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Post by mydove4 on Feb 13, 2012 20:13:36 GMT -6
Any word yet??
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Post by racsoccer on Feb 13, 2012 20:42:34 GMT -6
Don't know how accurate this is but I heard 2-2.
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Post by racsoccer on Feb 13, 2012 20:43:49 GMT -6
2-2. 1' left in regulation
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Post by racsoccer on Feb 13, 2012 20:50:41 GMT -6
3-2 Dominican with seconds left in regulation.
Final
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Post by Garrincha! on Feb 13, 2012 21:29:09 GMT -6
Wow! What a comback! 3 goals in under 8min.
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Post by El Gato on Feb 13, 2012 21:34:10 GMT -6
Wow. Thanks for the update. I'm out of town and missing this one.
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Post by tchefuncta on Feb 14, 2012 0:01:13 GMT -6
MIDCITY:
For the faint of heart, or Cardiac patients, avoid the All-Blacks. Coach Al Silvas' troops fought back for a gutty 3-2 win at Pan-American pitch tonight. The elements held off in a thrilling victory for Dominican. The game started fast for the Bulldogs as Chelsea Steibling (15) hit a volley kick into the upper right corner to pace the Bulldogs to a 1-0 lead. A blustery wind and the Fontainebleau offense kept the All-Blacks bottled up in the first half. Ally White (20), a Bulldog freshmen and Somer Jones (3), a junior, were stellar for the visitors.
It must have been one helluva speech at halftime as the Dominican girls came out and began to dominate possession in the second half. Silvas reconfigured his charges and momentum began to swing. Yet with 20 minutes left, on a counter-attack Daniel Sabathe (9) finished a beautiful cross to put the Lady Bulldogs ahead by two.
With less than nine minutes left, two time All-District player Caitlin Flint was making a run and was taken down outside of 25 yards. All-District Mathilde Kepper took the free kick and All-State fullback Ashley Harber drilled it under the bar for the first score. Three minutes later, Flint evened the score with a left footed blast to the lower left corner of the net. The tension increased exponentially. In the waning moments of the game sophmore, Maddie Camet bent a corner kick into the goal to win the game for the home team. The crowd went wild. Dominican's win was keyed by the play of the midfield with Kepper, Flint and Emilie Bourgeois leading the way. Fullbacks Angel Allen, Kathryn Ernst, Camet, Callie Schneider and Harber locked up the potent Bulldog offense for the final 20 minutes and Andrea McDonald played well between the pipes.
The All-Blacks will travel to Covington later this week to face SSA in a semi-final match. Last year Dominican played the Doves in the State Championship game.
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Post by div1coach222 on Feb 14, 2012 6:47:06 GMT -6
you are right a tale of two halves...1st half all but 5-7 minutes dominated by Font. where as the 2nd half the other way around. Font. strength became a weakness. Center mids from the opening whistle of second half were on their heels and not attacking Dom. center mids as in the 1st half. Dom. to good to let them drink a coke before passing the ball, no ball pressure really hurt. Dominican was playing to win (second half) and Font. looking at clock and playing not to lose. In all sports when you start to do this you lose your aggressiveness and that doomed them from the beginning of the second half on. I would put less on a half time speech (by coach) and more of the fact these girls are DEFENDING STATE CHAMPS and do not want to give up their title. All coaches give half time speeches and makes adjustments(been there and done that), but in the end it is the athletes on the field who get the job done. Well done Dominican you girls deserve this victory...P.S. This is coming from a Font. fan and supporter.
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Post by dogfan on Feb 15, 2012 15:46:11 GMT -6
From another longtime FHS fan and supporter. Congratulations to Dominican. That is the type of game you love to watch if you aren't on the receiving end. Way to fight back from behind and get the W.
When Dom went on the attack in the 2nd half, FHS was outnumbered in the midfield and didn't make the adjustments they needed to make to maintain possession. It didn't appear they were prepared with a strategy for the situation. It's hard to pressure the ball when you are outnumbered and don't adjust. It's not just what adjustments one coach made at half but also what one didn't make once the game changed.
FHS did a miraculous job to hold off Dominican as long as they did. When FHS went up 2-0 with 10 mins left, the Dom attack intensified even more as you would expect from a team that wanted to play another day. FHS neglected to change the formation or lineup and had no strategy for playing a possession and hold game. FHS didn't sub hardly a single player in the 2nd half, the kids were spent with 10 to go. Not to take away from the excellent job Dom did. They executed their strategy perfectly with one and two touch ball movement with good spacing and fought hard for the win with a relentless attack and it paid off.
The premier talent that the clubs feed these schools can easily get these teams to deep in the playoffs but that is where the players talent becomes equal and other factors are needed to excel further. Unfortunately, this is where FHS has faltered the last several years.
Good luck to Dominican the rest of the way.
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Post by oldhattrick3 on Feb 15, 2012 22:14:16 GMT -6
From another longtime FHS fan and supporter. Congratulations to Dominican. That is the type of game you love to watch if you aren't on the receiving end. Way to fight back from behind and get the W. When Dom went on the attack in the 2nd half, FHS was outnumbered in the midfield and didn't make the adjustments they needed to make to maintain possession. It didn't appear they were prepared with a strategy for the situation. It's hard to pressure the ball when you are outnumbered and don't adjust. It's not just what adjustments one coach made at half but also what one didn't make once the game changed. FHS did a miraculous job to hold off Dominican as long as they did. When FHS went up 2-0 with 10 mins left, the Dom attack intensified even more as you would expect from a team that wanted to play another day. FHS neglected to change the formation or lineup and had no strategy for playing a possession and hold game. FHS didn't sub hardly a single player in the 2nd half, the kids were spent with 10 to go. Not to take away from the excellent job Dom did. They executed their strategy perfectly with one and two touch ball movement with good spacing and fought hard for the win with a relentless attack and it paid off. The premier talent that the clubs feed these schools can easily get these teams to deep in the playoffs but that is where the players talent becomes equal and other factors are needed to excel further. Unfortunately, this is where FHS has faltered the last several years. Good luck to Dominican the rest of the way. Hmmmm I'm not sure but I think someone might be pointing a finger here! Hmmmmm? I can't quite tell, but I think there is something underlining here. Aliceshoe, can you help me figure this one out? |
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Post by div1coach222 on Feb 16, 2012 8:02:49 GMT -6
dogfan- Beg to differ but 11 were on the field in second half as was in first half. All Al did (Dominican coach) in second half was tweak line up and attacked middle to left side. Comment was made by one of his players that they were going to stay away from a particular side because of match up difficulties. I believe in the first match he noticed some strength and weaknesses on this(Font,) team. I will not get to deep into what he saw because to me you play and do what got you to the dance. As we watched Font. this year they had strengths, weaknesses and Al waited for the right time to attack what he felt was his best chance to score. Al moved his defenders and midfielders up to be more aggressive and attack, but the numbers were still the same. In fact his adjustments left him open in one particular area and that is how Font. scored their second goal, but after that the players got away from that advantage. Believe me I was there and I am sure you were too, the coaching staff(Font.) did not direct them to change their attack.Could an adjustment been made to bring another mid in the box to help, maybe. The times I have seen this tried against a high caliber team (like Dom or SSA) proved to be futile and then all in stands blame coach for this prevent defense decision. As a coach you see these kids at practice and every game situations so you try to play your best and put them in the position to make plays and as a coach that is all you can do. I truly believe if Fontainebleu would have came out and played with the same intensity as in the first half (and first game), stayed with their strength(that scored the second goal) they would have been victorious. I maybe be in the minority, but I feel this coach did a good job this year( see what I said THIS YEAR). After a very slow start she made what I feel were two very good moves that in the end help produce a good season. Also I feel she had some key injuries which hampered her substitution rotation. I have mentioned in earlier post with the addition of Lakeshore this has DEFINITELY hurt Font. with depth. The only gripe I may have (of game) was that critical call that gave them(Dom.) the opportunity for their (Dom.) first goal. To make that type of call at that point of the game is questionable at best. If you you are going to call that then we would have had a whistle every two to three minutes and the score would have been 0-0 and game into PKs. It is paculiar that the linesman made maybe only one or two calls all game and this was a big one,head ref. 5 yards away saw the same, but chose not to call. I feel he should have overruled (as he did on other calls) and let play continue. That call did not cost them the game, but it did give them (Dom.) life and as good teams do they took advantage of it. After that point they (Dom.) never looked back...
I know what people are saying about coaches and their abilities. Most of the comparison stem from the public to private school area in New Orleans and North Shore. In the end girls soccer is no different then boys sports and in certain areas private schools do have something to offer that maybe a public school cannot. Giving an athlete a opportunity to attend a very good private school where in most cases they would not have the means to attend is a luxury and advantage. Please to all who have athletes at private schools do not say it is not so because I have had close friends who have taken advantage of this. I am not criticizing because I also believe you take advantage to what is offered to you.
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Post by Steven Gerrard on Feb 16, 2012 10:17:32 GMT -6
The better question is whether Socrates is offside or not?
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Post by div1coach222 on Feb 16, 2012 11:00:07 GMT -6
Steven Gerrard- Classic Video.... See I do have a sense of humor!
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Post by NutMeg on Feb 16, 2012 11:05:05 GMT -6
The better question is whether Socrates is offside or not? Definitely offsides |
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Post by div1coach222 on Feb 16, 2012 11:14:13 GMT -6
I thought it was very close, but maybe so.....
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Post by furriner on Feb 16, 2012 12:52:38 GMT -6
be fair, the AR on that side was over 1500 years old. Couldn't make out if it was Augustine of Hippo, or Saint Thomas Aquinas. If STA, he was obviously biased. Definite conflict of interest there. Even Soccerness would have to concede Socrates was off.
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Post by keepernut on Feb 18, 2012 18:09:42 GMT -6
Congrats to DOM.
It's pretty obvious who div1coaches daughter is.
FHS has the same MO for the last 10 years. Beat the weaklings and split the tough games. Never use their biggest strength, their deep bench. Treat all but a few of the younger players like they are a bother. Never adjust to anything a smart coach does to attack them. In most not even be aware that a change has been. made. There are some people that like to pretend that club level soccer doesn't even exist.
When the talent is equal FHS is at a disadvantage. There is no reason for this to be other than apathy. I would say even the players know it but that is an not giving the players enough credit.
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Post by div1coach222 on Feb 19, 2012 18:19:56 GMT -6
keepernut- you are living in the past. I do not comment what happened in the past I only comment about what happened this year. "Deep Bench" in years past yes, this year compared to Dominican, SSA and maybe Mt. Carmel(never seen them play) NO. If you look at how far Lakeshore went you will see quite of few players that would have been on this team and then you can make the comment about depth, but I beg to differ this to hold true this year. If you have that much of an issue with the coach I would suggest you talk it over with her instead on a message board. As a coach I have no problem talking to parents when they want to talk about decisions being made and why.
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Post by ecolintman on Feb 19, 2012 19:03:12 GMT -6
For the top teams these ladies get their training and develop their skills at the club level. The coaches job is to place the best players on the field and play them in the right position. Coaches don't win games, but they do lose them. FHS has a solid record of losing the big games. Was it coaching? No way! Just bad luck.
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Post by div1coach222 on Feb 19, 2012 19:49:57 GMT -6
it was quoted from above that this has been going on for 10 years...This particular coach has been coaching for only the last 5 so that tells me ecolintman that you may just have made a great point. It does not help that Font. in the same division with Mandeville and SSA...the last 2 years (I think) in same bracket with SSA and this year SSA and defending state champ Dominican...That is tough luck!
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