Bombastic B Game - January 20, 2013

Bombastic B won 2-1 against Richmond FC Olympics at Minoru Turf #2.

Game Summary from Hugh:

Bombastic B finished up their very successful season with a 2-1 victory over Richmond FC Olympics. It was our 6th win in a row and our 10th game without a loss - after beginning the season with 3 losses and a tie.

 

Sunday's game was particularly impressive as we had only 12 players, and due to injury and illness we had to play parts of the game with only 10 on the pitch. Richmond had plenty of subs and were well organized and pressed us from the opening whistle. Even though they had more of the possession our defense was solid and they really didn't generate many clear scoring chances. Wes scored a great goal about 20 minutes in. Lindsay made a save on a long shot from her left and immediately threw the ball to Laurie who had had positioned herself wide on the right. This quick movement to the weakside opened up a ton of space. Laurie fed Maggie who put a great through ball into the Richmond half. Katrina made a great run taking the defender with her and allowing Gagan to pick up the ball and take a couple of touches before putting a great low shot into the right corner. 1-0 Bombastic at the half.

 

The second half was more of the same - Richmond having more possession but having trouble figuring out how to get through our defense. We had had the occasional counter-attack and Ashley moved up well from left midfield to get into the goal area and bundle in a lose ball that had taken a few odd bounces. 2-0 Bombastic. Richmond - to their credit - continued to press and finally were rewarded with about 8 minutes left when a hard through ball ricocheted to provide a breakaway for their forward who finished nicely.  That was it though, as we hung on for the win.

Goals:

Gagan - 1

Ashley - 1

Three stars of the game:

1. Jana - the whole defense was excellent, but Jana in particular had a game where nothing was going to get by her -  a real captain's effort.

2. Maggie - made great passes and was very calm on the ball - played a big part in the opening goal

3. Ashley - solid game, especially in the second half when she and everyone else was tired - scored the winner!