VIDEO | UPSL Highlights: St Louis City SC Academy vs Columbus Crew Academy
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00:00 Pablo Hernandez and Irving Navarro are the assistants and Paxson Wolfe is your fourth.
00:06 And we are officially underway here from Championship Stadium in Irvine, California.
00:12 John Lintern alongside Brian Jordan. It's a beautiful night, 61 degrees outside.
00:17 You're watching it on VN Sports Extra.
00:19 Some deflect inside of the 18.
00:21 Slided across, shot one time up and over.
00:26 That was Tyson Pierce. Just couldn't get a good connection on that as that one goes up and over.
00:32 Cut inside. Oh, it's gotta be a better ball.
00:35 A delayed run here from Delkis and Delkis will make his way towards the 18.
00:42 Let's just slot this one in. Salerno comes up with it.
00:45 High risk, high reward.
00:49 Yeah, just having that extra number in possession does.
00:52 Look at this. This is a long shot from distance and Kubrick was able to read that well.
00:58 Shot there by Almeida.
01:00 They want to be able to create an attack that makes defenses just really think about.
01:05 Look at this, Precious finds his way in.
01:07 Now Precious will lay back heel, finds Adams. Adams with a touch, just can't get it.
01:11 I should be coach on this team, I think.
01:15 Paul Precious puts this one inside.
01:20 Defended well. The 18 is played off to Delkis.
01:25 Back post and that's when it's cleared away by Brown out for a corner.
01:29 Is that the organization of these two teams, when you start playing against a UPSL team that maybe
01:36 doesn't face game, as we see now, Foppel, let's put this one in.
01:39 Oh, it's passing Salerno. Huge save from him.
01:42 I'm not sure if that was going to go in or not, but that comes right across the mouth of the goal
01:47 and he is forced to put that one up and over.
01:50 I really am in the belief that he struck that on...
01:52 Great ball.
01:55 It's Precious now with a left-footed shot that goes up and over.
02:02 That's the first shot of the game here for Columbus.
02:04 Urge and...
02:11 Referee will blow it there and that's where this first half will end.
02:17 0-0.
02:18 Part of the second half is, again, Columbus and the black kits now right to left on your screen
02:26 and St. Louis City SC and the all-white kits now going left to right.
02:30 It's and or, you know, progression and the urgency that maybe we've been talking about
02:34 is a great move here by Gibbs. Takes a shot!
02:37 And just like that, St. Louis up 1-0.
02:40 That goal coming here in the 47th minute.
02:47 Well, talk about having an impact.
02:49 You hop right on the pitch and two minutes in to your debut in the national semifinal,
02:54 you're scoring a goal.
02:55 This is what we call an impact.
02:59 Gibbs, very low angle on his right foot.
03:02 One stat I would always love to see is that interjection of energy.
03:08 Look at this opportunity, right?
03:11 The shot there from Cole...
03:13 Saved by Colberg, a shot from Precious.
03:17 And just like...
03:17 Benner was the top decision maker for St. Louis in the first half.
03:22 Top decision maker for Columbus was Owen Precious.
03:25 As Alouet slots this in to chase Adams.
03:28 Adams looks to make a pretty shot, held up.
03:30 Now Ameda...
03:31 Huts back and they'll reset this, will the crew.
03:46 It was Hurd.
03:47 Now Rincon, good ball inside.
03:54 Alouet.
03:54 Alouet's got Brown, but Alouet looks to take a shot, deflected!
03:58 It just goes wide!
03:59 And that's what we've been talking about all game.
04:02 You would have thought that he would have passed that ball to Brown possibly.
04:05 He opted not to, took a shot and what happened?
04:07 He almost deflects and goes into the back of the net.
04:10 Alouet here obviously favors that left, but like we talked about, he took that half chance.
04:15 That went away.
04:16 That was Brown, now Rincon, inside to Adams.
04:19 Adams with a little bit of luck!
04:20 Oh what a save!
04:22 Rebound put away and out!
04:24 Tristan Brown was there on the rebound, but Colberg coming up huge.
04:28 Yager with a huge tap.
04:33 A little more pace on that, might have waved all the way to Delcas.
04:35 Almeda, out wide.
04:38 Let's press this.
04:39 Press this.
04:41 Good move.
04:41 Down by the end line, chase Adams with a one-time look.
