I figured we'd win - we did - but you never knew. My team - the varsity - played it's last game yesterday and we won 3-1. This was an important game - we're out of all playoffs, but we needed this win to stay up in the First Division and not drop to the Second. This we succeeded in doing. We were the better team, no doubt - but the better team doesn't always win. Since we had trouble finishing off games this season - four ties a "goal in the last 3m" wrecked games for us - so when we went up 2-0 in the second half I grew ok'd. Gob got it to 1-2, but we weer so outplaying them that the worries lasted only a bit. W went up 3-1, and I got to relax a bit.
Asit was the last game of the year, I wanted to put it a few players that haven't played on varsity all year. One was senior who never layed varsity ever - unfortunately, I waited too long and the game ended w/ her on the bench. oops. And then there was another girl who hesitated playing on varsity all year. She played a few times, but inssted on being o the JV. She played a bit. And then there is another athlete who deeply wanted to be on varsity if only for a bit. She also plays basketball and is deeply agressive - she got some important minutes and will be good for us next year. It was nice.
And i got to ref the second game. It was an non conference game for our two young teams - the ones who pay on Saturday. We have an "A" team - the Reds - and a "B"team - the Blues (AND yes, that Man U. is called the Reds meant that the first team would be known as the Reds). This division into A and B was felt by the girls all year. B had the inferority complex. Now neither team is a powerhouse this year - A was 2-4-1, and B was 1-4 - but when they met in conference last month, it was A 7, B 0.
But not on this day. Since it was the end of the year and we had a bus going out from school to marquette Turf fielf, i figured it'd be good to get the little ones in uniform for one last game. Turf field, parents there, nice goals, the whole thing - and wouldn't you know it, B came up big and got a 0-0 result. And trust me, the B team celebrated bigtime. Although Red mocked them a bit for celebarting a tie, it was good to see the happiness of Blue. It was a long long road to almost parity w/ thir classmates in Red - but they tied fair and square.
Th ride on the bus home was as usual - 14 and 15 year old girls going from side to side screaming out @ people. When 20 girls start to scream, everyone listens.
Special guest - Disco Danny B in the house. I wonder, how did he get there? No one was dressed as Arsenal.
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