Not only did we see a lot of very good individual play from the Thunder but there were actually some flashes of organized team play. The stand-out individual performances were from Maddie in goal (she's kind of a natural) and Brooke on offense. Brooke has tremendous focus and determination and she ran through the other team's biggest players more than once. Her one goal was a beauty and she and Carson had chances for a couple more that just missed. Carson too has good instincts when he has the ball at his feet and of course he's got a pretty strong kick.
Juan "BooBoo" Espinoza was also showing some really great soccer I.Q. I watched him go hard to his left at one point and then stop abruptly as the defense closed in. He turned calmly back to his right and left the knot of defenders behind, finding the open space he needed to head for the goal. Very nice work. He was flanked most of the game by Parker who is our most aggressive player (though only barely more so than Brooke!). Parker will become a continuous goal scoring threat as he becomes more sure-footed on those shots.
We had great work from everyone else too and the kids were very focused on the game from warm-ups on. The resulting 1-1 tie made for a nice game. Coach Niemeyer's team boasts three really strong players and the Thunder did very well to hold them to one goal.
See you at practice Thunder.
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