10/30/2024
(Federal Way, WA)
Senior year night brings an outpouring of many emotions. The night celebrates four years of effort put on display for one final match to close out a career in front of the home faithful. The Federal Way Eagles Girl’s Soccer team closed out their season with a 4-2 win over Kent-Meridian.
The win capped off a series sweep for Federal Way over Kent-Meridian after FW won an earlier match in October at French Field 2-0.
The first goal came in the 23rd minute when Victoria Leung took a long range shot from 30 yards out to beat Kent-Meridian Aisha Hussein to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead. Azenet Villegas-Salmeron tallied a penalty kick goal in the 27th minute to extend the lead for Federal Way to 2-0. Kira Marshall three minutes later scored the third goal for Federal Way to up the lead to 3-0. The Eagles scored three goals in seven minutes.
The teams went into the locker room with the hometown up 3-0.
The second half saw Kent-Meridian make their push. Julissa Gomez Vazquez scored on the breakaway in the 54th minute to put Kent-Meridian on the board. Seven minutes later, Abbi Strand scored from the penalty spot to cut the deficit to one.
In the end, Federal Way finished the match with a stoppage time goal from Marina Velasco-Bono to cement a 4-2 win for Federal Way.
The Eagles finished the season 4-12, while Kent-Meridian closed out the season at 1-15.
For the complete match replay click here, below is our ESN Postgame Show followed up by highlights of the match.
ESN Postgame Show
Leung Long Range Icebreaker
Julissa Gomez Vaszquez Breakaway
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