In the 92nd minute of the Liberty-Freedom boys’ soccer game last week, Liberty midfielder Chris Schray’s first thought after scoring the game-winning goal was “Where should I go?”

His Hurricane teammates took care of that as they swarmed Schray after their 1-0 victory over the Patriots in double overtime last Thursday at Liberty.

“[Freedom was] really pushing and really attacking, so I knew we were not going to get many chances, and I knew we needed to capitalize on the chance we get,” said Schray. “Bryce [Nunes] had a great pass to me that allowed me to beat the defender for a time and I just saw the goal wide open.”

Patriot pressure was most evident from the beginning of the second half and on.

“I’m not gonna’ lie, it was pretty stressful, but Liberty-Freedom game is always one team on the back foot, one team on the front foot, back and forth,” said Liberty goalkeeper Blake Koski.

Freedom missed two scoring chances with Koski on the ground and another that Koski batted away.

“I made a few mistakes back there but luckily I have wonderful teammates around me to help me out- Max Molloy, Jordan Jupina, Riley Burke, and Chris Matz,” said Koski. “They were all extremely solid tonight. Clean sheet goes to them. I think we were very, very solid, defensively.”

Momentum shifted to Liberty with 15:00 left in the second half, and then back to Freedom seven minutes later.

“I don’t mind oppositions keeping possession because possession doesn’t win games, so as long as we can be stout defensively and be clinical on counterattacks, we will do well,” said Liberty coach Ian Larimer.

Hurricane forward Hatungimana Salem re-entered the game shortly before regulation ended and gained possession but time ran out before he was able to get a shot off.

“We have steadily continued the theme of defending well, but we need to be more clinical in the final third,” said Larimer. “Too often we leave chances on the table, too many opportunities in front of goal, and we cannot squander them. We do not concede goals. That is our objective and it seems to pay off.”

Freedom bounced back from the loss with a 3-0 victory over Pleasant Valley on Monday.

Nathanael Rivera, Sebastian Ramirez, and Tye Roemersma had goals for the Pates on assists by Daniel Ramirez, Peter McGibbon, and Taher Kitabwalia.

Matthew Thomsen made seven saves.