U14A Leixlip 1 Lucan 4

A game of 2 halves with a disappointing result. We had all the ball in the first half and took the lead from a lovely move - starting from Krystian Ivanov who played in Luke Schuster who combined with Aidan McConville and Ben Kineavey in the box and the ball was rolled to Senan Moriarty who ran on to it & shot passed the keeper.

We had more chances & hit the post and had a goal line clearance but went in at the break 1 up.

After half time we hit the cross bar but Lucan upped  their game and started to pass through us and in fairness to them took their chances and scored 2 quick goals to turn it around.  We continued to chase the game and as we tired they scored 2 late goals on the break

SFAI Cup 2nd round: Leixlip 2 Rush 1 (photo above)

Great win against perennial premier opposition - with lots of hard running on the big astro. The girls created a number of chances early, a highlight was Grace Kelly driving quickly from the touchline at half way only to hit the crossbar from inside the box. Our breakthrough came when Cara Moriarty latched on a loose ball & shot past the keeper. We nearly added another when Gwen Sullivan got a good shot away that just went wide & then they nearly scored but for a fantastic Branna Ward save.
The girls didn’t give an inch against this physical team in the second half and Cara Moriarty scored again from a free 10 yards outside the box. 
Great performances across the pitch held them out - the back 4 and midfield played their hearts out - Sarah Small in particular. Rush scored with a fine strike 10 minutes from time but we deservedly go through to the next round.