The Barca Meanies, aka the Barcalonies, had a great first match on Sunday the 10th. We played super team football, working the ball up from the back and moving the ball around the field with great success. We probably had twice as many successful passes as our opponents. We also communicated much better-- which really helped us get the most out of our tiring legs. The score ended in tie (3,3) but we held the lead for the majority of the match. Basically-- we were worn out by the last quarter of the match and were hoping to hold onto the score. Thankfully a last second shot by a forward of the Nowhere Men went barely wide and the tie held.
Hopefully we will have the full team for this coming Sunday and can substitute more rapidly and completely.
Practice is planned for Thursday at 7:00 pm at the playground of East Elementary. Please bring a light and a dark shirt and a ball if you have one. I invited the players from the Women's rec team "She Goetz what she wants" to join us. I expect that that will only be a couple folks, but it might be nice to practice with some other players too.
Congratulations to all-- but especially to Rebecca who made her team soccer debut!
Great first match everyone!
Great game Barca... it was a lot of fun. You all definitely played a prettier game of soccer than us. Wish we could pass and control like that! And thanks for keeping everything friendly out there.
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The Nowhere Men
Thanks Scott! We really enjoyed the game too. We are working on the whole passing thing and hope to keep improving at it. We were pretty tired by the end, but I feel like we stuck with our game plan pretty well. Looks like we get to meet up again later in the season (since we are in the same sub group)- so that should be fun too.
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