League Play 8-1-0
SYC Galaxy 3 - CSC Celtic 0
Recap: Very hot day. Becca started
the scoring with a driven shot from a waist-high pass. Marika added a third goal using superb dribbling skills to beat two
defenders and the goalie.
SYC Galaxy 4 - TSC Lady Thunder
0, SYC Galaxy 0 - TSC Lady Thunder 1
Recap: Galaxy played TSC twice this
weekend. In the first game, three midfielders were missing, because of injury and because the rain make-up date for Northern
Virginia High School District finals conflicted. Despite the absence of players, Galaxy had the better position and superior
shots, but gave up the only goal of the game on a corner kick. On Sunday, the team rebounded with a dominating 4-0 win. The
team developed a nice passing tempo and varied the attack, sometimes with three quick passes to get a shot, but often using
the fullbacks to push into the midfield to create numbers advantages, and then stringing together seven to ten passes to get
the open shot with mostly one and two-touch passing. The first goal by Jenny, with the assist by Marika, touched nearly every
Galaxy player. Morgan had the second goal and Becca and Marika each added a goal. Players of the Match were Marika on Saturday
and Julia on Sunday.
SYC Galaxy 4 - POT Havoc 1
Recap: Morgan passed to Eleni who
fired a long drive for the first goal. Gretchen to Morgan to Marika for the second goal. Havoc scored the next goal off nice
hustle by their midfielder. Morgan to Gretchen to Marika led to the third goal and Julia finished the scoring with a pass
sequence of Gretchen to Morgan to Marika to Julia. Angie returned to the line-up and just missed two scores by inches; her
first shot was deflected into the bar off a nice save by the Havoc goalie, who then narrowly beat Jenny to the rebound. The
Havoc goalie came up big with one v one saves against both Jenny and Becca, including a dive and pary of a sure goal by Becca
pushed inches beyond the bar after Becca had dribbled through two defenders to get the shot.
SYC Galaxy 5 - GHSC Lightning 2
Recap: Jenny scored the first goal,
assisted by Gretchen. Marika then scored her first of three from a perfectly placed through pass by Liz. Becca scored the
third goal with a driven ball as her feet were taken out. Julia added two assists. GHSC scored two second half goals. GHSC
created several opportunities with long, powerful throw-ins. Players of the Match: Marika Gray and Morgan Benz
SYC Galaxy 1 - PSC Elite 0
Recap: Marika took the first shot,
a chip over the on-rushing goalie, twenty seconds into the game. The chip took a bad bounce and missed just wide. Sam scored
the only goal. #14 of Elite used her height and flick-ons to force the defense to play deep. The defense played very well,
still missing Angie and Amy. Player of the Match: Marika Gray
SYC Galaxy 4 - POT Havoc 1
Recap: Liz created the first score
with her speed. She stole the opponent's pass, slid the ball to Sam who combined with Morgan to get through the opponent's
midfield. A pass to Becca was knocked to Gretchen who shot on Goal. Marika drove the deflection into the net. Becca created
two scores by beating defenders off the dribble and passing to Sam and later to Jenny. Jenny finished the scoring off a heel
pass from Sam. The Havoc scored with 90 seconds left on a nicely driven 35 yard direct kick. Player of the Match: Marika Gray
SYC Galaxy 5 - GHSC Lightning 1
Recap: GHSC scored within 3 min
on long 45 yard drive. Morgan tied the game with a powerful dribble and shot to far post upper corner. Julia received a long
diagonal from the right wing (Gretchen) and scored the go-ahead goal with a powerful drive from the left wing. Sam scored
the next two goals on powerful shots from outside the 18, taking passes from Marika and a nice one-touch pass from Becca.
Jenny scored the final goal after hustling to support a long dribble by Gretchen. Coles and Eleni both had saves while covering
the goal for Brittany. Player of the Match: Gretchen Wendlberger.
SYC Galaxy 3 - CSC Celtic 1
Recap: CSC played a very tough first
half. Marika opened the scoring with an unassisted goal after stealing a pass. CSC tied on a corner play. The CSC goalie dove
horizontal and caught a 60 mph drive by Becca to keep the score tied at half time. Sam scored the go-ahead goal on a powerful
drive from 25 yards out and Marika added her second goal to complete the scoring. Player of the Match: Marika Gray
Tournaments
Virginian - Semifinalists (Overtime)
The scores were 3-0, 3-0, 3-0, 1-2
(Overtime). SYC Galaxy 3 - Cortlandt Vipers 0. Recap: Opponents ran offside trap to perfection in the first half. Galaxy made
adjustments in the second half to score three goals. Jamie scored the second goal on a long drive over the keeper as she overlapped
to clear through the defensive back line. SYC Galaxy 3 - Shenentaha Mad Dogs 0. Recap: Good ball movement by both teams. Galaxy
used quick passing and movement off the ball to create a number of shot opportunities. SYC Galaxy 3 - Cleveland Cobras 0.
A quick throw-in by Marika and quick one-touch shot by Jamie broke open a physical, dead-locked game late in the first half.
Galaxy scored twice in the second half. SYC Galaxy 1 - Lewisboro Xtreme 2 (Overtime). Disappointing loss to Regionally ranked
Lewisboro Xtreme. The Galaxy enjoyed a 1-0 lead for most of the game using quick passing and a nice move/score by Jenny Taylor.
Late in the game, Lewisboro stole a pass back toward a central defender and scored on a quick break-away. Galaxy had two chances
to win in regulation but shots went wide on both attempts. In the second overtime, both teams had decent shots, but Lewisboro
converted on a nice, powerful driven header off a corner kick.
PWSI Icebreaker - Finalists (PKs)
The scores were 3-0, 3-0, 1-0, 2-2
(lost 5-4Pks). Recap: Great tournament with great weather until the final half of the final game. The team was upset by SWYA
by PK's in the championship game but played courageously with three starting defenders out with illness or injury and two
other key players out of the area because of Spring Break. Game breakdown: SYC Galaxy 3 - Parkville SC Elite 0. Recap: Elite
is a Regionally ranked team but seemed to have bad breaks throughout the tournament. Julia scored twice, Becca scored once.
Opposing coach had praises for the entire team and declined to pick a player of the match. SYC Galaxy 3 - Rochester Jr. Rhinos,
NY 0. Gretchen worked well with Jenny to score twice. Marika scored the final goal which was set up by fine dribbling by both
Julia and Marika. Marika took the final pass from Julia and then beat the goalie with a nice hesitation move. Player of the
Match: Marika Gray. SYC Galaxy 1 - Interbandits 0. Playing short-handed, the team played tough and smart. Marika scored with
a left foot, crisp far-post shot from eighteen yards out. Player of the Match: Morgan Benz. SYC Galaxy 2 - Freedom 2, (Pks
5-4). The story of the final game might have been missed opportunities as Galaxy allowed SWYA Freedom to stay in the game
and pull off the upset with a late tying goal. However, the real story was the flexibility of the players who shifted to various
positions to accommodate the three missing defenders, as well as a sprained ankle, blisters, and concussion. Nearly every
adjustment went smooth except for one first half combination that allowed Freedom to control field position and possession
for almost fifteen minutes. SWYA Freedom scored a late tying goal off of a Galaxy defensive miscue. Both teams hit their first
4 Pk's, but Galaxy hit the right bar on their 5th shot. Goals scored by Sam, Jenny, and Sam, Marika, Julia, Morgan. Player
of the Match: Sam Stocker.
