taking on the class 1 teams

TopGun went to Coppa D'Oro and played in the silver bracket with class 1B teams including the other SASC U12G team, United97. We played 3 games and could have won them all so are totally ready for class 1B. In fact we finished above United in the standings and with a slight change in luck would have made the consolation game. That luck was needed in game 2 against Woodland where we battered away at their goal, dominated possession 65:35, but couldn't put the ball in the net, and they sneaked a couple of goals against us at the end, by which time we should have been leading 5-0. TG got a dominant win against Xplosion who had tied Woodland 0-0, so we have a good gauge that this is the standard where we belong ( for the next 12 months until we are ready for 1A ). I missed the game against Peninsula, who finished second in 1B, and won this tournament against Juventus who won 1B. My spies tell me we pushed Peninsula all the way and got edged out by a dubious PK.

TG won big time in other areas :

1) some skills we've been working on at practice were used to great effect on the field. Two players produced perfect stop-go's, one in full flight, the other when receiving a pass. And Yoshi left 2 Woodland players standing still after performing one of our favorite moves

2) we know what to work on for specific players : delay drill ( again !!!, what is it with this technique that is so hard to remember ), heading, intensity. These items are not required to be performed with such precision in class 3.

3) what was number 3 again ?


anyway, TG excelled as usual and we are ready for the next challenge