Mons Women Get Their First Win
Monaghan United ladies won there first game with a 3-1 win over mid Ulster cup holders, Armagh City, on Monday night. Monaghan United started the game well with Jacinta Treanor being kept out by the City keeper on numerous times in the first ten minutes but the Mons were caught on the break by Armagh city and their forward had a speculative shot which Stepho Keenan saved but the ball hit the under side of the bar and bounced down over the line.
Monaghan fought hard and were playing some great football which eventually paid off when Jacinta Treanor had a shot which the Armagh keeper couldn’t hold onto and rolled over the goal line. This was a goal the girls really deserved with the build up of play before the goal.
The second half was all Mons with Armagh struggling to get out of there own half with Mons playing some great football. The girls got the lead they deserved when super-sub Suzanne Gordon beat a defender and went round the keeper to finish coolly giving the Mons a 2-1 lead which they deserved. Mons kept pushing for the third and eventually it came form a corner when Aisling Smith got the goal she deserved after a commanding performance in the centre of midfield A great win for the team which could have been more if Mons had taken more of their chances.
Manager Liam McCarey said “The girls were outstanding they deserved this success for all the effort they put in. They are learning with every game and we can only get better as the pre-season goes on. We have a strong 26 woman squad now and competition for places is fierce with the girls who started on Monday night knowing there are girls ready to take there place if they don’t perform. Now it is time for us to kick on and get a good win on Sunday away at Drogheda United ladies which wont be easy but the girls are already starting to focus on the next game after Monday’s win.”
WELL DONE GIRLS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
