What a nice game. After a difficult, hot day of training the girls came to play.
The team from Holland was twice the size of our girls. The game was reff'd by the opposing coach who may have thought we were playing rugby. No calls during the first half but our girls played very well moving the ball around the field.
Evy blasted a left footed volley from about 30 yards out over the keeper's outstretched hands for a 1-0 score. This was followed about 10 minutes later by Iris converting a throw in from Emma to make it 2-0. Late in the first half Evy put a corner right in front of the net and Meg D was able to get her foot around a girl (three times her size) and put it in the net.
The opposition was able to convert a corner kick full volley in the second half and the game ended 3-1. The feelings from the coaches and the parents on the Dutch team was not as cordial and fun as the first two games but after the game, the girls were able to gather for about 15 -20 minutes before we needed to head back to the hostel.
We had a late night BBQ with Nat N and Elise cooking up some burgers, spare ribs and sausages for the entire gang on the deck overlooking the river. visit stayokay hostel and search for maastricht location and there is a picture of our deck.
We have our last formal training today with Behr - a wonderful 65 year old Dutchman who pushes the girls during training and his hard work is paying off in the games. The girls are becoming better at "building" from the back as apposed to just "blasting the ball" forward. I think you will all see a difference when we play back in the states.
We will try to get the girls to post a few blog entries today along with photos.
We go into town today after the morning training and will break into 4 groups and eat at local cafes and tour the city. Later today we head to the US Cemetery from WWII which we hear from the boys group was an excellent visit with much history.
All the best to you all and the girls are all fine.
See you soon.
Keith, Dan, Marie, Wendy
PS: if you have specific questions, use dan@northstarleasing.com and we will incorporate into blog or reply directly.
PPS: The weather here has been exceptional all week and today is no different!!
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I am glad our girls handled the game well, as we al know the opponents will not always be cordial, and we have no control of that, we only control our own actions, and I have seen notingng but the best from our girls, that is where the real lessons are learned.
ReplyDeleteNice job, team. Sounds like quite a trip - hard work with some very humorous moments. I hope you don't have any more ant issues!
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