Soccer Week 5

Soccer week 5 started with our Pink Game against Patterson Mill, one of the toughest teams we play all season. Some fun pictures before the game!

Warm ups, picture courtesy of Savannah's friend Harrison.

Hangin' with some other non-starters.

When Savannah got into the game, she played really well, as did our whole team. It was an intense first half with plenty of shots but no goals scored!

Receiving some instruction during halftime.

More tough play during the second half.

What a game! It remained 0-0 until about 2 minutes left in the game. We had a free kick on their side of the field; our player got off a great kick and Ryan got her head on it which gave it just enough of a direction change to get over their goalie's hands. The strange thing was the person in charge of the clock stopped the clock after we scored and didn't start it up again until Patterson Mill kicked it off, giving them almost a full extra minute to try a comeback. They did in fact get off a final shot right at the buzzer and it went in! Thank goodness the ref called it off, saying it was shot after the buzzer, and we came away with the win.
Next up, a makeup game against North East at some crappy field in their area.  Our girls dominated but the shots would just NOT go in!

Savannah got a lot of playing time since we were missing a few players and she played really well but, like the rest of her teammates, she just couldn't score.

I hate games like this one where our team dominates the entire game, has shots that go just wide or hit the goal posts, and the other team gets one lucky shot that goes in and they win the game. We left with a 1-0 loss.