STORM GAME LAST NIGHT - A Tie it is!

Last night we played against the STORM and some of our old teammates.  Games like these are usually pretty interesting but this game was just a normal game.  The girls were fired up to play as usual but as a team we probably played at about 70% of our best.

We had many girls that were tired from All Day Ski Trips and of course Jayden and Kaela were out due to concussions.   These facts affected our game and our forward lines were not the norm for sure.

Still even though we didn't show the best the game was tied 3-3.  The Storm tried really hard to win the game but in the end a TIE is a good turnout for everyone.   Next time should be different once we are back to full strength and our normal powerhouse play.

Good job to the girls for the tie.  Next week its Spruce Grove again!

2013 EMSA / MWSA Outstanding Volunteer Award

I'm very pleased to announce that I have been awarded the EMSA / MWSA Outstanding Volunteer Award this year.

The honour was awarded to me last night for the many areas of organization and media management improvement I've done with the MWSA and Selects FC over the past 2.5 years.

It also recognizes my role as the creator of the U8 MWSA Junior League Academy Soccer program. This academy program was a the first of its kind at the U8 age group in Edmonton. Each season helps to prepare youngsters for the start of competitive U10 soccer.

Thank you to everyone for awarding me this honour and for the continued support that the organization, parents and of course my team show me season after season. 

Sincerely,

Coach Preston

Selects FC VS Selects FC - and the Selects Win!!

Tonight was our first game with the 1998 Selects FC team and what a game it was.  It was truly a sight to behold as both teams played an AMAZING game.  

This game was truly one of the harder games we have played since Provincials in August.  It was a hard hitting and fast paced game that all of us coaches, parents and players can very very proud of.

Over the past few weeks the girls game has been changing and improving where our team is truly becoming a play making style of team. This showed up in a big way tonight with some truly great soccer.

The working together certainly shows in our game statistics. We keep stats of each game and I want to share some of the progress we are having. For example, in the last three games our Shots / Shots on Goal average was 30-33 shots per game.   The Shots tonight were a staggering 53 against one of the top level teams in our pool!!   This is important because these shots were gained through moving the ball properly as a team and not just dump in the corners and chase it in. As we continue to work on our shot finishing we will only see this number stay high and goals per shots continue to increase throughout the season.

On the other side of the coin the other team only managed 21 shots against us.  Considering that this team has some of the best strikers in our league and older aggressive players this continues to show how far our defense and goal-tending has changed and grown.

Even though we lost the game 5-4 it was truly anyone's game.  Even the other team and many of the Selects FC coaches in the stands watching us agreed.   Many people commented on how it was one of the more entertaining and nail biting games they have seen in a long time.  We are so very proud of the girls and excited to where this team is headed.  In our books the score was irrelevant as our game play was the true winner tonight.

Great work girls!

Team Scary Movie Night

Last night was a our first seasonal team Scary Movie Night and it was a blast.  Nineteen of the girls showed up for some scary thrills, great snacks and good company.   This team understands the concept of soccer sisters; they word hard, support each other and love spending time together.


The girls got spooked out by Poltergeist and then had some great laughs from Evil Dead 2 and Vampires Suck.

Marianne will remember the night for a long time when she got scared out of her wits from a Barbie Hair Styling Head...... who knew that Barbie was so scary!!  LOL!   :)

Raiders Attack Held Back

Tonight we played our second game of the season against the Raiders.  The first time we saw them it was an aggressive game which we won 3-0.  Our game play last time was good last time but tonight the girls play making was truly exceptional.

We controlled the game hands down right from the whistle.  Defending was spot on, our forwards attack was killer with some SWEET goals including Kya's first goal on the team (and an awesome assist from Dori!).  Brit, Kaela and Jessica rounded out our goal scoring including a WICKED goal 15 seconds into the second half!  WOW!

Brynn's goal-tending was the best we have ever seen, she was truly a Net Ninja tonight and the star of the game.

The team almost got another shutout but the Raiders scored with 5 seconds left.   Our game is changing so much its exciting to see the progression.  Way to go girls on another excellent 5-1 win!

Another Awesome Win!

What a season it's shaping up to be so far.  Tonight we played the Xtreme team at the East Center.  It was a GREAT match and our girls really brought an ACES game tonight winning handily 5-1.  We stood our ground, made some awesome plays and scored some VERY sweet goals.

So far that makes our record 6-0 including the pre-season tournament.   Our team is getting better and better each and every week.  We are only a couple months into our first year in the U16 age group and we are rocking out the excellent games!

Good work to the girls and many thanks to the parents tonight for the super support!

Way to go team!

Team Laser Tag Night

Tag you're Zapped!   This was the theme the boys felt when the girls team completely owned the 99 Selects FC Boys team in laser tag.   Boys team 5000 points......  Girls Team a WHOPPING 8000+ points!   Way to go girls!  (Ok that's all the rubbing in we will do in this post....  LOL)

This years Halloween party was at Laser Quest with the Selects FC 99 Boys team.  Both teams had a great time playing a couple fun games of laser tag.  Lots of laughs and lots of glowing hair spray in our teams hair!

After Laser Tag we went to a Haunted House in South Edmonton run by one of the boys parents place.  The girls got the proverbial "poop" scared out of them and everyone had a great time.

Thanks to Jim and his team for joining us on this very awesome night!

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