Sunday, February 21, 2010
indoor dominance
Sporting held us 2-2 at half time, but then the underage girls arrived from the Sporting green game and it ended up 7-2.
The second game was odd. MTH have some good footwork, but kept getting tied up in knots. I think at one point the score was 2-1, but then at half time it was 5-1. I have no idea who scored most of the goals, it was a blitz. Lulu (Tess) got 2 in the second half, and Yovanna smashed a rocket against the cross bar. It finished 11-2.
Next week is the Stanford class 3 tournament with no indoor games. Looking forward to this !!
the league table for indoor is linked off the TG homepage
The second game was odd. MTH have some good footwork, but kept getting tied up in knots. I think at one point the score was 2-1, but then at half time it was 5-1. I have no idea who scored most of the goals, it was a blitz. Lulu (Tess) got 2 in the second half, and Yovanna smashed a rocket against the cross bar. It finished 11-2.
Next week is the Stanford class 3 tournament with no indoor games. Looking forward to this !!
the league table for indoor is linked off the TG homepage
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Beautiful weather, saturday feb 13th
so what does TG do ? Starts the indoor season of course.
http://otw-santa-clara.ezleagues.ezfacility.com/leagues.aspx
not everyone is up for playing indoor, so we have 9 players + Allanah, with Yovanna and KK joining us next week.
First opposition was Sporting 98 white who are very different from last Fall and are a tough bunch. However, TGs firepower was way too much for a class 3 team one year younger. Tess fired in two rockets before 2 minutes was up. Alannah and Hannah followed quickly with another two, then Hannah made it 5-0 before half time with another huge shot. For those new to indoor soccer, one the goal differential in 5 or more, the team leading can only send 2 players at a time beyond the attack side yellow line. Coach Ron seemed to have forgotten this rule.
Sporting got stuck into TG in the 2nd half and scored 2 goals, much to the delight of their fans. It was fun listening to the parents shouting from the seating area - the game was played in a great spirit. Then TG took control again and fired in 4 goals. Allanah completed a Hat-trick with 2 goals and Ysa and Addie scored the others for a 9-2 result.
Despite the scoreline, this was a great workout for the girls and is really helping their passing and quick thinking. They need to work on getting open with check-moves and to make some more accurate passes.... challenges for the coming weeks at OTW
http://otw-santa-clara.ezleagues.ezfacility.com/leagues.aspx
not everyone is up for playing indoor, so we have 9 players + Allanah, with Yovanna and KK joining us next week.
First opposition was Sporting 98 white who are very different from last Fall and are a tough bunch. However, TGs firepower was way too much for a class 3 team one year younger. Tess fired in two rockets before 2 minutes was up. Alannah and Hannah followed quickly with another two, then Hannah made it 5-0 before half time with another huge shot. For those new to indoor soccer, one the goal differential in 5 or more, the team leading can only send 2 players at a time beyond the attack side yellow line. Coach Ron seemed to have forgotten this rule.
Sporting got stuck into TG in the 2nd half and scored 2 goals, much to the delight of their fans. It was fun listening to the parents shouting from the seating area - the game was played in a great spirit. Then TG took control again and fired in 4 goals. Allanah completed a Hat-trick with 2 goals and Ysa and Addie scored the others for a 9-2 result.
Despite the scoreline, this was a great workout for the girls and is really helping their passing and quick thinking. They need to work on getting open with check-moves and to make some more accurate passes.... challenges for the coming weeks at OTW
Saturday, February 6, 2010
The Return of the TG
its been a frustrating few weeks of rain with only a couple of practices possible.
So when Stanford Firestorm offered a scrimmage on the turf at Mayfield we accepted in nanoseconds.
There's been so much rain that there were even pools on this new turf field and it made for some interesting moments when the ball got stuck in them.
TG has not played a scrimmage for a while. Its been pretty intense soccer all Fall and Winter and we took max opportunity to get everyone in the game.
