Chaos 0 Bays 2

A couple of thoughts about today's game.

Firstly, that's a very strong team we played today yet I thought we were the best team for much of the first half. We certainly out-chanced them and limited them to very few chances. It was unfortunate to give up a goal how and when we did, but it was still a good opening 30 minutes. As has happened a number of times this year we created opportunities from good ball movement but our final shot didn't do enough to trouble their goalie.

Second, I thought their goalie and their #9 were very good. We gave their #9 too much space at times and while she didn't score, she helped create several good scoring chances with her vision and skill. Their goalie dominated her eighteen like no other goalie I've seen this year and she made two excellent clearing kicks to help her defenders. Playing goalie is about making quick decisions and I don't think she made a single error today.

Fitness. We need to be sharper mentally and fitter physically if we want to compete for 60 minutes. At important times in the game today I thought we lacked that burst of energy necessary to get to the ball or close down our opponent. So we will pick up our fitness regiment again on Monday in hope we can get going and keep going faster and for longer.

Finally, a thanks to Desi and Mckenna for filling in today for some of our missing players. Both Desi and Mckenna didn't look out of place and made several good contributions.