Game Day and Post Game Comments

Last night I seriously considered getting a hotel room ready for our game today.  Not that i dont like my house or family but due to the fact that I'm superstitious and a believer in routines that work.  With us losing our last 2 home games and starting the A10 with 2 ties on the road I wanted to keep my preparations just like a road game.  I already had the same warm up pants, socks and polo ready to wear.  I did wash them so I'm not too crazy.  Anyways, after deciding against that, probably more to do with the price of a room I'd have to pay I actually got a good nights sleep at home. 

I was very thankful of a little sleep in as Liz saw to the kids and the rest of the morning I relaxed catching up on UK news and college soccer scores from Saturday.  I left the house 1130 knowing I would get to the field about 1150 just like a road game.  With our team briefing yesterday all that was needed was a quick recap of our strategy and the guys would be into their warm up.  

The first half was a cagey affair with Fordham coming out strong and trying to put a lot of pressure on the ball and getting in behind our back four quickly.  We started well also and some good offensive play was not rewarded with at least a shot on goal as we seemed reluctant to shoot even from the top of the box.  The closest either team came to breaking the deadlock fell to the Rams as Farrell seemed to stumble when retreating back to his line but somehow kept the ball out of the goal with a double save from his backside. 0-0 at the half and just as I thought it was gonna be a tough game to win and the first team to score would probably win it by that lone goal.  

With a couple of minor adjustments we were ready for the second half.  Jonny Forrest starting the Second half after a good spell coming off the bench in the first would prove significant.  A positive start was rewarded on five minutes with a goal from Forrest.  Great serve from Shaban off the free kick and Jonny was there to nod home and get his third goal of season.  After missing some games due to injury it was good to have him looking back to 100% but unfortunately he would leave the field later with what we hope was a little cramp and tightness from his time on the sidelines.  The rest of the half we defended well and without looking in too much trouble we continued to turn the ball over and concede way to many corners and throw ins which continued to put pressure on us and Fordham started to sense we may cave in after a good 10-15 minute spell from the Rams.  We were able to ride the storm out and as the clock ran down we scored again 5 minutes from the end.  Great decision  from Valencia to press high forced the turn over and Summerlin scored to get his first collegiate goal and give us a little cushion to see out the game.  

Great win and a much needed 3points in the A10.  I'm very happy for the players as they've worked extremely hard the last few weeks to correct some mistakes both individually and collectively so tonight they can know that the hard work paid off.  There's a lot of soccer to be played and we need to get some results on the road next week to keep pushing for a spot in the A10 tournament.  Tomorrow it's back to the field planning for next weekend and a 2 game road trip 

Raise High Moment of the Day

Getting the win on a great team performance

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