This may have been one of the weirdest games that Samantha has
played in during her entire soccer career. It started out with the
opposing team being shorthanded, so the game got underway with 9
girls on the field for each team. Though this threw off their usual
spacing, the Liverpool girls weren't bothered by shortage of
teammates and grabbed the early lead. The Magic team evened things
up a short while later after a high kick found it's way over the LFC
keepers head. Partway through the first half another Magic player
arrived, and the teams went from 9v9 to 10v10. The Liverpool girls
found their groove with the extra player on the field, and they
scored the next two goals to take a 3-1 lead into halftime. The
second half was all Liverpool, despite the girls only scoring once
in the half. Darkness began to set in, and that slowed things down a
bit. The girls hung on to their 4-1 lead to the final whistle.
Samantha was super aggressive today, driving to the net with the
ball on multiple occasions, taking some good shots on goal (despite
not scoring), and earning two assists on her teammates goals. This
is the way I wish she would play more often... |