Warrenton's Schulte sees positives in close loss

By John Rohlf, Sports Editor
Posted 10/5/22

The Warrenton Warriors held a one goal lead in the second half but ultimately fell to Winfield in a conference matchup Tuesday. Warrenton (4-8) lost to Winfield 3-2 in regulation. Warrenton opened …

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Warrenton's Schulte sees positives in close loss

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The Warrenton Warriors held a one goal lead in the second half but ultimately fell to Winfield in a conference matchup Tuesday.
Warrenton (4-8) lost to Winfield 3-2 in regulation. Warrenton opened the second half with a goal to take a 2-1 lead. Winfield responded with two goals later in the second half to take a 3-2 lead. Warrenton had a few chances in the last minute to tie the game but was unable to score the game-tying goal. Warrenton played the last half of the second half down a player after they were awarded a red card.
“Unfortunately, we got a red card and had to play shorthanded for the last 20 (minutes),” Warrenton soccer coach John Schulte said. “It was still battling. Still working hard. And with 30 seconds left, we have three shots on goal to try to put it in right there on the scramble. We had a chance of getting another one into overtime and see what happens.”
Schulte said Warrenton’s approach did not change too much playing with 10 players. They took out a forward and played with one forward. It just required more running for all the players.
“We take out a forward so now we only have one forward,” Schulte said. “It just means a little bit more running for everybody. So when we do transition, we move the ball and we find that forward, we’ve got to support him. We’ve got to run off of him which means that’s coming from midfielders because we don’t have that other forward. So just a lot more running they have to do. And they did a great job with it.”
Warrenton faced Orchard Farm twice and North Point once the past couple weeks. Schulte noted they are the top teams in the conference.
“It’s really tough to play them but the kids battled and played great...It’s been a battle and the kids have done a great job fighting through and doing all the things that we’ve worked on,” Schulte said.
Warrenton is scheduled to host Elsberry at 5 p.m. this Thursday. They will play at Wright City Monday.


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