Our first game on our new turf and our first win - definately the best way to start-off the weekend. The Firebolts are a very good team - many of them familiar to our academy players - but in the end we had just that extra amount of quality and effort to win the game. I felt we were strong defensively all game and, while it took us some time to adjust to the speed and bounce of the ball on turf, once we got going I thought we were always going to score some goals.
Jadyn had most of our best chances early, most of them she created herself with some good running and shots from the right forward position. Robyn also did some excellent hard running and crossing from the left, but it wasn't until about 15 minutes before we opened the scoring - Mara finishing well on a breakaway from centre after a very nice through-ball from Robyn. We had a couple more chances but the Firebolts keeper (Jenna) did an excellent job of controlling her penalty area.
We started the second half strong and it wasn't long before Jadyn finally found the back of the net with a boomer from twelve yards. We had lots of play in their end after this, but without really getting a good shot away. With about ten minutes to go the Firebolts made things interesting when they scored off a breakaway. But just like you did against Juan de Fuca, after conceding a goal you responded immediately with one of our own. Maggie did some good work in midfield before finding Miranda with a pass wide on the left and after storming the goal, Miranda finished off her own rebound. I thought it was the least our play deserved and the goal was a nice bonus for Miranda after her strong play on the backline.
So another win and plenty of positives to take into our game next week against Prospect Lake. Reminder that practice is Thursday at 6pm. This week we will be working on our crossing and shooting.
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