{"id":7983,"date":"2021-04-03T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:23:17","slug":"defense-not-enough-for-girls-soccer-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/defense-not-enough-for-girls-soccer-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense not enough for girls soccer team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In its battle with the Central-Fresno Grizzlies, the Madera Coyotes girls soccer team had trouble maintaining possession, but the defense held tough in a 2-0 loss in Memorial Stadium.<\/p>

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The Coyotes\u2019 defense allowed an early first half goal and a late second half goal to the Grizzlies, despite the fact Central maintained possession most of the time.<\/p>

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\u201cOur defense has been holding steady,\u201d head coach Cameron Hill said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been having issues going forward. The Clovis North game wasn\u2019t indicative of our defensive performance this year. They\u2019ve been playing well.\u201d<\/p>

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The Coyotes only got off one shot on goal in the entire second half. The defense kept the Grizzlies at bay and didn\u2019t allow a quality shot on goal until the final minutes of the match.<\/p>

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\u201cTheir shots were from the outside,\u201d Hill said. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t one they should have scored. They were very hopeful shots. Defensively, we stayed solid.\u201d<\/p>

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With the defense established, Hill and the Coyotes now have to concentrate on the offense.<\/p>

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\u201cThat\u2019s been an issue and, hopefully, we can resolve that,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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Central scored the game\u2019s first goal in the 11th minute and kept possession for most of the half.<\/p>

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The Grizzlies kept that momentum into the second half peppering the Madera defense. The defense held tough and kept clearing balls away from their goal.<\/p>

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In the 26th minute, Natalia Mata cleared out a corner kick. However, Central recovered the ball and sent it to the middle. The open shot went wide to keep the match within one.<\/p>

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On the ensuing goal kick, Central regained possession and had another open shot in the middle. The shot went off the crossbar and Madera cleared.<\/p>

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Central found the back of the net in the 33rd minute. Off a corner kick, Central got the ball to the front of the goal. A Central attacker kicked the ball on goal, but it was blocked by goalkeeper Breanna Salazar. However, Central got a foot on the rebound and hit it into the back of the net for the 2-0 lead.<\/p>

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Madera\u2019s lone chance on goal in the second half came in the 35th minute when Adriana Dana got the ball on the right. Her 20-yard shot went past the far post and out of bounds.<\/p>

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In its battle with the Central-Fresno Grizzlies, the Madera Coyotes girls soccer team had trouble maintaining possession, but the defense held tough in a 2-0 loss in Memorial Stadium. The Coyotes\u2019 defense allowed an early first half goal and a late second half goal to the Grizzlies, despite the fact Central maintained possession most of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":27306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-7983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}