July 11 – Dynamo 0 – 1 Cary
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Dynamo’s unbeaten streak ends at five
GREENSBORO – The Carolina Dynamo entered Saturday with a five-game unbeaten streak, including a 1-0 road win over Cary on July 1st.
But Saturday night at Macpherson Stadium, the Clarets turned the tables with a 1-0 win of their own and, in the process, firmed up their hold on second place in the Mid Atlantic Division, extending their lead to four points over the Dynamo.
The only goal of the game came at the 22-minute mark when Cary’s Ronnie Bouemboue got a goal past Brock Duckworth.
“The mistake that we made,” Dynamo coach Joe Brown said, “we already made the save, we stopped playing because we thought the ball was going out of bounds. The defender let the guy get in and they scored the goal. We didn’t listen for a whistle from the referee and we should know better. That’s fundamentals. We left the back door open and they took advantage of it.”
The Dynamo normally is very aggressive at home, which results in numerous scoring opportunities.
But Cary controlled the action Saturday and Carolina had few scoring chances throughout the game.
“The first 20 minutes I was happy with our play, but after they scored their goal, I think we kind of fell off a little bit,” Brown said. “They were opportunistic. We just did not finish our chances. I don’t think we had the urgency we had for the last month.”
Only a strong game from Duckworth kept the game close in the first half.
The Dynamo played a stronger game in the second half, but no team really dominated play the way Cary did in the final 25 minutes of Saturday’s game.
With the game winding down, the Dynamo forced the attack, trying to net the tying goal.
After the clock hit 90 minutes, Carolina had its best shot of the evening.
But a header by Sheanon Williams off a ball initially struck by Arie Muniz went just over the net and Cary escaped with three points while Carolina suffered its first shutout of the season.
“They had an answer back for us for beating them last week,” Brown said. “These guys know each other and the team that makes mistakes loses. They made the mistake last week we made it tonight. We had just as many opportunities for us to get a chance on goal and we just didn’t finish it.”
Cary 0 1 – 1
Carolina 1 4 — 6
Goals: Cary: Ronnie Bouemboue. Assists: Cary, Zack Schilawski. Shots: Carolina 14, Cary 16. Saves: Carolina (Brock Duckworth) 7, Cary (Akira Fitzgerald) 6. Corner Kicks: Carolina 6, Cary 3.
Records–Carolina 8-4-2, Cary 9-3-3.
