Not half bad: Needham boys’ 5-goal second half outburst earns Div. 1 South soccer win over Brockton - Boston Herald

HINGHAM — After a stagnant 40 minutes, top-seeded Needham still had confidence its prolific offense would take off in the second half.

It certainly did. The Rockets scored five second-half goals, three coming from Matthew Dougherty, as the Rockets took down No. 3 Brockton, 5-2, to claim the Division 1 South title Saturday at Hingham High.

“We always prove how good we are in the second half,” said Dougherty as Needham (16-3-3) advances to Wednesday’s state semifinal. “We battled until the end and that’s just our style.”

After recording just one shot on net and falling behind, 1-0, to Brockton (16-6) 77 seconds into the second half on a goal from Jaylon Darosa, Needham’s attack erupted.

In the 52nd minute, Dougherty struck in a cross from Nathan Ramras to start a wild five-minute sequence. Just 29 seconds later, the Boxers went back in front on Vanilton Xavier’s penalty kick, but Needham pulled even again on Matt Fidurko’s tally assisted by Steven Donovan.

Dougherty then put Needham in front, 3-2, in the 65th minute when he beat his defender and slid a shot past the charging keeper.

Dougherty completed his hat trick with his 7th postseason goal with 6:14 left and Donovan added another tally as Needham scored at least four goals in a game for the 12th time this season.

“The desire, the heart, the effort that they showed, I haven’t seen that to that level this season,” said Needham coach Jimmy Odierna. “They wanted this bad.”

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