Game 12 - Jaguars vs Upper Hutt Pumas

Result - Loss - 3 - 0

Player of the day: Andy for some great passing & JD for going so very close to scoring.

Areas to develop: I was thrilled to see improvement with the player staying in their positions & will continue develop this.

Highlights: We were under pressure early from the Pumas who had just dropped down from the higher section of our grade. They looked stronger and certainly had players that could score goals.

We held them to 1 nil in the first half with some brilliant goal keeping. We had some excellent chances in the later stages of the game and had a few shots throughout the game but unfortunately none went in.

There were some fantastic examples of teamwork with players showing leadership and skills when they passed, encouraging and helping each other in their positions.

Amanda "Lou" keeps getting better every game. She fed some excellent passes to the strikers.

Bosco was strong in defence and was able to turn the ball around.

Aaron had an excellent game in defence and seemed to create more goal scoring opportunities from the back.

Cameron was energetic and was able to beat the opposition time & time again.

Sam played an excellent game on the wing. His positioning enabled him to make good gains up the field when he got the ball.

Andy was tackling strongly and passing positively.

Caleb wore himself out with a strong defensive game. He read the game well and positioned himself to restrict the opposition attacks.

Josh was a hero in goal. He took up the challenge of protecting the goal and stopped a huge number of shots.

JD had a fantastic game. His passing and chasing the shots at goal nearly paid off.

Liam was keen to score and created some good opportunities.

Vinnie was also keen to score and gave it everything.

Vincent was terrier-like in the mid-field. He played an excellent game, attacking and defending.

Cody was ruthless in his defence, stopping the opposition and turning them round with solid ball skills.

JD was presented with a memorial rose after the game.

Thanks to Vincent for offering to wash the jerseys.

Even though we didn't win the game, the team seemed to feel like winners & have fun after a few weeks off the field with holidays and poor weather.

The Wellington Phoenix play their first pre-season home game at Westpac Stadium this Sunday. Kids under 16 are free. More info here

See you at practice - 4pm Thursday.