April/May News

May 13/14
Lakeland tournament results...
The Heat completed their spring 2006 tournament schedule by reaching the championship finals at Lakeland before losing in a double overtime thriller to state cup Lakeland Shockers, 0-1.  The Heat faced some new teams, all from Region C, and won three straight in group play prior to the finals.  Details are below.

GAME 1 - The team opened against the Brandon Flames and started strong with a 3-0 win.  Kait, Reagan and Annalisa (with her first goal!) provided the scoring punch, as the  girls dominated from start to finish. 

GAME 2 - The next game saw the Heat face a tough HCU Blue team.  The first half was scoreless, with the Heat generating many good chances, but they were unable to finish.  The lone score of the game came on half volley by Reagan off a corner kick just 3 minutes into the 2nd half.  HCU pressed hard in the last few minutes, but big Taylor was solid in goal, stopping all chances, and the Heat closed out a 1-0 win.

GAME 3 - Needing just a tie to adavnce to the finals, the girls came out strong and dominated New Tampa the entire way.  Kait scored on her 2nd header of the weekend at the end of the first half, and Meagan W. provided the clincher midway through the 2nd half as the Heat again cruised to a 2-0 win to advance to the championship finals.  Also notable was big Taylor recording her 5th straight shutout in goal for the Heat over two weekends of tournament play.

Championship Final - The girls faced off against the Lakeland Shockers, a top state cup team from Region C, in the finals.  The Heat knew this team well, having played them to a 0-0 tie in February at Disney.  This game would turn out just the same, with these two teams battling to a 0-0 draw through the 70 minutes of regulation, and another 5 minute overtime.  Finally, two minutes into the 2nd overtime, Lakeland netted what would be the game winner as one of their skilled forwards put away a short range shot.  The Heat battled hard for the remaining 3 minutes, but couldn't get it done, and Lakeland walked away the winner.  Overall, the Heat played very well, and again proved that we can compete with the best teams from across the state.

May 9
Schedules are posted for the Lakeland tournament this weekend.

May 6/7
Palm Bay tournament results...
The Heat competed this weekend in Melbourne in a tournament that attracted many of the best U13 teams in the state, as the tournment's schedule made it an ideal tune-up for round of 16 State Cup play.

GAME 1 - The team opened against Melbourne Beach Tsunami, one of the top teams in the state.  The girls held their own again this very speedy, highly skilled team.  After trailing 0-1 at the half, Tsunami finished two more goals in the 2nd half, and cruised to a 3-0 win.

GAME 2 - The team faced MEGU Fusion next, another strong State Cup team from Melbourne.  The girls again played well, but gave up a goal late in the 1st half on a nice MEGU cross and finish, and MEGU led at the half 1-0.  The Heat played very strong in the 2nd half and had two near misses that could have tied the game and changed the momentum.  But, MEGU held firm, and scored a 2nd goal late in the game to close out the victory 2-0, and relegate the Heat to the consolation bracket.

GAME 3 - Although disappointed thus far, the girls found plenty of the motivation in facing local rival CFU in the first consolation game.  The girls finally found the scoring touch midway through the first half with Gabriella finishing a nice cross by Katlyn.  CFU pressured the Heat the rest of the way in search of the equalizer.  But, it never came, and the girls squeaked out a 1-0 win to qualify for the consolation final against Rockledge, the lone U14 team competing in this difficult division.

GAME 4 - Already satisfied having defeated CFU for the 2nd time at tournament this spring, the girls found motivation again facing Rockledge, a team that had just beaten IUS, 4-2 (IUS is another local rival of the Heat).  The girls came out fired up to better IUS's result, and they struck first about midway through the 1st half as Megan W. had a spectacular finish off a nice thru-ball from Reagan.  The girls struck again about midway thru the second half as Reagan converted a direct free-kick over an outstretched  keeper.  Gabriella and Sarah combined to finished the scoring at about 3 minutes from the finish as Sarah took a breakaway  to goal and powered a shot that was partially saved by the keeper only to have Gabriella finish into the open goal and give the Heat the 3-0 win.  Also noteworthy was the outstanding goalkeeper work by (big) Taylor H. who had a number of outstanding saves to secure the shutout.

Apr 24
Entries and groupings (always subject to change) are now posted for the Palm Bay tournament, here.

Apr 22
The Heat lost a hard fought game to IUS U14, 2-1.  Katlyn opened the scoring midway through the 1st half with a well-struck, looping shot from 25 yards that caught the IUS keeper out of position.  The girls held the 1-0 lead until the half.  However, IUS came back to tie the score just a few seconds into the 2nd half on a Heat defensive breakdown.  IUS pressured the remainder of the game going with the wind, but the Heat hung tough with superb goalie play by Shelby.  The Heat, without two starters, and only two subs, wilted late in the game, and IUS finished the game-winning goal with just 4 minutes to play, driving a hard ball past a diving Shelby. 

Apr 8
The Heat chalked up another league win today with another dominating performance against Stetson.  Stetson opened the scoring about midway through the 1st half after a failed clearance led to an easy goal.  After that, is was all Heat.   Playing into a 15mph wind, the girls connected for two goals before the half.  Gaby finished the first, and Katlyn the second off a nice feed from Taylor to give the Heat a 2-1 halftime lead.  Going with the wind, the 2nd half was all Heat.  Although the girls couldn't finish any of the good chances they had, the superior skill and possession game wore down Stetson, and the game ended as a 2-1 win for the Heat.

Apr 6
The Heat defeated Seminole 3-0 to earn their first league win of the season.  The girls dominated play in the first half, but as has been the trend recently, could not convert the many good chances that they generated, and the half ended scoreless.  Finally, in the 2nd half the chances turned to goals!  Gaby opened the scoring beating both the left defender and the keeper, with a nice shot into the lower right corner of the net.  Kait followed with another good 1v1 run up the middle, followed by a confident finish, to give the Heat a 2-0 advantage.  Reagan finished the scoring with a toe-tap past the keeper to give the Heat the 3-0 win.

Apr 1
The Heat traveled to New Smyrna Beach to take on South Volusia County.  The game started well, with the girls dominating the 1st ten minutes.  The Heat pressure and skill caught SVC offguard, and ultimately resulted in a PK from a hand ball in the box that Katlyn converted for a 1-0 Heat lead.  However, SVC picked their physical game up a bit, and shortly thereafter, converted their own PK, after a Heat defensive lapse, to tie the game.  The remainder of the game was largely a midfield battle with both sides only generating just a couple of good chances that neither team could convert, and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

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