Despite conditions, Sodium plays great!

In the early hours Saturday morning the lady warriors met OSA Inferno at Portland State. Despite the freezing temperature and turf field, Sodium put together an outstanding game in the 2-1 victory. Goals were scored by Emmy Owens and Dayna Carlson. Emmy's came right out of the box on a perfectly executed break a way. The second half started off with bang. A corner kick in the opening seconds by Bailey Hall was pumped into the net by Dayna. The game ball was given to Baily Hall for another solid, team leading performance. Overall a great game was delivered by all!
On Sunday Sodium delivered what could have been their best game of the season thus far. In the cold and pouring rain, the girls met an undefeated CPSC Royal team. The game was fast, extremely physical, and a battle from the opening whistle. Bodies, elbows and hips were flying all game resulting in several penalty kicks (could have easily been double that) and several girls having to leave the field. Sodium attacked the Royal goal all morning with shot after shot sailing over the post, wide or stopped by an extremely talented Royal goalie. Several opportunities were stopped in front of the Royal goal as black jersey's crashed the net. Sodium just couldn't find the back of net despite many opportunities. Bethany Hall was awarded the game ball and applause needs to given to coach Ronnie and all the girls for an exciting, hard fought game where every player gave 110% despite the 1-0 loss. Great job Sodium!
NOTE:
October 6th & 7th Sodium has a bye weekend.
Next Up: A 6 game home stand! Starting October 13th with OR Rush '95 Nike @ rec #5 and October 14th with FC Dynamo @ rec #1
GO SODIUM!

Weekend Split for Sodium

The girls came out fired up against their cross town rivals FC Platinum. You could see it in their eyes that they knew the importance of this game. FC was coming to OUR house this time and a tie just wouldn't do.
From the starting whistle Sodium started the attack. Their passing was crisp, they were aggressively winning the 50/50's and the play never seemed to get passed mid-field.
The rookies handled the scoring with Taylor Coon scoring on a break-a-way in the first half and Erika Cook scoring on a perfectly executed corner kick in the second half. Taylor Crowell was the recipient of the game ball Saturday. Way to go Sodium, great game!

Sunday's game against ESU Arsenal was a battle. As Ronnie has stated all season, since we are the defending State Champions, teams are 'gunning' for us and going to bring their "A" game every time. Case in point, Sunday. Arsenal, a 2 - 2 team, brought their "A" game against us. They played hard, won the 50/50's and consistently beat us to the ball. I won't use the terminology Ronnie used to describe the play but it wasn't pretty.

Notes
Check the standings, FC Platinum BEAT OR Rush 95!!!! The 'sneaker' team is CPSC 95 Royal. They have played consistently all season and now is on top. Next week will be extremely important for Sodium. We play OSA Inferno (who TIED Royal this week) and CPSC Royal. This weekend will be a pivotal point in the points standing. If we can win both games, we should be on top of the league. If we can have a great week of practice, stay focused and bring our "A" game, there is no doubt we can accomplish this.

Next up: OSA Inferno (0-3-2) at PSU - Saturday and CPSC Royal (3-0-2) at Fort Vancouver H.S. - Sunday.

GO SODIUM!

The Battle at Eagle Crest

Today Sodium fought one of the Gold Bracket's toughest teams, Oregon Rush '95 Nike. Despite some unsportsmanlike play and some field conditions that were less than favorable, Sodium never gave up. Within the first 5 minutes Rush posted it's one and only goal on a break-a-way (which all of us on the sidelines concluded was off-sides). They rest of the day the lady warriors sent shot after shot high, wide, over and off the cross bar. Never able to get to the back of the net despite out-shooting Rush by a dozen or more shots. Outstanding was the effort and everyone gave 110% for the entire game. Erika Cook earned the game ball for her hustle and physical play at forward but it could have went to anyone on the team. We are looking forward to the rematch on October 13th when Rush comes to our house and gets a taste of a little Sodium style futbol! They are a beatable team if we can get out of the blocks early and attack their goal.
Battered, exhausted and bruised the girls headed back to Portland after the game. I'm sure there was some serious snoozing going on in the back of the car on this drive!
We are proud of you girls for pushing yourselves, giving everything you had and never giving up. The sign of a true championship team.

Next Up: The REMATCH! FC Platinum @ REC 5
(at home, a grass field, it just doesn't get any better!)

GO SODIUM!