“It really came from all of us coming together, working hard, bringing intensity and getting the balls up to us," Ford said. "Everyone was really connecting well in the second half and being able to get that first goal really brought the momentum for the second.” More: 'A lot of emotions': Boxers win Colombo's final regular-season game at Marciano Stadium In the eight-game span, B-R has scored three goals or more in six of them - the offense put three home in the latter half of Tuesday's win alone. Before I called that, I said, 'Someone get a body on that' and then I saw Bri put that in and I knew it was coming right to my head," Columbus said. "It's a great feeling." B-R took a commanding 3-1 lead with 8:16 to go. Senior co-captain Brianna Reid delivered a well-placed set-up for junior co-captain Makena Columbus to vault in a header top shelf, just out of the defense's reach. Ten minutes after her second goal, Ford stole the ball back in the Durfee end and the team set up for a corner kick after it was briefly poked away. It’s those types of unselfish players that are really the playmakers in the game,” said Kaliff. “She really plays for the team. She’s an unselfish player, she looks to the play the ball and kind of gets back, you saw her at the end kind of helping out on D too. The senior co-captain Ford has scored or assisted in each of B-R's past 13 games, stacking 20 goals and seven assists in the stretch. More: West Bridgewater High girls soccer bracing for tournament with regular-season dominance Just four minutes later, she chipped one in from distance, just outside of the box to give B-R a slim, yet pronounced 2-1 lead with 19 minutes to play. In the 57th minute, Ford weaved through a logjam of defenders and drilled the Trojans' first goal of the evening. 36, stingy possession control from the Hilltoppers dictated Durfee's 1-0 halftime advantage.īut midway through the second half, it was time for B-R's trio of captains to deliver. In Tuesday's conference-deciding game against Durfee (11-5-1), which is slotted right below the Trojans in the rankings at No. The rankings' top-32, as well as outsiders above. 35 seed in Division 1 which is headlined by locals Hingham (No. In the latest MIAA power rankings, B-R slides in as the No. I think, depending on the time of year, this is usually the time you get a little bit of a slump but they’ve really picked it up," B-R head coach Tim Kaliff said of the team's 7-0-1 streak. "They did a really nice job.” “We talked at the beginning of the season about building chemistry. More: Leena Haikola, a female player on Bridgewater-Raynham football team, makes varsity debut More: Dominance of Bridgewater-Raynham's Dawson DuBose carries Trojans to third straight win 30, the Trojans have packed their suitcases with an unbeaten run of eight consecutive games, a canteen of surging defensive intensity and a mounting heap of Lily Ford goals.Īdd in a Southeast Conference title, which B-R clinched by defeating Durfee 3-1 Tuesday evening, and the 12-3-1 Trojans are ready for what lies ahead. So, dating back to a 5-0 road win over Barnstable on Sept. Such a roadtrip is not intended as vacation, rather the destination is a loaded pool Division 1 teams. DurfeeįALL RIVER - Looking ahead to a fast-approaching roadtrip to the state tournament, the Bridgewater-Raynham girls soccer team needed to prepare itself. I understand the responsibility of this job.” Pressure on MexicoĪs Callaghan says he feels no pressure to face El Tri in the Nations League semifinals, the situation for Diego Cocca, Mexico’s head coach, is entirely the opposite.Ī resounding defeat against USMNT would ignite the rumors that Cocca will not arrive as Mexico’s head coach to the 2026 World Cup to be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada.View Gallery: PHOTOS: Bridgewater-Raynham girls soccer vs. “I always had the ambition to be a head coach, but honestly, I never thought I would have the opportunity to coach the US National Team,” Callaghan said. In 2014 he arrived in the MLS with the Philadelphia Union. “In the world of sports, situations change very quickly, you need to have a ‘next man up’ mentality to take the opportunity when it arises,” he said.Ĭallaghan began his career as a college assistant coach in 2003. Callaghan has been an assistant coach with the United States National Team since 2019 and became the third head coach since the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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