04:44 But that was defended well by Benner and up for the seventh corner of the night.
04:48 That they are.
04:50 They're just joining this one-nothing goal from the sub Riley Gibbs back in the 47th minute.
04:55 Is Almeda with a one-time look!
04:57 Wow, that one almost flying the back of the net.
05:02 Talk about a full volley on the left foot.
05:06 This ball just sits up beautifully for Almeda.
05:12 This is the ball you dream about being in the box, where it just kind of comes down perfectly.
05:16 You strike through the ball.
05:18 Tried and true nature of this team of possession.
05:20 I don't think we'll see that change much of going more direct or anything.
05:24 This ball be put in.
05:28 That's a great ball headed up and over though from Jackson Lindemore.
05:33 Not a bad ball.
05:34 Lindemore got up in there.
05:35 He's a center back.
05:35 One of the center backs here for the 4940SC.
05:41 Look for the winner of this game.
05:42 That's great work in the interior.
05:45 This one finds his way and it's slotted in.
05:48 Oh, just a missed opportunity there for Mohamed Saad.
05:51 He was open, just couldn't get a piece of it.
05:54 Really have to applaud Kohlberg on that save.
05:57 It kind of squeaks on through.
05:59 Very quick reaction save.
06:01 That's a good work here by Alouet.
06:04 He slots this one in towards Saad.
06:05 Saad tries to cut it back.
06:07 He finds Rinko and at top of the 18.
06:09 And that one will go wide.
06:10 [APPLAUSE]
06:13 But yeah, this game is a much better game than what it was here.
06:16 [INAUDIBLE]
06:20 Ball played here to this near side from Almeida.
06:22 That's Brown.
06:23 Brown slots inside towards Alouet.
06:26 He tried to do a little--
06:27 And ready as this ball presses now.
06:30 Looks to play this back post.
06:32 Oh, it's a swing and a miss.
06:34 Alouet for Bose!
06:36 [APPLAUSE]
06:36 Tied up 1-1!
06:38 [APPLAUSE]
06:42 81st minute goal!
06:44 Alouet equalizes!
06:47 [APPLAUSE]
06:51 The turning of the table here in the 80th minute.
06:53 We talked about how much danger was going to be going into these last few minutes.
06:57 Alouet gets the ball.
06:59 Alouet back on the ball for a putback post.
07:03 That's Precious.
07:04 Precious left footed shot that goes wide.
07:07 [APPLAUSE]
07:09 Columbus really playing themselves.
07:12 Semi-finals on B in Sports Extra.
07:14 Ball played inside to Alouet.
07:16 It was wide open, finding Brown.
07:18 Brown takes out the defender.
07:21 A left footed shot towards that near post!
07:23 Colberg gets a touch!
07:25 [APPLAUSE]
07:28 We're really seeing the result of--
07:30 --that promising attack as we are in the last minute here before stoppage time.
07:34 Yeah, you said the key word.
07:35 The way I look at that is just resetting your defense.
07:38 Now Brown, he'll take a shot towards that near post.
07:41 That'll go wide.
07:42 It's a good win by Edward Stewart on that far side.
07:49 Yeah, I have this give and take with that because I do.
07:53 I love excitement, right?
07:54 You want to see goals.
07:55 But at the same time, like you said, the soccer--
07:57 Oh, look at this!
07:59 It's that wide open look!
08:00 And just like that, is that Riley Gibbs again?
08:03 [APPLAUSE]
08:07 Wow, just like that, it's 2-1!
08:10 [APPLAUSE]
08:15 Some late bit heroics here at the end of this game.
08:19 I'm sure this has got to be a sad turnover from Columbus, but--
08:24 [APPLAUSE]
08:25 That's a ball played back to Salerno, and he just makes a meal of it in a wide open look.
08:30 And I mentioned that in--
08:32 We'll put this one back in, looking towards Preston on that far side.
08:36 He'll bring it down on his chest.
08:37 We're going to slap this one back across.
08:39 He doesn't do it, but a one-touch shot by Chase Adams goes up and over.
08:43 And there is the final whistle, and St. Louis City has punched their ticket
08:50 into the National Championship game tomorrow.
08:53 Talk about a game in which they came in the second half, Brian.
08:58 They scored a goal in the 47th minute.
09:00 Riley Gibbs gets that goal.
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