2009 Dixie S.C Christmas Tournament Briefing

Hey, what an experience very exciting Dixie S.C. tournament. Playing 11v11 on a Fifa regulation size field for 35 minutes games presented its challenges.

Our first game `@ 8:00 Vs Oak Ridge Nights went well we had most of the scoring opportunities but failed to put the ball in the back of the net ending with a 0-0 tie.

The second game Vs Waterloo’s “A” team with an 11th place Tarra Ranking was our only let down game of the day. The 2-0 loss did not justify the one sided thrashing (technical display) we witnessed and happened to be a part of.

Our third game was Vs Vaughan we showed up, provided much better energy and through out the game we started to get stronger dominating the game with a final 3-0 victory allowing us to move into the semi-finals.

One game away from the finals was a rematch against Waterloo “A” team. The biggest challenge for us when we played them the first time was our mental approach to the game -nothing to do with our on the field performance even through they have the best technical discipline of all the teams in the tournament “They are my pick to win it all”.

The mood in the changing room before the game was O’NO…flat and fearful. Before we had even played the game the girls had already lost mentally. A 10 minute emotional speech from me explaining to them - if they go on the field with all their stories that the other team is fast, stronger and technically better then that is what will show up on the field and proving you right leading to an embarrassing loss. Or we could go out on the field with no stories and battle for 50/50 balls. Well we ended up losing 1-0 and in my estimation this was the best game we played all day – we left it all on the field to a more experience team - Nice tournament showing 97 Rising Eagles.

Dixie S.C. 2009 indoor Tournament Pics.

In your view what was the highlight of your experience at the Dixie S.C. Christmas Tournament?