Hi Team,
It was definitely a tale of two halves tonight! Isaac only picked up the ball once the first half, and Nick had to make a number of great saves in the second. Strong defense and gravity worked in our favor the first half. Nick made the plays of the game by keeping a clean score sheet when the ball was in our 8 yard box more times than I care to recount. Everyone did a great job of preventing their offense from having any easy looks at goal. The kids demonstrated good ball control and made some nice passes. Daniel showed the most composure and left the other team kicking at air as he made great pull backs and kept the ball in tight possession. I think if all our kids can relax a bit more and look up before passing or shooting we will log a few goals on Saturday. I appreciated how the kids kept playing strong even after taking some hard hits--Dylan took the blow of the game after receiving a high kick to the hand and chest. Isaac and Zane dished out a couple to the other team as well (we need to work on sliding the ball and not the legs). But overall it was a clean game without much (any) grabbing of jerseys or pushing. I think Saturday's game should be a good match.
We have practice tomorrow (5:30 Mountainside). The weather looks perfect. Thanks again to the parents and our #1 fan (Logan!) for cheering the kids on tonight. I'll start looking into having indoor practices immediately following school once a week to keep the kids in tune through the fall and winter. I'm not sure if we want to look into indoor leagues or not. With 13 players we can have a lot of fun scrimmaging 6 on 6 indoors.
Go Team!
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