Medical Lake suffers soccer setbacks

Oh so close.

For all but the waning minutes of last week’s Northeast A League soccer matches for Medical Lake, the Cardinals harbored thoughts of upset wins against two of the upper echelon teams they faced.

But Medical Lake surrendered late goals in both contests, a 4-1 defeat at Deer Park (8-1 NEA, 9-1 overall) Oct. 13 and then again two days later, falling 3-1 to Lakeside (5-3, 5-5) at home last Thursday.

Makayla Geiger scored in the 54th minute to tie the score 1-1 with the Stags only to see the home team get three goals in seven minutes towards the end for the win. Courtney Stark scored t...