Team Chicago Academy-Olimpico opened up U13 Boys MRL play this past weekend against Rockford Raptors. The team came out of the gates a little slow and gave up an early 2-0 lead. Realizing the challenge at hand, the team kicked into gear creating numerous opportunities, and were rewarded when Abraham Antar received a through ball from Gedi Njoya and calmly finished his chance to pull one back just before half time. In the later stage of the game the effort was rewarded again off a great free kick by Liam Duffy connecting with Holden Beinhauer. The goalie initially made a great save, but Gedi Njoya was there to get the game-tying goal. Olimpico narrowly missed out on a game-winning opportunity in the dying seconds of the game on a very tight off-side call. After a strong performance led by Anthony Safo and Liam Duffy, the game ended in a 2-2 draw.

This weekend Olimpico head to Elgin for the next round of MRL games.