Decatur FC wins home opener; sets new attendance record

Decatur FC thrilled its largest ever crowd in a dominant - win over Union FC for their home opener Friday May The gang set a new all-time attendance record with fans watching at Decatur High School The previous record was set last year We have such great fans here and the city has been so supportive of us and the school system And I mean we honestly couldn t be happier Decatur FC General Manager Joel Gould stated And we all feel like we did so much work pre-season to try to engage with the fans engage with our locality and so I think tonight is just a lot of that hard work paying off for so plenty of people The fans were enthusiastic and supportive wearing Decatur FC merchandise starting chants throughout the match and waiting in line for autographs from the players after the win Dominant from the startFrom the start Decatur FC played aggressively pressing Union FC This pressure along with good ball control and quick passing allowed Decatur FC to create opportunities for themselves Allie Planeaux dribbled swiftly down the left sideline of the field getting past multiple defenders Planeaux made a gorgeous cross to Becky Contreras in the middle of the box Contreras drove the ball into the bottom left corner of the net scoring Decatur FC s first goal of the season about six minutes into the event Decatur continued to capitalize on their momentum Six minutes later Maysoon El-Shami shot the ball right past the goalie into the bottom right corner of the net This goal which was also assisted by Planeaux gave Decatur FC a - lead Right away after Decatur FC made multiple substitutions Contreras was able to fire a shot past the goalie This was Contreras and the group s third goal of the night Continuing to pass the well the organization created another opportunity to tally El-Shami sent the ball to Aniyah Collier who scored Decatur FC s fourth goal of the evening Second Half Union FC came into the second half instantly playing more aggressively than they did in the first half Their efforts were not enough to stop Ngulefac from carrying the ball down the field Ngulefac passed all of the defenders and placed the ball in the lower left corner of the net scoring her second goal of the night This goal brought Decatur up - over Union FC Planeaux sped past the defenders on the sideline again and played a perfect cross into the box The cross was perfectly smashed into the goal by Maggie Wadsworth This was Planeaux s third assist of the night but the action continued for her Just three minutes later Wadsworth took a shot that was deflected by the goalie and then perfectly tapped in behind the goalie bringing the points to - With minutes left in the encounter Union FC scored their first goal of the night from a shot that bounced in from the inside of the backboard to make the sum - In the last minute of the contest Sydnie Thibodaux sent a beautiful corner kick into the box that was headed into the back of the net by Contreras Contreras ended her first challenge of the season with a hat trick and Decatur FC ended their first home battle with an - win Entire squad gets exposureThe settled lead throughout the battle allowed Coach Campbell Chapman to play everyone and ensure that they all got good minutes throughout the match We didn t see our defense having to work too hard Also in any situation when you create chances you d like to tally goals but in this situation tonight it was a little bit easier than it may be in future games so we need to be a little more clinical in front of the goal Chapman announced But we scored eight goals so I can t be too critical But I think the opposition seemingly won t allow us so several clear-cut opportunities in the next limited games Next MatchDecatur FC plays its next home meeting on May vs UFA The post Decatur FC wins home opener sets new attendance record appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta