Blue-Gold 1

Game 0: 8 March at STA for Blue-Gold (5-0)

This was an odd Blue-Gold in that we took the field with so many new starting varsity players. Blue-Golds don’t usually go too well with seasoned teams. I will say our returning starters were very good:  Mallory and Marge and Alex all played very well. 

Bella and Olivia did so many nice things up top, generating loads of corners and other dangerous balls. (We saw flashes from Gabby as well.) The second goal where Marge saves the ball on the end line before dropping it to Mallory who hits a rocket ground pass that Olivia dummies into a Bryson goal was probably the play of the night. 

Madison picked up 3 assists as she not only played at the top of the diamond but also some forward as well. Maggie Ryan showed flashes as well at her new position, the point. She just gets her foot or her head on so many balls. 

Goza, Ramaekers and Trinity showed us a lot at centerback as well, and they are replacing a couple of program studs. 

And what a great addition Avery is. We knew she would bring good technique with a strong defensive presence, but we saw the bonus of her taking those right-footed corners. We finished two of them. Kat Miller played both wings well, coming forward to ignite some offense as well. Speaking of good technique, we saw lots of it from freshman Skylee Deladurantaye. Skylee fits in nicely with that excellent midfield of Hamm, Pigott, and Heying. 

We know that JV is going to have a very good season—we play against them every day in practice, and so far not nearly as well as we played tonight. They did generate a couple of very good chances. Muckerman was 1 v 1 with Calvert pretty early. We made a poor decision to drop another pass that almost created a goal against Mac. 

James just made a great save off a Chalabi shot that was about to ring up side-netting. We have seen plenty of those plays at practice as well. Loftus’ distribution percentage has to be near 90% as it seems she always plays out to feet. 

So, not sure exactly what this game means, as it is just Blue-Gold, but we were without O’Keefe, Hartnett, and Jackson as they are trying to win a State Basketball championship, and in the past, we haven’t had too many of these go this well. So, coaches are pleased. 

STATS:

First Half:

Varsity:  Shots: 12 (7)  Corners: 6 (Chalabi 3, Ryan, Cox, Bryson)

32:20 Moss (Higgerson bends it right for a Janky header to a Moss header)

18:32 Bryson (Marge drops it to Heying who rips a ground pass through a Chalabi dummy)

5:40 Ramaekers (Higgerson bends the corner to the 8)

JV: Shots: 2 (1) Corners: 0

Second Half:

Varsity: Shots: 15 (7) Corners: (5) (Chalabi 2, Cox, Heying, Ryan)

38:00 Bryson (Janky slips the through ball)

1:45 Hamm (Janky wins the long throw from Heying to invert the "T" to the back post).