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ceebeegeeSo, moar soccer this past weekend. Played with the Saturday group in da Bronx and scored twice again--the second goal was kind of cool, one of my teammates looped a pass over 3-4 opponents to me and I one-touched it into the goal. Everyone (including the opposing team) congratulated me! I like that group because it's FREE and there seem to be enough players showing up regularly that it's a nice big group (which means it's mostly full field). Plus everyone seems cool. Plus it's FREE.
Sunday my Dolphman team (my league team) had a game and it was FUCKING FREZZING OUT. In the 20s with WIND. We were actively rooting--praying, even--for the game to be cancelled but luckily it wasn't because the other team didn't have enough players so we got the forfeit. We had to push for it though--I saw that four of their mandated 7 players wore red--the red team in this league is in first place, they're like a family of amazing soccer players and we've already had our asses handed to them. I objected to the ref saying hey, we've played them already, if yellow doesn't have enough players then they should forfeit. So finally yellow (grudgingly) agreed then we played for fun and honestly, everyone had a great time! We played quite well as a team--set up well and passed well and got off TONS of shots. And I SCORED, my third Dolphman goal of the season! (Cutely the whole team was excited, including all the guys--Vlady, our huge defender, came up and slapped my hand.) (I know it must be annoying that I gloat so much about scoring but I remind you that I'm ELDERLY compared to these guys--everyone on the field is at least 10-15 years younger than I am.) That's the first time I've ever scored three times within one league season, so I was super-thrilled. Again, league goals are rarer (I score all the time in pickup games)--teams that play with each other regularly are better, plus they have dedicated goalies whereas in pickup everyone switches off as goalie.
Afterward we were completely freezing so no one was in the mood for beer. BUT--after we split up into little groups, my group saw Cameron Diaz pass us in the crosswalk! Both Adam and I stared at each other, then back at her, and then broke out into excited conversation.
Sunday my Dolphman team (my league team) had a game and it was FUCKING FREZZING OUT. In the 20s with WIND. We were actively rooting--praying, even--for the game to be cancelled but luckily it wasn't because the other team didn't have enough players so we got the forfeit. We had to push for it though--I saw that four of their mandated 7 players wore red--the red team in this league is in first place, they're like a family of amazing soccer players and we've already had our asses handed to them. I objected to the ref saying hey, we've played them already, if yellow doesn't have enough players then they should forfeit. So finally yellow (grudgingly) agreed then we played for fun and honestly, everyone had a great time! We played quite well as a team--set up well and passed well and got off TONS of shots. And I SCORED, my third Dolphman goal of the season! (Cutely the whole team was excited, including all the guys--Vlady, our huge defender, came up and slapped my hand.) (I know it must be annoying that I gloat so much about scoring but I remind you that I'm ELDERLY compared to these guys--everyone on the field is at least 10-15 years younger than I am.) That's the first time I've ever scored three times within one league season, so I was super-thrilled. Again, league goals are rarer (I score all the time in pickup games)--teams that play with each other regularly are better, plus they have dedicated goalies whereas in pickup everyone switches off as goalie.
Afterward we were completely freezing so no one was in the mood for beer. BUT--after we split up into little groups, my group saw Cameron Diaz pass us in the crosswalk! Both Adam and I stared at each other, then back at her, and then broke out into excited conversation.
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Date: 2013-12-02 06:00 pm (UTC)