TENINO, WA—Port Orchard Football Club welcomed a new player and a previous player back on Sunday June 11 and both scored braces in an 8-1 romp over Twin City Union in Pacific Division play on the black pitch of Tenino High School’s Beaver Stadium.
MATCH GALLERY: Photos by Jesse MacKenzie on POFC Facebook.
Joining POFC this week is Bainbridge High School alum and University of Pacific forward Ben Wilkinson. Ben jumped right into the fray with two goals and assist to lead the scoring on the day.
Returning to POFC is Gig Harbor High grad Connor Louden, who played in the May 7 debut league win. Connor scored five minutes in and later scored again to make it 5-1.
The scoring began in the fifth minute when Sam Gomez lofted a perfect ball to Michael Divano near the endline. Divano sent a pass in front of goal that Louden easily tapped in unmarked.
Wilkinson made it 2-0 when he walked in a nice switch move and pass from Hunter Milbrot. It appeared the rout was on.
Twin City found themselves a bit and benefitted from a penalty kick call. The original call was free kick just outside the box, but after conferring with the linesman, the referee pointed to the spot. Twin City converted to cut the gap to 2-1.Port Orchard Goalkeeper Alex Worland watched as the ball was rolled in to his right.
Port Orchard was dominating, but grew a little unfocused. Assistant Coach Mark Nowak, in for out of town gaffer Patrick Leonard, put Dominick Pajimola in for a spark. Immediate results. Pajimola cut through the TCU defense and calmly placed one home to make it 3-1 at halftime.
The second half saw POFC convert their chances more proficiently and the match became a bowout. Benjamin Banks knocked one in off the post on a ball that Dominik Pajimola kept alive and rolled across the goalmouth and it was 4-1.
Louden placed a ball into the back of the net off a kind bounce to make it 5-1. Wilkinson laid a ball off to Graham Hunt who blasted one in for 6-1. Then Wilkinson got his brace (7-1) when he stretched to redirect a looping pass from Sam Gomez. Michael Divano closed out the scoring when he stripped the goalkeeper and rolled one in.
MATCH GALLERY: Photos by Jesse MacKenzie on POFC Facebook.
Port Orchard FC improves to 4-0-0 in the CPL2 Pacific Division with a whopping +21 goal differential (27-6.)
On Sunday June 18 POFC will host Port Townsend side Northern Peninsula FC at 3 PM at South Kitsap High School. All Dads get in FREE at the Fathers Day match.
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