Thundercats Dominate Coyotes in Game #2

In what started off as a defensive battle, ended in Team Coyote suffering another huge loss at the hands of Team Thundercat at Heartland Fields on Saturday.

The teams took to the field and exchanged goal saves at either end of the field and battled to a 0-0 tie at the end of the the 1st quarter.  Tyler was a defensive wall in the Goalie position for the Coyotes, saving 8 shots on goal by the Thundercats.

But that was just the beginning of the game.  The Thundercats displayed total domination of the young 'Yotes as they began scoring seemingly at will in the 2nd quarter.  By halftime, the big cats were up 4-0.

In the third quarter, the Thundercats picked up where they left off and continued the domination of the Coyotes, as they peeled off another 4 goals, while the Coyotes still could not find a way to get the ball into the nets.

It was never a contest throughout the game, offensively or defensively...as the Cats pressured, attacked, and took shot after shot on the Coyotes goalies, who played pretty well, but just had too many shots taken on them with no response from the Coyote offense to take the pressure off.

In the 4th quarter, the Thundercats began to pull back some of their better Strikers into defensive positions, but still managed to score one more time.  When the final whistle blew, the Thundercats emerged as victors in a 9-0 shellacking of the Coyotes.

The defeat left Coach Art and Coach Joseph scratching their heads (and fleas) back at the den, as they tried to figure out what went wrong.  The Coyotes were totally dominated throughout the game...even in the 1st quarter when they managed to keep it scoreless.  The Thundercats took at LEAST 8 shots on goal (all of which were saved by Tyler...GREAT JOB!), while the 'Yotes only managed to take 3 shots on goal.

Overall, the Coyotes could only manage 5 total shots on goal for the entire game (compared to at least 29 shots taken by the Thundercats)...but the goalies had a total of 20 saves in the game....or the score could have been MUCH worse!

Here is how the totals broke down:

The Strikers:

Rebekah................1 shot on goal
Matthew................3 shots on goal
Savannah...............1 shot on goal



The Goalies:

Tyler.............8 saves
Rebekah.......1 save
Jack..............6 saves
Cole.............5 saves

Savannah and Kendal also played the midfield positions very well, and Kendal and Nick were involved offensively and getting their foot on the ball throughout the game.  Callie was up and down the field offensively, but just could not get within range to even take a shot.

Somehow, the Coyotes have got to come up with a way to be more aggressive offensively and attack the ball, instead of waiting for the ball to come to them, and they have got to figure out a way to get more shots on goal. 

So, as the 'Yotes head back to the den to lick their wounds, a new week of preparation begins....and hopefully by Saturday, the Coyotes will come out hungry and aggressive.  Until then....lets keep our heads up and just relax...we will improve...it is just a matter of time! 

Here is a good tuturial video on dribbling tricks.  While most of the tricks are advanced, they are still neat to watch....Enjoy!