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This week the team traveled to Valrico to face the Houston Dynamo's. Due to my work schedule here again I had to miss this game however I sent my best reporter aka the wife, to watch and report back to me.
According to her report our team scored the first goal about 15 minutes into the match followed by a second goal that was called back due to a throw in by the wrong team? The throw in was redone incorrectly by the correct team so the throw in again went to our team with the same result of another goal leading them to the score 2-0. Just before the half our team had another shot which most everybody except the refs say went into the goal. (The keeper caught the ball behind the goal line) So the ball has crossed the goal line 4 times in the first half but the score was at half time 2-0.
Shortly after the start of the second half our team scored another goal 3-0. Afterwards the Houston Dynamo's caught us slacking off a bit and managed to get the ball down field and draw a penalty in the box, resulting in a penalty kick score 3-1.
After that score our team came back and ran the game by controlling the ball and yet another goal for the final score 4-1 Victory over the Houston Dynamo's.
With the forfeit of the Tarpon team that gave us a bye week this week and the coaches and club staff planned to use the refs for a game the Nature Coast U14 vs Nature Coast U16.
I was unable to attend due to work schedule however, I had the wife aka Mom report the game to me. So as I was told, the game started off really bad for the U14 team as the U16 team scored the 1st goal about 5 minutes into the game. Then our boys started fighting back and stopped them from scoring until about half time when the U16 team sneaked another one in the net making it 0-2 at the half. The U14 team is playing more of a defense game.
After the half to even the odds a little the coaches decided to exchange goalie for goalie. This move however didn't help the U14 team as the U16 team extended the lead yet one more time by making a luck shot, leaving the game 0-3 with a win for their ego's if nothing else for the U16 team. This game was more of a challenge game than a game for the books.
Keep visiting here for more soccer updates as we play every Saturday.
After another week of hard practice the U14 Nature Coast Boys Soccer team aka "Lightning" played the U14 West Pasco soccer team aka "Thunder" Much like last weeks game our team kept the sidelines on edge retaining a scoreless first half. The first half of the game was not without shots as the boys where taking their fair share of them, two finding the net just to be called back because of "Off sides" rule. The boys did manage to find the net in the second half again with about ten minutes left to play. With the score 1-0, West Pasco started playing more rough resulting in two of their players receiving the yellow card. They did manage to find the net as well only to have it called back for the same offence (Off sides) leading our boys team to another Victory and another shut out of the year 1-0.
As of now our team has played 11 matches/games and our record is 10 wins 1 loss 49 Goals total and only allowing 7 Goals against. At the start of the year the boys had three team goals to achieve. Finish #1 in our division, make the regional cup and have five or more shut outs. You can checkout the division standings here 2012-2013 Soccer Standings or if you just want to see the teams history of this year go to the link on the right.
Well after a couple weeks of easy practices our coach wanted to make sure our boys were up to this weeks challenge and ran the boys out this week during practice "I'm going to run them until I see Christmas cookies" and so he did. "I want these boys playing the top of their game even as worn out, dog tired as they are."
Skipping forward to today's game the boys kept us all on edge for the first 50 minutes of the 60 minute game at the score 0-0. Then as the coach planned the boys out performed the worn out Rangers and came alive leading the team to a 3-0 VICTORY! 3 goals in the last ten minutes. Sweet victory.
Next week is another big week as we face West Pasco. These two teams are the top of our division, below us of course. We have had a three way tie for the top spot with these two. The last time we played West Pasco we won 4-0. Check out the standings here 2012 Soccer Standings
