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Steel United PA opens UWS League 2 season with 2-0 win

Alyssa Hardin scored in the first half and Sophia Muetterties added a second half strike

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4 years ago

June 11, 2022

SPRINGFIELD, Pa. — Steel United PA started off their second United Women Soccer 2 campaign on Thursday night with a 2-0 win over Keystone FC II at Bishop O’Hara High School.

Steel United started the game off on the front foot nearly opening the scoring early on a shot that hit woodwork and another shot that needed a diving save from the Keystone keeper.

Keystone’s squad — the reserve team for their UWS team — was able to shift the tide and was on the front foot heading toward halftime. Despite being on the younger side against a Steel United PA team with key veterans on the field, Keystone made a game of things but wasn’t able to find an equalizer before halftime.

After the break the game ebbed and flowed with each team getting chances but ultimately it was a clinical finish from Sophia Muetterties off a through ball expertly played in transition by Dakota Carroll that sealed the season-opening win for the hosts. Lauren Bracken started the counter attack with a lofted pass to Carroll in space after winning a ball off a throw-in.

Steel United PA are back home at O’Hara on Sunday to take on Delaware Union at 5 p.m.

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Matthew Ralph

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now. He's covered soccer at all levels for a decade in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.