Medical Lake drops regular season soccer finale to Lakeside

First it rained buckets most of the day.

Then came a quick deluge of goals and the Lakeside Eagles emerged from their final regular season Northeast A League soccer showdown with a 3-1 win over Medical Lake last Thursday, Oct. 20, on Senior Day.

The win gave Lakeside (9-3 NEA, 11-3 overall) the edge in the final standings over Medical Lake (8-4, 9-7) and earned the Eagles home field for a loser-out playoff tiebreaker that was played Oct. 25.

Moved to Holliday Field because of the rain, and played under the lights, the contest was scoreless after a half but the Eagles struck twice early in the...