In this hard-fought victorious game against the gray team, the Panthers not only scored some pretty sweet goals but also showed off some mad soccer skills!
Justin showed that he knows how to put himself in the right position to get his second goal in two games thanks to some great pressure and passing from Matt, Dylan & Aaron .
JJ played very smart today as he knew exactly where to throw it in and had the funniest play of the day when Vaughn (on the grey team) was charging in with the ball. JJ calmly said, "Hi Vaughn!", then stole the ball from him and booted it up the field! Nice job JJ!
Matt had some nice stops and booted a few kicks down the field today to help his team. Check out this nice kick as JJ gets ready to play it. Matt - way to be - we hear you talking to your teammates and giving them a lot of confidence - well done!
Mark played some solid defense today by immediately turning up field with a solid shot. See the way Mark put himself between the ball and the grey guy... this is perfect form to keep the ball away from your opponents!
Looks like this little girl on the sidelines has seen Mark kick the ball before - check out how she's taking cover!
Dylan wasted no time running down the ball today. His speed reallty helped to stop the gray team, and give us momentum going the opther way!
TJ showed up just in time to join us for a tough fourth quarter. Nice kicks out there TJ - way to cut the ball off and boot it down the field!
Mitch, Derek & Mark got a front row seat for this kick from TJ!
Jace jumped in to get a sweet goal from the right side, then got a SportCenter highlight goal when he deeked out the goalie and made the defender miss big time to score his second!
Looks like Jace and Mark know exactly how to shut down the gray team.
Mitch got about 14 gazillion steals today by never quitting on the play! He stopped two odd man rushes, and booted it back to JJ and Sam to get it up field.
Aaron got in some nice kicks on goal and a sweet steal today, and managed to put in a solid goal thanks to his Panther buddies Lawrence, Dylan and Sam.
Daniel jumped in and got a few shots on goal today....ooooo, if this goalie dropped Jace's shot, you know that Daniel would've put that one in!
Ryan got two nice shots towrd the goal today, and had a great stop as the gray team brought in three guys.
And I wouldn't be a coach if I didn't take a few seconds to show you some skeeeelz that you're learning...check it out:
See how your teammates are spreading out? Look at this shot from Aaron - if this ball bounces off the goalie, it's easy to see how Lawrence, Dylan or Sam could get an easy goal!
And see how you can get opportunities even when the other team is throwing in the ball? Watch where your opponents are standing and where the boy throwing in the ball is looking... and you'll get some easy steals!
And check out JJ and Sam here - as Aaron takes it up the field, they know that they need to spread out to give the Panthers the best opportunity to score!
When one of your teammates is throwing in the ball (like JJ here), be sure to come really close to the ball. Then when the person throwing in the ball says go, run toward the goal and he can throw it right over your head to give you a great shot on goal!
Ok, last one - when a Panther shoots on the goalie, all forwards must run hard toward the net. Because if the goalie drops it, you'll get yourself a really easy goal!
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