U-14 Headers
Marblehead's U-14 Headers opened the 2nd session in
style with a decisive victory over Gloucester 4-2 on
Sunday the 25th. Early in the 1st half it was a
real battle with both teams making strong attacks
and both defensives turning the ball to the
opponents end. It was late in the first half that
Marblehead's Kendall B hit a unassisted monster
goal. KB worked the ball from mid field through
Gloucester defense and once she found a small
opening on the right wing KB launched a
perfectly place rocket to the far corner giving
Marblehead it's first of the day. Cassie Rodgers was
in goalie and notch a shut-out in the first half
with some great saves... Marblehead began to
dominant this contest with outstanding team play. Kiley
, Meggie , Kendall Butler, Ainsley , Molly Sue , Rachael ,
Kaitlin and Hannah dazzled the fans
with some outstanding ball movement. Molly Sue
, Rachael and Kaitlin in
defensive put up a brick wall for our home town
team, aided by their mid field and offensive
teammates. The fans were treated to an outstanding
display of team soccer.
In
the 2nd half.. The Headers found a comfort zone in
their team play and heard constant applause from the
stands as they passed and moved the ball
calmly amongst themselves. After a series of
passes that saw the ball move from goalie to
defensive to the forwards... Meggie got a
beautiful give and go feed from Kiley and
Mego buried it.
Kaitlin
and Rachael took the
lions share of time on defense in the 2nd half and
put on a display to envy. Hannah was in
goal and did a great job moving the ball up field
and protecting the goal. Cassie out from
the goal and in a forward position picked up two
loose balls left in front of the opponents goal and
tapped them home. Gloucester did not give up and
would put two on the board with 2 minutes left.
Final 4-2