After 3+ months of practices, scrimmages and warm-up games, the season ending tournament finally arrived for my Under-17 team. Due to a combination of factors, such as injuries, family vacation and a lack of interest, I had to resort to asking for call-ups from the U-15 team. The coach of the Navy team (same colours as ours), Kendall, promised as many as five players but only his daughter, Shay, appeared for any games. I still thank him for trying.
We played our first game on Thursday but lost 4-1. In the process, we also lost one of our key players, Amy, to injury after she suffered a bruised ankle. She would not play in any more games this weekend.
On Friday, only eight players managed to show up but the girls fought hard and eventually came up short in a 3-1 loss. Even though we lost the first two games, I was still optimistic that we would turn it around and be one of the four teams to play on Sunday for the championship.
In an amazing turn of events, 13 players showed up for an 8:30 game on Saturday morning. After a slow start, the girls picked up the pace in the second half and scored twice to win 2-0. We still had a chance for semifinals but we needed help.
The team again played an amazing game at 11:30 that ended up 3-1 in our favour. In the end, we finished tied for third place with two other teams but didn't make it to Sunday's play on a tie-breaker. Our 8 goals allowed were more than the other two teams who had 6 & 7 goals allowed. We missed the semifinals by one goal. A very tough end to the season. However, on a positive note, we would end up, along with the eventual champion, as the only two teams out of eight to finish with a two-game winning streak.
Special thanks to Hailey, Amy, Rebecca, Alyssa, Olivia, Stephanie, Yasmin, Kristen, Nicky, Kaylyn, Isabel and Jill for participating in the tourmanent and making my first season very special. Also thanks to Shay, Jenna and Katie for helping us this weekend. And of course thanks to Heather for helping me during the season.
We played our first game on Thursday but lost 4-1. In the process, we also lost one of our key players, Amy, to injury after she suffered a bruised ankle. She would not play in any more games this weekend.
On Friday, only eight players managed to show up but the girls fought hard and eventually came up short in a 3-1 loss. Even though we lost the first two games, I was still optimistic that we would turn it around and be one of the four teams to play on Sunday for the championship.
In an amazing turn of events, 13 players showed up for an 8:30 game on Saturday morning. After a slow start, the girls picked up the pace in the second half and scored twice to win 2-0. We still had a chance for semifinals but we needed help.
The team again played an amazing game at 11:30 that ended up 3-1 in our favour. In the end, we finished tied for third place with two other teams but didn't make it to Sunday's play on a tie-breaker. Our 8 goals allowed were more than the other two teams who had 6 & 7 goals allowed. We missed the semifinals by one goal. A very tough end to the season. However, on a positive note, we would end up, along with the eventual champion, as the only two teams out of eight to finish with a two-game winning streak.
Special thanks to Hailey, Amy, Rebecca, Alyssa, Olivia, Stephanie, Yasmin, Kristen, Nicky, Kaylyn, Isabel and Jill for participating in the tourmanent and making my first season very special. Also thanks to Shay, Jenna and Katie for helping us this weekend. And of course thanks to Heather for helping me during the season.
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