New Canaan Football Club U11 Girls Red Team Advance to Third Round of CT Cup

The New Canaan Football Club’s U11 Girls Red Team beat the Simsbury Galaxy on Sunday to advance to the third round of the 2015 Connecticut Cup Tournament. The first half began with New Canaan controlling the ball and dominating the field position with high energy play that seemed to take Simsbury by surprise. The Red Team kept the ball away from Simsbury with sharp, precise passes which allowed them to repeatedly attack in the Simsbury end. The offense had a number of shots on goal that couldn’t find the target until Ava Gizzie scored on a beautiful crossing pass from Ella Patterson to post the first goal of the game. The defensive effort of Nola Kammerer and Kate Caione frustrated Simsbury and disrupted the Galaxy from forming any organized attack. Caroline Underwood anchored the defense with her perfect goal tending in the first half, which ended with New Canaan on top 1-0.

The second half continued with the same intensity and ball control displayed earlier as New Canaan did not let up on their game plan to constantly pressure Simsbury. With the narrow margin of just a single goal lead, the Red Team added an insurance goal as Evelyn Slatoff fed a long up field pass to Ava Gizzie who scored for her second time of the day. Once again the defense allowed Simsbury hardly any opportunities to shoot on the net which was tended by Sage Hartslief. Harstlief and Underwood’s combined goal tending efforts shut out Simsbury for a 2-0 victory. New Canaan will now advance to the sweet sixteen round of the tournament in their quest for the state cup championship.

Pic: Addie Cannon