game vs NyFC

1)      A brief description on your overall thoughts about the 12 minutes in the 1^st Half.

I think we played ok but should have kept the ball more. It was a little frantic and we should have played the ball backwards instead of losing it with a risky forward pass. We should have been more organized and not let them play through us but force them to go around and then win the ball on the side

22)      A brief description on whether it fits into our style of play. (Based on what we have trained this Spring)

I don't think it fits our style of play.

We definitely should've switched the point of attack and connected more passes with one or two touches we also should have tried to win the ball back in for five seconds then get our shape if we don't win it.

Possession was around 85-15 % for them

When we won the ball we lost it quickly because we played too slowly and tried risky passes instead of  forcing the ball forward we should have just kept the ball

33)      Three Positive things the team did well during that time frame.

1. I think we did well in not letting the players turn when they had their backs to us
2. I think we also did a pretty good jop at keeping the ball in front of us
3. Sam also had a great save to keep us in the game

44)      Three areas of improvement from your specific group. (Examples: Ian = Back Line, JJ = Forwards)

1.  The outside backs should've tucked in on the far sides and we should have stayed in front of the ball and we should have been more compact. We were up 1-0 so we should've just kept them in front of us and worked on winning the ball in our half and then keeping it.
2. On the play the striker broke through, the outside back should have been tucked in and the #6 also should have dropped more. I should have called the #6 and the outside back to tuck in so there was not an opening in behind
3. On give and go plays we should stay with the runner or call for a switch to prevent overlaps

Bayside Scrimmage 2/28

So I think I should've organized the back line at the starting of the game more than I was and I shouldn't have jumped up and turned my back on the cross at the starting of the first half. Later I did close down a shot outside the 18 with my chest.

I also should've tried to switch the point of attack more when it was on. I think it took me a little bit to get into the game because of the short warm up but as the game went on I think my play improved and I had a good slide tackle. I think I also should've created an angle more when we had the ball to switch the point of attack more.

I think as a back line we should've been more organized, compact and should have dropped a little to not let through balls get played in behind. We should have the weak side back drop back to form the line when the ball is on the other side of the pitch to provide cover. Also when a player is dribbling at the back line one of the center backs should step to the ball then the other center back and the right or left back should pinch in to provide cover.

I think in the second half we did better and were more organized. We should not have taken a break when they scored their last goal, they had an overload on the weak side which we should have covered. 

Manchester United v New England Revolution

So as I have said before I play with the New England Revolution or for short Revs. Well recently we played in this 7 v 7 indoor tournament. I live about an hr from the tournament and am the farthest one, besides our keeper who lives in Maine but he was in Rome that weekend, so a keeper from Bayside had to come play with our team. He wasn't bad, he was actually pretty good and had some good saves. Well we started the tournament out good and we won the first game by a lot like 12 - 1. It was vs ODP Olympic Development Players. The second game was vs Manchester United! They scored the first goal but we came back and Oscar scored a free kick into the bottom left corner 1-1. Then Bryann scored for our team right before the halftime whistle 2-1. I was playing good and aggressive. Then the coach told us at halftime that the Man u was going to be fired up and wanting to win the game so we had to match that and keep out lead. We went into the second half fired up but Man u were just as much fired up if not more and they scored a goal 2-2. Then Ian the other center back made a mistake and they scored again! 2-3. This was not good and when we got a free kick coach said that I should take it. I tried curving it into the top right corner but it didn't dip on time and it went just over the bar. Then when we had a corner kick I went into the box but Marco hit it just a little to high and it went over my head. Then Coach made it with just me in the back and everyone else going up to attack. Which was a risk and Man u took advantage of that and they scored again, 2-4. Then I took some free kicks on the left side with my left foot to get it to curve (I was a righty) I played some good balls in but no one got their head to the ball and because I took the freekick no one else was back and they scored yet again. 2-5 was the final score. We may have been beaten but we had played good. At the ending the coach even said that I was the man of the match, which was a big compliment because we had played against man united!

Uefa Champions League Predictions

So I have recently been watching the Uefa Champions League. It is now into the Round of sixteen or the Knockout stage. The teams in the round of sixteen are Tottenham Hotspur vs Juventus which I think Tottenham will win because they got the two away goals in the first leg. Then it is Man city vs FC Basel which I am sorry to say because I am a Man United fan that Man city will win because of their 0-4 win in the first leg. Then FC Porto vs Liver pool which I am positive that Liverpool will win, because they won 0-5 in the first leg. Then Real Madrid vs Paris Saint German. This will be a close game but I think Real madrid will probably win because the score from the first game was 3-1 but that could change because Paris Saint German got the away goal.I think Bayern will beat Besiktas because Bayern are such a good team. But Chelsea vs Barcelona will be a tough game. I predict Chelsea will win but Barcelona are also a very good team and could easily win. Manchester United will beat Sevilla and there is no question about that:). I am sure that Roma will beat Shakhtar Donetsk. I can't wait for to see if I get all Predictions right. It will be fun to watch all of the games.

