Second Match-First Win

August 18^th, 2011

Yesterday we played at Horbury Town, which was around 25 minutes away from campus. The first thing I noticed was that our stadium was ten times better than this complex/ field, and as the second years told (I played with the first team again) me, was that our complex was going to be the best out of all the teams would play in this league. The field we played on was literally on a hill, so one half you played going uphill, while the other half you played going downhill. We started the game slow and went down two-zero at half. The other team dominated in the air and we gave away way to many fouls in are own half.  As well we playing uphill the first half so this put us under a lot of pressure. In the second half, we scored early on from a cross and a near post tap in and after the other midfielders and I started to win more 50-50 balls, and got stuck into tackles the momentum started to change. The game got a little “chippy” and the other team started to foul as it seemed they could not get it out of their half and we started to frustrate them. Soon the game became tied 2-2, off a short corner kick play, and from them on we knew that we were going to win. But then the whole tide of the game change when both a guy on their team and a guy on our team received red cards. Towards the end of the games we pushed on and scored the third goal off of a break away and then killed the game with a fourth goal on a breakaway. It felt good to beat this team because by then they were running their mouths more than playing and it would have been disappointing to lose to them because we were the far superior side. As well, it was great to get the first win of the season. As for school, I did excellent on my midterm for my Sports and Society class and we do not have class tomorrow or next Friday. Saturday is our next game for the league and next week we have two more games.  Cheers!

Below are some more pictures from the campus and a picture of me during the game.