Wednesday evening we faced our toughest opponent in Johns Hopkins University who came into the game ranked #8 in the mid-atlantic region. I thought we battled hard, but in the end we dropped a hard fought 1-0 decision to a better team.
Hopkins moved off the ball very well and had us chasing them around for a while, but I thought we were able to keep their quality chances to a minimum in the first half and our back line was solid along with Hassan Mostafa in goal.
In the second half I thought we played with more confidence, but Hopkins was able to breakthrough and get their goal off a nice combination play. We had some decent possession in the middle of the field, but our offense was held in check by their backline and we never really got anything going in the final third.
I thought it was a good game for us to learn from as Johns Hopkins' movement and timing off the ball was excellent. As a young team we react too much rather than anticipating our movements on the pitch and where the ball will be. If we can just start to see the bigger picture and see one step ahead I think we can start to play at that higher level.
Our four game road trip winds up this weekend as we head to Washington and Jefferson for a 1pm kick-off.
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