Game Day: Saturday, October 21, 2017

Game day notes

  • Venue:  We play at Metro North Park on the small turf field (our usual practice field) for the October 21st games.
  • Guest coach:  Hailey will be a back in the USA, but out of state. Our good friend Ally will fill in to help coach.
  • Uniforms:  Players should wear their gold uniforms. We’ll use practice vests to distinguish teams in the intra-Academy game. This allows us to easily move players around if needed to keep competitive balance.
  • Weather:  The early forecast calls for a mild early fall day — not cold enough for warm-ups, but not hot either. Thanks Mother Nature!
  • Weekly quiz:  We post a quiz each week below the team assignments. Scroll past the roster table for quiz details.
  • Warm-up captains:  Girls whose names are in bold print with a (C) indicator are warm-up captains. They are responsible for gathering their teammates and helping the coach start pre-game warm-up. Link:  warm-up ideas

Saturday team assignments and schedules

Game Day: 2017-10-21

Location:Metro North small turfMetro North small turfMetro North small turfMetro North small turfMetro North small turf
Uniform:NTH uniforms (2016-2017): yellow / yellow / yellow comboNTH uniforms (2016-2017): yellow / yellow / yellow comboNTH uniforms (2016-2017): yellow / yellow / yellow comboNTH uniforms (2016-2017): yellow / yellow / yellow comboNTH uniforms (2016-2017): yellow / yellow / yellow combo
Warmup:8:30 AM10:00 AM11:30 AM1:00 PM2:30 PM
Kickoff:9:00 AM10:30 AM12:00 noon1:30 PM3:00 PM
vs:intra-AcademyNTH-TophatNTH-TophatNTH-TophatNTH-Tophat
Game format:4v44v44v44v44v4
Home team:NTH-Tophat North FranceNTH-Tophat North USANTH-Tophat North SwedenNTH-Tophat North GermanyNTH-Tophat North Brasil
Players:Cain
Clark, L
Diianni
Flammia
Kobierowski
McMasters (c)
Tate		Chopeitia
Cosby
Galbraith
Porter
Rieger
Stephenson (c)
Trebon		Hammond
Hilker
Pochmara (c)
Seaborn
Stalcup
Wilson
Wisehart		Chanon
Grant (c)
Hunter
Otto
Silver
Woody		Baker
Bernard
Gispert (c)
Havette
Krahnke
Yang
Away team:NTH-Tophat North CanadaNTH-Tophat DenmarkNTH-Tophat EnglandNTH-Tophat ItalyNTH-Tophat Norway
Players:Clark, E
Levin
Nieckarz
Slaton (c)
Solet
Weinstein		opponentopponentopponentopponent

Weekly quiz – group attacking

You can win a treat after our Wednesday or Thursday practice if you can answer the following questions about group attacking.

  1. What should our team shape look like? A square, a line, a star, a triangle, a diamond, a blob, or something else?
  2. When we have the ball, how many of our players should help the attack?
  3. When we are attacking, should our center back stay on her own side of the field, or move into the other half of the field to help the attack?
  4. If a teammate is attacking from the left side of the field, should you run toward her side of the field, or find open space on the right side of the field?
  5. On a dead ball kick restart, where should you pass the ball?