Tie Goes To The Winner! Coach Sticks His Neck Out For Mountain Brook Soccer Ritual

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

Patrick Neil was fit to be tied Tuesday night after his second-half goal lifted Mountain Brook to a 2-1 victory over Hoover in the first round of the Class 7A boys soccer playoffs.

Coach Joe Webb named Neil the Player of the Game. In so doing, he took off the Tigger cartoon tie that he wore and placed it on the freshman.

It was the latest installment of what is becoming a custom for the Spartans’ Webb – honoring a deserving player in big wins and paying tribute to his late father.“I’ve done it for all the area games and a few select big game opponents outside of that,” Webb said. “It’s been fun.”

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