Travelers (3) vs HO Penn/HS United (2)

May 9th, 2007 - LP Wilson, Windsor, CT

Well at least we won.... 1st half we scored 2 goals, by applying a little pressure to their defense. Both goals were created by simple passing that easily beat the defenders. The first goal (PK) was well converted by Brian Zehnder. The 2nd was a great run by Gordon Hines set up by Andrew Thompson. Their lone goal in the 1st half was our defensive disaster. After they served the ball into the box from the corner kick we did a poor job clearing it. I don't care if we give up another corner but that ball HAS TO GET OUT of the middle where it can bounce around and go in. Tony Lombardi - you’re the boss back there - you have to yell and yell and yell at them. I don't care if you hurt their feelings but the defense has to know that that ball has to GET OUT.

The 2nd half in my opinion was our better half. We controlled the game and the ball a lot more than they did. We were clearly the better team in the 2nd half. We created more opportunities, made better decisions with the ball, but their goalie came up big a few times. The post got in our way and one guy even cleared the ball away off the line from Mark Basile's great header. Brian Zehnder took the lead in the team's scoring with his second goal of the game and of the season. It was a blast from about 20 yards into the far corner. The one bad thing from the 2nd half was the way they scored their goal. They took the ball and passed and ran right by half our team. We fell asleep for 1 minute and they took advantage. We must be on top of our games for the full 90 minutes. It ain't over till it's over. It ain't over till the fat lady sings. etc. etc.

We won! We got 3 points! We still need practice since a lot of our touches were off. I will send out an invite for next week's practice and game. All comments are appreciated both negative and positive.

Goals:
2 - Brian Zehnder (1 pk)
1 - Gordon Hines