The San Elizario Eagles will look to take home their fourth UIL Class 4A state soccer championship when they take on the undefeated Bern Greyhounds on Friday.
San Eli lost the first three games to strong schools, but since then they have won 23 consecutive games, with their last victory coming on a penalty kick in the 97th minute against Navasota in the semifinals.
The game at Georgetown's Burklebach Field is scheduled to kick off at 1:30 p.m. CT/2:30 p.m. CT.
UIL soccer playoffs
Saneli 1, Berne 0, 80th place. San Eli emerged victorious, earning the fourth state title in school history.
Saneli 1, Berne 0, 71st place. San Eli appears to have remanded the charges. Boerne has more possession of the ball than in front of goal, but San Eli remains calm.
San Eli 1, Boerne 0, 68th Boerne came back to life and made his first save against Steven Chaires from close range. Just before that he parried one from the dangerous box. The Greyhounds had two chances, but San Eli fended them off.
Saneli 1, Boerne 0, 62nd place. With 18:07 left, Francisco Marquez takes the next shot to the bottom left from 25 yards out. A phenomenal offense has San Eli's dominant team on the verge of a state title.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 60th place. Eduardo Marquez takes a shot from the edge of the six-yard box. He got it past the goalkeeper from a tough angle, but it didn't result in a goal. He was 10-0 in shot attempts and 6-0 in goals.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 57th place. Not much happened in those five minutes. A ball bouncing around midfield.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 51st place. Jaime Garcia took a free kick from 20 yards to go and the keeper made his sixth save by batting away the next shot, converting San Eli's fifth corner. The Eagles were unable to get a corner directly on goal, and once again the corner was a near miss.
Saneli 0, Berne 0, 50th place. San Elizario is tightening the screws, but there's nothing to show for it yet. The possession rate in this half is about 75%. The Eagles got a corner kick, but it just went over the goal mouth.
San Eli 0, Berne 0, 4Fourth. Marquez had a chance inside the six-yard box, but his shot hit a Borene defender in the chest.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 41st place. San Eli missed the biggest chance of the match. Eduardo Marquez beat the keeper with a sloppy backpass and sent it a yard wide. Borene counterattacks but is offside.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 41st place. The second half is underway. For half of this period, there is wind in San Elizario.
San Eli 0, Berne 0, Half. San Eli took five shots, all on goal. Verne had zero shot attempts. San Eli corner 3-0. Boerne was offside twice and San Eli once. Boerne had 4 fouls and the Eagles had 3. San Elizario dominated possession.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 38th place. The shots were 5-0 San Eli, two of which were nasty. The Eagles had three corners. Boerne was in trouble twice but had no shots or corner kicks.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 33rd place. Boerne has half a chance to counterattack again. He got the ball along the end line next to the goal and put it past keeper Stephen Chiles and into the center of the six-yard box, but San Eli played the ball to the outnumbered Boerne in the box. Cleared it.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 28th place. Jaime Garcia fired a shot on net from 15 yards left, and the goalie made a reactive punch save. The Eagles had trouble in the corner but couldn't get another shot on goal. The shot made it his 4-0, and all possession went to San Eli.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 25th place. San Elizario's Marcus Legardo took a shot from 45 yards, but it took an interesting bounce on the artificial turf, forcing the Boerne keeper to punch it and send it over the net to earn a corner. A good serve went over the heads of the group in the box, and a bicycle kick shot went wide. However, the bicycle kick was not recognized as a shot attempt.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 20th place. Midway through the first half, the score was 2-0 on target and San Eli had at least 60% possession. Possession statistics are not maintained at this level.
Saneli 0, Boerne 0, 15th place. Eduardo Marquez received a long ball and took a shot, but it bounced off target, resulting in a corner kick for the Eagles and the first goal of the game. Vernet cleared it with his head. San Eli's second shot was scored by Marquez.
Saneli 0, Berne 0, 10th place. San Elizario's Kevin Hernandez took the first shot on goal from the 18-yard edge of the box. The goalkeeper caught the ball with his chest. This happened after the Eagles spread Boerne's half-chance, made a numerical advance, and the ball ping-ponged around the San Eli box.
Saneli 0, Berne 0, 5th place. The Eagles had more possession early on, but there were no chances either way.
1 minute left until kickoff: The match starts on time. The temperature is 79 degrees and the wind is out of the south at 14 mph. It was the opposite wind from Wednesday's semifinal. Saneli will ride the wind in the first half.
28 minutes left until kickoff: The team is warming up on the field. It looks like we will be in time for the 1:30 mountain time start.
