We have a rare Saturday / Sunday split game day. Six of our girls are scheduled to play Saturday (link: Saturday, April 17 game day info). The other 24 girls are set to play Sunday (game day info below). If you don’t see your daughter listed below, check the Saturday, April 17 game day page.
Game day notes:
- Game location: Sunday’s games are at United Quest Park, one of our home parks.
- Uniforms: Players should wear their yellow uniforms.
- All players have received pink practice vests. They should bring them to every practice and game day.
- Weekly game situation tutorial: Our weekly quizzes didn’t get any traction, so we’re trying a new idea: a weekly game situation tutorial. This week’s tutorial covers goalkeeper possession and explains when the ball is considered live.
- Warm-up captains: Girls whose names are in bold 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: 2021-04-18
| Location: | Quest Park #7 | Quest Park #7 | Quest Park #7 | Quest Park #7 |
| Uniform: |  | | | |
| Warm-up: | 11:30 AM | 12:45 PM | 2:00 PM | 3:15 PM |
| Kickoff: | 12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | 2:30 PM | 3:45 PM |
| vs: | NTH Milton | NTH Buckhead | NTH Buckhead | NTH Buckhead |
| Game format: | 5v5 | 5v5 | 5v5 | 5v5 |
| Players: | Antoci (C) Brewster Chisholm Jarrett Revell Williams | Calvo Edens (C) Kirchner Mannino McGinn Patel | Augustin Galbraith Hecht Maselle (C) Roller Wilkens | Almy Barbalho Jackson Masisak (C) Michalke Ragsdale |
Weekly game situation tutorial – goalkeeper possession:
Situation #1: The opponent takes a shot, and our goalie makes a save:
The other team is expected to retreat behind the build-out line (which we call the “get back line”.) The ball never went out of bounds, so it is considered live as soon as our goalkeeper either places the ball on the ground, or rolls, kicks or throws the ball toward a teammate.
Advice: The goalie should not set the ball down until she has already made a plan about what she’s going to do next. Otherwise she’s taking a big risk, because the opponent can rush in and try to steal the ball before the goalie kicks it.
Situation #2: The opponent takes a shot, but misses, and the ball rolls over the end line without our goal having touched it:
The other team is expected to retreat behind the build-out (“get back”) line. The ball went out of bounds, so it is considered to be a dead ball. The goalie is expected to set the ball down in the goal area before re-starting with a dead ball kick.
What’s the difference?
If the ball never went out of bounds, it’s live as soon as the goalie sets the ball down. If the ball went out of bounds, it’s not live until the goalie kicks it back into play.