PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand Tuesday night as the Army Knights defeated the Navy Midshipmen 2-1 in a well attended match at PPL Park. Here’s a look at what he saw.
Local military schools helped out to start the game
The West Point cadets came out in numbers
The game did start with a bang
Jamie Dubyoski and the Midshipmen press early
Brock Dudley cuts back into space
Sam Bascom breaks up through the middle
Derek Vogel (12) out jumps Okheem Riley (23)
Army (Tanner Vosvick-5, Christian Clark-13, Cameron Niccum-7) boxes out Dubyoski
Marcos Arroyo (12) out touches Bascom (11)
P.J. Suess (8) gets a little tug from Alex Jaroscak
Daniel Camuti (17) presses Arroyo
Cody Guerry (21) sinks the Knights first goal
Arroyo motors through midfield
Cody Guerry buries another for the brace
Aubrey Jones (9) shadows Brett Becia (16)
Another Army-Navy aerial battle
Swathmore native Thomas Shiiba (2) shields off Arroyo
Cameron Niccum (7) gets position on Daniel Zaremba (10)
Chris Britt almost kept a clean sheet
Nick Williams works forward
Michael Parker (25) settles under pressure from Tommy Jaeger
Jaeger gets position this time
Dubyoski gets held up by Tony Black
Navy with a late push forward but could not get the equalizer
The West Point cadets enjoying the end of game celebration
For more photos, check out Paul’s Flickr page and feel free to leave comments.
More fantastic shots! Thanks for all the great work over the years! Any time I can’t attend a game I look forward to seeing the pictures!
Thanks Montag, I have a fun time putting these together even though it is a lot of work. Glad you like them.
My son plays at one of the academies and I know firsthand that these players must be congratulated big time since they have a very hard course load, occasional night watch duty, not the best food, and all kinds of other (silly) stuff but they still find the time and enthusiasm to play.
I agree Guido, my best friend who was also at the game graduated from West Point. Based on his stories, just getting through the academy is tough. Adding a sport is just that much harder. We’ve been to all four cup games and he was happy to see Army win for a change.
I don’t know the rules for Army and Navy, but if they’re anything like USAFA playing a sport is required. Obviously it doesn’t have to be at the “varsity” level, intramurals and club sports count. But this might not be “adding” anything.
Not trying to take anything away from anyone, just trying to clarify something.
As usual, outstanding action shots Paul.
Thank you Paul, as usual