Travelers (2) vs Harvey Surveying (2) - part I

May 21st, 2007 - Abbe Road, East Windsor, CT

We started off slow, we started off with no subs, we started off with me playing with cargo shorts! WE STARTED OFF bad. After we settled down and played half way decent it was already 2-0 HARVEY! That big guy had both of their goals. New guys don't know this but the old guys should have learned by now, you stop him you stop this team. The first 15/25 mins of this game was horrible. They were on an all out attack to take advantage of us having no subs and it worked. They created chances, we barely had the ball in their half. Once the subs showed up it was like we settled down and relaxed. Granted people we have work, traffic, Whirly Ball, and god knows what else to deal with, but if we want to be a good team we need to plan ahead and get there early. This game is 90 mins - ask Milan in 2005 what 6 minutes did to their Champions League final in Turkey vs Liverpool. Anyway.. The rest of the 1st half.....

We started passing, rather than just kicking it forward. We took shots. I thought we were gonna get one back before the half. It would have been real nice. At half time I said a few things, other added to it. Basically it was spread the field, it's a big field use it to our advantage. If we spread the field our skill our speed doesn't have to be perfect. In other words the more room you give yourself between you and the defender the more room for a bad touch you have. the more time you have to react to a bad pass. Until we are in perfect form the more room you give your self on offensive will make a difference. Opposite on Defense, we can't give them room to receive, settle, turn, look, pass, shoot etc. We need to be on them before the ball is even passed to them.

2nd half...We did those things, we created a lot of chances on goal, and we even scored twice. Both goals were scored by applying pressure on their defense and we got the rebound on one goal, and took advantage of one of their mistakes on the other. But the build up and the attack on all the other chances came from basic passing to the open man, NOT just kick the ball up. We create chances had about 8 corner kicks, 2 cross bars, a break away. Defensively we shut that guy down (for the most part) Tony had a few sweet saves. A few too many in my opinion. I like it when our goalie is bored.

As always all feedback comments are welcome.

Record:
1 - Win
1 - Lose
1 - Tie

Currently 7th out of 10 in the standings, but we have a make up game. Check out the site for more information. http://eteamz.active.com/hiisl/index.cfm

Goals:
1 - Derek Cedar
1 - Kalee Moore

Goals to date:
2 - Brian Zehnder (1 pk)
1 - Gordon Hines
1 - Derek Cedar
1 - Kalee Moore