Soccer City

Pleasanton Soccer City Warmup--August 27th and 28th

Game 1 vs Mustang Stampede
An early 8:00 a.m. game began our Fall 2011 season. First game was against the Mustang Stampede, a team we had never played from Danville, that had both size and speed. After playing up in age in Spring, and against premiere teams in the Sporting Girls Invitational, it was interesting to see if we would continue our success in our own age group that we had enjoyed at the D2 cup. The defense returned as strong as ever, with new addition Paige, taking over Daniella's spot adding to the usual suspects of Rebecca (left back), Katie (stopper), Sophie T. (sweeper) and of course Kristen in goal. The game was a defensive contest, with Daniella at striker trying to outrun the Mustang defense while the Mustang offense couldn't penetrate Sportings. Daniella got through a couple of times in the first half, with one resulting in the only score of the game, a short, left footed goal from in front of the left post that snuck by the keeper low and left. As the game wore on, Mustang was less able to penetrate and it became more of a stalemate in the center of the field with Sporting able to penetrate a few times but not able to convert. Kristen did not touch the ball in the second half. Daniella's first half score held up for a final of 1-0 Sporting.