Today, the Liberty Lady Crusaders played Westview at in their opening game of the season. This game was puffed up by the Jackson Sun earlier last week in an article about the best girls' soccer games of the year.
At 5:00, the game was set to begin. Westview had driven nearly an hour to get to the Crusader Soccer field. At the opening tip, Westview started to make a run. In mere minuetes, Liberty was down 1-0. It was only later in that 1st half that Liberty was down 2-0. Although down, Liberty didn't give up completely. After 3 goals by Westview, Liberty's Jessica Viars scored and brought the game 3-1.
The second half started with Liberty down 3-1. This game can be characterized as "scrappy". With all of the foul play by the players. All in all, Liberty was not able to attack back at Westview. Westview's more aggressive play won them the win today, and the score , 5-1, showed just that. BottomLine.