Championship at the 2012 "Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup"! Congratulations girls!!
Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup 2012
Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup April 13-15, 2012, Indianapolis, IN, is hosted by Pike Soccer Club / Indy Burn, will be a great pre-season or early season tournament. Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup offers Academy - Round Robin four 6v6 games for U8-U9-U10 teams, and three different skill levels of play for each age/sex U11-U19.
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The win was the result of great team chemistry (including the parents, let by All World manager Alice), patient and remarkably determined coaching to develop a ball control system, and, of course, some incredible individual efforts.
It was windy and overcast for Game 1 Saturday morning. When Grace's mom pulled out a rainproof plastic folder containing her itinerary, however, we knew we were ready. That the folder matched her rain boots pointed to soccer greatness!
The game began as many Force games now do -- with Rhea elegantly distributing the ball around the fild to establish control. The ball stayed in the opponents' end for the first ten minutes. Sophie snagged a clearing past at midfield and gave the ball to Kyra who -- at 70 pounds (literally) soaking wet -- absorbed some punishment to return the ball to its starting place: Rhea. The passer turned striker and delivered a terrific shot off the top of the outstretched hands of the goaltender. One other note: the weekend showed many glimpses of changes, growth, improvement. One distinct change was Kyra morphing from a speedy, always hustling threat around the net to a full fledged offensive weapon. Given that the girls were playing without MSH (foot injury) and Lauren the way different girls stepped up was critical.
A few minutes later ("Can we think about the golden five minutes girls??") Sawyer sent one across the 18 to a wide open Stasia who leaned right and delivered a great strike back across her body and high for a 2-0 lead. This was an omen of things to come as Sawyer -- normally cited for her striking -- has turned beautiful distributor and playmaker, too.
Cookie has worked on corner kicks recently and boy did that work pay off. Emmi, setting up much more closely than interior defenders had been, was in the right spot and delivered a perfectly placed ball into the left side of the goal. 3-0.
Kate didn't have much to do in game 1 (good thing -- she was to need her energy!), but when the other team got a run she made great decisions. And speaking of improvements post evaluations -- the Force's brilliant, tough ball stopper now punts and goalkicks to midfield and beyond. Look out. Similarly, the Force didn't need much defense -- as they had the ball for 50 minutes -- but when they did Jill popped up.
Super sub Sydney from the White team joined the girls and, again, off a corner, gracefully placed one up top to go to 4-0.
Just before half Sawyer took a great first touch and sent one to Jazzy -- at home in front of the net -- who spun and delivered a left footed ball to go 5-0. (Or was it Jazzy to Sawyer? Sorry girls -- my notes were wet!!! No plastic folder here!!)
With the comfortable lead the Force went full on Barcelona in the second half. Back pass to back pass, side pass to side pass, as the girls ignored the huffing and puffing of parents (including your's truly) to responsibly following Cookie's method. As a result, much of this half looked like a keep away game for the Force or a passing warm up.
Hard to keep Jazzy off the net though. Annabelle's TV worthy corner (another corner!! score) landed near Jazzy who pivoted hard for what (I think) was goal number 6 and her 2nd.
The last goal went, appropriately, to the weekend's offensive star: Sawyer.
Zoe, from her midfield spot, stopped a ball, cut right, looked up, saw a streaking Sawyer on her left, looked back down to cut past a defender, and, without needing to look up again, delivered a perfectly paced ball to where she knew Sawyer would end up -- for a break away. 7-0. Vintage Zoe. Having watched her since she was 5 she has the highest Sports IQ of any kid I have ever seen. In that she is like a Division Quarterback in the SE conference. She has now learned the midfield position quite well and makes what are 15 to 16 decisions per minute from that spot. 13 or 14 of those are right on.
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