Bombastic Game - September 20, 2014
Bombastic FC lost 1-3 to West Coast FC Impact at Hillcrest (Midlothian) on September 20, 2014.
Bombastic FC began life in Div 1 with a 3-1 loss to the West Coast FC Impact. It was a hot afternoon on a somewhat bumpy grass pitch. The Impact had the edge in the first half but Bombastic defended very well. Unfortunately in this game, mistakes would cost us and the Impact ultimately were victorious because they capitalized on their chances - while we had our fair share of bad luck. Some miscommunication caused us to unnecessarily give up a corner and the Impact poked in a loose ball for a 1-0 lead. Bombastic came back a bit and we were unlucky not to score when their keeper barely stopped Monika's high shot and then smothered the rebound. The Impact got a fluky goal to go up 2-0 just before half when a misdirected attempted cross went over Lindsay's head and into the net.
Bombastic carried the play in the second half. Monika beat the keeper only to have her shot blocked on the line by a defender. The Impact got their 3rd goal against the run of play when a clearing attempt got past our back four and their speedy forward scored on a breakaway. We continued to fight. Steph had what looked like a goal cleared off the line (we thought it was in); Steph and then Sadaf hit the crossbar on two successive shots. Finally in about the 75th minute Sadaf put a nice shot in the right corner to get us our goal. We continued to press and played some great soccer but time ran out.
All in all it was a solid effort. In the second half we played some great soccer and really were unlucky not to have scored more than our one goal. The center mids - Maggie, Barb and Gagan were all outstanding.
Goal - Sadaf
Three Stars:
Gagan - I'll her the nod from center midfield - great determination - some epic battles with their best player
Sandra: calm and solid at the back - mistake free
Ashley: had a great second half, pushing up from her left back position and helping us keep the pressure on
Bombastic FC began life in Div 1 with a 3-1 loss to the West Coast FC Impact. It was a hot afternoon on a somewhat bumpy grass pitch. The Impact had the edge in the first half but Bombastic defended very well. Unfortunately in this game, mistakes would cost us and the Impact ultimately were victorious because they capitalized on their chances - while we had our fair share of bad luck. Some miscommunication caused us to unnecessarily give up a corner and the Impact poked in a loose ball for a 1-0 lead. Bombastic came back a bit and we were unlucky not to score when their keeper barely stopped Monika's high shot and then smothered the rebound. The Impact got a fluky goal to go up 2-0 just before half when a misdirected attempted cross went over Lindsay's head and into the net.
Bombastic carried the play in the second half. Monika beat the keeper only to have her shot blocked on the line by a defender. The Impact got their 3rd goal against the run of play when a clearing attempt got past our back four and their speedy forward scored on a breakaway. We continued to fight. Steph had what looked like a goal cleared off the line (we thought it was in); Steph and then Sadaf hit the crossbar on two successive shots. Finally in about the 75th minute Sadaf put a nice shot in the right corner to get us our goal. We continued to press and played some great soccer but time ran out.
All in all it was a solid effort. In the second half we played some great soccer and really were unlucky not to have scored more than our one goal. The center mids - Maggie, Barb and Gagan were all outstanding.
Goal - Sadaf
Three Stars:
Gagan - I'll her the nod from center midfield - great determination - some epic battles with their best player
Sandra: calm and solid at the back - mistake free
Ashley: had a great second half, pushing up from her left back position and helping us keep the pressure on
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