BFS Soccer GVS 2011 Season Review | Page 9

IN THE FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THE 2010 SEASON THE GIRLS VARSITY PROGRAM HAD LOST 43 OF 57 GAMES PLAYED. THEY HAD ONLY REGISTERED SIX VICTORIES. SINCE 2010, THE TEAM HAS WON 12 GAMES AND IMPROVED FROM 5-5-1 LAST SEASON TO 7-6-1 IN 2011. AFTER THE FIRST FIVE GAMES THIS SEASON THE TEAM STRUGGLED WITH FOUR DEFEATS, BUT IMPROVED TO LOSE ONLY TWO MORE GAMES IN THE NEXT NINE GAMES. BY WINNING SEVEN GAMES THIS MEANT THE GIRLS SOCCER PROGRAM REGISTERED THEIR FIRST ‘WINNING’ SEASON IN BROOKLYN FRIENDS’ SCHOOL HISTORY. A little bit of history The soccer season is a whirlwind from start to finish. As a coach, I feel just as the team finds it’s groove and players begin to truly flourish in a team setting the season is over. The team broke several school records including finishing with their firstever winning season. Madeleyn finished her senior year at BFS with 14 goals on the season, and became the All-Time Top Goalscorer for the school with 32 goals. It will now be up to the next crop of players to emulate her achievements. This is why I enjoy keeping records, not to live in the past, but to set goals for the future in the hope it inspires others to always look to achieve more. The team scored 42 goals this season, 19 more than last year. and conceded only 24 goals, 6 less than in 2010. The goal difference improved from -9 in 2010, to +18 in 2011. Six clean sheets from Sophie also helped the team improve in this area. Analyzing the statistics a little deeper suggests we have made huge strides with our shooting accuracy. Shooting accuracy improved by 10%, from 58% in 2010, to 68% in 2011. This is even more impressive when you consider we do not have a permanent soccer field or goal to shoot on. It proves that raising awareness of areas of improvement and use of appropriate activities and practices will develop a team. Not LINE DRILLS! [or countless hours of aerobic work without a ball] Some of our best performances happened in games against superior opposition. Our 1-0 defeat to Chapin School, 3-0 defeat to Packer, and our 1st half performance against Columbia Prep [lost 4-2] we ɔ