San Jacinto, CA — A great game with a great start. We were missing Stephanie and the Mikichi sisters could only play the first half before they had to leave. We were able to play Marlene, a recent add this season and returning from last year. She settled in right away without missing a beat. Jackie got us our first goal early on with Janett assisting. Temple City’s only goal came from a penalty given when Gaby turned away from a cross and the ball hit her arm. Avery dove the right way, but they put the ball in the way left corner on the bottom. They were really quick about pushing up their back line when we lost the ball. We got called offside 13 times! The end of the game was pretty nuts. With about a minute left there was a big scrap in the box and players from both teams were going down. The ref calls another penalty! Gaby said a girl had locked arms with her and pulled her down, but still called a foul against her. They tried to put it in the bottom left corner again, but fortunately shot wide. We restarted with a short goal kick to Gaby, which bounced up and hit her arm and he called another penalty! They picked the same corner and missed again! Our region’s refs were all away so Temple City brought their refs. He did not call any penalties for us despite Jackie getting pushed down in the box. The first time it happened she came up spitting out dirt! If Temple City has converted all their penalty kicks, it would have been a totally different outcome. We had many opportunities: Janett and Valerie both had some open shots, but the ball went just too high. We controlled most of the game and rightfully won it.