NY Ukrainians vs. Clarkstown

Location: McCarren Park

Time: 10:00am

            The NY Ukrainians pulled a hard fought comeback to tie Clarkstown 2-2 at McCarren Park on Sunday morning. The Ukrainians were down 2-0 at the half. “We weren’t ready in the 1^st half. Half the team showed up two minutes before the game and no one was ready to play. Some players showed up at halftime. After the half we started to play our style soccer.” said Kovalenko.

            Talented fullback Menesky Magliore came in at the half and made a huge difference at right back. Newcomer and Queens College product Daniel Cano produced a solid debut and had a hand in the tie. Speedy forward David Alakasim scored the 1^st goal off a break-away in the 55^th minute. In the 70^th minute midfielder Cano and skipper Adam Maliniak produced some 1-2 passes and found Alakasim in the box who was tripped up by Clarkstown’s keeper. Maliniak made no mistake in scoring the penalty, sending the keeper the other way. “YCK” could have won it as they kept pressuring Clarkstown but 2-2 was the final score.

            “If all our players came before the game started and had a decent warm-up we would have had 3 points. Our team needs to be more disciplined” said Kovalenko.