After the defeat the CARO Tigers experienced last night against Bad Axe, the coach had to come up with some changes with the line up to improve the dynamics of the team and the game. Also, the coach warned his players to pay attention to the mistakes made during the previous games and learn from them and make a positive impact on the game.

Fair enough, you can notice the big improvement at the start of the first half where every player knew their mission and job. The Tigers basically dominated the first half with some golden crosses from right winger and junior Brady Rigg who came close to score if not for the amazing save the Memphis goalie made on him. Unfortunately, the Tigers were not able to capitalize all the golden chances as the players were gathering close to each other up front and made it difficult to obtain a great shot. The center midfield was controlled by Senior Blake Spencer who also came close to score.

Again, some adjustments were needed to start the second half. Therefore, the hosts started handling the ball better and creating more open chances from both sides of the field and finally, Senior Spencer headed a ball crossed by Senior and Captain Klayton Clish and deflected by Junior and Captain Marik Phillips to beat the Memphis goalie to have his team take the lead 1-0.

The Memphis team had to respond by keeping the Tigers on their toes and tried to come back but the Caro goalie and Sophomore Logan McGarry supported by his defense (Sweeper Jeremiah Anderson, Right defender Landon Hood, Left defender Ethan Fellows and stopper Ryan Will) stopped every attempt to equalize the score. Nate Riedel and Ty Farver showed great improvements during this game. 

Then, the coach decided to move Captain and Junior Tanner Smith to center forward position and within a few minutes, right forward Brady Rigg crossed a golden ball to Captain Smith who headed the ball to score the second goal for his team. Now, the Tigers are in control of the game and started to make triangular passes and keep the ball possession. Other attempts to score came really close from Captain Smith who dribbled past the goalie and shot the ball towards the net to miss it by not much close to the post.

The verdict came in favor of the hosting team from Caro with a 2-0 win over Memphis for their first win of the season.

It was also the first goalie's shut out for Sophomore Logan McGarry who made a key save to keep the visitors scoreless.

The third game MVP trophy against Memphis was awarded to Junior and Captain Tanner Smith who after playing the right midfield position was moved by the coach to center forward position to score the second goal for his team. Captain Smith also came close to score his second goal when the ball cruised so close to the left post. Smith played an amazing defensive and offensive game helping his team to the first win of the season.

The Tigers will be busy this coming Saturday August 28th with the 10th annual Hank Mai Memorial Soccer Tournament from 9 am to 4 pm. All games for the CARO Tigers will be played at the AYSO Caro Soccer field. The other games will be played at the High School Soccer field.

The next season game will be away at Marlette on September 2nd at 5:30 pm.