CLEVELAND, Tenn. – The Cleveland pressure might not have burst any pipes in the Boyd-Buchanan soccer defense Tuesday, but it definitely was putting a scare into the Buccaneers coaching staff.
Luckily for coaches Dustin Walker and Jason Owens, the defense bent but didn’t break.
Boyd-Buchanan got a first-half goal from Mason Wortman that sneaked past Blue Raiders keeper C.J. Garrett, and the Bucs defense led by Justus McMillan and Cameron Pope held its ground as the visitors won 1-0 at the Cleveland Soccer Complex.
The Bucs (4-1) were on their heels for the first part of the match, as the Raiders attack came at them in waves. The visitors started to counterattack and created some opportunities, capped by Wortman’s goal on an assist by Ryan Watkins.
“They really peppered our goal in the first 10 minutes,” Walker said. “Once we started to win possession, we created some good opportunities on the counterattack.”