In the interest of sharing the way a game played out, our girls at IE Surf lost 2-0 to Galaxy on Saturday and it was 1-0 up until the very end, but in reality, Galaxy was in control of that game from whistle to whistle.
I thought our girls did a very good job in the first when they got pinned in, of playing tough team defense and weathering the storm.
In the 2nd the girls put together a 10 minute run towards the end where they held the ball and knocked it around, but it was clear that Galaxy is far more polished than most.
Could have been a lot worse than the 2-0 scoreline as both Surf & Galaxy have been putting up wins in the half dozen range on everybody.
Tech is being modest. His daughter made several excellent saves throughout the game that kept things close despite a huge differential in shots on goal. This unfortunately included one where my dd was in on goal and as my kid puts it "she came out and cut off my angles, I tried to toe poke it to the side but she made herself big just like the pro goalies do it and blocked it." IE Surf goalie, job well done!