WHITEHOUSE — The Perrysburg boys soccer team suffered a tough 2-1 loss to Anthony Wayne at Schaller Stadium on Tuesday night.
“Unfortunate would be the best way to describe it,” Perrysburg head coach Dennis Jeansonne said. “Dominating for 40 minutes in the second half and having multiple opportunities, but just not putting it in the back of the net … just unfortunate.”
Down 1-0 at the half, Perrysburg secured the equalizer with 22:19 left when Omar Touray knocked a loose ball into the left corner of the net from just outside the goalie box.
Then, with just under 14 minutes left, Karson Klapper nearly gave the Yellow Jackets a lead, blasting a ball towards the top left corner of the net, but a non-goalie save at the last second deflected the ball away for a corner kick.
Anthony Wayne’s Brody Sutto, who now has four goals in his team’s two games, answered by taking advantage of a loose ball situation in front of the net with 11:02 remaining, slapping in the game-winner off a play that started on a corner kick.
“The only time (Anthony Wayne) is dangerous is on set pieces, corner kicks and long throw-ins,” Jeansonne said. “That’s what they’re good at, and they got one in.”
In fact, it was Sutto’s second goal of the game as the junior gave his team the early lead 11 minutes into the game when he stole possession deep in Perrysburg territory and left-footed a shot into the top left corner of the net.
Outside of Klapper’s chance, Perrysburg had several opportunities go awry in the second half, including a shot attempt from Touray that was just wide left with 8:23 left and a shot from Alex Bowe that went high and right.
The Yellow Jackets (0-1-1) also had a header with 1:36 left saved by Anthony Wayne’s goalie, Gavin Mundo, and a shot with 41 seconds left that sailed just long and right of the goal.
“The good news is that it’s early in the season, and we’ll take the positives from getting all those opportunities against a team putting all 11 guys behind the ball,” Jeansonne said. “We’ll take great advantage from that, and once the ball starts falling, it’s a five, six one game.”
After just one shot on goal in the first half, Perrysburg produced 10 shots in the second half with three on frame.
“We watched how they played the first half and literally put everyone behind the ball just to defend, and they’re playing for that tie or loss, so we made sure we put guys up higher, put them in different pockets and tried to play through those pockets,” Jeansonne said.
