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Soccer: Win (1-0)

Last week the team played and lost while I was enjoying the last part of my vacation. This week we played the same team again, except this time Mark and I were there. We got there just after kickoff (we both thought we had already given up a goal!) and subbed in, putting our side up a player or two (we thought it was one, but later I realized it was two - but we had someone switch sides at halftime). I played stopper, and had to do a lot of running across the whole field to put pressure on in the midfield. Our defense was pretty good individually, but the organization was not there. Our midfield was weak - I wasn't really sure who was playing where. I played OK for having not played for a couple of weeks, breaking up a lot of plays, and even blocking one shot in the second half. By the end of the game, though, I was getting too tired to make full-speed runs back on the breakaways. We kept control of the ball most of the game, but didn't take enough shots. Finally, in the second half, we took a shot from outside the box and got lucky as it took a bad bounce past the keeper for the only goal of the game. The closest they got was a shot through traffic that hit the crossbar - all their other shots were easily stopped by Mark, who played keeper for the second half. Hopefully Dave can get us some more goals and we'll have a solid team. I can definitely feel the difference from the mixed A/B games of the summer. Maybe the spring will be our graduation to the A league.