SCARBOROUGH, ON – The Redeemer Royals women's soccer team hit the road to take on the Centennial Colts in the OCAA Quarter-Final. Centennial was ranked #4, so the Royals had their work cut out for them.
The Colts controlled much of play in the opening half, outshooting Redeemer 10-0. However, Redeemer's defense held strong, not allowing much on net. Goalkeeper Jasmine DeBoer was only forced to make two saves as the Royals headed into halftime 0-0.
The strong defence carried through the second half. While Centennial kept shooting, Redeemer forced the vast majority of them off target.
The offence started to come alive in the second half, they registered four shots, all of them on target, forcing the Colts goalkeeper to make some saves.
Around the 82:00 mark, the Colts were finally able to break through. An uncleared ball in the box gave them a golden opportunity, and that time the Royals luck would run out.
That's how the game would end, Centennial winning 1-0 and advancing to the OCAA Semi-Final. The Royals put up an extremely impressive and resilient fight against one of the nation's best and were a bounce or two away from a different result.
An overall successful season from a team that saw a lot of roster turnover from a season ago. The focus of this team from the get-go was defence, according to Head Coach Meaghan Rudd during the preseason. And that showed up for them time and again, with the exclamation point coming in this game here.
