Carson Solomon helps Andrew stop Sandburg in PKs
Carson Solomon thought he had the best of both worlds. In the past three years in the fall, he has run at the Cross-Country for Andrew while having a football action with his club team.
But while he was preparing for his last year, Salomon decided that he did not want to fully lack the experience of football in high school. When an injury created an opening, he intervened.
“It was the atmosphere of football in high school that seemed fun,” said Solomon. “I said to myself,” Sencom “why not?” I knew it was my last chance to play with these guys, so when the opportunity arose, I seized it. »»
Solomon showed what he could do on Thursday evening. The senior goalkeeper made four regulation stops and two during a 10-round marathon shooting, which the visiting Thunderbolts won 7-6 to win a 1-0 victory from the Southwest suburbs against Sandburg in Orland Park.
Christian Escalona marked the penalty kick for Andrew (5-5-2, 2-1). Athan Contos, Vince Swedberg, Victor Martinez, Khattab Jaradat, Leo Arvanetes and Teddy Karnezis also marked during the shooting.
Escalona, Contos, Damian Arvanetes and Jason Thomas led a huge defensive effort in front of Solomon.
Xander Perak made five regulatory stops and two in the Sandburg shooting (7-4, 0-2). Mihir Pradhan, Ire Musayayi, Mahdi Azabin, Abdullah Ramadan, Béreh Alomari and Giancarlo Sarmiento marked during the shooting.
Solomon almost stopped Sarmiento’s shot at the ninth turn of the penalty kicks, but he left his hands and in the net. Solomon knew what he needed for the next time.
“Strong hands,” said Salomon. “I said to myself:” I’m not going to let it happen again. I said to myself: “Bricks for Hands”. I knew I didn’t have to catch it.
After Solomon did exactly that, Escalona torn the winning winning shot.
“I was in confidence, for sure, knowing that if I do it for the team, we win,” said Escalona. “It was great.
“Shoutout in Carson Solomon for having done these steps. He was a key player for us, and I think he has the potential to be a high -level goalkeeper throughout the state.”
At the same time, Solomon took advantage of the experience of playing for Thunderbolts.
“This is the first time I have played with all these guys, so it’s learning the team, learning culture,” said Solomon. “It was incredible.
“There are ups and downs with football in high school. In the club, I used to play perhaps two games a week. Now there are sometimes four games in a week, so it’s a big step in place.”
Andrew expected the senior Lucas Ossowski to be his goalkeeper this season, but he suffered a torn LCA in the spring.
This led to some Solomon’s classmates to get in the ear and finally convince Solomon to speak to Andrew’s coach Loren Zolk.
“He knows all these guys,” said Zolk. “They started talking to me in the spring and saying,” Hey, Carson will come and play. He finally told me that he was going to get out.
“We have three guards, so it was not his place. He had to win it. He did it.”
Solomon has been playing the goalkeeper since the age of 8, working after an injury to a club teammate.
“I hesitated at the start,” said Solomon. “I was always a central back. But when it happened, I said to myself: “Let’s get him away. I’m a goalkeeper now. »»
Solomon is 5 feet 9 inches and Lanky, an atypical size for a goalkeeper. But that never stopped him.
“I don’t let it affect me at all,” he said. “If I can touch the crossbar, I’m fine and my vertical climb up up there.” It’s about positioning. “
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