After a rained out weekend of games, Samantha's soccer
team resumed their schedule on Saturday, May 21st. Well, most of them resumed
the schedule. In what has become an all too common thing amongst the girls on
this team only 5 players showed up for today's game, in what is supposed to be a
7 on 7 game. Needless to say this continually puts Sam's team at a disadvantage,
either having to play with fewer players or borrowing players from the other
team (it was 6 on 6 today, with one borrowed player). This means no rest for
anyone on her team, with the exception of the brief respite at the end of the
quarter and at halftime. Sam is getting way past frustrated with the lack of
commitment from her teammates, and would probably walk away if she could (we
won't let her, and she loves playing too much to actually do so).
Out of the six girls who played for her team today, Sam was the
only one who really appeared to care what happened in the game today. She was
running all over the field, chasing after loose balls, helping out the defenders
when she was supposed to be on offense and leading the offensive charge while
trying to play defense as well. By the end of the game she was beat, crying
because it hurt to breath. Her team did score two goals late, in part because of
her offensive push while playing defense, and in part because of luck.
Unfortunately it wasn't enough, as her team lost 4-2. This was their first
defeat since this team was put together last fall... Once again, for the second
time in three games, Samantha was given the patch for player of the game.
One last thing... since there has been two postponements
already this season and I have no word of makeup games, I really wasn't sure if
this should be game 5 (as it should have been) or game 3 (as it actually was). I
opted for game 3 since it was indeed their third game of the year. Also, I am
uncertain if the opponent is correct or not, but I guess at this point it
doesn't really even matter.
Game 3 - vs. Team #4
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Samantha started the game in goal.
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This ball almost snuck in past Sam, but she managed to make the
save. She didn't allow any goals in her time in net.
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Sam passing the ball to a teammate on offense.
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Sam spent most of the breaks trying to catch her breath. It was
difficult running through the mud that was all over the field today.
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Sam making a move to get by a player.
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Sam running back on defense after trying to lead an offensive
push towards the goal.
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Sam stopping the ball so that she can make a play.
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