Confirmation that we do not have a game this Saturday :-(
Practice as usual next Monday, 5:30 @ Lochside Grass.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Girls 3 Boys 1
Now it's the ROMS girls time to give the boys some grief at school!
We certainly had our "A" game tonight and were well worth our win. We showed some good composure on the ball, made some nice passes, kept our shape pretty well and scored three strong goals. Not entirely sure who got the final touch on our first goal, Genevieve or Justine, but it certainly ranks as the fastest goal for the Chaos this season. The game had barely begun when Gen intercepted a clearing pass and her shot seemed to take a deflection off Justine's knee before fooling their keeper. We had a couple of other half-chances to score in the first 30 minutes with some good wing play from Lucy, but the boys escaped the half down only one goal.
Second-half was much the same. Camille put her name on the scoresheet with a fine individual effort after receiving a long pass from Kathleen. The boys then pegged us back a goal after a break down our right-side, but Kathleen restored our two goal cushion blasting home a rebound into an empty net after Robyn's cross was only parried by their keeper. In between Justine and then Erin had to make one great goal-line shot-block keeping out a sure goal after a scramble. Claudia, Lydia and Naomi all had scoring chances in the last thirty minutes but couldn't squeeze one home.
More than the win, what I really liked was how well we defended and when we had possession how we did the simple things to keep possession and move forward with the ball. And when we didn't have the ball we got goal side, checked-hard and limited the shots on Camille and Justine to long range efforts. I also think our midfielders - Erin and Kathleen - were very competitive and won more of the tackles than did the boys they faced. So overall another strong effort.
We certainly had our "A" game tonight and were well worth our win. We showed some good composure on the ball, made some nice passes, kept our shape pretty well and scored three strong goals. Not entirely sure who got the final touch on our first goal, Genevieve or Justine, but it certainly ranks as the fastest goal for the Chaos this season. The game had barely begun when Gen intercepted a clearing pass and her shot seemed to take a deflection off Justine's knee before fooling their keeper. We had a couple of other half-chances to score in the first 30 minutes with some good wing play from Lucy, but the boys escaped the half down only one goal.
Second-half was much the same. Camille put her name on the scoresheet with a fine individual effort after receiving a long pass from Kathleen. The boys then pegged us back a goal after a break down our right-side, but Kathleen restored our two goal cushion blasting home a rebound into an empty net after Robyn's cross was only parried by their keeper. In between Justine and then Erin had to make one great goal-line shot-block keeping out a sure goal after a scramble. Claudia, Lydia and Naomi all had scoring chances in the last thirty minutes but couldn't squeeze one home.
More than the win, what I really liked was how well we defended and when we had possession how we did the simple things to keep possession and move forward with the ball. And when we didn't have the ball we got goal side, checked-hard and limited the shots on Camille and Justine to long range efforts. I also think our midfielders - Erin and Kathleen - were very competitive and won more of the tackles than did the boys they faced. So overall another strong effort.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Fantastic first half, Frantic second half!
Not quite a game of two halves, but close enough. Two goals leads are the most dangerous in sport and so it was today when we built a good lead but then suffered a couple of mistakes and misfortune and had to work much harder for the win than perhaps we should have.
We really played well in the first half and were absolutely worth our two goal lead and perhaps a couple more. Justine's recent strong play up-front was finally rewarded with a goal. Both the pass from Olivia and Justine's finish were top class - certainly one of the prettiest goals we've scored this year. We opened up the Lakehill defence on 5 or 6 more occasions, much of this coming from good build-up from the back and our strikers (Miranda & Justine ) doing an awesome job of holding the ball up and finding their team mates with passes. But our goal attempts didn't match the quality of our build-up play and too few of our shots troubled their keeper. Then after some sustained pressure Erin collected the ball about fifteen yards out and scored with a left-footer (really?) that fooled their keeper. Shortly after it should have been three after a cross from Olivia skipped past Miranda and Justine to find Robyn all alone in front of goal but, erm well we wont dwell on what happened next.
The second half saw Lakehill rejuvenated and they got a goal back quickly. This gave them a real kick and play was pretty even for the next five-ten minutes. We were still creating good chances but when shooting chances came our way we were too slow to take them. Defensively we were doing OK, but definitely lacked the confidence we had moving the ball as we did in the first half. Then Lakehill equalized with a goal that owed much to the slick surface of the field, squirming away from Justine. 2-2 and Lakehill were confident they could get the winner.
In response we raised our game again and our ball movement and decision making improved. As a result we put plenty of pressure on the Lakehill goal, but when Kathleen's fine shot from the left hit the crosswork (twice) it didnt look to be our day. However with a minute left Robyn scored a beauty after a quick short corner with Olivia. I'm sure Robyn will claim it was a shot and not a cross, but either way it was a great goal and a nice way to win a game we almost let get away from us.
Reminders we have fitness training Monday 5:30 (grass) and another game versus the boys on Wednesday 6:00 (turf).
We really played well in the first half and were absolutely worth our two goal lead and perhaps a couple more. Justine's recent strong play up-front was finally rewarded with a goal. Both the pass from Olivia and Justine's finish were top class - certainly one of the prettiest goals we've scored this year. We opened up the Lakehill defence on 5 or 6 more occasions, much of this coming from good build-up from the back and our strikers (Miranda & Justine ) doing an awesome job of holding the ball up and finding their team mates with passes. But our goal attempts didn't match the quality of our build-up play and too few of our shots troubled their keeper. Then after some sustained pressure Erin collected the ball about fifteen yards out and scored with a left-footer (really?) that fooled their keeper. Shortly after it should have been three after a cross from Olivia skipped past Miranda and Justine to find Robyn all alone in front of goal but, erm well we wont dwell on what happened next.
The second half saw Lakehill rejuvenated and they got a goal back quickly. This gave them a real kick and play was pretty even for the next five-ten minutes. We were still creating good chances but when shooting chances came our way we were too slow to take them. Defensively we were doing OK, but definitely lacked the confidence we had moving the ball as we did in the first half. Then Lakehill equalized with a goal that owed much to the slick surface of the field, squirming away from Justine. 2-2 and Lakehill were confident they could get the winner.
In response we raised our game again and our ball movement and decision making improved. As a result we put plenty of pressure on the Lakehill goal, but when Kathleen's fine shot from the left hit the crosswork (twice) it didnt look to be our day. However with a minute left Robyn scored a beauty after a quick short corner with Olivia. I'm sure Robyn will claim it was a shot and not a cross, but either way it was a great goal and a nice way to win a game we almost let get away from us.
Reminders we have fitness training Monday 5:30 (grass) and another game versus the boys on Wednesday 6:00 (turf).
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Early to Bed on Friday Night!
That's because our game is 8:30am on Saturday! The good news is we're on the new Braefoot Turf (the west field, closest to Braefoot Road).
See you there around 8:00am (yikes!). Remember to drink your coffee ;-)
See you there around 8:00am (yikes!). Remember to drink your coffee ;-)
World Cups Festival Registration
The Easter weekend is fast approaching so that means registration for the annual Coast Capital World Cups Festival is now available.
You can register online at http://www.worldcups.ca/. I will also have manual registration forms with me at practices starting this evening.
If you have friends at school who play for other clubs please take a form for them as well or tell them to register online. Many of you have participated in past World Cups so you know how much fun the weekend is. It's going to be even better if more of your friends are teammates are there - whether they are on your team or not!
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