CSC 01 Girls Gold - Vulcan Cup Birmingham, Al - Finalists

Very proud of the girls starting out the spring season at an early tournament with a second place finish against some top ranked teams from the southeastern states. The teams we faced have been playing outdoors year round. We came out looking pretty well considering we only had two outdoor scrimmages and three outdoor training sessions before going down there. We won first game 2-0, tied second game 0-0, won third game 2-1, and lost final game 2-1. We only gave up one goal in the four games during the field of play. The other two goals we gave up in the final game came off of set pieces. Defensively we played well all weekend. Our keepers made lots of good saves throughout the weekend! We struggled at times to find the back of the net offensively but we got lots of shots off which gave us lots of opportunities to score. The Vulcan Cup is a top southeastern tournament and finishing second place is a great accomplishment for our team!

CSC 01 Girls Gold Preseason Friendlies in Cincy - March 4th

The girls faced CSA in the first match. Their team plays in the TPL division in ohio. I felt we were pretty evenly matched throughout the scrimmage. We ended up tied at 6-6.

The girls faced TFA Elite which plays in the top division of the buckeye league in our second match of the day. We played well on offense and defense. We controlled the ball well. We came out really strong in the second half and really took control of the game. We came out aggresive to the ball and put alot of pressure on them when they had possession of the ball. We won the game with a final score of 4-2.

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.