Lodi Crushers

Patrick's team had a tough weekend. They lost their first game 0-1, and that really took the wind out of their sails. They scored first in their second game (Patrick had the assist on that goal), but ended up losing their second game 3-1.

Patrick's team was much better than the first team they played. They spent 80% of the game on offence, and out shot the other team probably 20 to 1. However that one shot the other team took hit the goalie in the hands pasted through his hands and into the goal. Some many great life analogies can be made out of a game like that.

The second game was a similar story. Patrick's team spent most of their time on offense, but gave up two corner kick goals and a fast break goal.

It's a big problem when your good enough to control the ball most of the game, but can't put in the goal. I think the issue at hand is that when you spend so much time on offence the other team crunches their defence down tight around the goal. When the other team does push to offence the field is so spread out nicely it gives them a good scoring opportunity if they shoot quickly.

Sam's team had a 1-1 tie, and a 0-0 tie. Sam had the one goal his team scored this past weekend. I wasn't there, Suzi was, but Sam tells me that he scored in the second half of the first game to tie up the game. He explained it like this: "The center forward shot the ball it bounced off the goalie to him, he juked one guy shot again and scored." Sam plays a mid fielder. Probably for the same reason I did. We can't seem to stay in our own position. We want to cover the whole field.