The Super 20 Northern Virginia Royals took the full three points in their 1-0 win against the Hampton Roads Piranhas Wednesday night at the Hampton Roads Soccer Complex. With the victory, the Royals move into second place in the South Atlantic Conference with a game in-hand against the first place Carolina Dynamo.

 

The Royals battled with Hampton Roads for the entire 90 minutes in a match that featured quality play from both sides. Northern Virginia keeper Joel Helmick held Hampton Roads scoreless with defensive help coming from the defenders James Mallon, Zach Ward and Alex Procter.  The Royals attack saw several quality chances go begging throughout the game, the best coming to Calvin Koch through a Dan Lucas pass. Koch calmly collected the centering pass 12 yards from goal, but his shot whistled inches wide of the goal.

The match looked destined to end scoreless until the Royals received a free kick 25 yards from goal in stoppage time. Mike Foss stood over the ball and the left-footed defender rifled the kick, deftly curling the ball over the wall and into the right side netting for the 1-0 win on the road.

 

The Super 20 Majestics dropped their second match in a row, falling 3-0 to a solid Piranhas squad. 

 

The Northern Virginia Super Y-League teams faired very well on the day, earning three wins and a draw against the Piranhas youth.   The U15 Majestics earned their second win over Hampton Roads, this time with a 4-2 decision, and the U17 Majestics cruised to a 5-1 rout in their first full game of 2008. The U15 Royals found themselves on the winning side of a 5-1 result and the U17 Royals finished even with the Piranhas at 2-2.

 

The Super 20 Royals and Majestics return home on Friday to take on the East Tennessee Soccer Federation teams. Match times are set for 3:00PM (Majestics) and 5:00PM (Royals) at Hellwig Park in Manassas, Virginia.

 

Complete match scores from June 18: