Hi there, back again for a second post this morning (and hopefully not the last). I am trying to get caught up with some guest blogging and my goal is to have various players post as much as possible before the end of the games. However time passes so fast that I can't make any promises.
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Well it is quite amazing what a difference 48 hours and some can make. After stepping off the field following our game versus Serbia where we lost 2-1 in a game we felt we had outplayed the hosts, the mood was quite somber and the opinion was that we might have just played ourselves out of contention for the medal round. This feeling was compounded when we saw China totally dominate Poland and easily win 3-0. Well we had our first game yesterday and it didn't quite go as we hoped. Serbia was a solid team who played well and followed their game plan but the result (we lost 2 - 1) was more an issue of our team being nervous and not playing to our strengths not us having been outplayed. We had some early chances when the score was still 0-0 but were unable to finish. Serbia capitalized on two chances that resulted from some mistakes on our side and they made us pay. Well here I am again. For the second time, we have a guest blogger adding her views and opinions about our FISU experience. Rachael Swetnam from Ottawa U Gees Gees will be sharing her infinite wisdom today.... Well we are here. Sorry for not writing for a few days but between lack of good internet access and travelling, I didn't have much time or chance to write. Today I am not feeling inspired to write so I am asking one of our players to guest write....Kendra Flock of UVic will be writing today... I plan on asking different players to add their thought to this site at various times. As I write this post, coaches and athletes are getting on planes and / or heading to the airport for the first leg of their travels bringing them to Montreal. However the first day we were to get together started with some terrible news. One of our most experienced players Josée Belanger from l'Université de Sherbrooke suffered a knee injury just minutes before she was to be substituted out of her game yesterday and she is not available for the games. Josée had represented Canada various times with national youth teams including having participated at one youth World Cup and has been a consistent all-Canadian within the CIS including winning CIS rookie of the year in 2006. Her presence will be missed as we had planned a lot of our attack around her but the show must go on and we are working on a last minute replacement from our alternates. Not exactly the way we were hoping to get started but we will adjust and we will find solutions...that is what coaches do. More news to follow as I hope to post each day or at least e
Well we as coaches found out in mid-August about our selection to the staff for this summer's FISU games and we started working on a plan almost immediately. We had our players in place pretty much since January with the final selection being made in March and now we are just 3 days from getting together as a team and starting the adventure we have been working towards for all these months. It is easy to detect the anxiousness and nervousness among the coaches and players but one thing is for sure, we are all excited to come together for the first time as a group. Well two weeks from today, athletes and staff from across Canada will be converging on Montreal for the 1st stop of our trip to Europe and ultimately our participation at the 2009 Universiade Belgrade. The finishing touches on our plans are being pout together as we speak with only a few last minute details remaining. I can only really speak for myself but I think that the other members of the group enter these last two weeks with a mix of nervousness and anxiousness. I am looking forward to getting to see the team all together and focus on getting ready soccer wise instead of focusing on the logistics side of it. We are now into June and 3 weeks from today we will be getting on a plane to head over to Europe. We starting working on this project back at the end of August and we are now in the home stretch getting close to our departure for Europe. |
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