SAN RAMON -- This Monday evening at 7:00pm, the San Ramon Huskies took on the Dublin Dynamite under the lights of Central Park. This was the first game back for the Huskies after there devastating loss to the Pride a little over a week ago. This game started similarly, in that the Huskies came out very active and scored early and often. The first goal of the game came from a nice cross by right forward Jeanette Sarkany and a nice left footed finish by right midfield Gabby Silva. This was Gabby’s first goal of the season and one she wanted badly as she’s been close a number of times before.

The second goal was an easy one for Amanda Fornataro, who was in perfect position for a center midfielder after right forward Drew Dudley took a shot on goal that was blocked, but not controlled by, the Dublin goalie. Amanda was right there in front of the goal when the goalie knocked it down and easily knocked it in to make the score 2-0.

The third goal was probably the biggest one, simply because it was scored by Erin Glaser, who has not scored a goal since she was 9 years old. Erin’s twin sister Emily brought the ball down and centered it beautifully. Amanda was not able to get it in, but she managed to get the ball back and made a great leading pass to Erin Glaser who shot it past the goalie.

The fourth and final goal of the first half was a pretty one. It all started with a nice strong throw in from Gabby Silva to Jeanette Sarkany, who brought the ball up the right wing. Jeanette saw an open Drew Dudley, who made a nice trap and quickly passed it over to an open Korah Rose, who made a nice trap and quickly passed it on to Emily Glaser, who finished with a quick one touch scoring shot past the goalie. That was definitely one of my favorite goals of the year because of the nice passes and traps. The Huskies looked like a real team right there and it made me proud to be their coach.

The second was rather slow as players got a chance to try out new positions. One of those new positions was Madeleine Clements playing her first game as goalie. Madeleine did have to make a good stop, but for the most part it was a rather stress free half for her and the defense. The lone goal of the second half came from a nice feed from Caitlin Weber up to Drew Dudley who finished it off with a tough shot from the side of the goal over the goalie’s head. Drew had a very tough angle to deal with and from where I was, I didn’t think she could have scored from where she was.

This was yet another dominating performance by the Huskies. Let’s see if we can keep it going again against the second Dublin team in our league this Saturday.


End of Game Awards
victory patch: the Huskies
assist patch: Jeanette Sarkany, Drew Dudley, Amanda Fornataro, Korah Rose, Caitlin Weber
goal patch: Gabby Silva, Amanda Fornataro, Erin Glaser, Emily Glaser, Drew Dudley
defender of the game patch: Erin Cantoni & Madeleine Clements
lightning hustle patch: Gabby Silva
star of the game patch: Amanda Fornataro

Game Stats:

Goals:
Gabby Silva 1
Amanda Fornataro 1
Erin Glaser 1
Emily Glaser 1
Drew Dudley 1

Assists:
Jeanette Sarkany 1
Drew Dudley 1
Amanda Fornataro 1
Korah Rose 1
Caitlin Weber 1

Season Stats:

Goals:
Amanda Fornataro 6
Erin Cantoni 5
Emily Glaser 5
Jeanette Sarkany 5
Drew Dudley 2
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Erin Glaser 1
Korah Rose 1
Gabby Silva 1
Colleen Tolan 1

Huskies 28
Opponents 17

Assists:
Emily Glaser 9
Drew Dudley 2
Jeanette Sarkany 2
Navi Bal 1
Erin Cantoni 1
Elizabeth Castaneda 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Gabby Silva 1
Amanda Fornataro 1
Korah Rose 1
Caitlin Weber 1

SAN RAMON -- Even five days afterwards, it’s hard to write about this game. The first half saw the Huskies jump out to a 3-0 lead and totally dominate the game and outshot the Pride probably 8-1, and that was despite one of the Pride’s parents calling offside on the Huskies at least 5 times. Two of the best goals of the season came in that first half, first Amanda had a nifty left footed shot that she placed right over the head of the Pride goalie and then a beautiful give and go between Erin Cantoni and Emily Glaser resulted in a great one-touch goal by Erin.

That was pretty much the end of the highlights. For some reason, the second half was a complete opposite of the first half. The Pride came out and out hustled, out shot, out everything the Huskies. With only 30 seconds left in the game, the Pride got a breakaway (see The Final Straw in the videos section) and made the winning goal to beat the Huskies 3-4. If the Huskies could have held on for the tie then they would almost be guaranteed a spot in post season play. As it stands now, the Huskies are going to need some help from one of the other San Ramon teams to knock off the Pride in the last two weeks of the season.

