What a difference a
week can make. Take last week's victory where we fight
back repeatedly to come out with the victory thinking
nothing worse or weirder could overcome us.
Now fast forward to August
29th and I find myself scratching my head.
Strange circumstances
come up all the time around the soccer field and that's
to be expected. But when a few 'blokes' decide to throw
in their personal say on the game through their whistle
blowing (or lack of) I find that unacceptable.
Our SBD (Silent But
Deadly) forward Dave Ahlgren and others continue to take
repeated hacks from the opposition with a certain
referee a few feet away standing silent and oblivious.
Unacceptable!
Then
for the opposition to score both of their goals on PK's
- a coincidence? I think not! But to accurately
describe this match and my outlook on this game I must
revert to breakfast cereal.
Now
before some of you start to think, "Okay that blow he
took a few weeks ago affected more than just his eye"
check out the following analogies. We were smart
to decide as a team to come out quick and attack first
which is like digging that spoon right away into your
bowl of Frosted Flakes after pouring the milk so not
to let it get soggy. Next we put together awesome
passing, a quick pace and determination right out of the
block like a bowl of Rice Crispies with it's Snap,
Crackle n' Pop. You know that's what their goalie heard
coming at him when he fumbled in that own goal.
Just
a few minutes later a Franco to Thomas combo nets goal
number 2 and some more "Life" to our lead. "Mikey likes
it!"
But then our friends in
yellow, Froot Loops and Count Chocula start to suck the
chocolaty sweet life out of us.
A defensive lapse led
to a one on one with an attacking player for Travis. I
don't know what possessed the ol' Count to do it but a
red card 10 minutes into the game left us a man down and
seeing, "Horseshoes, Cloverleafs, Rainbows & Balloons!"
(Lucky Charms) Purely Ridiculous!!!
But I have to say our
team pulled together and not once did I feel like we
were playing short and at a disadvantage. Right there is
the fight that has distinguished the Firecrackers as one
of best in the league. Despite the opposition and what
appeared to be an extreme bias against us we stayed in
the game and held the lead.
To
end the way it did was insulting, but in my mind it was
a win for us and not a tie. I'm pretty sure in saying
we've seen the worse thrown at us so it's only uphill
from here. We may not have been able to take that last
victory 'slurp of milk' but I believe the Firecrackers
are poised for a great finish.
Due to the high
amount of expletives in most of the comments heard on
the field there will not be a "Quote of the Week" for
this log. But there were a few interesting moments that
took place.
#1 - As the final
whistle blew a fan of the opposing team came running
onto the field from out of nowhere, shirtless and
frantic with a watch in his hand exclaiming, "I've
been timing the game and there is at least 4 minutes
left!".
You got to love that fan
enthusiasm.
#2 - After whistling
for a penalty kick against us late in the game
I hurriedly rushed over to the ref to discuss his call.
As I raised both my hands to exclaim my point he ducked
in fear like I was going to strike him. After wards he
tried to rattle off some explanation which I think was
in English but he seemed too shaken to reason.
Either the
toxic conditions of Watson Park are having a
hallucinating effect or I just come across as an abusive
person.
I'm sure there were
more comments and funny scenes that I missed so be sure
and submit them for "Quote of the Week".
See you all in a few
weeks. Have a great holiday!
