Game day notes

• Game format:  We’ll play two 7v7 games against outside opponents, and one 5v5 intra-academy game. The 7v7 games will include goalkeepers.
  •  7v7 games:  We’ll be on a bigger field, slightly larger than the full Metro North TOPS field. Many girls will likely run themselves into exhaustion as they learn to adjust to the bigger space, so we’ll have more substitutes than usual.
  • About goalkeepers (goalies):  We’ll rotate everyone through the goalkeeper position this spring (link:  goalkeeper training). We want our goalkeepers to be soccer players, not statues. Goalies can use their hands in the penalty area. But we’ll ask them to step out of their penalty area when their team is on attack, and be willing to use their feet when they are outside their area, just like the other soccer players. (We don’t want a goalie standing back in her goal as if she’s in a cage.)
• Weekly quiz:  We post a quiz each week below the team assignments. Scroll past the roster table for quiz details.

Team assignments and schedules

• “DH” girls:  We are stretched numbers-wise this game day because of the 7v7 games, so we have scheduled several girls to play twice. (We call this double-header or “DH” play.) The double-header girls have an indicator next to their names:  a (1) for their first game, and a (2) for their second game.
  • If your daughter is scheduled for two games but isn’t available to play twice, please e-mail Ward right away.
• Warm-up captains:  Girls whose names are in italic print with a (C) indicator are warm-up captains. They are responsible for gathering their teammates and helping the coach start pre-game warm-up. Link:  warm-up ideas

Game Day: 2017-03-25

Team:	NASA Brian	NASA Dunn	NASA Johnston	NASA Sonnett
Location:	Noonday 7A	Quest Park 7A	Quest Park 7A	Noonday 7A
Uniform:
Warmup:	8:30 AM	11:30 AM	11:30 AM	2:30 PM
Kickoff:	9:00 AM	12:00 Noon	12:00 Noon	3:00 PM
vs:	Concorde Fire North	intra-Academy	intra-Academy	Atlanta Fire United
Game format:	7v7 (w/ goalkeepers)	5v5 (w/ goalkeepers)	5v5 (w/ goalkeepers)	7v7 (w/ goalkeepers)
Players:	Bryan (1) Carter (1) Galletly (C) Jourdain (1) Mulberry O'Connor Parker (1) Posener Rupp (1) Sullivan (1)	Bernard (1) Gispert (C) Hunter Rupp (2) Stalcup	Cosby Grant (1) Pochmara Rieger Roessler (C)	Alexander Barton (C) Bernard (2) Bryan (2) Carter (2) Childers Grant (2) Jourdain (2) Parker (2) Sullivan (2)

Weekly quiz – V-pull moves

Girls can win a treat after our Wednesday or Thursday practice if they can answer this question —  What are the three parts to each V-pull move? — and also demonstrate two different V-pull moves.