SF Spikes - 2005 Marin Team Game Report

SF Spikes :: 2005 Season Marin Team Game Report

	2005 Season Marin Team :: Game Report
Game Date: Opponent: Final Score:	September 17, 2005 UCA W 3-1
Report:	Game number 19 for the season ended with a 3-1 win over UCA. First half started a bit slow for our guys. We let UCA control the game at times the first 25 minutes. UCA took a 1-0 lead 15. minutes into the half. A quickly taken throw-in, found an open man in front of Matthew in our goal, before our defense got organized. We started to work ourselves into the game, but it didn’t look good for us when UCA was awarded a questionable penalty kick after 25. minutes. But we had the man of the match on our team today, and Matthew saved a well taken penalty and kept our team in the game. We started to push forward and created more chances the last 20 minutes of the half. 5 minutes before halftime, Bob sent a long pass towards their goalie that it didn’t look like anyone but their goalie would reach. Chris kept chasing the ball though, and his hussling forced the goalie to give the ball away, and Chris put the ball in the open net. His 6th league goal of the season. 1-1 at half time. Second half produced a lot better play from our guys. We were the best team throughout the half, and moved the ball well, and kept pushing for the leading goal. We got our deserved second goal after 20 minutes of the half. Thorsten’s powerful shot from outside their penalty box, left their goalie without a chance as the ball hit the net in the upper corner. We kept producing chances, and our defense controlled things in the back and Matthew saved whatever came his way. It looked like UCA would get a break though, when they again was awarded a questionable penalty kick 25. minutes into the half. However, Matthew was there again to save another well taken penalty! We finally put the game away 5 minutes before the end. Thorsten’s freekick went through their defense and found the net in the lower corner. Final score 3-1 Spikes. Great team effort again, but as I said before, with 2 saved penalty kicks in the same game, Matthew was defiantly “the man of the match”. Our 13 players were: Adel, Barry, Bob, Brian B., Carlo, Chris, Ed, Gil, Ismael, Karl, Matthew S., Patrick J., Thorsten. We have taken 10 points the last 4 games and passed one team in the standings with this win. 3 of those 4 games have been against the top 3 teams in our division, so not easy opponents either. 2 games left of the season, and we are going for 6 points.