Sodium Falls to Tough Eastside Squad

Sodium met with a tough little Eastside squad in the afternoon game Saturday. It was a hard-fought game with the majority of the action in the Sodium end. Hats off to Camille Fairbairn who had an outstanding game in goal. To only allow 2 goals was quite an accomplishment considering the amount of shots.
Sodium needs to fire up. We came out flat in the afternoon game and never regain composure as Eastside took it to us. We need to attack the ball instead of waiting to see what is going to happen. Eastside beat us to the ball every time and won most of the 50/50 balls.
After the game Tom spoke about work ethics, about leaving it on the field and crawling off after the game. We need to get that fire back, to play "Sodium Style" of hard hitting attacking soccer. Not the tentative, re-active game we saw this afternoon. We play the Crossfire Black team next. They are first place in the bracket by accident really. They are a "B" team to the Red squad we played Saturday afternoon. In a fluke they beat the Red squad in the morning. They tied the Eugene team we beat in their second game. This is a situation Sodium has faced many times in the past. Win and move on, lose and go home. This is a beatable team. If we can dominate them and rack up a few goals and hold them to none or one, we could take sole posession of first place or the 'Wild Card' slot.

Sodium doesn't play on its heals, it attacks teams. Sodium brings their "A" game every time they touch the field. Heart, passion, dedication and hard work is what has brought this team victory in the past and will continue to bring it success in the future. The current crew needs to regroup and focus on what it takes to be a team. Team Defense, team offense and a team attitude. Just because we had some players leave, doesn't mean the fire has left with them.

15 girls, 60 minutes, 100%. THAT, lady warriors, is what it is going to take.

Next up: Crossfire Premiere 95 Black @ 2pm.

GO SODIUM!