11/05/2019
CSL Premier - Match Day 4
▪️1-2
▪️San Marcos Revolution
▪️Daniel Munoz
Women of the Match
▪️Defensive - Emily Guluzza
▪️Offensive - Reiss Burke
Despite this being our first match of the season having everyone available (minus Julia of course), we knew it would still be a challenge given the lack of fitness for returning players and time to build chemistry, coupled with the fact we were up against the juggernaut that is San Marcos Revolution.
Still we controlled most of the game, especially in the first half after scoring a goal in the first two minutes (corner kick from Savannah, to a flick from Jessie, to the goal from Reiss). Despite maintaining 60% possession and completing 119 more passes, with a team as good as Revolution it always comes down to which team is going to do a better job limiting mistakes. Unfortunately for us on this day, we made two critical mistakes in the second half and ultimately dropped the match 1-2.
We knew the first half of the season would be a challenge given our injury woes, but dropping 7 points in the last three weeks has been brutal to say the least. We are working our way back to full health/fitness now though so the second of half league looks promising. We’ll need to go on a run and get some help if we are going to crack the top half or third of the table.
Up next is a match against our dear friends from United LA. I’m bummed I won’t be able to attend as I’ll be in Chicago but I’ll be watching live thanks to Mark Narmore. Best of luck to Rudolph and his team!