Jayden and (most of) her Florida Hawks teammates made the drive
to Jacksonville this morning to take on the Florida Elite Soccer
Academy at the Losco Regional Park. Jayden found herself in the
starting lineup for this afternoons game, which was a surprise to
her, despite the team being shorthanded today. Regardless, she
handled herself well on the field. In fact, the Florida Elite squad
didn't manage a single shot on goal during the opening half. In
fact, there was only two shots on goal during the entire half, and
it was the Florida Hawks who converted on the second of those shots,
coming after a corner kick that was deflected into the Florida Elite
goal from in close. The two teams would head to halftime with the
Hawks up 1-0.
The Florida Elite team managed the first shot on goal in the
second half, but it was almost all Hawks after that. They would
score on their first shot of the half, on a long shot that went from
the right side of the field to the left side of the goal, going in
off of the diving goalkeepers hands, making it a 2-0 game. They
would score on their next shot on goal as well, this one was headed
in after a corner kick that made the score 3-0. It would take a
while before the next goal, but it was once again the Hawks getting
on the scoreboard, as the Florida Elite goalkeeper kicked the ball
out from her end, but instead of the play she wanted the ball
deflected off of one of her defensemen right to a Hawks player who
managed to kick the ball in for the fourth goal of the game. That
would be it for scoring this game, as the 4-0 victory would move the
Hawks to 1-1 in the Florida Cup Tournament. |