Shooters have to have a short memory, be it as a gunner on a basketball court or a goal scorer in soccer. They can’t get consumed by their last miss.
Luckily for the Notre Dame boys’ soccer team, Baggio Card is a shooter with a short memory.
Card scored the winning goal in the 102nd minute Saturday, propelling the Irish to a 3-2 victory over East Ridge in a Class A/AA state sectional. That puts Notre Dame (9-8-2) in its second consecutive state tournament Tuesday in Murfreesboro.
Card had missed a couple of point-blank opportunities, including one in the waning seconds of the second overtime.
“I knew when I missed that last shot that I had to redeem myself,” he said. “I saw the ball was going over the defender’s head, and I was going to have some open space. I knew I could beat my guy one-on-one and got myself a pretty open shot.”