On a beautiful afternoon on the Wilma pitch; the Hawks had a tough time with a very strong Nickle team. Nickle scored early and ended up with 5 in the first half. The frustrated but competitive Hawks team stayed with it and continued playing hard. Struggling a bit in mid-field, the Hawks were still able to win through the middle third a few times. Then they faced a towering defense that simply made no errors.When the mids did break through the strong backs and were able to forward the ball to the strikers, the Nickle keeper was focused and strong denying all shots.
Nickle had a number of club players and a very strong center field presence. The star of the game was clearly a high level player who took full advantage of the Hawk's relative inexperience. A natural libero, she looked like a female version of Beckenbauer. All that being said, the second half showed a great display of grittiness and determination in the Hawk's play. I'm sure their coaches were proud of the hard work and never-give-up attitude on display. There were many small field victories to be proud of.On a side note, Nickle had large (and loud) support from parents and friends, at least 40 supporters accompanied their team on the road trip. If you can make it out to watch our girls play, I know it would mean a lot to them. Hopefully we'll see you on the sidelines at Willow Park School (near Southcenter Mall) next Wednesday October 3rd at 4:15.
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