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Blue Streaks score Logan Reed brace for 2-0 away win – News-Herald

Some nights the pages need to have a pinpoint, short memory.

A typical example was the Madison Boys on August 24th in a non-league encounter at South.

The offensive volumes were completely fine: seven shots on goal and ten corners.

The final product, which was approaching the hour mark, was by no means this.

Logan Reed had a solution to this problem. The experienced striker scored a brace in the second half to secure a 2-0 away win for the Blue Streaks.

All Madison coach Steve Swinarski wanted was some patience from his team, especially with smarter, more efficient moves without the ball. It took a while, but it came as his team fell to 2-1 early on.

“We really worked in the second half on getting the ball out a little bit so we could open up the midfield and then attack the goal,” Swinarski said. “We knew we would get a corner if we could get one – we practiced that. We just had to be patient with the guys taking them. We were very happy with our lineup for the second half.”

After an hour the score was 0-0, then Reed scored the first goal. In the 58th minute, Nick Swinarski's quick through ball found Reed, who hammered home with his right foot to make it 1-0.

In the 72nd minute, Reed struck again from a corner. It was the Blue Streaks' tenth and final corner of the game, and he provided some relief by converting the set piece.

“Honestly, I just broke through the line (on the opener),” Reed said. “It was a lot of pressure, so I just knew I had to get one ball through. I knew I could outrun the back line and that's exactly what I did. Then on the second goal, it was just a good corner right to my head, I jumped up and put it in.”

“We really just kept pushing. The more chances we have, the more chances we will take. We just had to keep going.”

A key sequence in the 67th minute was the inclusion of Reed’s double.

The versatile Rebels senior Giovanni Sandy rushed into the box and played a high serve well to fire the ball at goal with great effort. Madison goalkeeper Owen Hull got a pass, but the ball rolled with some courage towards the six-yard line. Blue Streaks center back Brandon Reidl intervened in time and confidently to clear and keep the score at 1-0.

The brace was also commendable because Reed had a great chance in the 38th minute that was denied after a brilliant save by South's new goalkeeper, Kellen Nocera.

But Madison had the pinpoint, memorable nights it requires as the city hopes to build on its CVC Lake title run from last fall.

“(This title) helped us a lot,” Reed said. “It's given us a lot of motivation. Everyone wants to try that much harder. We know we can do it. So we just want to try again.”

The result

Madison 2, South 0

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