Edgar Cardoza has shared some words of soccer wisdom with his son.

“My dad always tells me, ‘Look at the goalie. See if he’s far out,’ ” said Henry Cardoza, North Shore’s standout senior forward/midfielder.

So he saw Lawrence’s standout senior goalkeeper, Gabriel Rosales, off his line Friday, “in the middle of his 18(-yard box) there.

“And I just said, ‘Why not?’ ”

Cardoza took a shot from about 45 yards from the goal. Rosales couldn’t catch it cleanly, a rare miscue for him. The ball rolled into the net in the ninth minute. And it held up.

The Vikings won 1-0 at Lynbrook North Middle School to take over second from the Golden Tornadoes in Nassau A-II.

“I think (Rosales) kind of misjudged it a little bit,” Lawrence coach Gerard Lagasse said. “He stepped forward and it went over his h

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