The Clayton boys’ varsity soccer team defeated Trinity 1-0 on Friday.

The win improved the Greyhounds’ record to 4-1-1.

“I didn’t expect that we would out the season with this record,” head coach Matt Balossi said. “Things are going really well.”

Senior midfielder Casey Lawlor’s second half goal was the difference. After a foul just outside of the box, the Trinity wall was four wide. “I wanted to take that free kick,” Lawlor said. “It felt good.”

The preparing for the game forced the team to adopt a whole new system. “We played a team with two very good forwards,” Balossi said. “So we pulled two guys out to mark them. Normally we used a zone defense so the guys completely transitioned to a man-to-man with no practice at all and they did a phenomenal job.”

The back four held strong and senior goalkeeper Jack Harned made six saves.

“This was definitely a team effort,” Lawlor said. “We didn’t really have any weaknesses out there today.”

Coach Balossi said that the team’s goal from the beginning of the season has been to win districts.

He added that the team should further improve with the return of key player junior Beau Hayden.