Corcoran's third goal of week leads 'Dogs past Stoughton

Saturday night saw lots of rain and lots of tough soccer played at Memorial Field as the Bulldogs hosted Stoughton.  The two teams swapped moments of control in the well-played game but Canton managed to put together a great scoring play with just 5 minutes remaining, leading to a 1-0 CHS win.

Conditions were tough for possession soccer and, as a result, much of the contest turned into a physical battle. Control of high school soccer games often comes down to who can win the 50/50 battles at midfield and Saturday night's conditions only amplified that.  When the 'dogs were winning those battles, the game was played in Stoughton's end and when the Black Knights were winning those battles, the game was played in the Bulldog end. 

Despite a strong defensive effort by the back four of John Agnitti, Danny Hartnett, Pat McLaughlin and Chris Miline, Bulldog goalkeeper Abe Garber was busy- particularly in the 2nd half- but he met every Stoughton chance with confidence in earning his 3rd shutout of the season (1.0 gaa.) 

With just 5-minutes remaining, Griffin Roach played a great long, clearance to Paul Corcoran, who controlled it and found Ben Waterhouse heading to the right flank.  Waterhouse put a great move on his Stoughton mark, attacked the endline and found Corcoran, who had made a great near-post run.  Corcoran then calmly knocked the ball in for his 3rd goal in as many games. 

The Bulldogs are now 4-3 and have won 4 of the last 5 games.  They host Franklin on Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 and travel to Taunton on Saturday night at 6:00pm.