Indoor 12/14/13

Girls,

Just want to send a note your way.  Last week could have been the best I've seen you look against a good BSC team that beat us last year in indoor.  You girls won 4-0 without Olivia!  Many of you said "they weren't that good".  That is awesome you felt that way, because you honestly are that much better.  Anyway, the passing, the movement off the ball (that was phenomenal), and your S4 skill was at an all time high that game.  Well done.

TODAY (this week), I knew that was going to be a HUGE test.  If I look on paper, our scoring leaders from our fall season (2 points for goal, 1 point for assist), were Kylie, Jenna and Maleah (in that order).  We were missing them today along with Hunter and Delaneah who have become two staples in our defense.  I said before the game that I wanted to see who was going to step up in there abscence.  Todays opponent was 4-0 with 28 goals scored so far.  They are the very top u13 Academy team.  Yes, they are 1 year under us, but with the girls we were missing, and the fact that they are a VERY GOOD u13 team, I knew we had to play the hardest we've every played--ever.

I will say this.  If last week was the BEST we've played, this week was the HARDEST we've played to get that very exciting 2-1 win.  When girls were coming out with tears of exhaustion, and then asked to go in after 1 minute rest, that was just awesome.  And every girl was giving 100% until they were subbed.  What a TOTAL team effort.  I can't sum it up better than how we scored the last goal.  A FIGHT in the box with Molly and Paisly on the ground doing everything in their willpower to push defenders and goalies out of the way to score with 50 seconds left.  And defenders/Olivia,--to give up one goal in indoor, against an opponent who is averaging 7 goals per game... that is INCREDIBLE!!!!!  Wow, I have never seen heart like that.

Very excited to say our last two games are against the only two teams we lost to this season.  I know we played VERY bad both those games, and have also switched to a 3-1-2 since, but if we bring the type of game we played the last two weeks, we should win very big---but its going to take the heart you've shown the last two weeks!  And Olivia, we would LOVE to have you these last two games!!

Congrats girls!  Hope to see you from 2-3 today for S4 training.  I know it's a lot of soccer in one day, but for now, I can't offer it to our team any other day.  Great job girls!

Brian