D2 cup preparation

TopGun took on the U11 class 1A champions on sunday afternoon. Sporting 98 Green know how to pass the ball and took the 1A championship by 8 points. They gave TG a thorough examination for the 1st 20 minutes of the game with the ball being maneuvered across the field and down the flanks. The girls may be a year younger than TG but they can kick it just as hard so crosses were flying into our penalty box. That was the point of this scrimmage - TG's defence hasn't been tested all season and they were on sunday. But they stood strong, moving aggressively to any threats and clearing with confidence. Carrie had to make 2 good saves and Sporting hit the post with one shot from the edge of the box, Yoshi was chasing shadows as the blond pony tails passed the ball around her.... but as I said, that was the point - for the girls and the coaches.

For the second half we re-united Jeska and Carrie in center defence and added Alexia to center midfield. That pretty much stopped any action occurring in our penalty box



So what did we learn :

1) our defence will work even harder against good opposition
2) fill the midfield ( 4-4-2 ) to get Yoshi some help
3) the whole team plays better against good teams - very positive for when we move up to the next level
4) we can score against anyone - did I mention that during conversations on the sideline where we were discussing how good Sporting looked - that TG scored 4 goals and missed 3 other quite scoreable chances, and won the game 4-0