Corwin’s game this week was a rematch with the team they played for the first game. It seems that there are very few teams at this age now so the set of games is also rather limited. The coach has been trying to get some out of league games to round it out.
The boys started a bit slow but by the middle of the first quarter they were playing very well, better than they have in the two previous games. There was lots of good passing and plays, although no triple headers (several doubles). Corwin did run a bit, had a number of good clears and kicks and even a couple of headers.
The other team was playing well too but just couldn’t finish their attacks. I didn’t notice so much during the game but reviewing the pictures afterwards they really did make a number of strong attacks on the goal which either just didn’t quite make it or were broken up at the very last moment (at least once they broke past the goalie and were stopped only by an alert defender jumping in).
Both defenses were strong with lots of good back up for the goalies. Corwin’s team scored twice on well executed plays plus one penalty kick. The other team was held scoreless until scoring twice in the last four minutes after Corwin’s team switched to glide because they were so far ahead. They might well have been saved only by the referee’s whistle for end of game and the penalty kick, winning 3-2.
