Edenderry Ladies make strong start in pre-season friendly

After a very long break from full 11 a side matches, the girls travelled for their first pre-season friendly against Monasterevin FC. 

Edenderry Town Ladies 2

Monasterevin FC 2

Edenderry started off brightly with Shannon Farrell and Ciana Mangan up front in a league of their own. Mary Buggle conducted the game in midfield and supplied plenty of ball forward however Monasterevin had a good line up in defense and despite numerous attempts on goals, the ladies failed to open the scoring. 

The ladies continued to press forward with Corina Dowdall, Yasmin Rogers and Sophie Falco playing impressively in midfield and it wasn’t long before Yasmin Rogers got control of the ball and sent it shooting into the back of the opposition’s net.

Edenderry continued to keep possession of the ball and Monasterevin had little chance to equalise with defenders Vanessa Ryan, Tracey Moulds, Emily Duffy and Joanna Usher in fine form and the chances they did have at goals were superbly saved by Louise O’Neill who had an immense game.

The second half saw some changes made to the Monasterevin side and Edenderry ladies were put under some pressure and eventually the scores were levelled.

Edenderry fought back hard and were awarded a penalty which was taken by Sophie Falco bringing the score to 2–1.

It was Edenderry’s turn to add some new talent with Jade Lynch making her debut at the back and Charlotte Clear in the forwards as well as Yvonne Kelly in midfield. The Ladies continued to play tremendously but with less than five minutes to go, the home side had bagged their second goal of the game to even out the score to 2-2.

Edenderry ladies would also like to take this opportunity to thank our Coach Dave Dunning who has helped us over the past number of months and to our Captain Geraldine Connell who we hope gets better soon.

Edenderry: Louise O’Neill, Joanna Usher, Emily Duffy, Tracey Moulds, Vanessa Ryan, Mary Buggle, Corina Dowdall, Yasmin Rogers, Sophie Falco, Shannon Farrell, Ciana Mangan, Jade Lynch, Charlotte Clear and Yvonne Kelly and Geraldine Connell.