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A stat line shows just one measure of success. There are many other factors to the game to also be considered. Success at one aspect of the game does make up for other possible weaknesses. [b]A 3-1 loss is a stat line that demonstrates other weaknesses[/b].

It is a team game. If one wants to believe scoring one goal for happened solely based on one playup then by that same logic it could be safe to consider that three goals against could also be attributed to that one playup. It works both ways.

Perhaps the better way to look at it is that the 04 team is strong enough to allow a playup to have a level of success versus believing the success to be the playups and only the playups success. When a team loses it is in poor taste beat ones chest about scoring one goal and doing so demonstrates selfishness.

Overall run of play was fairly even, but LISC presents a unique challenge. Their scoring is heavily dependent on the athleticism of one player (#7), and when she is having a good day she can dominate a game with unicorn levels of size, pace, and ball striking. She finished in the top-ten in goal scoring for all of the DA last year, and scored two against MU on Saturday.  Yes, the 1-3 loss demonstrates an "other weakness", but MU will not be the only team to demonstrate that particular weakness in handling her this year.
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They had a good game against FCV too.  All the LISC teams in multiple age groups competed well this weekend.  It's a bit overstating to say they just had one single good player and that's the difference.

Otherwise, we'd be saying 04 team just doesn't have a very good forward.  [/quote]

Did you actually watch either of the '04 FCV-LISC or '04 MU-LISC games this weekend or are you just comparing scorelines?  At the '04 level, that one player has a disproportionate impact on the scoreline and can turn an evenly fought match into what looks like a blowout with just a few individual flashes of brilliance.  With her off the field LISC is a completely different team, and one that MU has historically matched up well against. My guess is you simply haven't seen her play.[/quote]

I didn't see the FCV game (obviously).  They beat us last year with exactly the same score, 3-1.  So what happened there?[/quote]

Um... She sat out the first 48 minutes and LISC was losing 0-1.  Then she subbed in and scored 3 goals in the final 32 minutes.  Final score 3-1. [/quote]

Game report shows her scoring in minute 1 and minute 79?

How did she score from the bench? And how did she assume another players name?[/quote]

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