Brighton U18 Edges Southampton U18 in Five-Goal Contest

BRIGHTON, England (Interstat) — Brighton U18 beat Southampton U18 3-2 on Saturday, using a second-half comeback to secure the competition victory. Southampton U18 led 2-1 at halftime after Brogan Sewell and Wyatt Comley scored around a Bailey Palmer opener. Chetam Ezenwata leveled in the 47th minute, and Chris Condy netted the winner in the 62nd. Palmer led Brighton with one goal and two assists. Ezenwata and Condy each scored. Sewell and Comley scored for Southampton. Jacob Parsons added an assist for Brighton, and Archie Lovatt added an assist for Southampton. The goals came in the 6th, 11th, 24th, 47th and 62nd minutes. The result gave Brighton its first competition win of the season. Brighton is now 1-0-0 in the competition and 1-0-0 across all competitions; Southampton is 0-1-0 in both. Southampton pressed for an equalizer but could not find a third goal as Brighton held on through the closing stages. Southampton U18’s late attempts were repelled by the Brighton U18 defense.