Fishers of men

So I have recently been reading a book called fishers of men. It's a historical fiction of the time when Jesus was teaching on the earth. It explains all of the miracles he did and the things he taught. There is a family that learns about Jesus and finds out that he is the Messiah. It starts out with just David, who is Deborah's husband learning about Jesus and wanting to follow him. Then Leah, David's daughter sees the things that Jesus is doing and she also wants to follow him. Then Ephraim David's oldest son and his wife Rachel, also want to follow Jesus. But Deborah and Simeon David's middle aged son are still stubborn and can't believe that the messiah has actually come. Deborah had a very hard childhood and she was forced to watch her father die on a cross. Simeon had started believing but when he heard Jesus say that is someone asks you to go a mile then you should go with him twain he was shocked and ran back home. Simeon didn't like this because the Romans asked people who were bad to walk a roman mile, and it was humiliating to do that so to walk two miles would be even worse. But later in the book Deborah happens to find Jesus teaching and at the time she was listening to him teach he had told his disciples (who were stopping the little children to go unto Jesus) to suffer the little children to come unto me. Deborah at the time was with her granddaughter who's name was Esther. And Esther went to Jesus and she loved him very much she even kissed him on the cheek. Jesus told Deborah that she had to become like a little child to go up unto the kingdom of heaven. She was converted after that. Then when Everyone of age was getting baptized (except Simeon) Esther asked Jesus if she could be baptized. He told her that when she got older that she could get baptized. Then she asked if Simeon could get baptized. Then Jesus lifted her up into his arms and whispered into her ear. Only Esther heard what he said. A little bit after that Simeon asked Esther what Jesus had told her. She said that he had told her that she couldn't get baptized yet. Simeon asked what he had said when she had asked him if I could get baptized. She smiled and said, he said not to worry that you would get baptized in a little while. I can't wait to finish this book, I really like it and I can't wait to finish the series too!! 

Piano In the hall of the mountain king

So I recently got into piano a little more than usual and I wanted to learn the song called In the hall of the mountain king. It's a really good song but it is really hard to learn on the piano. I had already learned how to play Pachelbel with arpeggio left hand. It's like a 5 minute song and it goes really fast at times, I really love it. So then I start to play the new song In the hall of the mountain king. It's not too hard at the start but after a minute or so it gets really hard and it goes really fast! It would be a lot easier with like four hands :) I think it will be hard to get done but in the end it will sound incredible and I will be glad I stayed with it and kept playing it. I also started learning a song called I Heard Him Come, It's a very good song, and I like it too. My grandpa really loves the song In the hall of the mountain king so I think it will make him very happy if I learn the entire song. The song was composed by Edvard Grieg. It starts out very low and slow then it gradually starts getting faster until you can barely play it that fast unless you are on fast forward :b.  My dad is teaching me the song and he is the best teacher ever, I play by ear and don't know how to read music but I don't have to because I can pick it up by ear.

The adventure to Latitude

So normal day and all but then out of the blue we decide to go to Latitude to play soccer.
Now you might be thinking why would I all of a sudden want to go to Latitude to play soccer, well is starts like this.
London, Skye(with an E at the end, she always makes a big deal if someone spells it without an E), Ian,(who were home taught) and Mom were off to a trip to go to play soccer at the Triton high school.There was snow outside and London's breath fogged up the window he was looking out of, he really hoped that there wouldn't be snow on Triton's turf soccer field so he could use his new ball he had just got from Dick's sporting goods store. He was twelve years old and loved playing soccer, his older brother Ian was fourteen years old and he really liked drawing and was really good at it, (He also played keeper for when  London wanted to practice his shot) Skye on the other hand had a passion for animals! She had 87 to be precise  (47 of which were her chickens) She had chickens, bunnies, geckos, birds you name it (she was also ten years old the youngest in the family). And their mom was a very nice woman who had a knack for cooking the best meals, and also was a professional photographer! She sold her art for quite a bit of money. "Were a couple of minutes away kids" said Mom "London you might want to get your shoes on now" she said while narrowly avoiding a crazy driver that was on his phone, "I already have them on mom" said London who had a fair amount of soccer shoes. They drove up to the soccer field and to their utter dismay the field was covered in snow. "Noo!" cried London he felt awful he had waited all morning to come here and now it was covered in snow. "Well to bad guys," said mom "Let's go swing by and get the raw milk for Colby's farm" (they were a very healthy family and they liked raw milk a lot!) "But mom" whined London "Can we please go to Latitude then?" (latitude was forty minutes from their house and it was almost lunchtime so everyone was pretty hungry) "Honey I am really hungry right now, maybe tomorrow" said mom who was truly hungry and wanted to go home. London just sat in his seat folded his arms and didn't say a word. 

