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Jacob McPhee drills game-winner as Oswego East boys soccer completes comeback against rival Oswego · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Jacob McFeed drills game winner as Oswego East Boys Soccer completes comeback
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  against rival Oswego Written by Skylar Casellus. This article
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  is being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  When Oswego East Jr. Captain Jacob McPhee stepped up for the Wolves
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  final penalty kick with a chance to knock off crosstown rival Oswego
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  on Thursday night, he knew exactly what he wanted to do. I
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  wanted to get up there quick, don't let anything get in my
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  head, McPhee said. I go up there, nothing fancy, just go up
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  there, take it and bang. The midfielder buried his second goal of
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  the evening, to complete They Wolves comeback from a 2-goal deficit to
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  win 3-2 in penalty kicks at Oswego high school. His teammates immediately
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  rushed the field in celebration before making a beeline for the nearby
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  fence, where Oswego football players had spent much of the match heckling
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  them. They were chirping us pretty much all same McPhee said.
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  And I knew if we won, that's where I was running to,
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  and it was a great feeling. When
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  I was seventeen I would have done the exact same thing, Szymansky
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  said. That celebration was the cherry on top of a victory that
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  required the Wolves to battle back from a two to zero second
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  half deficit. McPhee got Oswego East, February 1st, 10-3-1 SPC on the
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  board in the 63rd minute with a penalty kick goal after a
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  handball. Then, with 242 left in regulation, the Wolves earned a free
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  kick. McPhee won the ensuing headball, and senior Juan Gomez finished from
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  the post to tie the game. I I see him finish the
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  goal, and that was one of the happiest moments of my life,
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  McPhee said. After each team converted two of its first four penalty
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  kicks, Oswego missed its fifth, setting up McPhee's game winner. I'm just
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  Proud of our guys, Szymansky said. We really haven't had a ton
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  of amount of adversity, and I'm proud of.
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  The way that they responded to adversity. Going down 2-0, especially against
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  your rival, is hard to do. We haven't been down in a
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  game all year and come back. Proud of the strides they're taking,
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  proud of what they're doing, and it was a thin game to
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  be a part of. Thursday's matchup was an especially physical, one between
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  The Southwest Prairie Conference foes. Oswego East committed 10 fouls and Oswego
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  14, with both teams receiving a combined five yellow cards all In
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  the second half. I mean we are rivals, Azwego coach Gaspar Area
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  said. Every time we play against each other it's an intense game.
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  It's very physical, very fast. The Panthers, 652-42 SPC opened
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  the scoring in the 20th minute when Dustin King finished a one-touch
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  shot off a pass from Eric Mendez. In the forty fifth minute,
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  Oswego's Ryan Mavius sent a cross that Beckham Brawley deflected toward Mendez,
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  who buried the chance to double the advantage. We definitely dominated the
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  first half, Arya said. We came out strong in the second.
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  One, but just giving up two goals at the end and going
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  into PKs, it's a little bit frustrating. But I'm just proud of
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  these guys that they left everything on the field all the way
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  to the end. Oswego
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  East missed multiple scoring opportunities in the first half, including a few
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  by McPhee, before he finally cashed in during the Second
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  He probably was a little frustrated. He put a couple over, Szymansky
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  said. But he's a warrior, he can be a lot sometimes, but
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  man, he hates to lose, and he's the guy you want on
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  your side. McPhee finished with two goals and an assist as the
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  Wolves outshot Oswego twelve nine. Oswego East goalkeeper Carter Lucas made seven
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  saves in goal, including five in the second half, while his Oswego
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  counterpart Christian Lopez recorded eight saves. Second half we came out hard,
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  McVee said. We knew we really wanted to beat these guys. Like
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  if we lose here we might not be able to win conference,
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  so that was just a motivator the whole game. Thursday's result marked
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  Oswego East's second victory over its rival in the span of a
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  week, having beaten Oswego 3-0 on Friday in the Plainfield Classic Championship.
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  Now with their fourth straight win, the Wolves improved to second place
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  in the SPC standings behind Romoville. As we go East's only conference
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  lost this season.