Rochester Pride - RSC Lightning '96

San Marino 1 – Thunder 0 A beautiful sunny afternoon at Bordon Park. Visiting San Marino played a high pressure style game and were able to limit Thunder’s possession game. 1st half ended in a scoreless tie and with neither team holding a clear edge over the other. 2nd half played out largely the same way with one decisive exception. San Marino having been awarded a free kick to the right of goal, played a ball in on the ground and a communication breakdown resulted in a very fluky goal, as the ball dribbled in over the goal line looking for all the world like it was being pushed by a caterpillar. Well, those are the breaks sometimes. The remainder of the match continued it’s back & forth character with good chances being created by both sides. Goalkeeper Jessica Munson came up with 3 big saves to keeper her team in the match. And several shots on the San Marino goal just barely missed or stayed out – including one exciting goal line scrum that saw the ball ON but never over San Marino’s goal line. Tough loss, but not a bad showing. There are areas we can work on and improve, certainly (of course, that’s always true). But the effort was there and we were in the match the whole way. Good effort, Thunder. Let’s keep up the good work.