On a night in which the past greats of St. Louis soccer were honored, it was the present in the future that shined brightest.

The St. Louis Ambush (7-3-3) at The Family Arena. With the win, the Ambush leap-frogged the Stars into 4th place in the MASL standings.

Robert Williamson, Who originally wore number #15, switched to #5, due to the team retiring Mark Moser’s jersey.

St. Louis got on the board first in the second minute of the first quarter on a restart when Christian Briggs fired a shot that was blocked, but then picked up by Will Eskay.

Daniel Torrealba opened the scoring in the third quarter for the Ambush on a rocket of a shot to the upper right corner off a restart.

Eskay’s second goal of the game was a tap-in on a long pass from Williamson to push the Ambush lead back to two at 4-2, And while the Stars ended up tying it up 5-5 later, thanks to Tacoma’s first back-to-back goals of the game, St. Louis and goalie Paulo Nascimento buckled down and wound up winning 8-5.

SCORING SUMMARY

1st – STL Eskay-7 (Briggs) 1:49. Penalties – None.

2nd – STL Chalbaud-1 (Falsone) 5:10; TAC Lima-4 (Caceres) 14:50. Penalties – STL Eskay (bc- tripping) 7:28.

3rd – STL Torrealba-15 (Michaud) 2:02; TAC Brisco-3 (John) 3:28; STL Eskay-8 (Williamson) 6:04; TAC Romero-3 (John) 11:50; STL Falsone-7 (Briggs) 12:09; TAC Brisco-4 (Hernandez) 13:20. Penalties – STL Chalbaud (bc- charging) 9:33.

4th – TAC Cox-10 (Correa) 2:32; STL Santana-1 (unassisted) 7:14 pk; STL Briggs-2 (Eskay) 10:22; STL Gates-2 (Martinez) 14:41 en. Penalties – TAC Hanson (bc- tripping) 7:14; TAC Birrueta (bc- tripping) 7:14.



Power Play – Stars 0/2, St. Louis 0/2

Shots – Stars 29, St. Louis 27

Fouls – Stars 16, St. Louis 10

Attendance – 2,307