CSC 01 Girls Gold at CKSC at 5pm (10/16/11)

The girls came out playing pretty well. We found out real quick in the game that our opponents were going to play very physical. There was a lot of pushing and tripping throughout the game. We told our players to keep their head and continue to play the way the have been playing. We got frustrated at times with them playing kick ball and playing the ball out of bounds alot throughout the match. We had to remember that we had to settle the ball back to the ground and possess the ball. I was very proud that our girls did not lose their cool and just continued to play the game fairly. We played solid on offense and defense. We had lots of shots on goal offensively and did not allow any good shots on our goal defensively. We ended up winning the game 3-0!

CSC 00 Boys Gold at Javanon at 1pm (10/16/11)

We played pretty well in the first half on offense and defense. We had a little issue with their speed up top but, we handle it ok. Both teams possessed the ball well. We scored a great goal in the far post side netting from a through ball to our forward. We led at half 1-0. In the second half we lost some focus for awhile and started giving up some goals. We gave up a direct kick outside the box and they scored. We ended up getting beat with their speed and through passes to their forwards several times in the second half. We did not give up and quit, we continued to push offensively in the second half and also scored more goals. In the end it became a scoring war and we ended up unfortunately losing 6-3.

CSC 00 Boys Gold vs LSA at 3pm (10/15/11)

We knew this was going to be a tough game. We felt we totally outplayed them the first time we faced eachother this fall but ended up losing the game. We knew going into this game that they would play the drop pass and then play the long ball over the top to their forward. We were correct because they did that the entire game. We handled it well and played very well defensively against it. We scored once in the first half and led at halftime 1-0. We unfortunately gave up a very questionable hand ball inside the box in the second half and they scored on the PK to tie the score 1-1. We did not stop pushing the ball up the field and it proved to benefit us in the second half when our outside defender made a run out wide and all the way up the field to the endline and sent the ball across the goal and scored the game winning goal. Offensively, we had alot of missed shots on goal throughout the game but, we won the game 2-1!

CSC 01 Girls Gold at Nelson Elite at 11am (10/15/11)

We knew before the game began that this was going to be a physical game and it definitely proved to be correct. Neither team could find the back of the net in the first half. It could have been due somewhat to the very small goals?? The field size was good but, the goals were 6v6 size so it made scoring opportunities for both team harder. The referee let the teams play and did not call many fouls. We finally got a penalty kick awared to us in the second half when we were tripped from behind for the second time inside the box on a breakaway. We scored on the PK to go up 1-0. We felt pretty sure we would get a foul called on us inside the box before the end of the game and we did in fact get a tripping foul called on us which awarded them a chance to score on a PK. Our keeper made a great save and then our players followed the shot and cleared the ball out! We added a second goal also in the second half on a cross on the ground and a great finish on the backside of the goal. We won 2-0!

CSC 01 Girls Gold at Mockingbird White at 3pm (10/9/11)

We came out a little slow defensively and they scored on us right away. Both teams played aggressive during the match. We did not give up and started scoring some goals throughout the game. We ended up scoring a total of 6 goals and we allowed 3. We started to pull away from them in the late minutes of the game. Our fitness level helped us play strong for the entire 60 minutes.

CSC 01 Girls Gold at Javanon at 3pm (10/8/11)

The girls played very aggressive the entire game and we possessed the ball well. Our defense was solid and our keeper made some good decisions along with some good saves. Our offense had their rythmn going and found the back of the net well all game. We won the game 5-1!

CSC 00 Boys Gold at Thoroughbred Blue at 11am (10/8/11)

The field we played on was very slanted and was very bumpy. The field condition really caused both teams some trouble in possessing the ball. Thoroughbred scored in the air on a corner kick in the first half and no other goals were scored on the ground. We came out in the second half and did not give up, we kept pressuring the ball and finally late in the game we got an equalizer goal on a break through pass that we finished in the back of the net. Final score was 1-1.

CSC 00 Boys Gold - Fall Ball Tournament Premier Division Champions (10/1/11 - 10/2/11)

The boys played in the premier division against three buckeye teams in pool play. We won all three pool games 3-1, 5-0, and 4-3. We played well on both sides of the ball. Overall the entire weekend was a great team effort. In the championship game we faced a tough team from Columbus. We started out very slow and they scored quickly. We were down 2-0 within the first 10 minutes of the game. We scored right before half and the score at halftime was 2-1. The boys refused to lose in the second half and battled hard for the final 30 minutes we scored two more goals and did not allow any in the second half of play. We ended up winning the final game 3-2!

CSC 01 Girls Gold (09/24/11-09/25/11) Mockingbird InvitationalTournament - Champions

The girls won all four of their games, scoring 29 goals and only allowing 2. The played really well all weekend. Our defense played solid with two shutouts on Saturday and our offense dominated by finding the back of the net well all weekend! It was a great weekend overall and the whole team pulled together in the final game to win the championship!

CSC 00 Boys Gold (09/17/11 - 09/18/11) - TNFC Tournament of Champions - Finalist

We played in the premier bracket against some really tough teams from Tennessee. We went to this tournament in the hopes of facing the #1 team from Tennessee in our age group from the host club TNFC in the finals. Their coach contacted us last year in the fall and personally invited us to come play them. We could not fit it into our schedule last fall but decided to go to their spring 2011 tournament. We played great in the pool play and were set to play them in the final but the tournament was cancelled due to rain before the finals. Since we did not get to play them last spring, we decided to head back down there again this fall. We actually got to play against them this time in the semi finals and beat them to advance to the finals. We then played against the Lobos from Memphis who after playing them once in pool play and again in the finals, I am pretty sure they will now be the new U12 TN State Champions. We battled them the whole 60 minutes but came up short in a 2-1 loss. the final game was played very well by both teams. Both teams played with control and possession. It was a great game to coach and be part of!

CSC 00 Boys Gold vs LFC Premier at 6pm on 9/11/11

We dominated the time of possession throughout the entire game. They came at us very physical knowing that we are a better skilled team than them. We had a couple of mistakes defensively and they scored two goals on us. We scored one and had alot of missed opportunties to score more especially in the second half. We really pressed offensively in the last 10 minutes but unfortunately could not get any more of our shots to go in the back of the net. We lost a close game 2-1.