Take a look at this face. Carlos, a.k.a. the Silver Fox, is pouting upon upon learning that we didn't advance to the semi's tomorrow.But it's not a genuine disappointment, he's just joking around. He knows we played great and rose to the occasion against a high level of competition. Seriously, after an off-and-on spring, we put together three great matches and it was a ton of fun. We reasserted ourselves on defense, moved the ball effectively, got wide thanks to strong wing play, and played great team ball. That's what it's about!
Quality score: 9.
This was our fifth consecutive appearance in the Coed Classic. Read about past exploits here. Follow the links in that post for some good memories.
This year, our record in the first round was 1-2. We dropped a competitive first match versus Fear the Turtle 2-0. In the second match versus Ignite FC, we made a statement in the first half with 4 goals. We added three more in the second half, yielding one, for a final score of 7-1. In the third and most competitive match, we faced Nova FC, which included several outstanding players that we know from various games and leagues. Lennon, their quality striker, netted an unstoppable one-touch volley early when we were down a player. He netted two more later in the game, but so did we. We pressured well and scored once in the first half, and again in the second by converting a PK won by Chris (Ermy converted). It was a fantastic rec match. Score was 3-2. We played so well, George even heard about it from across Howard County and came by to watch.
I truly enjoyed playing today - we have the coolest people on this team! Great way to spend a day. Count us in for next year!
Like Sisters
Special thanks to the team's Baltimore branch for sending us some great players and nice people. It was great to play with Julia again, and Holly and Matt were solid additions. Oh, if you all could only travel to DC for games!
Coed Classic
July 2009
July 2009
Back row, L to R: Julia, Holly, Chris, Carlos, Kristin, Heather, Griz, Matt, ET. Front row, L to R: Ermy, Ally, Jon, Pete, De, Carolyn, Percy. Not pictured: Katya.
Now it's back to finishing out summer league and preparing for the fall.
A big THANKS to you PETER for putting this together brilliantly yet again!
ReplyDelete-Carlos
Thanks a lot man, I appreciate it. We worked harder to make this one happen than any of the previous tournaments. When I say "we," I mean everyone, especially Ally, Chris, and De, who spent a lot of time helping us get players.
ReplyDeleteIt was so fun!
And thanks to Ermy for bringing the "Three Stooges": Ermy, Percy, and ET. That was quite a combo.
ReplyDeleteAnd a special thanks to Ally for teaching us that children are the orgasms of the world.
ReplyDelete-Chris
Hey guys, even though Ally thinks i'm a liar :P (she'll know what that's about) I wanted to come over and thank all of you for a great game on Saturday. Competitive, clean and good soccer despite the field. If anyone is interested, Nova ended up winning the tourney over that Fear the Turtle team. Great job again, best of luck to all of you and see you guys at the field.
ReplyDeleteVictor
(Tsunami)
Victor - thanks for the update! I'm not surprised that Nova won, you guys had a lot of good stuff. That makes our almost-tie mean a little more.
ReplyDeleteYep, see you on the pitch!
While we're making fun of Ally, I do believe she had another classic line uttered from the sidelines to the guys on the field: 'hey guys, you need to get it up!"
ReplyDeletePI
ummmm.. She sure did ;-)
ReplyDelete-Carlos
What the heck is going on?!?! I go out of town for a few days and this is what I come back to!
ReplyDeleteHaha very funny.
Here is my rebuttle:
Children ARE the orgasms of life.
Victor, you ARE a liar but congrats on winning.
Peter, you we ARE a great duo!
Carlos....behave!
That's all.
:)