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Ramirez, Berry help Mustangs rip Murphy
Richard Ramirez and Keller Berry both scored three goals with Ramirez also contributing four assists as Smoky Mountain blitzed Murphy 12-0 in a non-conference soccer game Sept. 2 at Carr Hooper Stadium/Babe Howell Field.
“It was one of those games where we clearly outmanned Murphy,” Coach Dolphus Brown said. “They’re trying to find themselves. They’re very young, and we’re a veteran team. We wanted our young men to play hard, but we also wanted to take advantage of this game in a way that would be productive for us and, hopefully, for Murphy as well.”
He put restrictions on taking shots before making a certain number of passes and limited players to no more than three touches after receiving the ball.
“Even then we were able to score pretty much when we wanted to,” the coach said.
He added that several JVs played much of the game with the lineup almost entirely JVs the final 14 minutes.
The Mustangs quickly took control with goals in the third, fourth and fifth minute.
Berry opened the scoring with an assist from Paul Ulrich. The play started with Brandon Norris’ corner kick.
Ramirez beat a defender to score from 8 yards out then provided an assist for Rodrigo Nogal’s goal from 7 yards away
They made it 4-0 shortly thereafter on Berry’s goal with a Ramirez assist.
Patrick Savell scored in the 18th minute with Zack O’Halloran and Joe Davis having assists for a 5-0 margin.
Dylan Haynes put in a ball that had been deflected around after Norris’ corner kick making it 6-0 at the 23-minute mark.
Ramirez connected on a breakaway a minute later, and Lucas Christopher’s rebound shot at the 35-minute mark put SM up 8-0 at halftime.
Nogal’s goal off a cross from Ramirez came at the 46-minute mark building the lead to 9-0.
Ramirez took a pass from Ulrich and was open from 16 yards at the 50-minute mark. Ramirez provided the assist for Berry three minutes later upping the margin to 11-0.
Jarrod Couch scored the final goal with an assist from Trent Cagle at the 68-minute mark.
The Mustangs had 28 shots to just one by the Bulldogs.
SM’s Max Macedo had one save while Murphy’s Josh Newhouse made 11.
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