Wilmette Wings Soccer Club

The u13 premier boys played a close game against the Chicago Fire Juniors on Saturday morning. The Fire Juniors started the better of the two teams going close on a number of occasions with their attacking corners troubling the Wings defense. We made a few silly errors like trying to clear the ball with the top of our foot rather than use the inside of the foot (greater surface area and safer especially in wet conditions) that lead to some of the corners that we conceded. We weren't hugely desperate to get to the corner first which resulted in Fire Juniors having a number of free headers. Luckily we were only 1-0 down at half time. The second half was much stronger from the Wings which saw Matthew S dominating the midfield as he spread the ball wide from the centre of the park which allowed us to attack from wide with better effect. The Wings worked hard and scored twice from two set plays - a corner and a free kick to take the game 2-1. Michael defended well throughout the game and kept the Fire at bay with some good, strong tackles and interceptions. It was an exciting and close game. It was fantastic to see all 15 players at the game - a real squad victory. 

Ryan