Under 12 Boys – Western Pride (8) v Sunshine Coast FC (4)
The Sunshine Coast FC boys had lost their last two matches and were keen to bring a victory home.
Western Pride opened the game with a goal 10 seconds in straight from the kick off. Second kick off Fire is showing some great passing from Deepal Maharaj to Lachlan Noyes who took it all the way in front of Western Pride’s goal keeper and scored with a clean shot to equalise in less than 1 minute of the game.
After eight minutes Fire is started creating opportunities with a couple of shots on goal but an unmarked Western Pride attacker received a very good cross from left of the field and volleyed the ball past Fire’s goalkeeper.
A cleared ball from Fire’s goalkeeper didn’t go far enough to clear danger in front of goal and Western Pride seized the opportunity and shot straight back in the back of the net. Dre Ngaba passed to Riley Moore who took himself all the way to the goal and placed a neat goal near the left post.
A kick off from Fire’s goal keeper was caught by Western Pride’s attacker and landed a long distance shot to score again. Dre Ngaba pushed all the way from defence to the top end getting a foul in the penalty box for Jeremy Byasse to finish in the 28th minute.
A series of very good 1-2 passes from Western Pride through Fire defence, ending up with one on one in front of goal to score.
A counter attack from Mark Shaw to Jett Vouters in the 40th minute created an opportunity for Jeremy Byasse to pick up the crumbs in front of goal to score.
The next 10 minutes saw Western Pride to put two more goals away to close up the match with fitness and passing skills.
Great even challenge with a heavy score at the end both team could easily take away that game.
Under 13 Boys – Western Pride (0) v Sunshine Coast FC (11)
Round 6 saw Sunshine Coast FC travel to Briggs Road Sporting Complex. The last meeting with Western Pride was in Round 22 of the 2016 season where Sunshine Coast FC had a confident win of 6-1.
From the outset Sunshine Coast FC was looking to play a high intensity attacking game, immediately placing pressure on Western Pride’s defence.
The four minute mark saw Jake Rocker take a solid strike at goal which was deflected by the Western Pride keeper into the pathway of Matthew Becker for our first score on the board. Fire 1-0.
Sunshine Coast FC pushed the ball around, driving the ball forward making numerous shots on goal. Sunshine Coast FC scored their second goal on the 11th minute when Dimitri Pritchard took a corner. Flynn Faulkner passed through to Kane Gibbs who shot in the bottom right hand corner. Fire 2-0.
The 13th minute saw Becker take the ball up the right wing, pass through to Gibbs, then back to Rocker who scored bottom left. Fire 3-0
Sunshine Coast FC continued to use the whole field with a pass from left back by Lucas Kljajcin, forward to Gibbs, across to Klein in the middle, to Becker on the right and back into the centre for Rocker to score on the 15th minute. Fire 4-0
Sunshine Coast FC’s final goal for the first half came on the 26th minute from a corner taken by Pritchard straight to the head of Klein for him to pop the ball over the Western Pride keeper. Fire 5-0
The second half saw Sunshine Coast FC’s continued intensity and pressure with a goal by Gibbs on the 36th minute. Fire 6-0
The 41st minute cemented Gibbs’ hat-trick for the match when Kyle Barnes took the ball up the right passed into the centre to Rocker. With the keeper out of his box Rocker passed the ball to the left for Gibbs to score. Fire 7-0
Sunshine Coast FC continued to demonstrate their strength of play on the pitch with goals by Gibbs on the 42nd minute, Klein with a header on the 47th minute, a goal for Rocker on the 53rd minute to cement his hat-trick and the final goal for the match and hat-trick for Klein on the 57th minute. Fire 11-0.
Sunshine Coast FC confidently saw out the rest of the match to take home a solid win.
Player of the Match: Samuel Klein
Under 13 Girls – Sunshine Coast FC (5) v The Gap (1)
The girls took their Pre-season form into the first round maintaining their winning streak beating The Gap 6-1. A masterful piece of coaching from Abbi Wilkes and Tom Greig ensured the 11 girls (two injured players unable to play) were sent out with a game plan to play wide and stretch the opposition. Another special mention must also go to the stand-in keeper Lilly Danger who looked right at home between the sticks.
Two goals each for Tamika Banks and Maddy Sansby and a goal each for Grace Shelley and Drew Aiken ensured The Gap were always chasing the game. The defensive line were once again rock solid led by Victoria Holowko. Some amazing direct through balls from Tia Vela ensured the striker’s job was to simply put the ball in the back of the net.
A delightful through ball by Grace Shelley saw Tamika Banks beat her defender down the right and strike the ball past the diving keeper.
A training ground corner move crossed over by Tia Vela was controlled with a first touch by Maddy Sansby and placed in the bottom left corner of the goal past a diving keeper.
