SD WFC Open 2005 Season Against Mexican NT

I'm glad to see this. I wonder where the games will be played, and at what times...

 

It's so sad that in Mexico we have to know about our WNT games thanks to foreign news. I'm still waiting for the Mexican Federation to confirm the two games against San Diego on its oficial web site.

If it weren't for a press interview with the NT coach a month ago, we woudn't know that our team is getting ready to play at the Algarve Cup, and thanks to all you guys, I'm finally getting "first hand" news about my National Team.

 

This is from an article in this mornings U-T, entitled The Heat is On

 

I haven't seen anything about who Leo Cuellar will be bringing.

And the Sea Lions WPSL site still has the same 13 players listed on a roster, several of which I haven't heard of (Judy Barragan, Adriana Carranza, Christine Sanporo?) one who didn't play last year (Sherice Anders) and one who wasn't with the team (Tiffany Mears).

The piece on the teams own website mentioned a few other players (Amy Sauer, Noelle Jouglet, and Chrissy Sanford (maybe that Sanporo listed above is supposed be her, just a typo?)

 

Feb 26th Game Result [R]

I'll post a lot more on the game tomorrow, but wanted to get in a little bit tonight. Las Tricoloras had a much tougher time against the SDWFC this time, as they were only able to win by a 1-0 score. They did have more of the play, along with more of the good scoring chances, but Lu Snyder (along with some help along the goal line from Amy Sauer in 2 occasions) either made saves or forced off-target shots after an early goal by #16, Juana Evelyn Lopez Luna. The Sea Lions played very well, considering that they hadn't had much time to practice. And they actually had a very good chance to score a tying goal, but just missed a shot at the end of a nice combination of passes that broke down the Mexican central defense.

There was a very nice sized crowd, somewhere around 1,000 plus I would say. And the Sea Lions put together a large roster for the game, with lots of players from last year, along with some surprises - like Ronnie Fair! I'll post the full line-ups tomorrow...

 

Notes on rosters – just about everyone played for the Sea Lions, and all of the numbers on their jerseys seemed to correspond to who they were. The roster listed for Mexico did not in some obvious cases, so I can’t be sure about any of them. Because of that, I’ll be listing the numbers of those who started, and sometimes put a question mark at the start of a player’s name. A number of those on the roster (Worbis, Mora, etc.) did not play – I think that Coach Cuellar wanted a look at his younger attacking players.

Starters for SDWFC
01 Lu Snyder, K, SDSU
02 Judy Barragan, D, San Marcos HS
03 Sherice Anders, M, USD
06 Amy Sauer, D, Stanford
07 Michele Wagner, M, SDSU
09 Lorrie Fair, M, Stanford
10 Adrianna Carranza, M, Orange Glen HS
12 Briana Betshart, F, Humboldt St.
14 Christy Callier, F, USC
16 Tiffany Mears, D, San Bernardino St.
22 Danica Carey, M, Nebraska

Substitutes (in order of appearance in game)
04 Annabel Benitez, F, no school listed
18 Laura Castellanos, M, USD
17 Noelle Jouglet, M SDSU
21 Amanda Lehr, M, Duke
15 Chrissy Sanford, F, Azusa Pacific
05 Amanda Esquivel, M, Preuss HS, Costa Rica NWT
20 Maria Scheirman, D, Portland
08 Lizzy Coghill, M, Notre Dame
11 Aurora Quiroz, M, Preuss HS
13 Kristin Rogers, D, SDSU
00 Silva Arias, K, Pasadena CC, Costa Rica NWT

Starters for Mexico
03 field player, but listed as keeper Jennifer Marie Molina Shea, Colgate
04 listed as Elizabeth Patricia Gomez Randall, Univ. of Miami
but actually was Monica Christine Gonzalez Canales
06 Unknown, listed as Gonzalez
07 Maria de Jesus Castillo Nicacio, Palomas
08 Luz del Rosario Saucedo Soto, Copa Dusa
09 Rubi Marlene Sandoval Nungaray, CSU Fullerton
10 Patricia Perez Pena, Guadalajara
11 Fatima Leyva Moran, Laguna
12 listed as Monica Vergara Rubio, Andreas Soccer
but actually was worn by the keeper (Molina?)
15 Maria Lourdes Gordillo Madariaga, Andreas Soccer
16 Juana Evelyn Lopez Luna, Necaxa FR

Substitutes (in order of their number)
01 Pamela Tajonar Alonzo, Caudillas
02 Sophia Perez Pedroso, SDSU
05 Jessica Roxanna Romero Hicks, SDWFC
13 Dioselina Valderrama Reyes, Bonita Rebels
14 Rebecca Abigail Juarez Bazan, Arsenal
17 Alexandrea Rebecca Mendoza Sosa, Sting Soccer
18 Leticia Connie Villalpando Garcia, Santa Anita Strikers
19 Christine Yvette Nieva Archundia, Sting Soccer
20 Teresa Guadalupe Worbis Aguilar, Rogers
21 Carmenita Diotilde Padilla Cisneros, Univ. of Pacific
22 Iris Adriana Mora Vallejo, UCLA
23 Leslie Anne Munoz Valdes, CSU Fullerton

Miscellaneous impressions of the game atmosphere: There were Mexican announcers for the game, along with a 12-person group of Mariachis to do the national anthems and entertain at half-time. And the large crowd was mostly Latino, with maybe a little over half of it not being adults. Everyone obviously had a good time – even though there was only the one goal, there was lots of action, with some good saves and a number of near-missed goals that went high or wide for both sides. After the game, everyone was allowed on the field, and got to talk to the players, get autographs, or pose for pictures with their favorites. There were still a fair number of people on the field 30 minutes after the game ended.

I was able to get re-acquainted with a number of people who were at some of the games last year, and met some more of the families of the Sea Lion players. We were all glad that the team was able to improve on the first few minutes of the game (and on the game that the teams had played in Mexico last year.) It’s fairly obvious that the team will be stronger than it was last year (and will have to be, playing the Storm and Spiders twice each).

I’m only going to give a few impressions of the game itself, maybe later posting more about what I though of the play of the new additions to the SDWFC.

The ref let a Mexican player get a way with a nasty foul from behind early in the game, a foul that caused Christy Callier to sit on the bench the rest of the evening (she was replaced by Benitez). I hope that she will be okay. The Sea Lions had early shots by Carranza and Anders go wide. Lu Snyder came out on one breakaway attempt, forcing the forward to take a shot that hit the post – and Sauer was there to clear the rebound shot off the line. The start of the second half saw a number of new players come on for the SDWFC (including Sanford and Jouglet) and that seemed to help the team get a larger share of the play (and the ref seemed to be willing to let the Sea Lions get away with more physical play than in the first half.). Chrissy was involved in all of the most dangerous plays for the team, 2 of them ending up in shots by Fair and Quiroz, and 1 that she took herself.

 

Ooops! I did mention Ronnie when I did my first post, don't know why I ended up having 'Lorrie on the brain.'

Since the two threads might end up far apart later, I'm going to list the link to the Game Photos again. Great shots!