THUNDER BAY — A pair of weekend road wins has put the Thunder Bay Chill squarely in the Deep North Division playoff hunt.
After downing RKC Third Coast 3-1 on Friday night, the Chill on Sunday overcame an early 1-0 deficit to a pesky Bavarian United SC, scoring five unanswered goals to pick up a 5-1 win and improve to 3-1-1 on the season.
Bavarian’s Jackson Castro gave the home side an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the fifth minute on Thunder Bay keeper Nathanael Sallah, but it was all Thunder Bay from that point on.
Striker Brandon Bermingham tied the game 1-1 in the 12th, a score the two teams would take into the halftime break.
Thunder Bay needed just four minutes after the half to jump in front, Elliott Cutts scoring his first of two on the night. Four minutes later, Edoardo Calzola found the back of the Bavarian FC goal, upping the lead to two.
Davide Viola made it 4-1 in the 57th and Cutts rounded out the scoring in the 68th.
The second-place Chill host third-place RKC Third Coast on Friday night at Chapples Field, in a key match that could determine which of the two clubs makes the USL League 2 playoffs.
Game time is 7:30 p.m.
