Bombastic B Game - May 23, 2012

Bombastic B lost 3-2 to NSGSC United at Windsor HS.

Game Summary from Hugh:
Bombastic B lost a heartbreaker to a young, fast NSGSC United 3-2. United carried the play (about 60% to 40%) for most of the game. In the first half, our backline, particularly Christina and Shaz in the middle, played fantastic, and United really had only a couple good scoring chances. We had some chances of our own, and Gagan scored her first Bombastic goal with a great low shot after a long through ball from Hayley. 1-0 Bombastc at half.

Both teams had better chances in the second half, but United continued to have an edge in the play and they tied it on a nice passing play - finished off with a 25 yard shot to the top corner - good goal. Bombastic responded really well, and Gagan struck again after some great footwork to make it 2-1. We then carried the play for the next 10 minutes and maybe were unlucky not go to up by 2. Throughout the game United tried to knock the ball beyond our defense and use their speed to run onto it. We thwarted these attempts for 75 minutes. In the last 15 minutes United really started to push, our backline tired a bit, and their approach started to have more success. They scored 2 late goals to steal the victory.

A disappointing result but really encouraging play against another top Div 2 team. So many great efforts - tough to pick three stars among so many great candidates.

Goals:
Gagan - 2

Three stars of the game:
1. Gagan - two great goals (everyone please note the success she had by keeping her shots low :)
2. Shaz - played the whole 90 minutes at center defense - not her normal position and having played the night before - stopped so many of their attacks - great clearing headers too
3. Thao - played smart, hard, won loose balls, drew fouls - nice game Thao!

Honourable mentions should go to Megan who created lots of our offence, and Joanna who made some great saves.