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Soccer Game: Loss, 6-1

First game of the summer season, not a great way to start. There were several new people, and we had a hard time keeping to our positions. We did OK during the first half, but seemed to tire out a bit more for the second half. The new team also doesn't have a regular goalie, so the guy who played goalie today did great, but wasn't as good as the goalie on the last team. Spoiled, we were! I played stopper, and did OK. Had a few good intercepts in midfield, but wasn't effective getting back on their breakaways. Of course, they usually had 3 people down there, and we'd only have 2 defenders, but... it was a little rough. I think the team seems like it has some potential, though.

One of the new guys is training for a marathon, but he said that this kind of stamina was different than that for running, so he was getting very tired out. I thought that was interesting. Although it also means I won't be trying distance running in the near future.

Note: On monday I found out the good defender we had isn't really on our team... confidence level dropping...