2 class 1 tournaments

and we managed 1 win and 1 tie out of 6 games. Its a better record than some established class 1 teams and we were missing players so I'm optimistic for a 500 season.

The games of note over the last 2 weeks :

1) backs to the wall tie against Juventus Lightning who are now a class 1A team. The wind was blowing straight down the field so it was a classic game of two halves with each team managing a solitary goal playing with the wind. Carrie pulled of loads of saves, but our defenders have to learn to get out of the way of the GK and to make sure they have the ball before kicking it. In the final 30 seconds, both teams had good chances to win the game... it was fun !!

2) 2-1 defeat to MVLA Barracudas. The goals against were soft and the 1st one should not have counted as the half time whistle was due 5 minutes before the ref called it... which he did after I reminded him it was half time. The first half was even, but we bossed the second half and had great chances to score another couple of goals. The passing was great in this game. TG moved the ball wide, and if the attack needed to slow down, they girls did this and recycled the ball. They will have to do this more and more to retain possession against class 1 teams.

Some more on the Jamboree weekend. The event was awesome, as agreed by all participating teams and Jade ran the snack shack with aplomb !! Great weekend for Alexia who played aggressively, defended and attacked well, and set up the goal of the tournament for Olivia. Amani came back to some decent form, and coach Jon spotted 3 things that killed us all weekend, that the girls will fix for the Spring season. 1) Stop being afraid of the ball and perform the delay drill when defending, 2) own the ball before kicking it, 3) trust team-mates, don't ball watch, stay in position and mark your player.