WOMENS RESULTS
Div 2:
Top of the table Lady Patriots faced off against second-bottom Jaguars in Round 6, but the ladder positions meant very little once the match kicked off.
The Lady Patriots also welcomed two Under 18 players making their senior debuts — Bailey and Helena — both stepping up and contributing strongly throughout the contest.
The breakthrough finally came in the 57th minute after some excellent passing play from the Lady Patriots earned a corner. Shannon delivered a dangerous ball into the box, and Abbey timed her run perfectly from the edge of the 18-yard box, striking cleanly to fire the Lady Patriots into a 1-0 lead.
Jaguars refused to go away and continued to push hard late in the match. In the 88th minute, a perfectly weighted ball split the Lady Patriots defence, allowing Jaguars through on goal to level the scores at 1-1.
Battered and bruised, the Lady Patriots dug deep and held off a late Jaguars surge to secure the draw.
A tough night for the ladder leaders, and perhaps the wake-up call the Lady Patriots needed moving forward.
- Scott Mathews
Div 4:
A hard fought game seeing us go 2 down early on and Patriots struggling to match the opposition.
2nd half the game turned with positional changes actuaĺy from the players which the coach thought a great idea due to the fact that Patriots were really switched on and in the game.
Great second half from the girls and we had numerous 1/2 chances to pull us back into the contest.
Final score 2 nil loss but as a coach a positive thought that although we have a 85% new side.
We are definitely on the right track.
- Keith Culley
U14’s:
We were away to Tea Tree Gully. Matiyah Ocampo scored a hat trick inside 9 amazing minutes that yielded 4 goals. Our goalkeeper, Maddi Machin conceded a penalty 12 mins in but made an amazing diving save before Tea Tree Gully scrambled the parry home.
That was merely a blip and we went on to put another 4 goals past them to be 8-1 up at HT. This included some superb play around the penalty box that resulted in Lisa David claiming the ball straight in front and banging it home with force.
We had already switched to 3-4-3 because of our control of the game and so in the second half we moved defenders forward to give them a run. We weren’t as clean on goal as you’d expect and it became a bit of an arm wrestle, but as we began rotating our more attacking players up front, we started to score again.
Between the 57th and 66th minutes we scored 6 goals to make it 14-2 at FT. Liya Ratthanachan and Leilah Kaneza both scored 4 goals for the game. Once again, Acacia Baggendorf provided one of the highlights with a great shot on a 45 degree angle, 25m out, right over the keeper into the far left of the net, something Acacia has done several times already this year.
A strong win in the end against a valiant Tea Tree Gully side. It was our 6th win in a row and we remain 2nd.
A tough month lies ahead starting next week against top of the table, Adelaide Olympic.
Patriot Girl Power!!!
- Chris Bowes
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