JCWP 5 - De Anza 5

The goal for the Cats was to come out hard early and put De Anza on their heels. We were ready and focused and came out blazing with three shots on our first possession. Unfortunatly, the De Anza goalie was up to the task all game and stumped the Cats early and often.

The Cats controlled the game for the most part, but we had trouble converting on our chances. We would get the ball in deep to 2M's Lewis, Morgan, Adcock and Erlinger, who would make a strong move toward the goal but would fire it into the goalie's arm.

De Anza scored 4 of their 5 goals in the first half, mostly from strong outside shots. There was some comlplacency from the Cats in the first half, but we locked it down in the second half, closing on outside shooters when they got into attacking position. Player of the game Joe Kabance led the defense with two steals from 2MD in addition to scoring the first goal.

Overall, we played a very good first game. We weren't intimidated by a California club and we really asserted ourselves at both ends of the pool. We were in the drivers seat most of the game and had two possessions at the end of the game that were very close to putting us over the top. Just a few more upper corner/halo shots and. That game was ours. Credit should go to De Anza's goalie for playing a tremendous games.

Lamorinda in 30 minutes. If we play like we did against De Anza, we will get second in our pool. Stay tuned...