One more practice until the first game

Practice seems to be going well.  It's hard to tell for sure.  I think I'm seeing significantly better passing.  I'm sure we have more diversified goal scoring.  However, it isn't the same as playing 6 v 6 against another team.  We just won't know until Saturday.

I did work on goal keeping a lot in the last practice.  I think we've got some good ones.  I'm still worried about them drifting off of their line even when they have a back pressuring the ball.  One of them has kind of the opposite problem and hesitates when it's time to come off her line.  Good goal keeping isn't really why most of the girls are playing soccer so we don't spend a lot of time on it, but it can make a big difference in the score.  

All in all, the girls pretty much just played on their and did a good job.  I made a couple of comments when I saw some good hustle (and a couple of comments when I saw some ball watching), but other than that, some of the girls really took a leadership role and kept their teammates moving.  This leadership is something that makes me very proud to see.

-Bill