U13 2012

Today the coach was hoping to keep quiet and let the kids figure out the game. It was not to be. Sometimes they enter a slow/sleepy mode from which they have to be taken out.  The coaches are scratching their heads today, it wasn't a performance to write home about, but in the end they found a way to win.

In the beginning some players were saying that the opponents were in last place or that we had beaten before in the tournament, or whatever. These are dreaded comments. Well, this is what happens.

You always have to play hard and play your best. Regardless of opponents.

On the plus side, it was a solid performance by our back 4, Gustavo, Adamo, John, and Dylan, and very good performances by Shar and Francois. Venance missed a few but still scored 4 goals: he creates things and makes things happen. A shutout for Daniel too, his 1st.

Daniel also played as gk for the U15 on Tuesday and was commended by coach James:

 "... it was a game well fought.  Daniel played really well.  One of the things he has done well is that he communicated precisely and timely with the back 4...  Something that my keeper is not doing even at this point.  The only thing he has to work a little bit more it is catching.  Other than that, I am satisfied with his performance and thanked him for his energy throughout the game". 

Today we tried different formations with different players, nothing really worked, with individual exceptions. . The other team was also clogging the field and playing defensively, had a great keeper; it was warm, refereeing was bad, but these are just excuses. A winning team should play hard always, then it does not matter if they win or lose.

This, however, is priceless:







Enjoy this for now, but as you can see there are formidable opponents yet to come late in the season.

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