City Islanders cruise past Village United
April 17, 2006 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Penn FC News Release
Trialist Caruso bags two goals, two assists; Teofore Bennett sets up Village goal
(Hershey, Pa., April 17, 2006)- Rookie trialist Frank Caruso scored two goals and assisted on two others as the Harrisburg City Islanders defeated Village United FC of the Wray & Nephew Jamaican Premier League 5-1 in an exhibition match at Hersheypark Stadium on Monday night.
Teofore Bennett, the Jamaican International signed by the City Islanders earlier in the day, played parts of the first and second half in the midfield for Village. In the 19th minute, the explosive attacker created his team's only goal, darting down the right wing and sending a low cross across the penalty area where forward Newton Sterling (also a Jamaican National Teamer) pounded it home.
But the rest of the night's highlights belonged to Harrisburg.
Caruso, a product of Lancaster Catholic High School who has recently returned from a professional stint in New Zealand, set up the City Islanders' first two scores. In the 12th minute, he nodded down the ball in the penalty area for Derek Potteiger, who cranked a left-footed drive past losing keeper Elvis Hart. And in the 14th minute, Caruso got just enough of a dangerous David McClellan cross to tip it out of Hart's reach to a waiting Steve Fisher, who rolled it into the empty net.
Sterling's goal five minutes later gave Village some hope, but the City Islanders soon regained control. In the 29th minute, Potteiger split the United defense with a perfect through ball, and Caruso applied a sharp left-footed finish inside the near post. Harrisburg led 3-1 at the half.
At the 51-minute mark, Fisher capped off a surging run through the midfield with a precise low cross to the far post, where Caruso found it for his second goal of the night. And in the 77th minute, forward Haven Bruce received the ball near midfield, turned, and played it down the left into the path of a racing Jamel Mitchell, who couldn't be caught before he chipped a left-footed finish into the net. Mitchell's goal capped off the scoring in a 5-1 Harrisburg win.
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