Girls' Soccer: No. 6 McLean 2, Langley 0

By Phil Murphy
Senior Multimedia/Content Editor
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area

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Just 48 hours its three-goal home loss to No. 4 Woodson — its first of the year — No. 6 McLean sought to rebound against cross-town rival Langley.

Redemption took only eight minutes.

Highlander freshman Josie Seebeck scored on an early, 30-yard run through the Saxon defense to spark McLean to a 2-0 win over Langley, earning the visitors the MYS Trophy — formerly the Rotary Cup.

“We tried to keep practice yesterday very positive and not think about the loss,” Highlander coach Laura O’Brien said. “We wanted to work on the things we did wrong, but not really hound on the fact that we just got our first loss.

“[We wanted] to be like, ‘This is Langley. It’s a big game, it’s a fun game. Let’s go out and take care of business.'”

Added Seebeck on the goal, her fifth this year: “I was trying to find the forwards, but they didn’t seem to be open. So I just went for it.”

The advantage set the tone for the rest of the match.

The Highlanders held possession in the Saxon defensive third and quickly frayed their frequent their attempts to counter.

McLean goalkeeper Alexandra Longwell kept the clean sheet while only forced to make one save.

The Highlanders extended their lead in the 74th minute, when forward Jasmine Mohandesi collided with Saxon goalkeeper Taylor Mohrmann to draw a penalty kick.

McLean sophomore Andie Romness — who plays with several Highlander teammates on the MYS Dragons club team — placed the penalty in the left corner to double the lead and cement the win.

“We haven’t done it often and we talk about it all the time,” said O’Brien, whose team has outscored its opponents 38-9 in nine games. “Our kids, for whatever reason, get down and then come back and play harder and win after being down. That’s not what we want to do. We want to get up early and have other teams back on their heels.

“When you get scored on in the first 10 minutes as a team, you definitely get frustrated and you’re not going to play as well as you did, because maybe you’re a little frazzled.

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No. 6 McLean    (8-1-0)    1 1 — 2
          Langley (5-6-0) 0 0 — 0

Goals:
ML — Seebeck (8′)
ML — Romness (74′, PK)