Amherst 23sep2018

After a quick water/food break, while Merrimack played Amherst, we returned to Sachem to play Amherst. They only had 9 players (we only had 12!), so we offered to play 8v8,  shorten the halves to 25 minutes and shorten the field by placing the goals on the 18 yd lines. We had been worried about playing three games in one weekend, but at this point in time it seemed ok. 

Amherst got off a shot right away, but we immediately responded with shots from Meredith and Jenny, who took two corner kicks before she set up Lizzy for a tap-in goal in the 5th minute.

Sophia had shots saved and go over the cross-bar, Nam and Lizzie each had two shots saved, and Meredith S had a shot saved before Julia FO'L earned a free kick in the 16th minute.

Jenny set up Nam for her shot into the left side of the Amherst net, and Caroline
had a shot go wide before she took the ball all the way to the Amherst end line and crossed it to set up Lizzie in the 20th minute for our third goal.

Bri saved a shot from Amherst just before Jenny set up Nam for a goal in 22nd minute, and Nam's powerful shot in the 24th minute bounced off one of the Amherst players for our 5th goal just before the break.

We spoke about playing with more intensity and making crisper passes -- not flat, weak "hospital passes" (Julia FO'L's term). In the 2nd half we reduced our number of field players to six in order to match Amherst's numbers.

Katie B had a shot saved for a corner in the 27th minute, then Izzy made a pass to Lizzie who one-touch passed to Jenny for a tap-in. Jenny earned a free kick and Lizzie had a shot go wide just before Nam scored a close range in the 32nd minute.

Sophia had a shot saved just before Nam set up Caroline for our 8th goal in the 35th minute. Then Katie B had a shot saved and Sophia had a shot go wide before Nam sent in a rocketed shot from about 20 yd for our 9th goal (her 5th goal!). 

After Caroline had a shot saved, she scored with a low shot on the left side of the Amherst net. Nam and Jenny had shots saved before Meredith S set up Lizzie for her 3rd goal. 

Credit to Amherst for coming and playing with a reduced squad! They played hard the entire 50 minutes and had a great attitude about the game. Everyone had a smile on her face from a great day of soccer!

G: Bri
CD: JFO'L
OD: Katie B+Izzy, Katie R
CM: Sophia, Nam
OM: Jenny+Meredith S, Caroline
F: Lizzie

Shots 30:2  Saves 2:17

1 Amherst shot saved
2 Meredith shot saved
3 Jenny shot saved for a corner that she took twice
   Meredith two shots saved, she earned a corner
5 Jenny set up Lizzy for a tap-in --> 1:0
6 Sophia shot saved
7 Sophia shot over
8 Nam shot saved
11 Nam shot saved
12 Lizzie shot saved
14 Lizzie shot saved, offside
15 Meredith S shot saved
16 Julia FO'L earned a corner taken by Sophia
18 Jenny set up Nam for a shot to the left side --> 2:0
19 Caroline shot wide
20 Caroline from the end line cut back to Lizzie --> 3:0
21 Amherst shot saved
22 Jenny set up Nam --> 4:0
24 Nam's shot bounced off an Amherst player --> 5:0
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27 Katie B shot saved for a corner taken by Jenny
28 Izzy to Lizzie to Jenny for a tap-in --> 6:0
29 Jenny earned and took a corner kick
30 Lizzie shot wide
32 Nam from close range --> 7:0
33 Sophia shot saved
35 Nam set up Caroline --> 8:0
36 Katie B shot saved
37 Sophia shot wide
38 Nam from about 20yd --> 9:0
39 Caroline shot saved
40 Caroline low ground shot --> 10:0
44 Nam shot saved
     Jenny shot saved
45 Meredith set up Lizzie --> 11:0