It was a back-and-forth contest at Merritt College on Thursday night, May 30, but in the end Oakland Soul SC earned all three points versus Pleasanton Rage, thanks to three second-half goals. In the end, Oakland reached the final whistle with a 3-2 victory.
Pleasanton opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Elise Ziem took a shot in close which was initially saved, but the rebound would find Marivic Lek-Miro with an open net to shoot on, to give the Rage a 1-0 lead.
Oakland remained aggressive and was rewarded with the next two goals of the match. First was a skill shot from Soul forward Jordan Geis, who shook a defender near the edge of the box and put a charge into a shot that found just enough open space next to the Rage keeper to find the back of the net and knot things up at 1-1.
In the 61st minute, Geis got involved again, this time pushing up the left side of the pitch and slotting a pass through the box to Cecilia Gee, who buried the one-timer into the twine to give Oakland a 2-1 lead.
Pleasanton made it an even contest again in the 69th minute, when a well-timed through-ball from Marta Pelegrin found Ziem running into the penalty area, this time making no mistake with the finish, to even it up at 2-2.
But Geis was not done yet. To put the game away for her team, she received a throw-in in the 77th minute and immediately charged up the left side of the field, once again putting a great cross into the box, this time finding Madison Samilo, who chipped it over the keeper for the game winner.
Oakland Soul will now head across the Bay to face the San Francisco Glens on Sunday, June 2, before returning to the East Bay to play the first game of a double header with the Oakland Roots SC they face Academica SC on Saturday, June 8, 4 p.m., at Pioneer Field at Cal State East Bay in Hayward.
Summary
Scoring:
PLR: Marivic Lek-Miro 14’
OAK: Jordan Geis 53’
OAK: Cecilia Gee 61’
PLR: Elise Ziem 69’
OAK: Madison Samilo 77’
Oakland Soul
Lineup: Layla Armas, Aaliyah Schinaman, Sydney Shepherd (Madison Samilo)(Alessandrea Carpio), Vickie Jones, Lauren Frohan (Rebecca Sherry), Arianna Veland, Tatiana Cunningham, Jordan Geis, Kennedy Schoennauer (Audrey Lam), Kaytlin Brinkman (Liliana Rubio), Shae Murison (Cecilia Gee)
Unused subs: Cassia Souza
