The Breakers U13 girls scraped a narrow 1-0 win at home against Metro United in a tense game played in beautiful sunny conditions on Sunday.

The Breakers started with the advantage of the northerly breeze and had the ball in their attack in the early part of the play.

Lucy Boundey delivered a nice ball down the wing early on and Kayte O’Donnell pitched in a great cross but the petite Metro goalie showed great skill in blocking the shot.

O’Donnell and Nila Mohring worked well up forward but frustratingly the girls just couldn’t quite get through.  

They got painfully close from a corner, with the ball just slicing past the wrong side of the post.

Zara Yates and Abby Ellis were also working hard in the midfield, pushing the ball up forward. 

Lokke Rennerts showed her defensive best again, coming out best against two Metro forwards on her own.

The second half saw Metro gain momentum, winning corners and giving goalie Ella Keam a bit more to do.  Alana Anderson showed some nice touches in delivering the ball back out of defence. 

Hannah Rowlands was again the bedrock of the Breakers defence and Bethany North tried a couple of times to smartly lob the ball forward to set the forwards up.

All around the ground the girls were showing their skills. 

Modra went on a fantastic weaving dribble through the Metro midfield. 

Amber Kim, on a run forward out of her normal defensive position, won another corner for the Breakers and Nuala Davis kept turning her midfield opponent inside out to dodge past.

The game turned when a handball inside the Metro’s box delivered the Breakers a penalty.   O’Donnell stepped up and didn’t miss a beat in scooping the ball into the left corner of the net.

It looked although the girls might get another with a fast break late in the game by Mohring and Ellis but the game ended with the 1-0 score line.

Next week the girls are at home again with an 11am kick-off against Noarlunga United.

Amber Kim stretches for the ball. Photo by Tash Mohring.