The EbbTide

What are the odds? Third game in the tournament, third opponent wearing red jerseys with a small white line sleeve to sleeve.

D is tired, ready to be done for the day.

We grabbed some snacks. Eli and A destroyed a bag of “popcorn indiana movie theater popcorn”. Good stuff, if I can get a handfull.

Our game started 25 minutes late. Referee shortage.

D is playing like he’s wearing a 50 lb backpack.

They had two good shots on goal, one missed. We’re down 1-0.

Make that 3-0. All in the space of a couple of minutes.

Talking with A, kickoff? Score must be 4-0.

D had a good stop, followed by a whiff. 5-0.

Finally! got behind the other team, easy goal. 5-1.

Ow! D kicked the ball out of bounds, took down an opposing player. He’s ok.

D is kicking the ball well, but out. Gotta move it to the other end. Don’t need to keep it on this end.

Halftime! Maybe we can find the team that played earlier.

There is a reason we don’t bring the DS to games.

Survived a corner kick. D is out, teammate got ball, open field. made a shot from the center circle, “just a bit outside”.

Opponent just slid one in..score? Too much / not enough. 6-1.

Big kick over everyone, Goal! 6-2. Still have 4th Q.

It is obvious our ref does not want to be here. Very poor calling. Didn’t know you could swat the ball in the goal.

Our game was cut short to keep the schedule, apparently. just when we started to play.

Back to the grindstone!

We’re gearing up for the 2nd game. so far, we have 4 players. I hope somebody else arrives!

Goooooooal! D cleared the ball, the rest of the team worked it in. 1-0 us!

Celebration is short-lived, D was caught too far out and they squeaked one in. Game is tied, 1-1.

We managed to get behind their defenses, Goal! 2-1.

Fast break! Squeezed it in, 3-1. Their goalie got out of position, score from half-court! 4-1.

Looks like we got lazy, they popped one in. 4-2.

D had a great pass! We missed though. Several good shots later, end of quarter. I’ll let Eli talk about stoping one errant shot….(ask her about it!)

Start of the fourth, we slid one by two players, into the goal! 5-2.

D set up another breakaway, 6-2.

Narrowly missed another, end of game!

8n this tourney, D’s team is 1-1.

Its soccer day in our world.

Left D’s game, arrived for A’s halftime. This is A’s second game, he is looking tired.

Ran by home. then headed the crew to D’s second game.

9AM. Soccer, playing some team in red. we have a full team, plus two. In the second period, D tackled another player, penalty kick, goal. rats. down 1-0.

D “forgot” his water, so I ran back to the car. looks like the whole team got tired in my absence.

Ooh! Good series. Unfortunately, we missed. game over, 2-0.