4/12 Game Recap (3-1 Loss)

Congrats to our players on Saturday. While we did not come away with a win, we played a very physical team, and we played them tough. The game could have gone either way. Like last week, it took the girls a while in the first half to adjust to the style of play. We will talk a bit about strategies to defend against agressive play in the upcoming practices. I suspect we will see quite a bit more in the season. Welcome to the comp league. :)

Although it took the girls a while to find their footing in the game, I have continued to be impressed with their ability to turn the game around at any moment and put together an offensive drive. We had several opportunities in the first and second half of the game. At half time, we talked about coming on strong and not backing down. I set a two minute time line for our forwards, Kelly and Courtney, to score.

Kelly put one in at about the ten minute mark. I told her she was a little late. :) Kelly and Marlene both knocked the ball into the goal a few minutes later. We had many opportunities to score in the last few minutes, but just could not get one in. We need to continue to work on following shots on goal and playing positions, especially out wide at the mid positions.

Thanks,
Coach Sonya (and Coach Brad)