Great game on Saturday Capitals! The weather was great, the facility was great, the competition was great and your passing was great!
From the opening kick off I could see a marked improvement since our first game against JDF's island champion u13's. On several occasions there was 5+ passes put together working the ball up the field which was pretty to watch. There was some excellent composure on the ball but we still managed to lose it in the attacking 1/3 where we're trying to drive to the net from sharp angles rather than playing the ball to the top of the 6 to give a better chance to your teammates. We'll need to work on decision making on the attack.
The goals that were scored (other than the nice header) could've been prevented had we not got caught watching. When we lost possession we failed to initiate our 1st defender to delay the attack while our man-marking was lacking. This gave their attacking forwards plenty of time to slot the ball through on net. We'll need to be tighter on our checks and quicker to pressure the player with the ball as we move forward to some even tougher matches this season.
Some of you were tested in different positions to see who you match up well with and where you play best. I appreciate the fact that you played hard no matter where you were positioned. These friendly's are a great opportunity to play in different spots so we can all learn to respect the roles of each other on the field. Next weeks game against the Nanaimo DDC team there will be a little less 'testing' of positions;)
A huge thanks to Gerry Rand from Gorge (the evil empire) for fielding his u12 boys (+ the dynamo '98!). And also thanks to Craig T. from the u16 boys metro team for officiating the game...Great job!
Oh...it was good to have Monty back out there after resting her achilles and we missed you out there J!