Emily Ferroussat received the ball from wide left to deliver a perfect through ball for Grace Shelley to strike past the stranded keeper.
A lung busting run by Tia Vela down the left saw a through ball to the waiting Maddy Sansby. A strong body defence by Sansby ensured she made enough space to strike the ball into the corner of the net.
With all players feeling the heat a midfield battle won by Maddy Sansby ensured a wide ball to the flying Tamika Banks was only going to end in on place. Tamika once again beat her defender to hit a venomous shot into the corner of the net. A great move with a great finish.
Perhaps the most outstanding work for the day belonged to each and every girl as each had to dig deep into their reserves towards the end of the game. A warm day and no substitutes were always going to be a challenge and each and every girl rose to that challenge.
Under 15 Girls – Sunshine Coast FC (2) v The Gap (3)
In the first minute Emily Roach brought the ball in from the left side to take a shot a goal.
In the 3rd minute Teyl Danger also had an opportunity at goal but the shot went wide. Good defence by Sommer Jordan and Kaitlyn Ryan in the first 10 minutes only allowing The Gap to have several opportunities at goal. However in the 16th minute Gap went through the back line and scored.
Not long after Sunshine Coast put the pressure back on The Gap with Emily Roach playing wide taking the ball down the line crossed to Audrey Upston who took a shot at goal for Sunshine Coast but went wide. In the 20th Minute The Gap took possession but Murphy Sheaf showcased her great goal keeping skills to save a cross from the right wing.
Finally in the 24th minute Jackie Doyle put through a pass for Emily Roach to sweep up and take the first goal for Sunshine Coast, evening the score 1-1.
Shortly after Kijah Stevenson side stepped two Gap defenders to take a long shot at goal to keep pressure on the Gap but the goal keeping was too good.
Only four minutes into the second half Stevenson took a hit to her ankle and was taken off replaced by Jordyn Weckert.
With the Sunshine Coast team a little rattled, The Gap pressed on with their number 10 scoring their second goal in the game with The Gap taking the lead 2-1.
Courtney set herself up Brunner after missing a shot in front of the box to take a pass from Emily Roach, shooting straight over the goalkeeper’s head to even the score at 2-2.
Destiny Guteridge and Meg Mason worked hard to keep the back line tight but The Gap broke the line with number 15 taking their third goal.
With time running out Bree Wallace, Jordyn Weckert, Kaitlyn Ryan and Audrey Upston all took shots at goal.
Sunshine Coast never gave up with Teyl Danger in the last few minutes of the game sending a beautiful cross for Jackie Doyle who was just unable to get a touch on it to level the score.
Under 16 Boys – Sunshine Coast FC (0) v Western Pride FC (0)
The strongest performance of the year so far from the under 16s resulting in sharing the points with a hard fought 0-0 final scoreline. In very hot conditions the boys fought hard from the first whistle to the end.
Missing 4 players again through injury and illness we were tested on fitness and heart and came through very well on both. From the captain Leigh Williams in goal through to a hard running Kaelan Debbage up front no player left the tank with any gas in it.
The Western pride were well organised and peppered the Fire goal with a number of attacks, the back four had good structure and hit tackles missed in the previous games.
Outside full backs Levi Gamble and Harrison Bowen, both with pre game injuries battled hard against useful WP attackers, both winning on the day with excellent games. Central defenders Keegan New and Budd Baublys worked well together, both with forward attacking runs creating chances for the Fire.
Hardworking Nathan Thompson worked tirelessly up and down the park with Jordan Meredith, carrying an injured groin who also created chances for the Fire. Jai Coleman, Fletcher Davis, Jaya Wilson and Liam Aughterson all ran hard changing positions frequently as the game wore on.
Late in the first half Fire had chance after a good ball out of defence through to Kaelan Debbage who struck a low drive to the left of the keeper was excellently saved. The Pride hit the cross bar late in the game. Fire were unlucky not to take all the points, a team performance which will give good confidence leading into this weeks game.
Under 18 Boys – Sunshine Coast FC (1) v Gold Coast City FC (6)
It was a tough day for the Fire boys today.
Gold Coast Midfielder Hunter scored early with a goal at only the 3rd minute mark and quickly followed up with a second at 8 minutes.
After these initial quick goals the home team began to settle and went on the counter with Huston and Page both having shots on goal only to be saved by the Gold Coast keeper. The Fire struggled to maintain possession for the remainder of the first half, with Gold Coast Midfielder Hunter scoring a hat trick at the 31st minute mark.
Fire finally scored their first goal when Page managed to put one in the net in the 41st minute.
The second half saw Gold Coast come out strong again scoring another two goals by the 65th minute mark.
Gold Coast City managed to outpace Fire on the wings with some great saves From Porter preventing several shots on target before they finally slipped one through at 88th minute to finish 6-1.
