tournament

today, i played in my last game ever as a viper!!!!

in the first game, we lost 2-1. that was on friday, at 7:15. we should have won, the reffing was terrible. on one of their goals, they tripped our goalie, kicked it out of her hands, and scored. illeagal times 100! on the other one, the ref called a corner when it was obviously a goal kick. they scored off a set play from there. that team was really physical too, and we all took a few good hits. my hardest was probably getting sandwiched between there stopper and defending mid. ouch. i scored our only goal, off a beautiful shot by lauren grillo. the girls got skillz. she missed just to the outside of the far post, and i managed to get there in the nick of time to finish for her.

in our game today, the team had to forfeit becuase of illegeal players. if not, we would have lost. we only had 11 in both games, and 2 with injuries. a pulled hammy and a bad ankle. the ankle girl couldnt run, so we had to stick her in goal. she wasnt a goalie. lauren had our only goal off a breakaway. she beat a few girls, and finished with a chip shot over the rushing goalie. upper 90. that was my last game ever as a viper, and it was slightly disapointing. only 15 minutes at forward, and i had one cross that should have been finished, no shots. then, a half at mid. mostly defensive. the rest i played at left D.

this game felt almost like high school. beautiful passes, huge legs on girls, that could knock you head off, reffs strict about offsides, and loose about elbows, jursey pulling, pushing, lide tackling from behind, the works. sadly, the ref didnt like me too much again. a girl twice my size started pushing me around, and pulling my shorts, trying to get the ball. the whole time, their players had beat us up, and we had gotten no calls. so, i fought back. i wasnt gonna let her do that to me! the ref came over, and by that time we were both on the ground, in pain, and geting up as fast as we could to do it again. he started yelling, not at her (she flagrently pushed me first) but at me! he said, "hey, you look like your on a UFC fight show! if you dont knock it off now, im gonna card you and send you to the bench! now, you done, or should i just card you up now?" i said i would stop, and he gave us a drop ball, becuase he knew as well as me that she started it. she got to it first, and hit me in the stomach pretty had. i recovered, and cleared it. still though, i have a bad opinion of that ref, although i am suprised he didnt card me then and there!