Goleros win - playoff bracket filling out

Awesome 4-2 win last night versus our friends and rivals, Tsunami.  We owed them one after they bested us the in both of the past two seasons by one goal in frustrating losses (2-1 in the spring and 1-0 this season).  See our game report from Week 1 here.

With this win, we go back on top of the Orange Bowl series by one game, 4-3-1.  Vic did pick up another goal against us though, but it's likely his last, at least on Tsunami.  He is moving to Washington Wanderers in the Premier Division next season.  Too bad for the 2nd Division; great player and competitor.  A few more notes about Tsunami.  I thought Terry was outstanding at central defender, as was the curly haired woman who played left back.  Ty has been making weaving runs for years against our back line.  He scored his first ever goal against us last night according to my memory.  Let's hope it's his last one.

We had a lot of bright spots.  One of our best performances of the season.  The defense was mostly solid.  We yielded to a lot of pressure in the second half.  But with some over-the-top distribution and timely runs by the Silver Fox and others, we seized the initiative back and ultimately withstood the test.  That was exciting to watch - an example of the dyanmic part of the game. 

Every once in a while, it's fun to mention some names even though this is a team sport.  Cat scored her first goal and continued her stellar play as of late.  Nap was very effective in the back and the middle against some of Tsunami's best players.  My vote for player-of-the-match is Griz, however.  His assists were quite skillful and he ran the full field, disrupting the attacks.

Well played by everyone though, seriously.

The playoff bracket is more clear now.

We will now have to play the top seed, Taz Devils.  The winner of the LUA/DC Thunder match was DC Thunder by a score of 5-3 (why do I think that Roland scored at least 4 of those?).  So DC Thunder will face Quicksilver and we - if we can win the semi somehow - will face the winner of that matchup in the finals.

Next up: Taz.

[Notes: 4-2 playoff win vs Tsunami on 11/7/10 at Geo Mason HS.  Goals: Chris N. (Griz), Cat (Griz), Ermy (unassisted), Nate (Nap).  GK: George.]