Briar keep pace with leaders in MSSL

Suchi FC 1:2 Green Briar FC

The Briar kept their terrific start to the season going with a come from behind win over Suchi FC at Madison Park High School in Roxbury.

Suchi opened the scoring on 2 minutes as they started the better of the two sides and buried a nice free kick from the edge of the box after a foul was committed by Peter Miller.

It took the Briar 15 minutes to restore parity. Growing into the game they completed a sweeping move down the right wing which ended with Brian McGuinness finding Braima Samati at the back post who controlled and finished sharply.

Five minute before the break the Briar took the lead. A poor clearance by the Suchi goalkeeper was pounced upon by Colin Roux. Colin controlled the ball and advanced it towards goal before cooly slotting a right footed finish past the keeper.

The second 45 proved to be a stalemate, however the Briar were never under any concerted pressure. In fact, late in the game Gary Cassidy found himself bearing down on goal on more than one occasion only for each chance to unfortunately go begging.

With Lowell United beating Boston Olympiakos by a scoreline of 4:0 today, the Briar are keeping pace with the leaders in the MSSL.

Line-Up: Dupuis, Altidore, Miller, Hennessy, Lumanyika, Roux, Hardy, McGuinness, Caldwell, McLoughlin, Samati, Coen, Cassidy, Claus, O'Connor, Nguyen