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Soccer: Loss (5-2)

Just when you think things are getting better, you give up 5 goals and realize they really aren't.

We did OK the first half, keeping control of the ball, moving it around nicely, and getting some shots off. Most of those shots sailed over the crossbar, but we did get a couple of follow-ups that Dave converted into 2 goals, which was pretty good. Of course, we gave up 3 goals, all of which seemed to end in 1-on-1 situations with our keeper. One of them was my fault, as I got a pass as left back that I didn't turn up the field well and lost it to the other team, which they took in and scored. But we should have changed up our defensive strategy earlier, since they were beating our offsides trap pretty easily. Mark did a good job as keeper, though, breaking up some of the 1-on-1s and forcing them into bad shots. It seemed like we might be able to come back in the second half.

Of course, we didn't. I watched from the side as we gave up 2 quick goals. One Mark had called for, but one of our defenders headed it anyways, right to the other team, allowing them an easy score. Frustrating! We weren't controlling anything in the midfield and just seemed really sluggish. I subbed back in and played stopper and ran as much as I could to try to add more presence to the midfield, but there was no attack to try to support. But we held them for the rest of the game, despite not having much of an attack ourselves. So it wasn't a total loss, but I don't think it went as well as last week. Although I think Dave scores more goals when he has been out drinking the night before, so we'll see what we can do to him next saturday...