A Cup - Round #1 Complete

The scores for the first round of cup play and the next round are posted ...
Round#1
Vancouver Kaos 4  vs.  2 UVI United Galaxy
Langley FC 1  vs.  0 CMF Breakers
North Shore Sounders 4  vs.  0 Abbotsford Mariners
GAC/SRY United Selects 3  vs.  0 Chilliwack Impact
SEMI Thunder 4   vs.  0 GEUSC Wildcats
Surdel Vipers 0  vs.  1 North Shore Caps
Victoria Capitals Bye
Richmond Red Hot Selects Bye

So ... a couple of small surprises:  UVI holds Kaos to a tie but looses in PK's and Surdel looses out to North Shore Caps (who have been improving in the latter part of the season)

Round#2
- home team listed first
Vancouver Kaos  vs. GAC/SRY United Selects
Victoria Capitals vs. Langley FC
Richmond Red Hot Selects vs. North Shore Caps
North Shore  vs. Semiahmoo

Caps Start Focussing

It has been a long haul girls ... our last game was Feb. 21st and our next game is April 11th .  So it is important that we start start top focus our attention and energies to our first round of Cup play.  In the next couple of week we will arrange some exhibitions and the coaches will focus our training to the task at hand.

What can you do to help focus???
- stay in shape by:  jogging; doing strength/stability exercises; doing soccer-specific fartlek-type exercises (look that one up)
- continue to work on your soccer foot skills by juggling, kickking around with a freind/family member
- practise PK's
- review team booklet / manual i.e. positional roles; set-plays; etc.
- talk to your school teachers / coaches about your schedule to possibly take some of the physical and mental pressure off of you  (remember ... school work first)
- Metro before school soccer !!!
- remove or put on hold some of the other distractions in your life
- review your Metro year and successes by looking through this website

What would you give up?

After coming second in their group play - with Mexico coming in first -  the Canadian U17 Coach asked his players "What would you give up to win the Women’s Under-17 Championships?".


See what the Canadian girls and champions gave up here ...  http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=4028


See the news story about the championship win here ... http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=4030

Some Good Soccer To Play & Watch

We have played a couple of good team in exhibition games recently played ladies to get some of the cobwebs off of our bodies and start trying to peak for our first cup game on April 11th.

We picked up games against a visiting girls U16 Lehtbridge FC team and played the powerful GU16 Metro team.  Both games saw our team very low in numbers with many girls away on holidays.   Given the many visiting players we used in the Lethbridge game it was not a surprise we did get our game flowing as we normally do - we had 6 players from 4 different teams help bolster our numbers. Against the strong GU16 team - whom we usually have very good games - we again had to call up a coupel of players to bolster our numbers and get us up to one spare player.  So, the result was not surprising given our time off and lack of key players.

So, like I said ... take these games for what they are; exhibition games, without our full team; playing for fun and getting back into game shape.  Use what you saw in the game to make us better players.

"Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war."  Donald Trump

Girls U15 Caps Rule!

On the field or selling 50/50 tickets at the Save On Foods Arena (SOFA), the Capitals GU15 team rocks!
The team provided a large number (13) of player volunteers in support of this LISA fundraiser.  Joined by the GU14, GU16 & GU17/18 Capitals the girls by far outnumbered the boys (let's just say the boys had to forfeit).

Aside from raising money for LISA's hardship fund, the girls had fun and went for a team pizza snack afterwards.  These are the activities and times that create a team spirit that moves us forward.

Great job ladies giving back to your community.  Thank you Robyn for organizing!

“Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.”  Phil Jackson

Looking Back at Our Goals

At the beginning of the season, the team set ourselves three goals ...

1) Come Top Three in League

2) Cut Our "Goals Against" Statistic This Season vs Last Season in Half

3) Represent BC at the Nationals in U16

Lets, look back and do some comparisons ...

Girls U15 - 2009/2010 League Standings (This Season)

Girls U14 - 2008/2009 League Standings (Last Season)

So, our goals for this season have been achieved!!  Our goal for next season is a "work in progress".
Great job ladies.  Let's prepare for Cup play and show everyuone that we are top for a reason.

“Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.”
Mia Hamm