1 good 1 bad …game results 04-21-10

about to take a free kick..playing against the green team

Just when we thought our team would be unstoppable entering the playoffs and all, the unimaginable happened. In our clash with the green team, we suffered heavily from our lacadaisical defending, slow thinking and inability to read plays. This coupled with the fact that a core of the team suffered injuries in the last game we played against Nanu’s team. As such we had about 3 to 4 players (and regular starters) not show up. I also got to the game a little late, and as i was stretching so as not to suffer any injuries the other team was getting busy trying to rack up as many goals as possible before i stamped my presence. i entered the game 3 minutes late saw just as we suffered a 3-0 deficit from the green team. A scoreline that even i knew would take more than a hard work from us, but a miracle to turn around..i’ve played in games like those before where you suffer deficits but dig yourself out of the hole, but not with this team though…that made it a little difficult..if the other guys had shown up i would’ve totally seen it happening…

Anyways, i got in and mesmerized the fans with my dribbling as always, and before you know it i had scored 2 goals..the upsetting thing about it was that the more i scored to catch up, the more our defense relented, and the more they scored..at the end of it all nothing went for nothing and after my 3 goal game the other team beat my team by 7-5. This means disaster for the green team the next time we play because now they’ve teased the beast and they’ll have to dance to its tune when next we meet…i’ll stay mentally ready till then, but as far as i’m concerned they will not be able to handle me…i promise

Good news though from the other passion in my life currently, which is coaching…well, the high school team i and Nanu coach went undefeated this season and we’ve made it to the playoffs after going on a 7-0-0 wining streak. I should’ve been 8, but we didn’t get to play Annie Camp because of bad weather conditions when we were supposed to…the playoffs were supposed to start this weekend but just like always, the weather messed it all up…Its the first time ever that Ridgfield High ihas gone undefeated, and we (i.e Nanu and myself) are happy to be a part of that history..especially since we played other teams that had far more subs than we ever did..the  most we ever had for any given game was 3 subs, whereas other teams had 12, 16 depending…we beat them all…when i think about this,my own team performance in the Jonesboro league means nothing…this kids have really inspired me on the essence of hardwork and i can’t wait to deliver them their very first trophy..lets wait and see what will happen with that

dribbling my way through the defense

Here’s a video from the last game:

Shutdown!!! game results 04-18-10

The game against Nanu, Alejandro and Dr. A’s team went as we expected. All the mouth popping had gone on all week long and it was time to put our games to test. The game started with my team blazing right out of the gate, on fire throughout the whole 90 minutes. It didn’t help them either that they didn’t have Nanu, their most influential player of the season so far, and my roommate, as he was out of town taking care of some personal things.

The game started with my teammates taking charge, without even letting me carry the burden of scoring like i usually do and before you could say “Jack Robinson” we had score 3 goals…I had to get in on the score sheet right?..just so that i put my bid in and i didn’t hold back either. I scored my goal in beautiful fashion, an act that has somewhat become my trademark in the league…i had to dribble all the way from defense through the midfield, through their defense, shimmied their goalie before slotting in the ball to the bottom right corner. As the guys on the sidelines put it, “everyone just stood watching because they were so intrigued by the footwork that they didn’t know if to stop me or jump for joy”…comments like that only make you smile, because it means you’re doing something well, and having fun doing it.

The opposing team tried to creep back into the game, but our offense was way too strong that defensively we took more risks than we would normally..the long and short of it all was that we ended up pounding the other team to a 7-2 win..one of our most dominating wins of the season..at this point i don’t even keep track of my goal tallies anymore..as they now become burdensome to keep counting…hopefully, i’m able to score for my team when we need it the most..pictures from the game are depicted below..enjoy

sitting catching my breathe at half time

walking back into our goal scoring galore exhibition...