Week Two

The Warriors had a blast today playing in the rain. That's an experience I'm sure they'll remember. I was talking to one of our defenders when our goal was scored and I couldn't get verification from anyone I talked to as to who scored it. Nate or Whitney seemed to be the consensus. We had great play from everyone and including some bold play in keeper from Whitney, another fabulous header from Nate and great work in midfield from Cody, Owen, Conner and Dakota. I am moving practice up to 7:00 PM starting this week to accommodate school day hours.

Your U4 team is now The Blueberries and they had a great game. A little more organized and involved overall this week. Carson managed our lone goal and I was thrilled with the way everyone played.
No practice Monday night.

The U6 Sharks had a good game in terms of their activity level but we did have some trouble with staying focused on the game. You may have seen some of the kids huddling up before kick-offs to formulate a plan of attack. I'm thrilled to see them doing that and bonding together as a team but I have to tell you that from what I could over-hear the plan seemed to consist of "take the ball that way and don't let the other team have it". Generally a good idea. Apparently at some point Braden shared the plan with a player on the other team because after they scored on us one of the Red players came up to Braden and, with a bit of taunting in his voice, said "hey, you know why we were able to get a goal? 'Cause we brought the ball down here and didn't let any of you guys get it."
The game highlight was the fierce play of Karolyn, who is amazingly competitive when she gets going.
Practice this week will be at 6:00 PM instead of 6:30.

The Strikers had a tough time of it today facing a team that seemed a bit older and more experienced. But despite the score we had valiant efforts all around. After a tough first half in goal Samantha came back in the game as a defender in the second half and played wonderfully including making some great throw ins. Anna, Isabel and Taylor were relentless throughout. Taylor took a volley off the head and kept going. Helen played great in at mid, especially in the first half taking a nasty spill while trying to drive the ball up the field. Keegan came in as keeper for us and was solid as a rock. Bryce joined us in his first game back and played with his usual amazing energy showing signs of developing a good attack in cooperation with Anna and Taylor. Meighan, Lydia and Haley were great in defense. Meighan especially was really getting the hang of working the throw-ins up the field and Lydia bounced back strongly after taking a hard shot right to the stomach. I know such a lopsided loss is hard to watch but your Strikers never gave up and kept pushing right to the end.