In July, the lady Colmcilles travelled for their latest football tournament to Maastricht. The ladies placed 3rd after an exciting and competitive day against 7 other European teams.

Nine of our Munich ladies travelled the 8 hours by car to the beautiful city of Maastricht. Accompanied by their patient trainer, Shane, excitement and expectations were high. With their first game starting in the early afternoon, the ladies could clear their weary heads and spy the competition in the morning games. They began with a match against the Belgium B team. This turned out to be the most successful outcome of the day with numerous goals and points by the forwards and midfields. Susi, Angie and Julie stormed the field with excellent football maneuvers to help secure the game. Natsuki and Lauren, along with Lynne (Holland player) complimented the field and provided essential plays to set up and make scores.

With confidence justified, the ladies next match was against the Belgium A team. Notorious for their determined and talented forwards, the ladies prepared themselves for a challenging fight. They proved themselves prepared, as the best was brought out in all the players. Especially noteworthy were the backs, Silvia, Anne and Lena who played fiercely and prevented the opposition from gaining much ground and getting many points. However, despite a great team effort, the ladies could not overcome the Belgium force.

For their next and final match, the semi-final against Holland once again tested the ladies to the hilt. Despite an injury, and Anna´s first attendance at a tournament, the day´s goalie played beyond expectations and displayed some of the best performances of the day. A special thanks needs to go to Monika Duran (Barcelona) for joining our team and giving her all despite a long day. Unfortunately, the great effort by all the ladies could not compete with the Dutch team and they came up short in the end. Holland went on to play against Belgium A in the final and gave us one of the most exciting and closest finals that we have seen in a long time. The 3rd and 4th match against Paris was mutually waivered due to injuries and fatigue, and both teams agreed to a tied 3rd.

As to all ends of a tournament, the ladies enjoyed themselves off the pitches to a very nice meal and later ventured into the city for post tournament festivities. We would like to thank the Maastricht club for hosting and giving us a wonderful and well organized tournament.

With training in full swing, the ladies are now preparing to host and play in the next tournament in Munich on Saturday, September 11th. It guarantees to be an exciting day of football with over 15 men´s and ladies´ teams from all over Europe. Please join us for the day and support our team and club.

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