{"id":46119,"date":"2017-07-21T22:10:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T02:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=46119"},"modified":"2017-07-24T23:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T03:16:40","slug":"express-slam-legacy-76-clinch-regional-final-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=46119","title":{"rendered":"Express Slam Legacy 76, Clinch Regional Final Berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fzZ1I79spLY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The storybook debut season of Elm City Express added another chapter on Friday by clinching a spot in the Northeast Regional Final after overpowering Legacy 76 (Va.) in a 4-0 rout at Yale University&#8217;s Reese Stadium in New Haven, Ct.<\/p>\n<p>Shaquille Saunchez fired the opening salvo of the regional semifinal showdown inside of 16 minutes when he nodded a corner from Cris Hernandez through from point blank range. Legacy&#8217;s Jermaine Reed tested Elm City keeper Matt Jones early in the second half, but it was the closest the guests would get to pulling even.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after Reed&#8217;s dangerous run, Hernandez set up the second goal in the 48th minute when he sent a free kick to the far post for Lucas Gabriel Sousa, who directed it centrally for Graciano Brito for the easy tap in to give the hosts breathing room.<\/p>\n<p>To say the hosts were comfortable with their two-goal lead would be misleading, to say the least. In the 66th minute, Saunchez made an impressive 50 yard run into the box and fired a shot that deflected off a Legacy defender before it fell in front of Tavoy Morgan, who easily sent it through. <\/p>\n<p>As if any further proof of Elm City&#8217;s dominance was needed, Morgan made it a rout in the 72nd minute when he played a give and go with Sousa, who sent it ahead for the Jamaican international to score.<\/p>\n<p>With the win, the Express will host the winner of Saturday&#8217;s Kingston Stockade-Clarkstown FC Eagles semifinal in the Northeast Regional Final on Jul. 29 in New Haven. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elm City routed Legacy 76 in Friday&#8217;s 4-0 win to clinch a spot in the regional final. (Photo: Zach Putnam)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1649],"tags":[1633,891,1654,1295,1648,892],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Elm-City-1-4.png?fit=600%2C416","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46119"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46193,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46119\/revisions\/46193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}