I scored some sick goals tonight, but we lost 9 – 13. More details to come after my shower<\/p>\n
Note: This is being updated a day later because I passed out and fell asleep<\/em><\/p>\n We showed up at a brand new gym ready to play soccer. The other team was half the normal team, and half ringers who came in to play. The quality was really good, and we had a lot of fun. I had 2 goals I’m really proud of. The court size was tiny, and it contributed to some challenges, but I think as a team we handled it really well. If we could just find a goalie, then I think we’d be in great shape for playoffs, but that’s not easy :-\/<\/p>\n On to the goals…<\/p>\n The first goal was really the more slick one. It’s a basketball court, and so I had the ball at the top of the key with a defender on my right hip (with my back to the goal). The spot to shoot was actually directly behind where my left foot, and so I had to turn on a dime and shoot while holding the defender where he was. I faked right by stuttering that direction, and then literally turned in the same spot (semi-shielding with my left hip), and nailed it with my right foot. The goalie was actually in good position, but couldn’t get enough hand onto the ball, and I scored. That made it 6 – 8, but we just couldn’t get closer \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n The second goal was off of an inbound from Gustavo. The ball gets passed in from out of bounds. I was making a sideline run on the right sideline facing the goal we were scoring on. I took the ball on my right foot, and shielded the defender off with my left hip. I let the ball roll to about the equivalent of the free throw line, and then used my positioning to toe poke the ball towards the near post. The goalie, again, had good position, but just lost his post, and the ball snuck through. The defender (as I was in the air with my left leg wrapped around him), then air lifted me into the corner, and dropped me off. The landing wasn’t smooth, but the goal sure was \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n We would have easily beaten them without the “subs” there. It’s fine for a regular season game, but I’m keen to make sure that the playoffs are just players from a team’s roster.<\/p>\n Next week is a double header, and it’ll be tons of fun I’m sure…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I scored some sick goals tonight, but we lost 9 – 13. More details to come after my shower Note: This is being updated a day later because I passed out and fell asleep We showed up at a brand new gym ready to play soccer. 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