It was as simple as whoever scored first would win the game. Unfortunately, it wasn't the 5th/6th graders who scored.
Scoreless going into the fourth, a defensive breakdown led to the first goal of the game from the other team. They added another late in the fourth on just a blatant giveaway off of a goal kick where the ball was kicked to the other team, and set up perfectly for them to score.
Sloppy was one of many adjectives to describe the action for the first three quarters as both teams bended but didn't break. There were huge scrums of players around balls and absolutely no spacing from either team. It was a scary flashback to two years ago when everyone was playing on a smaller field.
After a rough outing last week, Daniel was clearly ready to come out with a better effort, and he did exactly that. Daniel was aggressive in chasing down balls in the box and was able to punt the ball on several occasions that could've led to some offense.
The forwards didn't do much offensively and didn't register one shot the entire game. There just isn't spacing among the attacks as they all chase the ball instead of staying in their zones. Sometimes a ball is crossed to the other side, but there is no St. Mary's player there to get a foot on it.
There were points in the game where four of five red jerseys would surround one ball when there only needed to be one or two people there -- at most.
But that's how the game of soccer works. One mistake could cost you the game. There isn't much room for error.
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