Tsunami vs. the Fury-ious

Well another loss 4-0, we had a very good 1st half holding them to only 1 goal. Second half was a bit disappointing & frustrating; Rachel tweak her ankle, Steph got mangled in her corner, Stacie's feet/calves were cramping and Cara hurt her neck, Laura fell on her knee and re-injured it. All in all we hung in there and played good defense. Ashley made several great saves thank goodness, she had one awesome leap in the air and literally crushed a scoring goal. Hootie whoo!

Game Recap Week 3-Winter 2012

Here's a recap-before our game one of the players from the Blackhearts came over and told us to be careful with the Shooters. She said they played very dirty a couple of their players got hurt. The ref's were calling all the fouls on the Blackhearts. Just before we started, something was said to the ref's because they were much more vociferous than usual.
We played an upper division team the "Shooters" and boy did they! All in all we played well, disappointing with only having "10" players out of 20. Everyone worked hard at defending, Cara and Jenna helped a great deal with all that body contact going on and being tall intimidated some of the Shooters players. We did awesome the first half they only scored 1 goal, Ashley did an awesome job yelling helping the back line defend and Cara cutting off the runner before she crossed the ball. In the second half they scored 2 more goals but not without a fight. We were going downhill it was very cold and windy. Rachel almost had a goal...dang it, next time Rach.

For those of you who weren't at the game I'd like to introduce you to Ashley Garibay she is our new goalie. Also wanted to mention how great Patti has been as our goalie and we know we can count on Cara & Lindsey too to fill in. Thank you thank you!!!!

Steph commented:

We actually started the game w 9 players! They scored their first pretty quickly in the first half (it was a beauty shot). Then our 10th player showed, so it was our 10 against their full team + 3 subs, I believe, which they were switching out often! Ashley: You did great in the goal!

I stand corrected we had 11 players, thanks Cara.

Hootie Hoo...!!!!

February 20th Hoodie-Hoo Day!

Hoodie-Hoo Day February 20th

Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day

When : Always on February 20

On this winter day, people go out at noon, wave their hands over their heads and chant "Hoodie-Hoo".

It is a day to chase away winter and bring in spring. After all, everyone in the northern hemisphere are sick and tired of winter at this point and a little crazy being cooped up inside all winter and not seeing the sun. It is an actual holiday!

Tsunami In Mourning

What can I say; disappointment, sadden, disbelief...

Laura comment says it all: Okay....am I the only one in mourning that we aren't in the Championship this weekend?????????

Falling off the Championship Throne-

Well it finally happened! We lost :( the championship game to those "B H's" (Black Hearts)ha ha...we had a lot of shots on goal but couldn't seem to score. The final score was 1-3.
Move over "B H's Tsumani is going to plow over you!!!

How to bounce back from surgery without looking like you are trying

The Spoiler disabled list exploded this summer as injuries and maladies screamed for surgical attention. In typical form, Suzanne scores highest on “how to bounce back after surgery.” Putting in both the first and last goals of the first game in Sunday’s double header, Suzanne showed that she still has that touch. Her first goal came early in the first half. Suzanne’s second goal came with seconds left in the second half. Arlene’s cross landed perfectly on Laura’s foot. Laura deflected it goal-ward and Suzanne was right there to drive it into the net.

Short or fully staffed—it seemed not to matter for 909 United. We scored twice during the first half when they had as few as eight players, and twice during the second half, when they had a full team. Tsunami enjoyed the luxury of one sub. The second goal of the first half came from a pop fly above the goal. Like a volleyball spiker, Leslie leaped above the crowd and slammed the ball into the net with her head.

909 United did make more threats during the second half, keeping Diane slightly busier in the goal than Patti had been during the first half. Every time they tried to put something together, Cara or Jenna would break it up, or Brittney would steal it or Be would force it out of bounds. Two 909 solo artists tried to run the ball through alone, but of course neither could get by Staci.

Is Patti tired of playing goalie? She made her mark on the offense by scoring early in the second half. She shot from the left side (possibly with her left foot) and popped the ball right into the net.

Powerful winds swept the field, blowing any player chatter and many of the whistles into the parking lot. It made the game seem farther away than usual. Soon Grand Avenue Park’s trees will lose their leaves and game nights will be school nights. Enjoy the last weekends of the summer.

two hat tricks

Amy and Rachel got started early in Sunday's meeting with ER Bound. By ten minutes into the game, they had each already scored a goal. Yours truly arrived just as Amy closed in on a near miss, one on one with ERB's goalie, but shooting wide.

ER Bound's players were more prone than ever to giving the appearance of living up to their name this week. With few exceptions (namely the player named Breeze), they could be felled by a strong breeze, and several spent much to much time whining for calls. Nonetheless, they stayed in the game as a team, striving for chances to score.

Amy and Rachel strove harder though. Amy found the net again in the middle of the first half, and Rachel took a corner kick that Suzanne would have been proud of--arcing the ball over the defenders and on target for the goal. One defender got a hair on it, then it skipped along the ERB goalie's fingers and into the net. Amy followed that with another goal--why use a whole game to get a hat trick if it can be accomplished in a single half?

During the second half, Tsunami mixed it up a bit. Although such mixing up is often an act of mercy, no ERB player felt relief to find she was now facing Staci or Cara on the forward line. Staci wasted no time. On the second possession of the half, she dribbled down the right side and launched a perfect ball over the goalie's head and into the upper right corner of the net. Minutes later, Cara followed with a similar shot.

With the score at 7-0, ERB became a momentary frenzy of offense. They were all hustle for a few minutes, and Patti finally got to touch the ball as the got off a few shots: shots on goal, but none in the goal. As the second half wound down, Rachel executed a needle-threading run on ERB's net, scoring the eighth and final goal of the game and putting the feather in the cap--second hat trick of the game, which ended at 8-0.

Tsunami with two hat tricks: