Since we were hosting the YMCA-Blue team at our field, I certainly expected this match to have been much easier. It was our hardest test yet. We had to come from behind three times; our team was a bit off; but our players never did give up.
The Y team scored first within a few minutes from start. However, Daniel, playing as our goal keeper, tied the match by punting the ball all the way to their goal. The ball bounce in front of the Y team’s keeper, who wasn’t prepared for it, and in the net it went. No one was as surprised as Daniel — the best play of the match. But the Y team scored another goal, and we finished the first quarter behind: Green 1 x 2 YMCA-Blue.
The second quarter was just as touch, although we did played little better than the first. Lorenzo and Daniel traded some great passes, and Daniel got within inches of closing the gap a few times. We kept the pressure during their goal-kicks, and Fear tied the match when their keeper fail to kick the ball over our offense, and Fear kicked it right back into goal. Green 2 x 2 YMCA-Blue. Unfortunately, about 5 minutes from half-time, the Y team scored another goal and got ahead for the third time in the match. We actually had a great change to tie the match just a few minutes later, but we missed a penalty kick opportunity. We finished the half still behind: Green 2 x YMCA-Blue 3.
The third quarter was quite pivotal, and Ben and Victor were key to our turn around. Ben played an incredible quarter, both on offense and defense. He held the mid-field, he broke several counter-attacks, and he scored a beautiful goal to tie the match once again: Green 3 X 3 YMCA-Blue . A few minutes later, Victor put us ahead for the first time in the match, with a nice right-foot shot that saw his right-boot fly. Green 4 x 3 YMCA. I must also say that since Victor was playing offense, Rylan did a fantastic job on defense keeping the Y team scoreless on the third quarter.
The fourth quarter was a bit easier. Seeing the Green team ahead seems to have taken some of the Y team’s fighting spirit. Lorenzo did pickup this game and took control of the mid-field. But it was Owen who was the star for the forth quarter. He ran harder than anyone else and scored two great goals — making us all breath a littler easier.
Final score: Green 6 x YMCA-Blue 3. And yes…The Green team is still undefeated!
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