No. 1 Shorewood soccer team gives up first goal of season but stays undefeated with 4-1 home victory over Marysville-Getchell Monday

Thunderbird Dawda Dibba battles for the ball early in the first half.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

The top-ranked Shorewood soccer team gave up its first goal of the season but stayed undefeated with a 4-1 victory over Marysville-Getchell at Shoreline Stadium Monday.

Shorewood takes its No. 1 ranking and 13-0 record into a home game Wednesday with Everett.

The Thunderbirds moved from No. 2 to No. 1 among State 3A teams in the weekly Seattle Times rankings after previous No. 1 Camas dropped to No. 3 with its first two losses of the season.

Shorewood's Matthew Owen controls the ball near the sideline.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Shorewood and Everett (4-7-2) meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Shoreline Stadium. Junior varsity teams from the two schools meet at 5:30.

In Shorewood’s 4-1 victory over Marysville-Getchell Monday, Marysville-Getchell scored the first goal of the game, but the Thunderbirds responded with goals by Dodge Schaeffer, Abdul Abdulla, Owusu Fordjour and Andreas Gobel. Edger Escalante, Matt Pettersen, Hayk Avanesyan, Daniel Han and Fordjour had assists. Goalkeeper Daniel Nadeau saw his streak of shutouts end at 12.

The Shorewood junior varsity defeated Marysville Getchell 4-2.

More game photos at Wayne Pridemore's photostream.