OPL Action Week Two

In the second week of OPL action Sodium took on BSC Portland 95 Black on Saturday.
Play was controlled and calculated. Aliyah Chance's right to left cross was met by a charging Eli Beard who found the net to open the flood gates and make it 1-0 Sodium. Minutes later Ellie Williamson repeated with a right to left cross of her own to Emmy Owens who beat 3 defenders to make it 2-0 advantage. Right before half Julie Hairston's rocket deflected off the BSC keeper to an alert Mac Kearney who finished it in a flurry to bring the first half tally to 3-0. Just after the break Julie Hairston stormed the box and got mugged and awarded a PK. Julie lined it up, ripped it off the keepers chest and took the deflection to the house for a 4-0 lead. Were they finished? Yeah, right. Aliyah Chance too the rock just outside the 18y box and let fly a major league shot that punished the net for a 5-0 score. Just before the closing whistle Maddie Hairston popped a left to right cross to a storming McKayla Creamer to bring the final to 6-0. The ladies are starting to gel and most importantly, finish.

Sundays game found Sodium traveling to Eugen to take on EMFC Magic. These two teams and played each other since U11 and have developed quite a bond. They players and parents are a quality program.

The scoring began with Aliyah Chance lining up the corner kick. She lets it fly into the box where awaiting defenseman, Taylor Coon, found the back of the net to lead it off 1-0. Before half Aliyah Chance again found herself eyeing a corner kick. This time she found a crashing Emmy Owens for the header and a 2-0 advantage!
Nearing the end of regulation Sodium was awarded a free kick from near midfield. Aliyah Chance lined it up and drove a perfect pass to Taylor Coon who pushed a lead pass to Juli Hairston who's shot found the inside of the far to bring the final score to 3-0.
All the girls met at midfield to exchange hugs high fives.

From the sideline
It was nice to see Sodium scoring from set pieces in the second game, something we haven't seen in awhile.

Next up:
2/4/12 vs Pacific FC Avalanche at REC #2 at 11:00am.


GO SODIUM!!