Cape senior defender Jerzy Haines makes a clear out of the Delmar offensive zone in the Sept. 3 scoreless tie. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Cape senior Brady Spiegel uses some fancy dribbling to move the ball upfield.
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey stopped 23 shots in the nil-nil draw. 
Cape sophomore Lawson Whaley controls a high ball in the midfield.
Cape keeper Jake Hutchison makes one of his six saves. 
Cape senior Cardin Benjamin is bumped by Delmar’s Mason Pusey. 
Cape senior Evan Burris moves the ball through the Delmar defense. 
Cape’s Brenner Short blocks up a pass by Dilber Marquez Saenz. 
Cape senior Cardin Benjamin makes a centering pass to Brady Spiegel.
Cape keeper Jake Hutchison makes one of his six saves as his teammate Lawson Whaley looks to clear the rebound.
Cape’s Donnacha Hefferan battles for a header with Delmar’s Darwin Lopez-Ponce. 
Senior Cardin Benjamin moves the ball to the Delmar goal. 
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey makes a stop on a Cape shot. 
Cape senior Brandon Loucks blocks up a Joseph Brown pass.
Cape’s Seth Benjamin speeds the ball away from Delmar’s Yeferson Marquez. 
Cape’s Donnacha Hefferan gets major air to head the ball on a corner.
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey goes over the back of Cape’s Brady Spiegel.
Delmar’s Lincoln Strouth goes airborne to knock the ball away from Cape’s Brady Spiegel.
Cape senior defender Jerzy Haines makes a clear out of the Delmar offensive zone in the Sept. 3 scoreless tie. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Cape senior Brady Spiegel uses some fancy dribbling to move the ball upfield.
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey stopped 23 shots in the nil-nil draw.
Cape sophomore Lawson Whaley controls a high ball in the midfield.
Cape keeper Jake Hutchison makes one of his six saves.
Cape senior Cardin Benjamin is bumped by Delmar’s Mason Pusey.
Cape senior Evan Burris moves the ball through the Delmar defense.
Cape’s Brenner Short blocks up a pass by Dilber Marquez Saenz.
Cape senior Cardin Benjamin makes a centering pass to Brady Spiegel.
Cape keeper Jake Hutchison makes one of his six saves as his teammate Lawson Whaley looks to clear the rebound.
Cape’s Donnacha Hefferan battles for a header with Delmar’s Darwin Lopez-Ponce.
Senior Cardin Benjamin moves the ball to the Delmar goal.
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey makes a stop on a Cape shot.
Cape senior Brandon Loucks blocks up a Joseph Brown pass.
Cape’s Seth Benjamin speeds the ball away from Delmar’s Yeferson Marquez.
Cape’s Donnacha Hefferan gets major air to head the ball on a corner.
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey goes over the back of Cape’s Brady Spiegel.
Delmar’s Lincoln Strouth goes airborne to knock the ball away from Cape’s Brady Spiegel.
The Cape boys’ soccer squad started its 2024 season with a scoreless tie against Delmar Sept. 3 at Legends Stadium. The Vikings defeated the Wildcats 1-0 in a highly contested match last season, and this season’s nil-nil draw was no different.
The Vikings dominated play in the field, outshooting the Wildcats 23-6, and took 11 corners to Delmar’s three, but the difference in Cape’s attack was Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey, who stopped 23 scoring attempts.
Cape keeper Jake Hutchison also earned the shutout, stopping six Delmar shots.
The score remained the same after 80 minutes and two 10-minute overtime periods.
“I felt as a collective we played pretty well,” said Cape head coach Patrick Kilby. “I thought we were the better team on the field and created far more chances than our opposition. We need to be cleaner in the attacking third, especially on set pieces. We need our initial ball to clear their first defender, and we need to be opportunistic as well. We generated 11 corners and didn’t score any of them, and with our height and physical advantage, that shouldn’t be the case.”
“We need to start transitioning the ball faster and scoring our chances,” said senior Cardin Benjamin. “It was an unfortunate game for us, but we can’t hang our heads for long, as we need to turn around and play Appo Thursday.”
In junior varsity action, the Vikings downed Delmar 4-0. Kihara Ngido scored twice, while Pierce Conway and Anthoni Jimenez each tallied one goal. Brooks Whaley and Cesar Gomez were each credited with an assist.
The Vikings outshot Delmar 14-1 and held a 4-0 advantage with corner kicks. Jacob Panyko had one save in the cage.
Cape will travel to Indian River Tuesday, Sept. 10.
Cape senior defender Jerzy Haines makes a clear out of the Delmar offensive zone in the Sept. 3 scoreless tie. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Cape senior Brady Spiegel uses some fancy dribbling to move the ball upfield.
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey stopped 23 shots in the nil-nil draw.
Cape sophomore Lawson Whaley controls a high ball in the midfield.
Cape keeper Jake Hutchison makes one of his six saves.
Cape senior Cardin Benjamin is bumped by Delmar’s Mason Pusey.
Cape senior Evan Burris moves the ball through the Delmar defense.
Cape’s Brenner Short blocks up a pass by Dilber Marquez Saenz.
Cape senior Cardin Benjamin makes a centering pass to Brady Spiegel.
Cape keeper Jake Hutchison makes one of his six saves as his teammate Lawson Whaley looks to clear the rebound.
Cape’s Donnacha Hefferan battles for a header with Delmar’s Darwin Lopez-Ponce.
Senior Cardin Benjamin moves the ball to the Delmar goal.
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey makes a stop on a Cape shot.
Cape senior Brandon Loucks blocks up a Joseph Brown pass.
Cape’s Seth Benjamin speeds the ball away from Delmar’s Yeferson Marquez.
Cape’s Donnacha Hefferan gets major air to head the ball on a corner.
Delmar senior goalie Caleb Ritchey goes over the back of Cape’s Brady Spiegel.
Delmar’s Lincoln Strouth goes airborne to knock the ball away from Cape’s Brady Spiegel.Event Details :
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