After winning its first two games, the third time wasn’t a charm for the Pali Blues, as they fought the Santa Clarita Blue Heat to a 0-0 draw last Thursday at PaliHi’s Stadium by the Sea. ’It was a really tough game,’ Blues head coach Jacob Tudela told the team’s Web site following the game. ‘It was like a light bulb, on at times, off at times.’ Pali Blues goal keeper Anna Picarelli was called into action twice in the game’s opening 15 minutes, deflecting a deep shot out of bounds in the seventh minute and punching a wayward through-ball over the crossbar in the fifteenth. The Blues bounced back offensively with three shots over the next 10 minutes, but strikes from Cortni Joyner and Anisa Guajardo went wide and Ashley Bowyer’s shot was turned away by keeper Cynthia Jacobo. The second half saw more of the same improved attacking play from Pali, as Christie Shaner, Jamia Fields, Sasha Andrews and Tiffany McCarty all put the ball on goal, but each try went begging. In other news, Andrews, Pali’s central defender, was named to the W-League’s Team of the Week for her play last week. The Blues played against Vancouver yesterday (after the Palisadian-Post went to press). Pali will host Seattle this Sunday, June 5 at 3 p.m. The Blues then hit the road for five games, returning home on June 30.
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