Tough Way To Lose

Shootouts. Everybody hates them nobody loves them. From a coaching standpoint we love our teams chances in a shootout. We have a great keeper who reads the shooter well. We also have about seven or eight guys who are very reliable shooters. The reason we don't like them is because any thing can happen, a keeper can just dive one way and guess right, a shooter can mishit the ball and not go where he wanted.

We played extremely well for 90 minutes and had a wonderful attempt blocked by their goalie. When you look at the way our defense played, and the way we moved the ball around this was definitely one of the best games we've played this year. Some highlights of the game included Brandon Hale making seven saves and earning his fifth shutout of the year. Jared Brisbin also man marked one of the best players in the league, he has now man marked top players three times this year and not only kept them from scoring or assisting any goals but also shut down the teams offensive attacks. Freshmen Josh Mendoza played his first career varsity game. He started and played really well, most importantly he earned his teammates respect.

The game against Sunnyside will be a great test tomorrow. They are playing their best soccer of the season so far and we still have a chance to win the league with a victory over them.