Goal keepers and the value of playing for a lesser team. This past weekend was a perfect example.
We played the Toyota of Orange Classic this weekend here in So Cal. Lost two, tied one. It was a three tier tournament for 2005 Girls. We were in the highest Tier, but were the lowest ranked team of the 4 teams with the other 3 teams in the top 50 in So Cal, so trust me when I say three quality opponents.
Lost 1-0, 2-0, then tied the last one 0-0. Our team actually gave up the least amount of goals out of the four teams, just couldn't score. To see your kid face quality players and shots, making some amazing saves, made the weekend worth it. Good news is we have a couple players coming to help out offensively, but the team has some work to do.
My daughter faced more shots, more crosses, more corners, more breakaways, had more goal kicks to practice, drop kicks, roll outs, as well as more passes back to her to to play out of the back, by at least a 3 to 1 margin. Great experience. As a parent of a keeper I always compare her to the keepers we play. Its been a while but finally saw a high quality keeper play against us that I felt was almost as good as my daughter(it's my daughter, might have a bit of rose colored glasses), the Beach FC DPL keeper. Quality player.
We played the Toyota of Orange Classic this weekend here in So Cal. Lost two, tied one. It was a three tier tournament for 2005 Girls. We were in the highest Tier, but were the lowest ranked team of the 4 teams with the other 3 teams in the top 50 in So Cal, so trust me when I say three quality opponents.
Lost 1-0, 2-0, then tied the last one 0-0. Our team actually gave up the least amount of goals out of the four teams, just couldn't score. To see your kid face quality players and shots, making some amazing saves, made the weekend worth it. Good news is we have a couple players coming to help out offensively, but the team has some work to do.
My daughter faced more shots, more crosses, more corners, more breakaways, had more goal kicks to practice, drop kicks, roll outs, as well as more passes back to her to to play out of the back, by at least a 3 to 1 margin. Great experience. As a parent of a keeper I always compare her to the keepers we play. Its been a while but finally saw a high quality keeper play against us that I felt was almost as good as my daughter(it's my daughter, might have a bit of rose colored glasses), the Beach FC DPL keeper. Quality player.