Ruff had a positive weekend with her Sting Austin team, ending the event with two wins and one loss. She scored three goals and tallied two assists, playing a big role in the team’s offense that produced 11 goals. I got to watch them in their only defeat, a 2-1 loss to Eclipse Select, when she scored one of her goals. It was a challenging match for Sting, as they were trailing for most of the time, but they had in Ruff one of their main offensive forces as she continued to battle from her midfield position. Playing centrally, she tried to beat defenders with her runs and by combining with her teammates. Ruff also displayed good presence inside the penalty box and got on the end of a cross to score.

Ruff will be with Sting Austin G08 in their matches against Kansas City Athletics, Atlanta Fire United and Eclipse Select SC. She’s a high-energy player, who perfectly fits the description of a box-to-box midfielder because of the amount she does on and off the ball and the miles she covers every match. Ruff works hard on defense and uses her energy to win duels in the center of the field. She’s also extremely skilled on the ball and helps the team create chances with her accurate passing and her ability to overlap on both wings.

Ruff was a dynamo for Sting Austin playing as a box-to-box midfielder. She played with tremendous intensity and was very active on both sides of the ball, covering a lot of ground on defense and being involved with most of the team’s chance-creation efforts. Ruff was very direct and confident when in possession and used her ability to dribble the ball and change directions to beat Albion defenders and create space for herself.  She found Gonzalez with a beautiful pass in the play that generated Sting’s game-winning goal and kept her intensity level high until the final whistle.