The Red Devils played tough all-around for most of the game this week though their offense was a bit anemic during the first half. With only two subs available and one of our strongest defenders out for spring break the Devils were under a lot of pressure to keep the other team's shooters out of our goal. Four shots did get by but overall our defensive performance was good. I especially want to acknowledge Chase and Easton who put in a lot of minutes for us and did great work clearing the ball out. Helen, Bryce and Keegan were great for us, falling back into defense a lot in the second half and probably saving some goals by doing so. Gabriel did a great job in as keeper in the first half, making some very tough stops.
Samantha was solid in keeper the second half making some very smart outlet passes that got our offense rolling. Stacking our offense late in the game with Helen, Bryce, Keegan, Gabriel and Luis all playing up led to Luis finally getting freed up to take some shots. Luis delivered a spectacular hat-trick of goals that brought us within one goal of a tie. Helen had a nice assist on one of those goals but the other two were solo efforts. I would also credit Gabriel with playing so energetically on offense during the second half that he put the other team's defense off balance thus opening the door for Luis.
Everyone played with a lot of energy and while there is a lot to work on in practice I'm seeing great improvement and teamwork from everyone. Good game Devils!
My apologies for the schedule I posted being inaccurate. I've corrected that now. Next week is our double header week with games at 2:40 and 4:20. See everybody at practice.
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