SF Spikes - 2006 Marin Team Game Report

SF Spikes :: 2006 Season Marin Team Game Report

	2006 Season Marin Team :: Game Report
Game Date: Opponent: Final Score:	June 24, 2006 Pikers W 2-0
Report:	We had a 4pm game in Marin yesterday against the Pikers. We played a great first half and totally dominated the game. We had possession of the ball for most of the half, passed the ball within the team and produces several chances. Our guys never let the Pikers settle with the ball, and won almost every 50-50 challenges. The only chance I remember they had in the first half came from one of our guys. Nurse Betty did her best to keep Matthew awake with a nice shot just outside his post. Horrible! We got a great start when we got the first goal after only 5. minutes of the half. Gil’s nice pass was chested down by Chuck, and he finished it off with a great shot that went into the lower corner behind their goalie. We continued to put pressure on their defense and had several chances in increase the score, but had to wait until 5 minutes before halftime before we got our second. Thorsten played a nice pass through the middle to Brian B. who put the ball behind their goalie, to give our guys a deserved 2-0 lead into halftime. We continued to play good soccer in the second half. We let the Pikers into the game a bit more, (blame it on the heat), but our defense was rock solid, and never let them get close to Matthew in our goal. We had several chances to increase our lead throughout the half, and came really close when York hit their crossbar midway through the half. We also missed a penalty at the end of the game, so the Pikers should feel lucky to get away with two goals. Final score: 2-0 to the Spikes. Welcome to Ian Keate that played his first Marin League game for us, and it was good to see a lot of our injured players back on the field again. Well played guys and again, great team effort. Our 15 players were: Adel, Bob, Brian B., Chuck, Ed, Gil, Ian, Jay, John, Matthew S., Michael, Patrick J., Rio, Thorsten, York