2026-11-08, 08:34 PM - Word count:
Only a couple weeks after arriving in Accra to join her new team, Alyssa Aulbach and her teammates were flying out to Jakarta for the first match of the Academy season. The travel would be ramping up significantly from here and require a lot of time to adjust, but for now everyone was fresh and eager to play. Alyssa would be starting at striker for this match, getting her first chance to impress the scouts who would be watching the upcoming season for the SSL draft. The teams lined up in their starting formations, she kicked the ball back to her teammates, and they were off and running.
Less than five minutes into the match, Jakarta was able to work the ball into the box and got it past the goalkeeper to take a 1-0 lead, and they eventually got up to a 3-0 edge by the time the teams went back to their rooms with the halftime whistle. Even though the match seemed out of reach already, some growing pains would be natural and Accra still had the second half to try to make something out of it. Only a couple minutes into the half, they would get that break. A Jakarta shot into the box was intercepted and booted back the other way, eventually being played up to Alyssa. With one touch, the young striker played it up to her teammate Fara Dian, who had a clear lane to the net to score Adowa Accra's first goal of the match. The contest ultimately ended in a 4-1 loss, but Alyssa had still picked up her first point of the campaign and put on a performance that she could be satisfied with.
Less than five minutes into the match, Jakarta was able to work the ball into the box and got it past the goalkeeper to take a 1-0 lead, and they eventually got up to a 3-0 edge by the time the teams went back to their rooms with the halftime whistle. Even though the match seemed out of reach already, some growing pains would be natural and Accra still had the second half to try to make something out of it. Only a couple minutes into the half, they would get that break. A Jakarta shot into the box was intercepted and booted back the other way, eventually being played up to Alyssa. With one touch, the young striker played it up to her teammate Fara Dian, who had a clear lane to the net to score Adowa Accra's first goal of the match. The contest ultimately ended in a 4-1 loss, but Alyssa had still picked up her first point of the campaign and put on a performance that she could be satisfied with.
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