[oldalum]

The W Soccer match vs. Cal was one of those unfortunate ones where we clearly dominated play (21 shots to their 4, 13 corners to their 2) but couldn't score. Their GK is excellent; so is ours but their one shot on goal was a really good shot that hit the post and rebounded across and in. Madison Haley's nice pass into the box on a diagonal run by Kuhlmann got us the PK, but the Cal GK made a good save on a decent but not great PK by us. (I don't understand our kicker's strategy: she lined up directly behind the ball, approached in a straight line, and kicked with her right foot to the left corner which is the only place she can kick it with that orientation. Maybe she can also kick with her left foot into the right corner with that runup?--but once it becomes obvious which foot is doing the kicking the GK can get a jump on the ball. Or maybe she can kick it with the outside of her right foot into the right corner of the goal?) At least we'll get a chance for revenge later.

[oldalum]

The W Soccer match vs. Cal was one of those unfortunate ones where we clearly dominated play (21 shots to their 4, 13 corners to their 2) but couldn't score. Their GK is excellent; so is ours but their one shot on goal was a really good shot that hit the post and rebounded across and in. Madison Haley's nice pass into the box on a diagonal run by Kuhlmann got us the PK, but the Cal GK made a good save on a decent but not great PK by us. (I don't understand our kicker's strategy: she lined up directly behind the ball, approached in a straight line, and kicked with her right foot to the left corner which is the only place she can kick it with that orientation. Maybe she can also kick with her left foot into the right corner with that runup?--but once it becomes obvious which foot is doing the kicking the GK can get a jump on the ball. Or maybe she can kick it with the outside of her right foot into the right corner of the goal?) At least we'll get a chance for revenge later.