Category: Soccer

Yesterday, soccer was a well-matched 4-on-4.

White: Me, Josh, D., Roj.
Dark: Yoel, David, Scott, Jae.

I kept shooting, and hitting the defender right in front of me. Must have done that 4 times. Once, from the goal, I threw a ball out towards Josh that was low, and which Roj had to duck.

I had a couple nice shots. One I’m really happy with. Past the blue line, I trapped a quick pass. Stopped, aimed, shot. In, on the low left side.

I let plenty of goals in, but I stopped a shot from Yoel in a 1 on 1. He feinted a pass across the middle to another player, which is the way I dove. But as I went down, I pushed my legs out straight, and my feet caught his shot behind me.

Of course, he stopped 3-4 of my point blank shots at the other end.

Super sore today. I complained about it to the guy at the cafe this morning.

[updated: soreness was from soccer, but i also had a fever later today.]

D. showed up late, so it was four-on-five for at least a half hour. But it was good soccer.

Roj is back, and he can still crank it in. I like playing with him.

M. is a tall and lean with greatI ran into M. a couple times too many. I gotta pull it together even when I’m tired and keep more control over my body.

I scored a few times, mostly on breakaways when we had the numerical advantage. I did have one hard shot that went in, when I was out past the blue line, that felt pretty good.

I’ll take pics next time of the place, just for posterity.

Afterwards, I BARTed home.. I made this ridiculous tuna pasta dish… a bit of macaroni and cheese, with tuna, pepper, and the leftover spicy salsa. Made way too much.