Indoor Soccer; Versus Gladiators
Gladiators was the team last season that defeated my team "No F In Talent." So when this matchup came around again, we were excited and determined to play a good, fundamentally sound game. As it turned out, we ended up leaving blood sweat and tears on the field.
The intensity was clear right from the start. lots of arms flailing and kicks to the legs (rather than the ball). There were alot of fouls in the game, more than usual. But for the most part we were able to take the game to them. We frustrated them. and jumped out to a good lead going into halftime.
Then it all comes crashing down. With 15 minutes left in the game, our Captain, Rick, runs over one of the other teams best players. It sparks a lot of harsh words and challenges. 2 guys tried to challenge Rick to fight. I ran over and pulled back our keeper and tried to pull back our teammates. Rick was ejected from teh game. We knew now we had to play our best defense. Rick is one of our best players. and with him gone we knew offense was going to struggle alittle. but our D had to be strong. So we went out and proved it.
Fortuneately for us, the 2 guys wanting to fight Rick also got carded, yellow carded. so they were on time out. it was 5 on 4. Very unusual for that matchup. Our team came out and played some very good defense. We bent, but didn't break. We let some in, but we didn't let them take the lead. It came down to 6 to 5 on the scoreboard.
With 1 minute left, the other team kicked a 3 line pass, which is illegal, so the ball came back. And Koens took a 1/4 field shot for a score, making it 7-5. The game ended. Our team knew we had played and conqured the other team.
The schedule get alittle easier. Well of course, we just played the BEST team in the league and now everyone else is not the same calibur. But the trade off is that we are losing some players. Jobs change and some of them have to move on. I am no where near the calibur of these players. I, personally, will try my best to push forward and get better. They took me onto this team. And now it is time to show my worth to my teammates.
The intensity was clear right from the start. lots of arms flailing and kicks to the legs (rather than the ball). There were alot of fouls in the game, more than usual. But for the most part we were able to take the game to them. We frustrated them. and jumped out to a good lead going into halftime.
Then it all comes crashing down. With 15 minutes left in the game, our Captain, Rick, runs over one of the other teams best players. It sparks a lot of harsh words and challenges. 2 guys tried to challenge Rick to fight. I ran over and pulled back our keeper and tried to pull back our teammates. Rick was ejected from teh game. We knew now we had to play our best defense. Rick is one of our best players. and with him gone we knew offense was going to struggle alittle. but our D had to be strong. So we went out and proved it.
Fortuneately for us, the 2 guys wanting to fight Rick also got carded, yellow carded. so they were on time out. it was 5 on 4. Very unusual for that matchup. Our team came out and played some very good defense. We bent, but didn't break. We let some in, but we didn't let them take the lead. It came down to 6 to 5 on the scoreboard.
With 1 minute left, the other team kicked a 3 line pass, which is illegal, so the ball came back. And Koens took a 1/4 field shot for a score, making it 7-5. The game ended. Our team knew we had played and conqured the other team.
The schedule get alittle easier. Well of course, we just played the BEST team in the league and now everyone else is not the same calibur. But the trade off is that we are losing some players. Jobs change and some of them have to move on. I am no where near the calibur of these players. I, personally, will try my best to push forward and get better. They took me onto this team. And now it is time to show my worth to my teammates.
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