A Win!

We scored another win today against the Psychedelic Furs. It was a great day at Rosemary Hills but boy what a crappy field. The first half was scoreless and we struggled to read their defense. But we got it together in the second half with shorter passes to the outside that brought us in close to the goal.

Sharon scored first on an awesome left footed shot from the left corner. The Furs answered with a quick goal and we were tied for much of the second half. But we had the ball in front of their goal alot and Tina followed a corner kick and set up Kathy to score. Everyone got back on defense and we held them to a 2-1 win.

We joked with our new teammates about our past losing seasons. If they had only know before they joined us:) But we are really coming together as a team. Now if we can get just a few more subs on the sidelines. Huge thanks to Daniel for serving as our sub master. It went alot smoother then previous games.

Next week we play the Femmes once again at the Hills dustbowl. Anyone up for lunch at Parkway Deli afterwards? I have a craving for a pastrami sandwich and those great pickles from the pickle bar.

updated schedule

9/28 – furs – rosemary hills at 1:45
10/6 – femmes – r hills at 11 am
10/13 – 1st ladies – r hills at 8:30 am
10/20 – furs – Rockville at 3:30
10/27 – KT – rosemary hills at 3:00
11/3 – 1st ladies – GW Turf at 2 pm

What a game!

Our trend came to an end this last weekend against the Killer Tomatoes. What a game we played. We were at Turkey Thicket on that rough field in the middle of the day in the lovely heat. The 2-0 loss does not reflect how hard we played. We were light years better then we were last season. It was like playing with a different team.

It was a rough and tumble game. I hit the ground hard in the first half and it took a bit for me to get the dazed look off my face. Kia also hit the ground a few times as she made some amazing runs to the goal. But we could not break through their defense and their offense had us running hard. We have another chance to get a win against them later in the season.

Indoor ended with a playoff game that went down 3-13. It was a tough loss without many subs. As Amanda said it was a great opportunity to work on the things they had wanted to all season. Amanda and Carrie both played in goal and folks got alot of chances to pass and improve their ball handling skills.

We are knee deep in our outdoor season but I strongly urge folks to check out the Washington Freedom clinics over the winter break. I did one last winter and felt a huge boost in my confidence if not my skills:)

A Great Day for Soccer

Saturday was a great day for soccer. The temperature was just right and the sun was shining. The wind was a bit much but luckily Monica's strong punts overcame the resistance.

We took on the Smash again at Rosemary Hills. We scored early with kicks from Kathy with a great return on her deflected corner kick and Jenn's first ever goal. Smash had some really good shots on our goal but only managed to sink 1. We won 2-1 and are in second place behind the Killer Tomatoes. This is definitely a trend.

One Smash player asked if we had been practicing over the summer. i explained our push of Saturday scrimmages, summer league and indoor. She said...It really shows in your play. You guys are talking to each other which is great. So big cheer for all the folks who came out over the summer.

We did not fare so well in indoor and fell 12-2 in our last game of the regular indoor season. I have never felt that ineffective on defense in my life. Next Sunday is our playoff game which ends the season.

So looking forward to next Saturday at Turkey Thicket against the Killer Tomatoes.

A Great Start to the New Season

So I had no response to my request for a writer to summarize our first game. The quick and dirty is all folks get...we lost to Smash in our season opener.

BUT the big news is we won our first game this past Saturday against the Violent Femmes. It was a 3-1 win in the late summer heat at the Rosemary Hills dust bowl. We played a fast paced and very offensive game driven by the energy of several new players and the strong improvements from team veterans who have worked hard in the off season at practices and indoor. I have to admit I was so surprised by our first goal that I let my guard down on defense and the Femmes quickly scored an answering goal. We had to remind ourselves on defense to stay strong and focused after our next two goals. These three goals match the total number of goals scored by our team in our first two seasons.

It was also a long weekend of soccer for the indoor Sister's team. We had a double header out in Fairfax. We won 11-5 in our first game but an hour later lost 6-3. It was rough on everyone having to play 3 games in one weekend. At one point I had no energy left and just had to sit it out sucking down Gatorade.

We are back to the Smash again this coming weekend at Rosemary Hills. This may prove to be our lucky field.

A special shout out to Rebecca who suffered a broken tibia in our Femmes game. She is out for the season. We wish her a speedy recovery and hope to see her back next season.

updated schedule

update:

9/15 – smash – rosemary hills (SS) at 1:45
9/22 – KT – turkey thicket (dc) at 2:00
9/28 – furs – rosemary hills at 1:00
10/6 – femmes – r hills at 9 am (MAY CHANGE TO 11 am)
10/13 – 1st ladies – r hills at 8:30 am
10/20 – furs – Rockville at 3:30
10/27 – KT – rosemary hills at 3:00
11/3 – 1st ladies – GW Turf at 2 pm

DATE/TIME CHANGE FOR 9/15

REMEMBER - GAME TIME ON SAT 9/15 HAS CHANGED TO 1:45 AND LOCATION HAS CHANGED TO ROSEMARY HILLS (SAME DUST BOWL AS LAST WEEK).