Considering the way the Huskies laid down and almost gave up at the end of this game, there’s no guarantee that we’ll be able to win all three of the last games anyway to give us the chance to still be in contention. Hopefully this game has left our system and we can get back to our winning Huskies ways.


End of Game Awards
victory patch:
assist patch: Emily Glaser (3)
goal patch: Jeanette Sarkany, Amanda Fornataro, Erin Cantoni
defender of the game patch:
lightning hustle patch:
star of the game patch:

Game Stats:

Goals:
Jeanette Sarkany 1
Amanda Fornataro 1
Erin Cantoni 1

Assists:
Emily Glaser 3

Season Stats:

Goals:
Erin Cantoni 5
Amanda Fornataro 5
Jeanette Sarkany 5
Emily Glaser 4
Drew Dudley 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Korah Rose 1
Colleen Tolan 1

Huskies 23
Opponents 17

Assists:
Emily Glaser 9
Navi Bal 1
Erin Cantoni 1
Elizabeth Castaneda 1
Drew Dudley 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Jeanette Sarkany 1
Gabby Silva 1

SAN RAMON -- In a match up of two ailing teams, the undefeated in regular season Velocity met the undefeated in regular season Huskies. Within the first minute, the Huskies brought the ball into scoring position and Colleen Tolan’s shot was stopped by the Velocity goalie. The Huskies kept the pressure on and Jeanette Sarkany started the scoring for the Huskies after stealing a goal kick and weaving through some Velocity defenders before nailing a shot in the left hand side of the net.

According to the Velocity head coach, Emily Glaser took seven shots on goal in the first half. The sixth shot was the only one that found the back of the net, though, giving the Huskies a 2-0 lead. The Huskies outshot the Velocity by at least 10 shots in the first half. One of the more memorable ones was a nice left-footed one by Korah Rose (after a nice pass from Jeanette) which was stopped by a nice effort by the Velocity goalie.

The second half started a little sloppy and the Huskies defense had a total breakdown which allowed the Velocity to take an uncontested shot which made the score 2-1 even though the Huskies had been dominating the entire game. In order to shore up the defense, Erin Cantoni was called on to become the center fullback and she definitely did her job. From that point on the Velocity got no more clear looks at the goal.

The second half was definitely dominated by the Huskies and the most dominating Husky was absolutely Amanda Fornataro. Amanda played center midfielder most of the second half and she seemingly was everywhere on the field. In an impressive display of stamina, Amanda time and time again was the first on the ball when there was a loose ball up for grabs. Even if she hadn’t scored, Amanda was going to be the star of the game. But Amanda did end up scoring twice, both fantastic shots from outside the 18, which helped provide the much needed insurance goals. With Amanda’s two goals, the Huskies finished off the Velocity by a score of 4-1.

Yet another dominating performance over a San Ramon team, Huskies. Good job. Next week’s game against the Pride will be the big one. If the Huskies can win that one, they are almost guaranteed a post season spot.

End of Game Awards
victory patch: the Huskies
assist patch:
goal patch: Jeanette Sarkany, Emily Glaser, Amanda Fornataro(2)
defender of the game patch: Erin Cantoni
lightning hustle patch: Colleen Tolan, Erin Glaser
star of the game patch: Amanda Fornataro

Game Stats:

Goals:
Jeanette Sarkany 1
Emily Glaser 1
Amanda Fornataro 2

Assists:

Season Stats:

Goals:
Erin Cantoni 4
Amanda Fornataro 4
Emily Glaser 4
Jeanette Sarkany 4
Drew Dudley 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Korah Rose 1
Colleen Tolan 1

Huskies 20
Opponents 13

Assists:
Emily Glaser 6
Navi Bal 1
Erin Cantoni 1
Elizabeth Castaneda 1
Drew Dudley 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Jeanette Sarkany 1
Gabby Silva 1

DANVILLE -- The third and final game of the Saddleback Tournament for the Huskies pitted the Huskies against the Mustang Earthquakes. The Huskies was the 4th ranked team in their pool and the Earthquakes was the 2nd ranked team in their pool. After only one minute in the game, it was obvious that these rankings weren’t going to mean anything. Emily continued where she left off against the Butterfly Kisses and outran the Earthquakes overmatched right fullback and blasted in a beautiful shot. Unfortunately, it happened so early in the game, the videographer hadn’t set up the camera yet, so Emily had yet another of her goals go unrecorded.

To the Earthquakes’ credit, they moved the slow right fullback out of that position because it was quickly obvious that Emily would have her way with that side of the defense if they didn’t make an adjustment. The Huskies kept up the pressure and played a nice half with only one substitute. Jeanette Sarkany added to the lead when she took the ball up the right sideline and fought through three defenders and passed over to the left side of the field, but then she went and hung out in front of the goal. The ball made it back to the front of the goal and Jeanette did a fantastic job of trapping the ball with her right leg and while the ball was up in the air, she used her left foot to knock it past the goalie. It was a pretty shot that you need to see on our website.

Unfortunately, in the last few seconds, the Earthquakes took advantage of Emily Glaser being thrown into left fullback, where she obviously is not very comfortable playing, and managed to get a shot past the first half goalie, Caitlin Weber, to make the game closer at 2-1.

Elizabeth Castaneda came in to play goalie for the second half and she made a few good stops to help the Huskies hold on for the win. With Caitlin Weber out due to a right quadriceps injury, the 11 girls on the Huskies had to play the entire second half without any rest. It was a hard fought game and it was very impressive that the Huskies were able to last through the half without allowing the Earthquakes to score.

Natali Feyzbakhsh had an outstanding game as the sweeper and played a huge role in keeping the Earthquakes from scoring, especially in the second half when everyone was starting to get fatigued.

Nice job girls, way to play hard all the way to the end. We’re all proud of you!

Game Stats:

Goals:
Emily Glaser 1
Jeanette Sarkany 1

Assists:
? 1
? 1


Season Stats:

Goals:
Erin Cantoni 4
Emily Glaser 3
Jeanette Sarkany 3
Amanda Fornataro 2
Drew Dudley 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Korah Rose 1
Colleen Tolan 1

Huskies 16
Opponents 12

Assists:
Emily Glaser 6
Navi Bal 1
Erin Cantoni 1
Elizabeth Castaneda 1
Drew Dudley 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Jeanette Sarkany 1
Gabby Silva 1

DANVILLE -- The Huskies came out and dominated the first part of this game against the Butterfly Kisses, but the Kisses got a single breakaway and got behind the defense and was able to start the scoring of this game to take the lead 1-0. The Huskies managed to tie up the game when Amanda Fornataro got her second goal of the season. The Huskies took the tie into halftime, feeling like they should be leading by more than a few goals.

The Huskies came out in the second half and it turned into the Emily Glaser show. I’m not sure how many times her teammates got her the ball, but Emily sprinted up that left sideline many many times this half and crossed the ball in front of the goal giving her teammates a bunch of chances to score. Both Colleen Tolan and Erin Cantoni did a nice job of finishing two of Emily’s crosses, giving the Huskies a 3-1 lead. The Butterfly Kisses did manage another goal and challenged in the final seconds, but Elizabeth Castaneda made the final save to help the Huskies hold on for the win.

One of the exciting parts of this game was that Colleen scored her first goal in about three years, so she was very excited, except her dad was not at the game to see it. We do have Colleen’s goal on the website, so make sure to check that out.

Game Stats:

Goals:
Amanda Fornataro 1
Colleen Tolan 1
Erin Cantoni 1

Assists:
Emily Glaser 2
? 1


Season Stats:

Goals:
Erin Cantoni 4
Amanda Fornataro 2
Emily Glaser 2
Jeanette Sarkany 2
Drew Dudley 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Korah Rose 1
Colleen Tolan 1

Huskies 14
Opponents 11

Assists:
Emily Glaser 6
Navi Bal 1
Erin Cantoni 1
Elizabeth Castaneda 1
Drew Dudley 1
Natali Feyzbakhsh 1
Jeanette Sarkany 1
Gabby Silva 1

DANVILLE -- The Huskies showed up for the first game of the 2009 Saddleback Tournament against the Mustang United, the champions of the Rec+ Kick-off tournament, and they were looking good for the first 10 minutes or so. After that, there were not a lot of highlights for the Huskies. The United got three goals in the first half and added one more in the second half for a 4-0 win. The United didn’t exactly dominate the game, but this was definitely not one of the Huskies better games. Since there was no scoring in this game, I’m going to spend more time talking about the two wins.