El equipo de fútbol femenino de las Madera Coyotes mantuvo a su oponente de División I, las Clovis North Broncos, en un empate sin goles en un partido no correspondiente a la conferencia en Lee DaSilva Field, en el estadio Memorial.
“Ese es un buen resultado”, dijo el entrenador en jefe de Madera, Cameron Hill, después del partido del miércoles. “Sé que hablamos en el último partido sobre lo bien que hemos estado jugando a la defensiva. Simplemente no hemos estado encontrando la red, así que es un buen resultado contra un equipo de División I, un equipo de la TRAC (Tri-River Athletic Conference). Es simplemente bueno de cara al futuro que las chicas sepan que podemos jugar contra equipos como este”.”
Después de empatar con los Broncos, los Coyotes solo han permitido 11 goles en nueve partidos, una tasa de 1.2 goles permitidos por partido. Una estadística que el entrenador en jefe de Madera, Cameron Hill, tiene en cuenta.
“I think it kind of just happens that way,” Hill said. “More of our veteran players are on the defensive. We actually tried something a little bit different today and we were still solid defensively. We might stick with that, but we can always change and adapt.”
Although Madera and Clovis North battled out to a draw, Noemi Cabello and Mia Alvarez provided a lift in both defense and midfield throughout the game. Both players combined for 138 minutes on the pitch.
“They did what they had to,” Hill said. They were winning the ball, making their passes and I thought they were the engines that drove us today.”
The work doesn’t stop however. With another TRAC team ahead, the team must build off their result and move forward.
“We can come out here and compete and they don’t have to be afraid just because it’s a division one team,” Hill said about his upcoming opponents. “We have players that can play at any level.”