Black loses 7-4 to Daisy Red

It was a tale of stagnant offense.

Defensively, Black played well, especially in the drop defense. Goalie Zach Ancel had a good game considering he has been in Honduras for a month and has to play in a close game cold turkey. By dropping off the point and forcing Daisy Red to take outside shots, Black was able to generate a good amount of counter attack chances. Converting on those chances was a another story.

Generally, there was effort going to offense, but it took a while for Zach to find an open man due to a lack of winging out. Once an open man was found, it took to long to find the 2M holding his side and when a pass was thrown in too late, either the 2M lost position or the goalie/sluffer stole the entry pass. A point of improvement this week in practice will be looking inside at the first touch and making sure the goalie and other defenders aren't looking for a steal.

Another improvement can be made on the 6-on-5 as Black had a 0% conversion rate on at least 4 chances with a man advantage. The boys set-up very well, but tend to drift too far away from the goal and don't cross the goalie quick enough to create good shots.

But enough with the negative. Zach Varwig scored Black's first goal on a beautiful lay-out in one of our first possessions and nearly duplicated it a possession later. Max Wurm earned his second consecutive Player of the Game award for his tenacity during the drop defense and a perfect cross-goal pass that the shooter just barred out.

The truth is you can't play great all of the time. This was a bump in the road and I am confident that this will lead to greater effort and improvement during practice this week. It's just fuel to the fire.

-Coach Tom