Tormenta FC 2 4–2 The Villages SC (a.e.t.)
Southern Conference Semifinal.** Two down inside ten minutes, level by thirty-four, and then a hundred and eighty minutes of football across two nights caught up with everybody.
First half: four goals
5' — Alexis Ledoux put Tormenta ahead, off a cleared long throw from Leroy Enzugusi.
10' — Jordan Jowers doubled it, a low shot between the keeper's legs, assisted by Owen Green.
Two down inside ten minutes.
21' — Nazar Deputat, assisted by Leonardo Paiva. 2–1.
34' — Leonardo Paiva, assisted by Chris Dilan. 2–2.
Level at the break, having been two behind after ten.
And then nothing, for seventy-five minutes
The entire second half passed without a goal. So did the first period of extra time.
This was our second match in two nights. On Saturday we had beaten East Atlanta with a goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time. On Sunday we played another ninety, and then another thirty.
112' — H. Barry broke it for Tormenta, assisted by B. Gottlieb.
120+3' — G. Rodriguez added a fourth in the dying seconds.
4–2.
Man of the Match: Austin Lukasik. Sharp on his approach to the ball, fast and relentless — in our final match of 2021.
The season
Southeast Division Champions. One defeat in the regular season. Nineteen league matches unbeaten stretching back to 2019 before Tampa Bay ended it, and a 3–0 against the same club to finish.
A goal against River Plate — the only one anybody managed against them on their Florida tour. A 2–1 against Orlando City B. A conference quarterfinal won in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
And a hundred and twenty minutes in Virginia on the second night of a weekend, two goals down after ten, level at ninety.
Not the ending we wanted. A very good year all the same.