Firestorm are a decent team with some good skills but from the opening exchanges, it did look like they would struggle with the power and pace of TG. Olivia and Ysa switched from their usual roles with Olivia on the last defender and Ysa dropping deep to receive the ball. This worked very well and Ysa played Olivia through on goal twice in the opening 10 minutes, but the very good Firestorm keeper kept the score at 0-0. Alexia and Celine took on the wide midfield roles for the first half and played at their best, supporting the offence and defence as needed. Carrie and Yovanna owned the defensive middle and snuffed out any threats from the girls in red. TG took a 1-0 lead when Ysa received a ball in the Firestorm box and fired her shot high into the net. For the end of the 1st half Jeska and Cali played at forward with Ysa and Olivia taking a break. This made for a very different passage of soccer. Jes and Cali passed the ball between each other more than our usual sprint team and were also a lot more physical, causing Firestorm to lose the ball in defence more often. Also, the slower pace of the attacks at this stage brought our midfield players into attacking positions.
At the start of the second half TG went out with one of our fave line ups 3-4-3. A goal followed quickly from a short corner worked by Adi and Tess, resulting in the ball at Ysa's feet on the penalty spot.... 2-0. Then Firestorm pulled a goal back. The TG defence were so far into the Firestorm half that a clearance found two red attackers on the half way line with a 10 yard head start. Carrie nearly caught up but couldn't prevent the score moving to 2-1. TG were then under pressure for about 10 minutes until they pulled their socks back up and fired in two quality goals interspersed amongst many shots that missed, one from Olivia smashed against the post. Yovanna scored a goal of real quality, bursting through 3 challenges before hitting an unstoppable shot. Yoyo also got an assist on the 4th goal.... can't remember who scored it. Game done, some quality soccer today including Yoshi's patented reverse step-over and Carrie and Adi working the ball out of defence with short passes.
I spoke with the Firestorm coaches, they wanted to know which league we were in for spring, presumably so that they could choose a different one.
So when Stanford Firestorm offered a scrimmage on the turf at Mayfield we accepted in nanoseconds.
There's been so much rain that there were even pools on this new turf field and it made for some interesting moments when the ball got stuck in them.
TG has not played a scrimmage for a while. Its been pretty intense soccer all Fall and Winter and we took max opportunity to get everyone in the game.
Firestorm are a decent team with some good skills but from the opening exchanges, it did look like they would struggle with the power and pace of TG. Olivia and Ysa switched from their usual roles with Olivia on the last defender and Ysa dropping deep to receive the ball. This worked very well and Ysa played Olivia through on goal twice in the opening 10 minutes, but the very good Firestorm keeper kept the score at 0-0. Alexia and Celine took on the wide midfield roles for the first half and played at their best, supporting the offence and defence as needed. Carrie and Yovanna owned the defensive middle and snuffed out any threats from the girls in red. TG took a 1-0 lead when Ysa received a ball in the Firestorm box and fired her shot high into the net. For the end of the 1st half Jeska and Cali played at forward with Ysa and Olivia taking a break. This made for a very different passage of soccer. Jes and Cali passed the ball between each other more than our usual sprint team and were also a lot more physical, causing Firestorm to lose the ball in defence more often. Also, the slower pace of the attacks at this stage brought our midfield players into attacking positions.
At the start of the second half TG went out with one of our fave line ups 3-4-3. A goal followed quickly from a short corner worked by Adi and Tess, resulting in the ball at Ysa's feet on the penalty spot.... 2-0. Then Firestorm pulled a goal back. The TG defence were so far into the Firestorm half that a clearance found two red attackers on the half way line with a 10 yard head start. Carrie nearly caught up but couldn't prevent the score moving to 2-1. TG were then under pressure for about 10 minutes until they pulled their socks back up and fired in two quality goals interspersed amongst many shots that missed, one from Olivia smashed against the post. Yovanna scored a goal of real quality, bursting through 3 challenges before hitting an unstoppable shot. Yoyo also got an assist on the 4th goal.... can't remember who scored it. Game done, some quality soccer today including Yoshi's patented reverse step-over and Carrie and Adi working the ball out of defence with short passes.
I spoke with the Firestorm coaches, they wanted to know which league we were in for spring, presumably so that they could choose a different one.
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