One thing about our games this year, most of them have been interesting and close.

Last weekend in Cameron Park against the Prospector Strikers the Cyclone started unusually slow, being dominated for the first 6-8 minutes of the game before turning it around and beginning to control much of the game. While both teams had good shots go off the top bar, the goals that ended up counting were balls that squeezed through the goalies hands and across the goal line (apparently ;-)).

The Striker goal came early in the first half as a ball that bounced around the box too long was poked past Sarah and stopped on or just past the goal line – 1-0 Strikers.

The Cyclone picked up the energy the rest of the half, dominating possession and scoring the equalizer on a ball Kacee played though the goalie and finished by Brittney in a great “three steps” effort that found her knocked into the back of the net (along with the ball).

A few more missed opportunities by the Cyclone and good keeping by the Strikers kept the score 1-1 at the final whistle.

While clearly not the Cyclone’s best effort, the team did do many things well and bounced back from a 1-0 deficit and some adversity to end strong.