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Men's College Cup Tabatznik records 200th career victory as McAnally scores late winner for Hoyas.
McAnally's second career goal, coming with 10 minutes remaining, completed Georgetown's 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Delaware and also provided coach Keith Tabatznik with his 200th career victory before 822 at North Kehoe Field. "I had hoped to get (No. 200) out of the way in 2003 but, since we couldn't do that, getting it done in the first game (was good) for sure," said Tabatznik who, in his 21st season, has compiled a 200-17-20 (.538) record. "It would be something you would be lying if you said you weren't thinking about. I feel pretty happy we're 1-0, too, because Delaware gave us a hell of a battle." Tabatznik accomplished his milestone despite working against the odds at Georgetown. The Hoyas play in the Big East -- a deep conference with such national powers as Connecticut, St. John's and Rutgers -- but offer only 2.5 scholarships while the majority of their opponents grant the NCAA limit of 9.9. "I'm obviously proud of that, doing it at a great school, against the odds, too, with the scholarship situation we have and we play in one of the top conferences," Tabatznik said. "I can tell you after the first couple years, I certainly didn't think I'd be here for 20 years, 21 years. I thought if I ever got 100 wins, it might take (this) long, with no disrespect to my first few teams." "I'm happy for him. It's 21 years. He deserves it," said Hoyas senior midfielder Dan Gargan who tied the non-conference game with his goal 10 minutes after intermission. Delaware managed only one dangerous scoring opportunity and the Blue Hens (0-1) used it to take a 1-0 lead with 11:07 elapsed. Richard Zeller fed fellow senior midfielder Adam Flanigan and sprinted toward the box. The return pass was on the mark, leading an open Zeller enough that he was able to launch a low shot into the left side of the net from about 18 yards. "We were chasing the game because we gave them the goal," Tabatznik said. "We were fortunate not to get frustrated. You saw the first half. We were so tight. Things didn't work out. Balls were bouncing all over the place. It's one of the things we said (at halftime) -- we have to pick up the intensity, but we have to be composed. We can't go crazy here. We deserved to win. It's not the way to get it done, but we deserved it. "There were a lot of nervous players out there. If they get that out of the way, I think we'll be fine. It certainly wasn't the cleanest performance overall in terms of execution. I think our ideas were good (and) our defending was very good and got better as the game went on, but the execution obviously has got to be better." Gargan pulled the Hoyas (1-0) even at 54:23. McAnally fed sophomore forward Ricky Schramm on the right side. Schramm took the ball deep before crossing to the far post where Gargan put away his 12-yard shot to make it 1-1. "It was a great run by Schrann down the line and he cut it back," Gargan said. "I was making my run to the far post and it came there. I had to take a touch, it was a little behind me, but I played it far post. We wanted to come out with a lot more intensity in the second half. Getting that first goal helped us a lot. . . (Delaware) wasn't able to sit back any more."
"Jeff played a real good ball over the top and it got out a little in front of me and I had a defender on my back,"Glaccum said. "The goalie came out and had a good angle on me, so I knew I had no shot, so I thought my best play would be to play around and wait for support. After I got around the defense, I was hoping for support and Danny was standing open in the top of the box. I played it to him and he did a great job finishing it. "All the defenders were drawn in so far because I had taken it to the goal-line. It was a little in front of me and by the time I had caught up to it, the goalie had cut off the angle, so I figured rather than try to beat them with a shot, I had a better chance (to look for a pass)." What he spotted was McAnally alone in the top of the box and Glaccum's pass went right to his teammate's feet. McAnally shot into the lower right corner for the 2-1 advantage at 80:00. "Glaccum rounded the keeper, but he had no angle, so he just had to cut it back," McAnally said. "I was around the 18 (yard-line) waiting for it. I was just there waiting for a rebound because I thought he was going to shoot it. When he couldn't get the shot off, I was just in the box waiting." Delaware's first-half lead was protected with three great saves from senior goalkeeper Kyle Haynes. The best came in the 32nd minute when he dove and extended fully to his right, just managing to turn away a shot from McAnally with his right hand. |
