Soccer: Suck it Christ

Today was the day we had spent just over a whole week preparing for. Both men and women had a semi-final match against Christ. Ladies were at 12:30 and Men were at 2:30. The ladies started the game and both teams used a similar strategy. This strategy is called swarming the ball. At most times of the  20 (excluding keepers) players on the pitch, a dozen or so were within 3 meters of the ball. Christ scored first, and honestly I don't really remember the goal. We then scored three times before the half ended. Christ had no subs, and were getting a little tired, so the refs agreed the second half would be shortened to 30 minutes rather than 45. so they weren't really halfs, but thats ok. Christ scored again, leaving us to win 3-2. Well done ladies. Great play all around, especially Liz, Maha, and Victoria. A special moment should be taken by all to congratulate Hayley on overcoming her fear of the ball.
The Mens game started right after, and I'd like to say that we were not swarming and generally played at a higher level. With that in mind I have to acknowledge that I got a goal...for the wrong team. Whoops (sheepish whistling). That was the first goal of the game. Things were eventful even before that as Zander's knee was pretty badly twisted after about 13 seconds of play. Luckily Dr. Siejka was there to save the day (help him limp and give him ice). Yun scored our first goal, which I honestly thought he missed, but he didn't and so my mistake was covered. Right before half time the blind ref awarded Christ a goal, but after Tommy D tackled him to the ground and yelled in his face, he consulted the line ref and gave a corner instead. The half ended one all. We played lots more blah blah blah, until Timmy hit a beautiful shot from outside the 18 yard box, putting us up 2-1. We had a couple more opportunities to score, but bad luck got in the way, and similar things happened to Christ. We ended up winning 2-1. Suck it Christ. Great play all around on our side, especially Eddy on D, Gav in goal, and literally everyone on offense. A little more luck it would've been 6-1.

We may look like fools, but we won

Another funny moment came when Ira and a christ kid were running towards the ball, and Ira yelled to scare him. Christ was awarded a penalty, but it was still hilarious and even the ref laughed. Next week we kick Jane's ass, then we're champions. sounds like a plan