(10-01-2021, 07:38 AM)mbdude Wrote: Stanford outshot Beavers 24 - 5.
but shots on goal only 7 to 4. The beavs had a good game plan: pack it in on defense, and when they got the ball counterattack in transition with a long kick upfield. Worked pretty well to keep us from scoring, but didn't result in a score for them. They scored on a bad defensive mistake, a horizontal pass across the field by our center back that was intercepted by their forward who was then one-on-one with our GK (mistake by a freshman who probably will never make that mistake again--many defenders have something like that happen at some point*) and a poorly defended corner kick (the only one they took). We mostly took long distance shots that went either right at the GK or not on frame; one trickled in. The shots we got close to goal all went wide. not a good game for us--the beavs' first win ever at Cagan.
*I remember Alana Cook, our superstar defender, in I think her first game, holding onto the ball too long and letting a forward get too close to her, steal the ball and score. Never saw that happen again. (she redeemed herself later that game by scoring a goal on a header)