Notes from the road from two different soccer teams.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Day 1 the aftermath

Greetings from Lake Oswego. 2 games played today, and we finished second in our bracket.

We entered the tournament with two guest players, Kai and McKenzie. Maud's back from Europe so we're well manned up for the warmer weather.

Our first game was against the Kaizer Hotshots, the final 0-1. It wasn't an overwhelming ugly game, nor a pretty game, we just sort of sluggish, and the other team was a bit better. We didn't seem to have too many opportunties and we managed to dodge a few bullets as they keep driving deep into our end.

It was notable that girls on the other team was big.



The second game was against the OSA Legends. This particular team was lessed skilled than the Hotshots. But they were just as big.

Most of the game was on their end of the field. We had numerous corner kicks but never were able to convert. The opponent seemed to lack some knowledge of the game witness the pushing the goalie did on our players during corner kicks and througout the game. In the second half their defenders plays a handball resulting in a PK. The other team tries to build a walld in the box, against a PK from the spot??? Unfortunately Kaylene was unable to convert the kick. A few minutes later McKenzie puts the ball into the net! Final 1-0, good guys (us).

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Down South - Mt Hood Challenge

Whew! What a drive.... terrible traffic coming into Tacoma today. It didn't clear until the Nisqually delta area. What normally takes 50 minutes worth of driving took us 2 hours to get to Olympia. sheesh.

The girls are getting settle in the hotel, lots of giggling going on as they are racing up the hallways decorating the doors.

Meanwhile we're watching an "interesting" Sounders game right now... haven't seen that many cards shown in a long time...

First game is at 11:40, let's see what happens.