The Eagles had a game Monday, and it was about as frustrating as it gets.
We lost 5-2, but I did end up assisting one of the goals. Oh yeah, and I got fouled a lot too. Many of them in great spots for free kicks, but I was always told to "Get in there". Too many times all my hard work dribbling resulted a rough foul and the free kick going out of bounds right off the kick. I got to take none of the kicks, too. There were too many times I was open on those set pieces, but the kicker vouched to shoot. Christ, I am getting sick of all that. And then, to top it all off, the team tried to convince me to run the outdoor contingent in the locker room. I declined, in spite of many convincing arguments, such as "come on" and "you can do whatever you want with the team". The later is a lie, as well, because nobody bloody well listens to anybody as it is.
The Team Gigantic game the next night was the complete polar opposite of the Eagles game. We were playing Superfriends, a team that normally threatens our win record. It was a tight game, but I had a beautiful first half brace that gave us the 2-1 win. The first goal was a one-timer from an awkward angle, and the second was a chested down throw from Shaun that I took through three people them put in the top right section of the net. I also ended up megging pretty well, he looked kinda stupid after it.
We did well, and even Keeley and Alaina came out to play. They've never played soccer before, but they did great, especially compared to my expectations for them.
Apparently, in a Ducharmes game that I omitted to go to in favour of the Team Gigantic game, the other ref and his team were being idiots. So now I have to do something about that... Christ. Never a dull moment.
After the Team Gigantic game, I went to ref. The Yellow Dogs played at nine, and they stuck me in goal for the first half.
In spite of my self-sacrificing drive to prevent balls from entering the net, I'm still not the greatest goalie, and I let in three. I did make a really good save where I palmed the ball into the crossbar, though. When I got out of net, I scored two - both sloppy one timers. We lost 6-5, and one of my teammates kept complaining about "having no firepower up front" after one of the other guys went in net. This is weird, the half I was on we scored 4 as opposed to the previous 1. I almost finished a Messi-esque run through four people, but unfortunately couldn't get past the goal keeper.
We lost 5-2, but I did end up assisting one of the goals. Oh yeah, and I got fouled a lot too. Many of them in great spots for free kicks, but I was always told to "Get in there". Too many times all my hard work dribbling resulted a rough foul and the free kick going out of bounds right off the kick. I got to take none of the kicks, too. There were too many times I was open on those set pieces, but the kicker vouched to shoot. Christ, I am getting sick of all that. And then, to top it all off, the team tried to convince me to run the outdoor contingent in the locker room. I declined, in spite of many convincing arguments, such as "come on" and "you can do whatever you want with the team". The later is a lie, as well, because nobody bloody well listens to anybody as it is.
The Team Gigantic game the next night was the complete polar opposite of the Eagles game. We were playing Superfriends, a team that normally threatens our win record. It was a tight game, but I had a beautiful first half brace that gave us the 2-1 win. The first goal was a one-timer from an awkward angle, and the second was a chested down throw from Shaun that I took through three people them put in the top right section of the net. I also ended up megging pretty well, he looked kinda stupid after it.
We did well, and even Keeley and Alaina came out to play. They've never played soccer before, but they did great, especially compared to my expectations for them.
Apparently, in a Ducharmes game that I omitted to go to in favour of the Team Gigantic game, the other ref and his team were being idiots. So now I have to do something about that... Christ. Never a dull moment.
After the Team Gigantic game, I went to ref. The Yellow Dogs played at nine, and they stuck me in goal for the first half.
In spite of my self-sacrificing drive to prevent balls from entering the net, I'm still not the greatest goalie, and I let in three. I did make a really good save where I palmed the ball into the crossbar, though. When I got out of net, I scored two - both sloppy one timers. We lost 6-5, and one of my teammates kept complaining about "having no firepower up front" after one of the other guys went in net. This is weird, the half I was on we scored 4 as opposed to the previous 1. I almost finished a Messi-esque run through four people, but unfortunately couldn't get past the goal keeper.
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