In the End ... Working on Shape

Capitals vs. Comox Valley GU16 Island Champs

Under sunny skies at Finlayson field our game today was a friendly vs. the Comox Valley Girls U16 Gold Team - also the Island Championship.

The coaches' expectations for this game were to be faced by a fast aggressive opponent, and in the end we expected that the girls would probably tie or be defeated.

I guess someone forgot to tell the girls this! Because they came out quick, aggressive with the desire to win and in a couple of minutes of time had Comox Valley wondering what hit them. The final score was 5-0 for the Cap's.

A brief game review ...
- game started with a small presentation of soccer buttons from the Comox valley team ... a very friendly gesture (great sportsmanship)
- the Comox team was large and fast but were missing three of their starting squad
- the Capitals came out fast and within the first two minutes had placed our first of a five goals in the back of the net (it was a lovely cross fro Kristin, with a flick-on header from Joseline to Bud who finished)
- at 18 minutes, Joseline passed to Kathy who was outside the 18 yard box and hit a hard shot to the top corner
- three minutes later (21 min) Kathy scored another goal with a lovely, well placed ball past the keeper
- at this point things fell apart for the Comox team under our constant pressure - some injuries left their bench with no subs, so thanks to Rachael and Kate moving over to lend a hand in the friendly
- Rachael and Kate helped their back line a lot and stifled many of the Capital's attacks
- the final two goals were in the 2nd half and both were scored by Moira with Josleline assisting on both
- the game today was won in the midfield ... our first line of defence
- we were again without Elise today
- the Finlayson turf helped in our play vs. Comox who probably do not play on turf at all

So ... although the game plan did not work out we had hoped, you girls played great. We worked hard on maintaining our shape and moving the ball around patiently. You will have to maintain this level of play for our next opponent Coast WFC.

Check out the game photos here.