High school girls soccer

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Shutting down AO is not too difficult and C-C had no supporting cast. HD actually distributes as well as she scores. AB midfield will not be able to offer enough help to their back line. It will be an embarrassment.

Great bulletin board material for AB. I hope they clip this and use it to their advantage. This is pretty harsh especially since the game was 2-1 in their first matchup and actually tied until the last couple of minutes. What is so different now? Both teams have presumably gotten better. If anything AB has improved much more since their slow start in the season. I still think it will be a good game.

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Meanwhile, absolute radio silence from Needham, who couldn't shut up for the past couple of years about their total global domination that never materialized. Utterly collared in a 5-0 blasting. Anyone see it?

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Meanwhile, absolute radio silence from Needham, who couldn't shut up for the past couple of years about their total global domination that never materialized. Utterly collared in a 5-0 blasting. Anyone see it?

Needham got dogged.

(sorry, I know. I just couldn't resist)

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HS soccer is random. Luck is all that matters.
Is Chelmsford any good or did luck really impact that out come of games they have won so far? Do you think Andover would lose again to North Andover or could AB possibly beat Lexington if they played today? Could Lexington even beat Winchester again?
That is what makes it fun and more like an NCAA pool than anything else. Its a long season, random match ups create games where opposing styles go up against each other and no one can guess the outcome.
Some people complain about coaches and injuries and these two things probably have the biggest impact on outcomes and they are... you guessed it, random. It is not like club where you pick the best fit. Nobody knows when they start playing soccer at age 4 who their HS coach is going to be and unless they move or go to private school they are stuck with the coach and the other players on the team.

Lexington beat Winchester 3 times this season - while it went down to PKs in tournament meeting I think the overall record indicates a little more than just luck

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Peabody Acton-Boxboro scoreless at the half.

One AB player ejected. AB Player was fouled by a Peabody player, who herself received a yellow card, and AB player retaliated with a swing. Not sure if it connected.

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Peabody Acton-Boxboro scoreless at the half.

One AB player ejected. AB Player was fouled by a Peabody player, who herself received a yellow card, and AB player retaliated with a swing. Not sure if it connected.

Great... now I feel that much worse about renewing my Bruins seasons tickets- had I known these games were so much fun, I would not have bothered.

any truth to the rumor that this got heated because the AB players kept mispronouncing Peabody as Pea- body instead of Peebuddy?

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Peabody Acton-Boxboro scoreless at the half.

One AB player ejected. AB Player was fouled by a Peabody player, who herself received a yellow card, and AB player retaliated with a swing. Not sure if it connected.

Thank you! Please keep updating!

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Thank you! Please keep updating!

Peabody - AB just went into overtime

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Chelmsford beats North Andover 1-0

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Still scoreless. Going to overtime.

Very physical game. Good defense by both sides. Peabody has had more scoring opportunities, but AB nearly put a stake in Peabody's heart with a header on a corner kick that bounced off the crossbar.

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Quite frankly, the AB coach is the primary reason the team is still in the tournament and parent whining aside it is coaching that will be a big factor going forward. That said, AB may have the coaching to give Peabody a tough match, but is unlikely to have the personnel to get it done. Parents will be unhappy either way, but since this is likely LB last season it doesn't matter.
Starting from the back, AB keeper is average to above avg. Back line is a bit shaky, especially if pressured. Midfield is aggressive but thoroughly unskilled. This will hurt in transition in both directions. Up top they possess but have a difficult time scoring. They always take one too many touches.
This creates two distinct and difficult to resolve problems. HD and Peabody will control the attacking third, virtually uncontested at times. There should be at least 3 goals by the end of the 1st half. On the AB attack, uncontested midfield will revert possession and/or long balls over their weak mids will be settled, distributed and countered in aggressive fashion, creating multiple chances for at least 2 more goals in the 2nd half. AB will need to break out of their game to have any scoring chances. Long ball and a little luck is not pretty, but may be the only chance they have.

The only real option available to AB is to play ugly, aggressive soccer. This tends to be what this type of mis-match devolves into anyway, but will likely be the strategy from the get-go. So ultimately it comes down to whether the refs call a tight match or "let them play".

3-0 at halftime eh? Not even close....

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3-0 at halftime eh? Not even close....

Peabody wins 1-0

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Peabody wins 1-0 on a line drive direct kick from the football 20 yard line. By HD.

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Game results

Canton 1 - 0 Medfield
Oliver Ames 1 - 0 Bishop Feehan (OT)
WH 3 - 1 Marshfield

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Great... now I feel that much worse about renewing my Bruins seasons tickets- had I known these games were so much fun, I would not have bothered.

any truth to the rumor that this got heated because the AB players kept mispronouncing Peabody as Pea- body instead of Peebuddy?

It's Pea-biddy, please!