Goleros win under the lights

This photo depicts Goleros fans celebrating our hard-fought 2-0 victory over Far Post at Washington & Lee High School last night. Chris' mom and Anna's boyfriend - two more loyal fans who attended the match - are not pictured.

What a fantastic way to kick off our season! We fielded a full and healthy squad, thanks in no small part to two of our favorite alternates (Jules and Liz). We successfully shook off the cobwebs of the offseason to play 90 good minutes against a quality and sportsmanlike opponent. Surprisingly, our fitness was decent. We have now earned a 2-0 record versus Far Post (both shut-outs). We last faced them in the Fall season opener at Trinity, taking a victory by the score of 6-0.

In the first half, we spent most of the time chasing the ball and getting back our touches. We had a few close chances and there was one attempted bicycle kick by your Captain. The kick was just slightly right of goal - OK, 90 degrees right of goal!

In the second half, with the wind at our backs, we created a lot of chances. We capitalized off an errant clearance by going back over the top of the D. Goal by Chris (Pete). We converted our next goal on a surprising half-field run by our new all-purpose player, Nathan (assist by Jon). And welcome Nathan! Both goals demonstrated a lot of confidence.

All three lines contributed. We had a busy defense, both up the middle and along the wings. The goalkeeping was, as you will recall, outstanding, with at least two fully-extended saves.

It was great to see everybody again, we've got a great team dynamic. We think that was a Goleros classic. See you next week.

BTW - someone PLEASE comment on this blog!