October 10, 2008
submitted by CYSC coaches
Chappaqua Power 1 – Edgemont United 1
On a damp fall day, the Chappaqua Power played its first away game of the season against Edgemont United. Emily Maccabee scored the Power’s only goal against a weaker Edgemont team. The Power’s strong defense lead by Abigail Keller, Emily Nagler, Sammy Attia, Bernadette Grant and Emma Lowrey continually battled Edgemont for the ball. The bright spot is that the Power remains undefeated with four wins and one tie after five games. The Power head to Beekman, New York next weekend to participate in a Columbus Day weekend tournament.
Chappaqua United 0 - White Plains 2
Chappaqua United suffered their first loss of the season to White Plains. During a scoreless first half United had many opportunities, but just could not find the back of the net. The second half started out similar to the first with United keeping on the pressure but unable to score. White Plains scored its first goal about midway through the second half. United started to push everyone forward trying to get the equalizer, but White Plains was able to hold United off. White Plains did an excellent job defensively and was able to shut down United’s offense.
Chappaqua Jaguars 1 - White Plains Stars 1
On a wet muddy field at Upper Gedney the Jaguars came ready to play, anxious to atone for their lackluster performance the previous week. Their opponent was the division leading White Plains Stars. In the first half, despite going uphill against the pitch of the field, the Jaguars more than held their own. More of the action was in the Stars’ half of the field than the Jaguars’ half. The lone goal scored by the Stars came on a communication mix-up between the Jaguar goalie and a Jaguar defender. Neither went for a ball that would have been an easy play for each, the result being an easy shot into an unguarded net.
In the second half, the Jaguars took control. Their goal came from crisp passing, which ended up with Olivia Kerester scoring into an open net. The key play of the sequence was the move Emma Lampe put on a Star defender, who was completely fooled. A few minutes later Jackie Brett almost scored the go-ahead goal. Only a spectacular diving save by the Stars’ goalie kept the ball out of the net. With less than a minute to play, Olivia Kerester on a tough angle with the goalie out of position came literarily within an inch of winning the game for the Jaguars, her shot just missing the corner.
Jamie Baum played very well in the goal in the second half, as did Lindsay Hill in the first half. Sammy Monk and Jackie Inglis played extremely strong games in the field.
Chappaqua United 2 - Yonkers 1
On Saturday afternoon at Upper Gedney field, Chappaqua United won a very exciting game against a talented Yonkers team, 2-1. United started the game strongly applying constant pressure for the first 15 minutes. This pressure lead to United’s first goal, which was scored by Woody Grob who unleashed a rocket from about 20 yards away. The remainder of the first half was scoreless with the teams evenly matched.
Yonkers came out strong to start the second half and scored an early goal to equalize the score at one goal each. With about five minutes remaining United scored the game winner. Paul Gadaleta made a perfect pass to Alex Wiseman off a free kick and Alex made a beautiful trap and fired the ball into the top of the goal. Despite a strong effort by Yonkers to tie the score, United held on for the well-deserved victory.
Zach Schonfeld earned his second victory of the season in goal. United’s defense was lead by Jack Daly, Alex Scheine and Jonathan Kratz. Ben Taub, Jack Dowd and Jason Neff did a nice job controlling the midfield and creating many scoring opportunities. Doug Alpuche created many scoring chances from his striker position. United is looking forward to a challenging match against White Plains on Sunday.
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