I was unfortunate that Brian's poor clearance landed right on Billy Jackson, wide open.
I'd humbly have to disagree with the assessment that they "owned" the middle in the first. They certainly did in the last 10 of the second, when momentum swung their way after their goal, but prior to that they couldn't buy any time (I'm referring to the 2nd half only there). In the first, we felt we had them contained fairly well. Matt Hume did well to push through and take away what seemed to be a fifth midfielder, or shallow striker. One can't give BJ any space to work, and granted, every time I gave him a bit of space, he found an open man. But I was able to do the same when I got the ball too. Our strikers did well to run to the open spaces, making outlet passes easy for us.
The pace of this game was great. Very fast, back and forth. I’ll attest say that it was higher in the Cat game than in the premier match. The 3rd game of the season series will be a blast!
I'd humbly have to disagree with the assessment that they "owned" the middle in the first. They certainly did in the last 10 of the second, when momentum swung their way after their goal, but prior to that they couldn't buy any time (I'm referring to the 2nd half only there). In the first, we felt we had them contained fairly well. Matt Hume did well to push through and take away what seemed to be a fifth midfielder, or shallow striker. One can't give BJ any space to work, and granted, every time I gave him a bit of space, he found an open man. But I was able to do the same when I got the ball too. Our strikers did well to run to the open spaces, making outlet passes easy for us.
The pace of this game was great. Very fast, back and forth. I’ll attest say that it was higher in the Cat game than in the premier match. The 3rd game of the season series will be a blast!