game recaps

Pleasanton RAGE vs. Fresno FREEZE 1-0 Victory; Jun 25, 2022 By Lizzy Rager After its away game versus Fresno tied 0-0, the RAGE made a comeback with a 1-0 victory against Fresno on home turf. Midway through the WPSL season, RAGE maintains the second top spot in the southern division Pac North conference. Now on a two-game win streak, the players are confident to head to the conference championship games. Within the first two minutes of the first half, RAGE gets multiple close goal-scoring opportunities, one with the Fresno goalkeeper leaving the goal wide open and another just barely scraping [...]

More than 150 girls registered for the first annual Pleasanton RAGE WPSL Girls Festival held last Friday at Bernal Community Park. RAGE partners were on hand to answer questions and share their expertise. Soccer stations were set up across two fields where players could rotate between soccer tennis, 1v1s, 3v3s, speed and agility exercises, tricks and attacking moves, and the most popular - the chance to score on a Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) goalkeeper. “I really liked shooting on the goalies! It felt really good when [WPSL goalie] Sadie [Brown] told me that I had a really good shot,” said Hayden Symons, 8.5-year-old member of [...]

5/22/22 Pleasanton RAGE v. San Ramon FC Loss 0-1 By Lizzy Rager Pleasanton Rage lost to San Ramon FC 1-0 in the first match of the 2022 WPSL season. The tight game kicked off the season with a bang–ball control constantly shifted in the midfield between FC and RAGE. While the RAGE was defeated 1-0, it gave San Ramon a hard time. “I love the intensity and the ferociousness that is just out in the field,” said Katie Parker, correspondent of the WPSL. “These players are just so talented.” Halftime allowed RAGE to rethink their strategy of shifting the ball [...]