News for the Week of August 19, 2013

Program Notes for the Week of 8/19/2013:

Schedule for the Week of 8/19:
Monday 8/19 ~ Recovery Day

Tuesday 8/20 ~ Camp Carey @ Troy (7:30AM-9:00AM)

Tuesday 8/20 ~ Conditioning Session (Coach Lyons) @ Troy (3:30PM-5:00PM)   Bring running shoes as well as soccer boots/shin pads.

Wednesday 8/21 ~ Gauntlet & Training @ Troy (3:30PM-5:00PM)

Thursday 8/22 ~ FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Games vs Lake Catholic @ ALHS Stadium (5PM JV, 7PM Varsity)

Friday 8/23 ~ Recovery Day

Saturday 8/24 ~ No Practice

Sunday 8/25 ~ No Practice    


Game Recaps:
Another season is underway as we led off with the annual "Golden Shoe" game against Avon:

AL vs. Avon 8/17/13

AL 0  Avon 1

Goals:
AL - None

Avon - Regan Betts

Assists:
Avon - Emily Joyce

Goalies:
AL - Amy Crooks - 4 saves

Avon - Rachel Grudzien - 2 saves

Game Summary:
It was a day for Juniors in the season opening girls soccer game for both Avon and Avon Lake as a trio of Avon juniors led the Eagles to 1-0 victory over the Shoregals. Junior Regan Betts gathered a crossing pass near the far post from junior Emily Joyce to score the only goal of the game with 1:41 left in the first half.

The two teams played a scoreless second half although the Eagles had several solid scoring opportunities while the Shoregal offense struggled to find quality shots. In goal for Avon was junior Rachel Grudzien who made 2 saves and for Avon Lake senior Amy Crooks recorded 4 saves.

Avon Lake leads the all time series which started back in 2000 with a record of 7-4-4. However, in the last six meetings Avon sports a 3-0-3 record against the Shoregals.

In JV action, Avon Lake fell behind early 1-0 and then fought back to earn a 2-1 victory with the winning goal coming with under 4 minutes remaining.


Video of the Week:
We are going to continue with what looks to be an interesting collection of soccer videos presented on YouTube by The Soccer Essentials. I will put a new one up each week and their website may be found at:

www.the-soccer-essentials.com

This week's video is entitled "How to Beat Defenders in Soccer"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSES_bw_dQ&feature=player_detailpage


Cudos Corner:
We want to recognize and say thanks to the many individuals who have manned the concession stand during our scrimmages and one regular season game.  These people include Ann Siko, Maureen Hall, Christy Lemanowicz, Anita Braye, Eva Zunich, Sandy Herman, Jackie Butler, Chip & Merri Killius, Renee Allemeier, & Ann Stonecipher.