“Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.” G.O.

"After each game, I want to be able to say:
I gave it all I could, I gave it my best"
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How many of us can really say that?

Round one is over and we're still standing, but round two is next week and the winner will be the team that wants it more. We've given Holy Child some inspiration. The impression that they can run with us and beat us if they had their full squad. It was a tough game, but we were the team that made it tough on ourselves. We dominated play, but again had trouble finishing.

As many approached the field, they saw a ghost of the past...Coach Austin made a guest appearance to check on our progress and offer some constructive criticism as to how we could improve. He wasn't happy with our late arrival, and didn't seem too impressed with the pregame warm up either, but he was reserving comment until after we took the field.

The game started as most this season have... our team dominating play in their end. The HC coach was quick to make adjustments to our attack and marked our left midfielder, but Vicky Roda took it all in stride, taking the ball to the net and the defender too for the first goal at the six minute mark. Chances to add to the lead were missed, and before you knew it, Eddie Rosario's aggressive play gave them a free kick from the 30 that arched over a leaping Gaetano Sciove to tie it up. They were back in the game, and after a Cardinal back pass to an uncovered midfielder actually took the lead and the momentum.

Entering the half on the losing side was a new experience. Changes needed to be made to spark the offense and the fix came from Coach Mark, who's vision of the game saw just what was needed.

As the team took the field for the second half, a last minute switch was called in, moving Greg Molina to forward and pushing Ryan Hapuarachchi back to defense. A risky move, knowing how this team resists change, but one that would pay off on both ends.

Greg was able to make some much needed runs that opened up the offense and after a few near misses, Katrina Wiesner, blasted one into the back of the net to bring us even. Two minutes later, the team's hustle paid off again, as Greg banged in the go ahead goal to put us on top for good.

Wasted opportunities followed for the rest of the game. First, an on target Molina header off a classic Roda corner was negated because of a careless pushing penalty by a player who's head wasn't in the game. Then an open netter was put high and wide because fundamentals were forgotten.

Rematch is next week...They will be ready...will YOU?

Practice: Monday - 5:30 - 7:30 Scrimmage - wear colors
Practice: Tuesday - 2:30 - 4:30
Practice: Thursday - 4:30 - 6:30

Game: Sunday 9:00 - (Arrive no later than 8:30)
Photos after the Game - Bring your envelope and your $$