The u14 girls went out of the FAI u14 cup at the first hurdle to a strong Askeaton XI . Considering that the girls u14 season has not started yet , they gave a splendid ,gutsy performance , against a team who have been playing in their league since March . There was very little between the sides in the first half as good defensive work by both sides left the score 0-0 at half time, Eva Carew and Aoibheann Maher had been outstanding for us .
Early in the second half Askeaton scored when they beat our offside trap to score a well worked goal . This setback spurred our girls forward in search of an equaliser . We were desperately unlucky when Eloise Hickey got to the bye-line and pulled a great pass back to Alix Fitzgerald who’s shot hit the post. As we piled on the pressure through great work from Deirdre Cassidy and Sophie Lilburn , we threatened but could not make the breakthrough to equalise .
Askeaton were always dangerous on the break but our defence led by Aisling Horan and Aileen McDermott was immense with Sarah Carew ever dependable in goals . As we pushed forward in the last few minutes to try and score the goal we merited, Askeaton broke through and got the second goal to break Regional hearts and send them through to the next round .
Despite the result ,it was a fine performance by our girls . All our girls played their hearts out and can take great pride from their efforts . Other outstanding performances came from Rebecca Robinson, Niamh Deery, Heather Fitzgerald and Zoe Dunne .
Final Score 0-2
