South Simcoe United, 1994 Girls: My Site News

South Simcoe United U16 Girls soccer team, sponsored in part by East Side Mario’s (Alliston), played Peterborough "A" this week.  Our opponents came on strong the entire game to defend their second place standing.  SSU played the game a player short.  We scored the first goal off a great pass from Courtney, to Chance, to Christina who kicked in the goal.   SSU dominated the game and were in control of the ball most of the game.  Autumn made some great saves however a goal was put into the net off a penalty kick.  The girls continued to play tirelessly and our defense Giuliana, Kayleigh, Leeanne, Sam and Sarah kept the ball away from our net right up until the final whistle.  SSU tied the game 1-1.  Great games girls!

In the game against Wexford there were some exciting breakaways and shots on net by Giuliana, Leanne, Chance, Christina and Paulina.  Our first goal was scored by Kayleigh, who usually plays defense, assisted by Giuliana.  Second goal was scored by Samantha assisted by Kayleigh.  A special mention to our defense of Chrissy, Meghan, Sarah and Jenny who cleared to ball out of our end many times and never gave up.  The girls played a forceful game but ended up losing 2-3.

The SSU U16 Girls soccer team, sponsored in part by Armitage Construction, played a very fast paced game against Woodbridge “A”.  There were numerous shots on net by Tara, Giuliana, and Paulina.  The girls played with no subs and at the half time there was no score.  Going into the second half Woodbridge scored off a penalty kick, and then scored a second goal with 5 minutes remaining in the game.  Autumn stopped a number of shots on net but SSU lost the game 2-0.

The South Simcoe United U16 girls soccer team, sponsored in part by the Miller Group, played Woodbridge “B” team recently.  Going into the first half of the game we had a 1-1 tie with our goal scored by Samantha with no assist.  Sam took control of the ball midfield and carried it past the opposing defense and scored.  Our defense consisting of Kayleigh, Meghan, Chrissy, Jenny, Sarah, and Rebecca made some fantastic plays keeping the ball out of our end most of the game.  There were a couple of shots on our net which were saved by our awesome goalie Autumn.  The game became very intense going into the second half with Woodbridge getting very aggressive and SSU dominating the game.  Our second goal was scored by Leeanne assisted by Tara.  Third goal scored by Paulina who headed the ball into the net off a corner kick by Giuliana.  SSU won the game 3-1.

South Simcoe United U16 Girls soccer team sponsored in part by Armitage Construction played West Rouge this week.  With but 1 substitute player on the bench the team played intensely.  We had some great shots on net by Christina, Courtney, Chance, and Tara.  Our defense team Kayleigh, Meghan, Rebecca, Sarah, and Paulina kept standing strong with no relief.  Until the last 30 second of the game West Rouge was in the lead 1 -0 … Giuliana got possession of the ball, passing it back and for to Leeanne who jumped over the goalie to score the tying goal.  Great goal tending by Autumn.  Way to hang in there girls!

South Simcoe United U16 Girls soccer team sponsored in part by East Side Mario’s (Alliston) played a tireless game on July 21st against Innisfil.  Our opponents came on strong the entire game.  Goals went back and forth with a final 3-3 tie.  Our first goal was scored by Leeanne assisted by Sam.  Our second goal was scored by Rebecca who shot it into the top corner of the net from a great cross pass from Chance.  The third goal into the last 5 minutes of the game was scored off a great corner kick from Giuliana, headed in by Sam. Great game girls!

This week the team travelled to Peterborough.  SSU dominated the field but was unable to get the ball into the net.  There were some exciting breakaways and shots on net by Giuliana, Leanne, Rebecca, and Paulina.  Thanks to great goal tending and a strong defense on both sides the game ended with a 0-0 tie.   We would like to welcome back Jenny to the team.  This was her first game back with the team and she played awesome!

The girls played their second game of the week against Wexford.  The Wexford team tried to get past our uncompromising defense consisting of Kayleigh, Meghan, Chrissy, Sam, Sarah and Chance but were unable and SSU won the game 1-0.  Goal scored by Giuliana assisted by Christina.

The SSU U16 Girls soccer team sponsored in part by Armitage Construction played against Woodbridge A.  It was very intense with Woodbridge in the lead after the first half.   The girls played with no subs in the intense heat, but the team pulled together and dominated the second half of the game. With a great effort from Courtney, Christina, and Chrissy the ball was kept in the opponents end for most of the game and we scored tying the game 1-1.   Goal scored by Rebecca off a great pass from Chance.  Our goalie Autumn stopped some amazing shots on net keeping the game at a tie with the help of her tireless defense Kayleigh, Meghan, Sam, and Sarah.

What a game the girls had last night!  With no subs the team once again stepped it up and played an awesome game.  Our first goal was scored by Paulina H. off a ‘header’ from Giuliana P.  Our defense consisting of Kayleigh G., Meghan S., Chrissy A., Sarah C., and Rebecca M. made some fantastic plays keeping the ball out of our end most of the game.  There were a couple of shots on our net in the first half, which were saved by our awesome goalie Autumn W.  Going into the second half the score was 1-0 to SSU.  Woodbridge managed to get past our defence and score their first goal.  It was obvious from the number of free kicks that the Woodbridge team was getting frustrated with our team’s grit and ball passing.  Special mention to Leanne H., Giuliana P., Tara W., and Christina Z. for some great ball handling and shots on net.  SSU came back and scored thanks to Paulina H. off a great pass by Sarah C.  Again in the second half SSU dominated the game.  With no substitutions, and intense efforts from the SSU girls, fatigue was starting to take its toll going into the final 10 minutes of the game and the Woodbridge team managed once again to get past our defence and score with an unfortunate bad bounce past our goalie Christina Z.  The game ended in a 2-2 tie.

South Simcoe United (SSU) Under 16 Girls rep team overcame staggering odds during their 2nd CGSL league game of the year, against West Rouge (WR) at McLevin Community Park on June 9th.  SSU and WR have played several times during an indoor winter league and preseason exhibition games, with WR always being victorious.  However, it was quite a different story during their first game of the outdoor season... With only 10 players present, the SSU girls not only held their own against WR, who had a full complement of 18 players, but they beat them 1 -0.  The SSU girls put on an incredible exhibition of teamwork, dedication, desire and effort that left the spectators in awe and the WR team in shock.  The winning goal was scored by Leeann following a high speed break away up the wing, dribbling past a defender, then the goalie, to finish with a well placed ball in the net.  It is rare when you get to see all the players on a squad firing on all cylinders and being on their best game, but this was one of those moments.  Every single SSU player brought huge amounts of positivity and played their hearts out.  They should all be considered MVP’s!

South Simcoe United U16 girls soccer team sponsored in part by East Side Mario’s played in the Barrie Spiritfest Tournament this past weekend with the goal to retain their Championship standing from the prior year.  The girls started the day by playing North York Hearts Azzuri.  The girls held their own going into the final 10 minutes of the game but ended up losing 1-3.  Sam scored the only goal for the team on a breakaway.  2nd game against North Bay showed great team effort and we won 3-0 with goals scored by Sarah off a free kick; Chrissy assisted by Tara; & Paulina assisted by Sam.   Great goal tending by Autumn kept the clean score sheet!  3rd game against Aurora (in pouring rain) showed a strong team effort and great defence by Kayleigh, Chance, Meghan, and Sara.  The team won their game 1-0 with the goal scored by Paulina assisted by Sam.  In the semi-finals we played Barrie Spirit A.  The girls played strong with Barrie giving up many free kicks and we won the game 2-0.  Goals scored by Sam and Christina, assisted by Courtney and Rebecca respectively.  In the championship game we once again went up against North York Hearts Azzuri.   The girls played with ‘true grit’ determined to give the opposing team a run for the trophy.   It was a very intense game with the girls challenging every attempt to get into our end.  At half time there was no score.  We had a few injuries throughout the game and ended up playing short players going into the second half.  The girls on the field did their best to control the ball however we ended up losing 0-4.  Great effort team!

SSU U16 Girls stood strong in Virginia USA
The South Simcoe United U16 girls soccer team sponsored in part by East Side Mario’s recently attend The Virginia 35th Memorial Day Soccer tournament in Springfield Virginia (20 minutes outside of Washington DC) on May 29th-31st.  There were over 600 teams from across the United States and a few teams from Canada participating in the tournament.   After a long, but beautiful 12 hour plus drive, temperatures in the 90’s, the girls got off to a slow start for their first game losing against a team from Virginia 1-3. Our only goal was scored by Tara assisted by Christina.  Our second game was later in the evening, field was shaded and the girls came on strong with a 3-0 win. Goals scored by Leeanne assisted by Keirra, Paulina assisted by Courtney and Giuliana assisted by Sam.  The third game proved to be a bit of a challenge with each team trying aggressively to score.  We had numerous shots on net, however the balls went everywhere but into the net and we ended up tying the game 0-0 thanks some spectacular saves by our goalie Autumn.  Special mention to our strong defence team and our mid fielders Kayleigh, Chance, Chrissy, Sarah, Rebecca and Meghan.  Our 4th game was hard fought with the team from Maryland coming on strong and ended in a tie 1-1.  Goal scored by Paulina assisted by Chrissy. The ties did not enable us to advance to the finals however the girls had a great time and handed out Canada souvenirs to all the players on each team played.  The team represented Canada well!

The opening game of our CGSL league season was a late, home game under the lights, against Barrie.  The game was hard fought, and resulted in a 1 -3 win for the Barrie team.  Half way through this first game of the season, Taite received a season ending knee injury.  Taite had only just recently been given the all-clear to start playing soccer again after months of rehabilitation for an injury of her other knee!  Get well soon Taite, you will be missed.