Wexford FC 0 Bray Wanderers 8
Bray ended their EA SPORTS MU20 LOI Group A Phase 1 campaign in fantastic style with an overwhelming win over Wexford.
But despite recording their sixth victory in an unbeaten run of seven games, the team fell agonisingly short of making the Elite phase of the competition.
Having led 5-0 at the interval at Ferrycarrig Park on Saturday afternoon, the Wicklow side ran out 8-0 winners.
It left them on 19 points from their ten scheduled games.
However, UCD overcame Bohemians 3-2 at the Oscar Traynor Centre at the same time.
That result meant the Students finished top of the section on 21 points. But only ahead of the second placed Gypsies on goal difference.
Having won the reverse fixture 6-0 at the Carlisle Grounds back in March,
Wanderers only needed four minutes this time round to break the deadlock.
The visitors pressed the home back four and the ball fell to Jamie Ryan who drove his shot into the bottom corner.
The goals came thick and fast after that for Wanderers.
In the 12th minute, Leon Keogh found Ethan Cheese on the right hand side of the box. The Irish schools international finished neatly into the far left hand side of the net.
It became 3-0 in the 25th minute when Max McLaughlin slotted in after being put through by skipper Josh Kerr.
A fourth score arrived in the 38th minute. Cheese hit a long diagonal pass into the path of the onrushing Philip Cooney who calmly placed his effort to the goal.
In first half stoppage time, Keogh turned provider again. The striker held the ball up with his back to goal then played a neat pass to defender Luke Nolan who curled in off the post.
The Green and White's scoring streak continued after the interval.
The second period was just two minutes old when Luke Nolan played a through ball for fellow full back Destiny Avenbuan to rifle to net with a shot on the run from the left inside the penalty area.
Cooney bagged his second of the contest in the 78th minute when latching onto substitute Isaac Millington’s pass to round the home goalkeeper and tap in.
Sub Ilya Bednakovs rounded of the tally a minute later. He was put clear by Kerr, ran past the challenge of the netminder and rolled into an open goal.
Bray Wanderers: Edvinas Jakas; Luke Nolan, Jack Nolan, Caleb O'Neil, Destiny Avenbuan; Jamie Ryan, Joshua Kerr; Ethan Cheese, Max Mc Laughlin, Phillip Cooney; Leon Keogh.
Subs: Conor Lougheed, Isaac Millington, Luke Smith, Ilya Bednakovs, Leon Creighton, Dylan Ryan, Sam Baker.
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