Lemont take down Bremen in PK's

Updated: March 22, 2011 4:16PM

Eighty minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime were not enough to settle Tuesday's South Suburban Blue match between Lemont and Bremen.

Host Lemont finally prevailed 1-0 in a shootout. The scene seemed all too familiar.

"It was the typical Lemont-Bremen game with no goals," Lemont coach Rick Prangen said, laughing. "The last three times we've played them there has not been a goal in the run of play."

Prangen certainly was not laughing at halftime, when he did not speak to his team for the first five minutes of the 10-minute break.

Lemont (4-3-1, 2-2) had three total shots in the first half, none of which was closer than 25 yards out, while Bremen, although only getting four shots in the half, had put the pressure on the Indians throughout the half.

"We chewed them out at halftime against Argo and that didn't work, so we tried a different approach," Prangen said. "We wanted them to talk among themselves."

Lemont came out firing in the second half, putting nine shots on goal and putting Bremen on its heels. With under six minutes left, Kyle Koehler found Clint McAllister for a shot from five yards out, but the Braves goalkeeper Erik Segoviano knocked the ball away.

In the first overtime, Bremen outshot Lemont 4-0, with the best opportunity coming off the foot of Ulises Hernandez. The close-in shot deflected off the fingertips of Indians goalie Jonathan Remiasz. The second overtime went back and forth, but neither team was able to put a shot on goal.

"It was a really big struggle, but ultimately it came down to us being resilient on defense," Remiasz said.

Lemont did not start off on the right foot in the shootout as Kyle Hamann was denied on his first attempt. Bremen scored on goals by Jeff Green, Hernandez, Armando Villanueva and Ariel Herrera in all four of the first rounds. After Hamann was denied, the Indians got goals from Tommy Gasienica, Nick Tiedt, Koehler and Brandon Sabanov.

Eduardo Lopez had a chance to win the shootout for Bremen, but was denied as Remiasz curled the ball into his stomach.

"I was able to read his eyes," Remiasz said. "We've been battling these guys in (penalty kicks) day in and day out, so we've seen this before."

After matching in the sixth round, Mike Walus scored for Lemont and Bremen's Adrian Alvarado sent a shot off the right post.

"As soon as I saw the goal I just heard silence," Walus said. "At half, the coaches not talking to us at first told us more than yelling could."

Bremen (5-2-1, 2-1) knows this will not be the last meeting with Lemont - and it may not be the last shootout either.

"It's almost expected at this point that it will go to a shootout," Bremen coach Steven Granat said. "It's tough, but we'll them again; hopefully in the playoffs."

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