It was as eventful as it gets yesterday, as far as soccer goes. I secured a couple tryouts for second division teams, then played three games while at Winnipeg Rec League, one of which was the championship match for winter indoor.
The two teams I'm trying out with are St. James Hurricane and Southport Aeros. I'm with the Arrows through a couple of players on the Ducharmes, and I got the Hurricanes tryout through I guy I was just chatting about with soccer. I can only pick one of those teams, and I'll have to weigh out the pros and cons to each. Right now, this is what I see:
The Hurricanes "need" midfielders. This means I could be playing one of my better positions, with more play time. Their requirement for midfielders tell me they could have had an exodus of sorts, which is generally bad. Also, I have heard that they may be a team new to the division. This either means relegation or promotion, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but in most cases is.
The Arrows seems to be a good team, and I know Ben and Jordan, who play with me on the Ducharmes. They're pretty good players. Their lack of need for players means I may not get in a good position (in spite of my constant yammering about how I can play every position, some are definitely easier than others for me), and regardless, there probably won't be as much play time. The biggest drawback, though, is that I'd be playing out of town. Two hours from my house, to be close to exact. Practices will be hard to get to on time, if at all, and half of the games would also be there. This also leads to one of the team's problems, which is that "there just isn't enough commitment to take it to the next level".
What a conundrum.
In the first game, I was playing defense as a guest player for a team called "Renaldo". I played pretty well and had some good clearances, but it was apparent that I hadn't played with them before. I aggravated my knee injury too by clearing a ball strangely, but I'm fine in general. I've been using it as an opportunity to practice with my left leg. We lost that game 4-1.
Then came the championship game. We were playing a team that is known for having decent players and a huge mean streak, and today was no exception. We put in two early on them, but they had equalized by the end of the half with two goals that were complete flukes, one was a shot that got stomached in, the other took an incredibly weird bounce off the boards and set a lucky player up for a tap in.
We pulled ahead in the second half thanks to a couple great breakaway goals, but all in all, it was not terribly exciting. I played terribly, possibly due to fatigue, and I remember somebody on the opposing team told their own players to watch out for my "cheap tricks". I pulled out the seal dribble and showed them what was up, and we ended up winning the match and championship by a score of 4-2. I should have just booted the guy who called my tricks cheap anyway.
I'd like to know what went through everybody's mind at the moment this was taken.
After the win, I couldn't have cared less as to what happened in the next game, which was for third place, with the Yellow Dogs. We lost, and I again played badly, possibly due to fatigue. We lost that game 3-1.
Three games in a day is tough.
The two teams I'm trying out with are St. James Hurricane and Southport Aeros. I'm with the Arrows through a couple of players on the Ducharmes, and I got the Hurricanes tryout through I guy I was just chatting about with soccer. I can only pick one of those teams, and I'll have to weigh out the pros and cons to each. Right now, this is what I see:
The Hurricanes "need" midfielders. This means I could be playing one of my better positions, with more play time. Their requirement for midfielders tell me they could have had an exodus of sorts, which is generally bad. Also, I have heard that they may be a team new to the division. This either means relegation or promotion, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but in most cases is.
The Arrows seems to be a good team, and I know Ben and Jordan, who play with me on the Ducharmes. They're pretty good players. Their lack of need for players means I may not get in a good position (in spite of my constant yammering about how I can play every position, some are definitely easier than others for me), and regardless, there probably won't be as much play time. The biggest drawback, though, is that I'd be playing out of town. Two hours from my house, to be close to exact. Practices will be hard to get to on time, if at all, and half of the games would also be there. This also leads to one of the team's problems, which is that "there just isn't enough commitment to take it to the next level".
What a conundrum.
In the first game, I was playing defense as a guest player for a team called "Renaldo". I played pretty well and had some good clearances, but it was apparent that I hadn't played with them before. I aggravated my knee injury too by clearing a ball strangely, but I'm fine in general. I've been using it as an opportunity to practice with my left leg. We lost that game 4-1.
Then came the championship game. We were playing a team that is known for having decent players and a huge mean streak, and today was no exception. We put in two early on them, but they had equalized by the end of the half with two goals that were complete flukes, one was a shot that got stomached in, the other took an incredibly weird bounce off the boards and set a lucky player up for a tap in.
We pulled ahead in the second half thanks to a couple great breakaway goals, but all in all, it was not terribly exciting. I played terribly, possibly due to fatigue, and I remember somebody on the opposing team told their own players to watch out for my "cheap tricks". I pulled out the seal dribble and showed them what was up, and we ended up winning the match and championship by a score of 4-2. I should have just booted the guy who called my tricks cheap anyway.
I'd like to know what went through everybody's mind at the moment this was taken.After the win, I couldn't have cared less as to what happened in the next game, which was for third place, with the Yellow Dogs. We lost, and I again played badly, possibly due to fatigue. We lost that game 3-1.
Three games in a day is tough.
2 comments:
Greg! it's AEROS, not arrows lol
Nice, bonus points because I like that team name better.
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