little things, at least for me, I'm
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  Speaker 1: thinking about playing with emotion and energy no matter what
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  Speaker 1: the situation is, Streeter senior midfielder Eric Mosqueda said. I
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  Speaker 1: feel like as a team we've played with amazing energy
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  Speaker 1: from start to finish today. I feel like we wanted
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  Speaker 1: it more, whether it was a 50-50-est ball or the win.
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  Speaker 1: The hosts made it 2-0 seven minutes into the second
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  Speaker 1: half when Darrow fought off a pair of Ottawa defenders
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  Speaker 1: to capture a lead pass and scored from the top
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  Speaker 1: of the penalty box. Paxson Thorpe made it a three-goal
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  Speaker 1: match in the 63rd minute with a goal from 20
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  Speaker 1: yards out off a penalty kick saved by Pirates keeper
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  Speaker 1: Landry Brenbarger. Streeters Mason Decker scored on a header off
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  Speaker 1: a punt from keeper Colin Byers and Darrow added his
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  Speaker 1: second goal with just over two minutes to play. We
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  Speaker 1: did a really good job of keeping the pressure on,
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  Speaker 1: Mosqueda said. I thought we possessed the ball well, passed well,
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  Speaker 1: moved without the ball well, and we finished around the net.
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  Speaker 1: Our defense also was really good and did a good
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  Speaker 1: job of not giving up a lot of really good chances.
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  Speaker 1: Streeter finished with a 33-16 overall shot advantage, including an
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  Speaker 1: 18-4 margin on target chances. Byers made four saves while
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  Speaker 1: Brenbarger stopped 13 shots. Ottawa's best three scoring chances were
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  Speaker 1: Alexio Fernandez and Robert Pullier seeing shots just clear the
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  Speaker 1: crossbar and Killian Bickett's shot with 15 minutes left hitting
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  Speaker 1: the post. Streator was getting every loose ball and were
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  Speaker 1: first to every 50-50th ball in the air, Ottawa coach
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  Speaker 1: Greg Hughes said. They were so much more aggressive than
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  Speaker 1: we were and because of that held a good amount
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  Speaker 1: of the ball possession and scoring chances. We were just
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  Speaker 1: sitting back and letting them dictate the pace and flow
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  Speaker 1: of the game In the first half, our touches were awful.
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  Speaker 1: We just weren't controlling the ball like we were capable,
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  Speaker 1: and that happens. But what really makes me upset is
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  Speaker 1: that in the second half, we were down, we need
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  Speaker 1: to be the aggressors, and instead, we just let Strader
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  Speaker 1: outwork us. Ottawa is right back in action on Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: hosting Morris in Interstate 8 conference match, while Streeter is
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  Speaker 1: off until Thursday when Plano comes to town.