Once they had arrived to Colby's farm and got the raw milk London's toes were getting pretty cold and he kept them by the heater of the car. On their way home though London kept persisting to go to Latitude, but mom kept saying that "We don't have membership there and I wont just drive for forty minutes just for them to say, you don't have membership you can't go play" So London had to settle for playing at Triton in the snow for half of an hour, even though Skye kept saying "Mommy please I don't want to go please!!". They went back to the high school to play soccer in the snow, now you might think this sounds fun (and it is with snow boots and snow pants) but London had been wanting to do knuckle shots on a perfect turf surface, so when he walked up to the snow and found that when the ball rolled on the wet snow it stuck to the ball and it was very heavy and he couldn't shoot it it was not fun at all.When he walked back to the car where Skye and Mom waited with the heat running.London had Ian put the ball in the back of the car and slammed the cars door when he went in, he was really vexed at how bad it had been. 

The atmosphere in the car on the way back home was full of tension because of London's bad mood.When they got home London didn't do much and just wanted the next day to come. When dad came home he was not as happy as he usually was.When he went to bed that night all he could think about was hitting the perfect knuckle balls at Latitude, his mom had told him that he could go to Latitude if he did his touches routine that morning.

When he woke up the next morning his clock showed 3:24 AM "Seriously" thought London and went back to bed but this time set an alarm on his clock for 7 AM (he could do this because he was home taught) and went back to bed.

DING!DING!DING!DING! DING!DING!DING!DING! DING!DING!DING!DING! was the sound that the alarm clock made at exactly 7:00 AM London jumped out of bed and ran downstairs as if it were Christmas morning. Mom and Ian were out running.

London opened the door of the kitchen and a gust of wind caught him by surprise and blew him back into the house, it was freezing cold and the door banged against the wall "Crapit" yelled London who had fallen hard on his back.He rushed to shut the door before it hit the wall again. He wondered how on earth Mom and Ian were running in this gelid weather. He went to the room to do his touches and started doing them with some music. He did his Bobbles, his Toe taps, his Triangle touches, and his passing. Once he was done he had that good feeling once you have done something hard and you can go and do the thing that you really wanted to do after, like going to do knuckle balls at latitude for example. SO they ate breakfast and mom called Latitude to see if anyone else was playing there so we could go play. The lady said "Oh no, no one is playing at this moment" how she said that it sounded like no one was playing but someone could pop up in a few minutes and start playing there. So mom said "Has anyone booked the field? Because if they haven't then we would like to go play there" "No, no one has booked it" said the ladies voice through the phone "do you want to book it?"
Mom said No but the lady insisted "No one is playing there you can book it" so mom just hung up on her. London started laughing and said "Atta' girl mom" they did a fist bump and did that thing with you fingers from big hero six.

Later that day they were driving to latitude and making the plan on how to get into latitude without them asking "do you have your card with you?" London thought back to when they had played at latitude on a Friday. They had been carrying soccer bags and looked pretty professional at the time. They had gotten through without a word from the lady who was at the front desk.
They decided that they were going to go in with the soccer bag, then if they asked them if they had there card we would just say "oh we have soccer" So when they got there they put the balls in the bag and the cleats. then they tried to walk in with someone else but there was no one else around. So they braved it and walked into the doors. Skye was nervous and clung to mom. The warm air hit their faces and everyone sighed(It was really cold outside)"The lady at the desk turned toward us with a red hot stare" London later recounted mom casually said "we're here for soccer" the lady's stare changed to a nicer face and said quickly "OK" though she looked a little unsure. We rushed up the stairs and once we were far enough away that no one could hear us we couldn't hide our jubilation, Skye was the first to shout a cry of triumph everyone was so joyful! London got to the doors first and opened them. He walked inside, it was a pretty good sized field with U-12 soccer nets to shoot on.