dobberette came down with a bug. She had the chills Sunday morning and spent most of the day sleeping, so there was no soccer for her. She was kind of bummed because she knew that she was going to start had she played. We started with 1 sub and then another girl showed up at halftime. Ended up getting beat 2-1 by a team that was not as good as we were. Squawk coach did not like getting beat.
dobberjr's Ninjas won the evening cap 4-3. It was one of the crazier games. With 5 minutes left in the half, Ninjas were down 0-2, but had out shot the other team about 15-2. The other team had 2 shots in the entire half and both of them went in. Ninjas were possessing the crap out of the ball and looked great, even in the final third but just could not put it in the net. dobberjr crashed on a shot and actually put it in, but the ref waved it off. He said the goalie had a hand on the ball and the league is strict about not kicking the ball if the goalie has even a single finger on the ball. Of course, dobberjr said the goalie wasn't touching it.
The second half was more of the same. They had 2 shots in the second and made 1. We continued to pass and build and look really sharp, just not putting the ball in the net. One of the prettiest plays was 4 consecutive 1-touch passes that ended in a goal, but the last guy was off-sides by about 6 inches. Anyway, a win is a win!
