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Soccer: Loss, 4-2

This one was full of goals for the other team that should not have happened - which may replace the "midfield didn't control the ball" as the theme for this season. Our keeper got his hands on a lot of balls that he then dropped, about 3 of which directly led to goals. It also wears down the defenders a little more since we always have to come back just in case there is a bobble and we need to try to clear it. We also gave up a goal on a penalty kick, which was unfortunate. We played a really strong opening game, scoring early on a lucky shot, and keeping the pressure around their goal most of the time. It was also nice because we had all the work people show up and we had a couple of subs to use. Unfortunately, Jeff got injured in the first half, so we were down to one sub for most of the time.

My excitement was wearing the new goggles for the game. They worked out OK, although it took a while to get used to them. I feel like I am wearing a superhero mask. I played OK, I guess, but didn't have any really strong plays. I tried to do a better job being vocal, but I worry that I am just annoying the other defenders. We didn't have a good structure to the defense - offsides lines kept creeping back too far, and we didn't rotate to the ball well, although that became hard as they started bringing a lot of people on the attacks.