Captain Favela struck with
sudden case of Writer's Block! News at 6
For whatever recent
events - perhaps the latest full moon, or the
constant blows to the face with soccer balls by
his own teammates, or watching all those rerun
episodes of That 70's Show - I've developed the
dreaded Writers Performancous Blockus or WSB for
short.
So with great
struggle and effort (and powerful new
medication) I present you this week's Captain's
Log.
Captain's Log
Stardate 8/19.
Here we are coming
down to the final stages of what I must say was
one of the most eventful soccer seasons that I
can remember. Difficulties with referring, toxic
soils, player attendance, and the firing of our
Mascot (apparently Carl the Catatonic Cougar
wasn't all that popular) would not keep us down
and once again we are in the thick of the
playoff hunt. The Firecrackers are resilient and
just like that stray cherry bomb that blows up
in your hand, we hit you hard when you least
expect us to. So going into this week's match we
found ourselves ready to 'detonate' on our
next opponent and take control of first place.
And like a good
fireworks show we didn't disappoint. Within the
first 15 minutes we played some of our best
soccer all year. There was a fast tempo, good
intensity, pinpoint passing and great
communication. Even with the sun blaring in our
eyes we seemed to hold the advantage. And not
only were there fine individual efforts but our
team game rose to a new level. I finally felt
like we were playing more to our potential.
We did also have
some interesting moments on the field. Our very
own 'Pablo Diablo Touchet' amused us by
slapping the ball like it 'owed him money' and
then ran off the field. Though he obtained a
yellow card it did make me smile. Will Race
reminded me once again of what a soccer ball
tastes like by clearing one into my face. I
swear if one more person from our defense hits
me in face........
And who could
forget our coin toss when our referee, realizing
he forgot to bring a coin asked me to pick a
number between 1 and 10. I guessed 7, the other
captain guessed 5. The ref said the number in
his head was 6 and awarded the toss to the other
team because, "5 is closer to 6
than 7 is". What is this the Price is
Right?!!!
Anyways, great job
by the offense up front. The combination of
Dave, Franco, Josh, Jeremy and our other
midfielders proved too tough to contain and gave
us that comfortable lead.
Franco
started and finished countless runs putting
in two nice goals. Franco you were our
man of the match.
We're down to the
end of the regular season and are poised to
position ourselves well for the start of the
playoffs.
Let's keep up the improved team play and
continue to have fun out there.
I'm off to
interview the next mascot.
See you next log.
Captain
