LMU @ Merlo 10/17/08

The match has begun.

Both Portland and Loyola Marymount are 1-0 in WCC play.

Let's see what happens!

Note: Getting info from Audio Feed.

Pilots 1-0.
15th minute.
Beautiful cross by Jackman headed into goal by Foxhoven.
Dani's 12th goal of season. Freshman phenom leads team in goals scored by far.
Her first goal in 2 or 3 matches.

Megan Rapinoe madly attacking with 5 shots and 3 on goal.

Sara Jackman also a wild woman out there, it seems.

At 40 minutes, own goal by Lions. PILOTS 2-0!

HALFTIME: PILOTS 2-0!

PILOTS 3 - 0!!!

Danielle's team leading 13th goal of the season and 2nd of the match. Goal in 59th minute. Megan R. thru ball for the assist.

(That's 13 goals in 13 games. 1 goal a game average!)

She is immediately subbed out for Halley Kreminski. Go Halley!

That third was a beauty. Tucked it low inside the far post.

Reed and Winters played about the last 10-12 minutes. Didn't see Enyeart out there.

There's nothing like a fall Friday night at the Merlo.

Nice, relaxing game. When the game is all in the offensive zone and the opponents counter players aren't very fast, it's a foregone conclusion. We saw what is probably the tournament team for the first half, and they seemed to control play pretty well. Megan was again in control of the midfield. Now if we can just get her to get her knee over the ball.

I vote for the first goal as the score of the night. Sophie's backheel and Sara's cross were a perfect setup for Danielle. She owes them both dinner.

The own goal was just the result of too much pressure.

Nice to see Korie healthy and working well into the defense

I did notice that Michelle didn't take the warmup runs with the ret of the team. I hope they are just resting her.

nice meeting you tonight PurplePrideTrumpet... great match... to bad they could not get a fourth... i have some photos but they will not all be uploaded till tomorrow... i got a great shot of the third goal...

Purplegeezer wrote:

The own goal was just the result of too much pressure.

what pressure??? the pilots player was not even close to her...

ohhh_yeah wrote:

Purplegeezer wrote:

The own goal was just the result of too much pressure.

what pressure??? the pilots player was not even close to her...

well had she not intercepted for the own goal, there was a Pilot ready to receive the ball in back of her on the corner of the box. Charney?

Also, playing defense in the box running at your own goal is not high percentage defense.

Purplegeezer wrote:

ohhh_yeah wrote:

Purplegeezer wrote:

The own goal was just the result of too much pressure.

what pressure??? the pilots player was not even close to her...

well had she not intercepted for the own goal, there was a Pilot ready to receive the ball in back of her on the corner of the box. Charney?

Also, playing defense in the box running at your own goal is not high percentage defense.

very true...

KATU just played the replays of all tree scores. They looked just as sweet this time around. The player hanging on the far post on the own goal was either Sophie of Danielle -- too quick to really catch who.

the gals looked very sharp up until they scored their first goal i thought. after that, they seemed ragged an a little listless. dani's second goal for me was reminescent of sinc with her low hard shot. i am not in any way comparing dani to sinc, it's just that shot reminded me of sinc.

i am becoming more an more impressed with hallie. i think the thing that strikes me most is her soccer i.q. how did eveyone love the give an go she had with keelin. an i still think that her an sophie have a special chemistry.

one last thought. i always notice the recruits though i've only been able to i.d. two of them, one with geez's help. tonight, there were six at the game an i saw something i have never seen before. when the gals game out for their final warm up, garrett had them come out to the field. never have seen that previously. an after the game, lauren motioned them to come out for the teams after the game huddle. it felt like a hard court press to me. i think these six the pilots really want.

Something no one has said so far about tonight's game: Sophie, once again, was fantastic.

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:Something no one has said so far about tonight's game: Sophie, once again, was fantastic.

I'm trying to come up with someone who didn't have a good game.

hmm. Kelsey only made four saves....

upsf,
you are absolutely right about sophie!! she was great in this game! it's just there are so many things to comment on in each an every game, sometimes things slip the memory.

how about how sara took some of the corners for megan as was suggested in another thread for megan's leaping abilities? did any one notice that the first corner sara took in the second half, she went to stand in front of the keeper as is her usual position. but she looked at megan r. an megan pointed to the corner, indicating that sara should take the corner?