After Windham’s strong start, Scarborough gets soccer win

By Matt Pascarella

Windham's Carly Franzoni races to get the ball
away from her opponent in the first half of Windham
Youth Soccer Association's Under-10 girls' soccer
game on Oct. 10 at Gambo Field in Windham.
Windham scored early, but Scarborough scored 
multiple times in the second half to get a 7-1 win.
PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA

The Windham Youth Soccer Association’s Under-10 girls’ team hit the field against Scarborough on Sunday, Oct. 18 at Gambo Field in Windham for one of the final games of the season. Scarborough got the 7-1 win, but these Lady Eagles put in a great effort and had fun on the field.

Windham had a strong start. Morgan Vickers scored shortly into the game, ahead of the Red Storm. The Lady Eagles were aggressive and took multiple shots on goal. Windham also had nice defense, preventing Scarborough from getting many scoring opportunities in the first half.

Quick hands by Windham goalie Mya Salazar helped their defense. Scarborough tied the game before the half was over.

In the second half, Scarborough scored early, but Windham kept their heads up. Windham took several shots on goal, but nothing got by. The Red Storm scored several more times, and Windham got close to scoring, but the Red Storm got this win.

“What we are trying to focus on is to get them to attack and defend as a team,” said Windham coach Matt Franzoni. “During the first half we were defending as a team, we were working as one. We did a
great job in the first half. The second half we struggled a little more with that.”

He said that the team is getting better at communication as they go.

“I think we did really well,” said Windham player Carly Franzoni. “I think we could have moved around a little bit more and talked a little bit more, but I think we did pretty good. We defended pretty good ... we passed a lot in the first half.”

Matt Franzoni said they work on ball skills every practice. He believes there’s still work to be done with shooting and shooting with power; as well as learning to receive the ball correctly. One thing Franzoni does is everybody plays every position.

Understanding the roles of the positions is important. Franzoni said when everyone understands each position, they’re a better team. <