Coach Nick Parker’s U17 Girl’s soccer team played two games in Santa Rosa the weekend of Saturday, January 12 to open the 2008 Petaluma League Winter Season. After the morning trek from Humboldt County to Santa Rosa, sunshine greeted the players at the Trione turf fields where the first game got underway Saturday afternoon against the Marin Football Club U17 Girl’s team.
Mad River Team mounted a solid defense and Marin was unable to score in the first half. Tara Boynton shot high after being fouled within scoring range at the start of the second half, but Marin was the first to the goal only 2 minutes into the second half. Tara Boynton scored the first Mad River goal to tie it up 1-1. Mad River maintained their strong defense and Marin was locked out for the rest of the game. Final score: tied at 1-1.
Early Sunday morning, Mad River met the Santa Rosa United Blizzard U17 Girls on the field to warm up in the chilly morning prior to their 8 a.m. match. Mad River again displayed their defensive strength, shutting Santa Rosa out of the goal the entire first half. Pressure from Santa Rosa set up a slew of corner kicks against Mad River, but Mad River defenders, including sweeper Carlyn Girard and goalie Selina Bernard, worked together to keep Santa Rosa out of the goal to end the first half 0-0. Mad River stepped up their offensive game in the second half but, though the opportunities were there, couldn’t quite get the ball to the back of the net. The score remained 0-0 until, with two minutes to play, a Santa Rosa guest player dribbled the ball down the field and scored. Final score: 0-1 Santa Rosa.
Mad River came away from the weekend happy to have given up only one goal in each closely matched game against these Bay Area Division 1 teams. As it turned out officially, both the Marin Football Club and the Santa Rosa United teams forfeited the games owing to their use of illegal players.
Mad River United U17 Girls play their next league games at the Trione Fields in Santa Rosa the weekend of Feburary 9 and will play in Humboldt State University’s 6-Versus-6 tournament at Redwood Bowl on February 16.
The Marin Football Club can be found at: http://www.marinfc.com/, Santa Rosa United at http://www.srunited.com/index.html, and Mad River Youth Soccer at http://www.mrysl.com.
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