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Aztex Late Comeback Stuns NSC Minnesota

May 1, 2010 - USL First Division (USL-1)
Austin Aztex News Release


BLAINE, Minn. (www.austinaztex.com) - Two late second half goals finally gave the Austin Aztex a reward for the pressure they put on NSC Minnesota throughout much of the match on Saturday for a 2-1 Aztex victory at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn.

The winning goal came on a precision strike by Jamie Watson in the 84th minute of the match. Watson's shot came from the left side of the field and crossed through the box to beat the keeper to his left. Less than 10 minutes prior, Eddie Johnson's header put the Aztex (3-1-0) on the board for the first time of the evening.

Early on, there was little offensive action, but it quickly picked up toward the end of the first half, starting with a goal by NSC Minnesota's (2-4-0) Brian Cvilikas. Following the tally, the Aztex looked primed to score when goalkeeper Joseph Warren's 6'4 frame proved to be just long enough to stop a penalty kick by Johnson as he dove to his right and tipped the shot to temporarily preserve the Stars 1-0 lead.

The penalty kick was set up when defender Daniel Wasson tackled J. Watson in the box and was handed a red card for the action. The card gave Austin a one-man advantage for much of the second half, until defender Joey Worthen was given a red card to level the playing field in the 80th minute.

The half ended with the Stars ahead 1-0.

Austin came out of the locker room for the second half flying high above the defense with chance after chance on headers that went just over the crossbar, just wide of the net and just soft enough to be saved. Only 10 minutes into the half the Aztex had four near misses on header attempts.

Johnson though would not be denied. In the 75th minute, his header by tied the score at one goal and finally put the Aztex on the scoreboard, rewarding them for all the pressure they had put on Warren all game long.

With the score knotted at 1, Minnesota seemed to regain momentum in the 80th minute with Worthen's red card, but J. Watson's goal ended the suspense and sent the Aztex home victorious.

Austin's next match comes on Saturday at Tampa Bay at 6:30 p.m.



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