Elaine has a good speed, and we expect a lot out of her. We're training her when to move at the right time, and she's getting it down. We needed someone to step up, and she came off the bench and did her job. |
I'm sure the defenders are a little disappointed to give up the goal, but it's going to happen. When we sent the girls out, we told the ladies 'you have to come out with a little fire, you know they are going to come out and try to attack you.' And, sure enough, they got it. |
It all just slowed her down a little bit, but now she is healed up and is performing out there. She is making things happen and talking to the team. So we are hoping good things keep coming. |
It was a pleasant surprise. It puts the coach at ease right away. It allowed the girls to relax a little bit and just play soccer. It was our day. |
Our defenders are a confident group. Our new goalie will have to show that she belongs in the big time but Melissa has shown she's willing to step up. I'm hoping she becomes the vocal leader back there because our defenders aren't the most vocal group in the world. |
Right now I am telling the girls it is about the decision making: Don't panic, look up, run with your heads up so you can see what is going on. And tonight we saw the rewards of passing to the open player and getting it to the open player. |
We are sending the ball up a little sooner to get it up to the forwards to make something happen. And tonight we were doing that. Right now, I think our speed was more than they could handle tonight. We have been working on moving away from the ball, getting open and when we get the ball, don't panic. |
We didn't have nearly as many shots as we've been getting in other games but we were pretty happy with our shot selection. When we did take shots, we got them on target and that's a big improvement from our last couple games. |
We have an attacking team, and we're hoping to put a lot of pressure on other teams to stop us. We're going to be pretty balanced so defenses won't be able to focus on anybody. We have a lot of confidence going into the season. |
We started pulling some of the starters even though it was only 2-0 but you have to look at the big picture. |
We're pretty set with our rotation. We have a lot of depth. |
You won't find better cared for dogs anywhere in the world. |