ARLINGTON – Earlier this season, Marysville Getchell stunned Arlington High School in soccer, winning 3-2.
Coach Mike Gudgeon knew his team could play better than that, so he challenged them May 12.
He told them all day he couldn’t get reggae legend Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” out of his head.
Well, the Eagles did get redemption, blanking the Chargers 2-0.
Scoring goals for the winners was Steven Caponey being assisted by Aaron Paloalto and Seigo Hall, respectivley. Shutting out the Chargers was goalie Nick McDonald with eight saves.
Arlington controlled the ball 70 percent of the time in the first half, but neither team could score, leaving it at 0-0.
The closest the Eagles came to scoring was with two minutes left in the half, when the ball hit the crossbar.
The Chargers, even though they were outshot by a bunch, actually came closer to scoring in the first half, but the Arlington’s McDonald swatted one shot over the bar, another to the side and a third he caught on a hard line drive from the corner.